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  My MIT Interview I think that I forgot to tell you about that

  

  -way presentation. In a two-way conversation, for example, you can ask "and how about ... opinions off your interlocutor. You can (should) relax and be yourself, and you can even smile and drink a cup of coffee (a number of my friends had

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

  Boston. Classic.           2. Do things you think you can't. When I ... subject I never took in high school, and merely passed freshman fall. I can ... overcompensated my language deficit. I can leave it unsaid that attitude and

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  , looking at every project I can find. But today, I was there to attend the ... data reveals how people move about inside a building and can potentially ... list of projects can be found at scifi2scifab.media.mit.edu. Another

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  drowning. If drowning seems plausible, an individual can opt to take an ... ?" Me: "Hi. I'd like to take the swim test, and I was wondering if I can ... office lady: "You can leave a note for him and I'll get him to e-mail you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  time ("ReMOVE the magazine. RePLACE the magazine"). I can hear his voice ... 't worry!" it says. "I'll save you! Stop going to class so that you can do ... much focus as you can. After you're all done, look around if you really

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  from that weekend so more of you guys can recognize him the next time he visits me and he can ham it up even more: a) Without fail, the first ... 's "Can I play in the Simmons ball pit????" (Yes, my dorm has a ball pit

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Feel Old Senior year? Already? #indenial.

  

  I can't believe I'm a senior. Seriously, I can't believe it. I have ... , Bunker HIll monument, and more. (and more that I can't think of in my current I-can't-believe-I'm-graduating-this-year state of distress) O.O It

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

    Did you know the soda can top (or "pop" can for those of you ... 's literally nothing I can't turn into a formula):     Where S is ... all the interfaces that you can see the nonlinear and coupled solutions

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  't strive to be the best we can be (because some of the people here are ... the best you can be in high school. Take the hardest classes you can ... is one of the best things you can do to prepare for college. Not only

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  biological systems are so fine-tuned that biologists can only push research ... . (We probably aren't them.) A software developer can make a code push that impacts millions of strangers. A biologist can publish a paper that

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wake Up Calls because The Big Picture needs you

  

  incoherent pen-markings in every wild direction on their notebooks. You can ... can't understand my notes is not because they are written in some odd ... amount of time, anything can be understood, no matter how complex, right

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  case you can't pick up a bland, regular copy at a T station somewhere in Boston, you can check out what an independent game company in Cambridge ... through mazes so we can later examine what goes on at the level of neural

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Get excited for CPW! CPW= Campus Prefrosh? WHOA!

  

  ! Which is a pretty remarkable nerd collection that you can peruse whenever ... academic reason. It's one of the few shops where you can be a little more ... primary concerns I get from students: 0) How can I do all of this? There

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  are in the program. You can do the minimum 3 times per week PT (physical ... , and I want to show you how awesome that can be. Once a semester we go ... of higher, and passwords so you can identify friendlies. Each team has

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  can pop into her lab and annoy her =P Or give her chocolate, since she ... Exploratory subject, which means that I can take the class, see my grade, and ... until then, I'll be trying to get as much experience as I can continuing

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  . Your existing skills, goals, and potential are things not even MIT can ... can’t be all summed up in rewards just yet. Work and motivation don ... definition of the word, you failed to get in MIT – but you can never believe in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  cycles – making rounds from “Hey…I can do this…” to “OMG. This is impossible!” and back again. But true to my procrastinatorial roots, I can ... , five 1-or-2 hour sessions later, I can show you somewhat close to what I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  you can move your part around on a table (like an etch-a-sketch) and then when you pull a lever you can lower a drill bit into it (like a drill press). The main difference is that you can move the part around

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  you the most good. Interpretations of each can be found on a page of ... awful chore that they're glad to be done with. Unfortunately, this can ... until you live here you just can't know. Be completely honest in your

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  of 2013 facebook group. Sophomores and juniors can attest to the fact ... swallow you in the middle of the night in January. You can't really trust ... years ago (SERIOUSLY THIS CAN'T BE RIGHT I'M NOT OLD ENOUGH FOR THIS), got

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009