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  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  everything up for implementation as soon as we were able to acquire more ... teacher asked me to keep a journal as my assignment for missing school for ... things, but finally, I decided to cut them away, for the sake of telling

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  Sometimes MIT gets a bum rap for not having a pretty campus.  I disagree. Sure, we may not have brick buildings and ivy-covered walls.  But ... ) Because sometimes you look up and nothing makes sense: (7) Because

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  a bit before throwing it out there for the internet to judge."]Last week[/annotation] I got back [annotation note="how the process for the ... "]reviews[/annotation] for my paper, and man they were [annotation note="alexa play 'brutal' by

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  Halloween is awesome, for a bajillion reasons. Reason 1 of 1 ... two of you set up a time to Skype. Mushiness also comes in cake form ... birthday. I'm lame, I know. The firehose stops for no aging ritual, though

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  special arts program for his junior year. It’s because writing is hard ... wants to do that? When I do an info session for prospective students, I ... some advice for those of you worried about writing, or worried about

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  student group that runs educational programs for middle and high school ... 've heard before, but not a person I think I've met. I looked them up in the ... for everyone else I emailed.[/caption] Josh replied after a few days

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  I've been blacksmithing for just shy of a year. This fall, I took 3 ... credit for me, but also accelerated my blacksmithing knowledge and practice ... ="alignnone" width="198"] riveted V (for Velez), spiral, and fitted bars

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  ! And that gets us to today! I’m just finishing up the cross stitch for ... life. For those unfamiliar, cross stitching is basically textile pixel ... -stitching career! For nearly 2 years  back in 2011 I spent almost every evening and

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  ," "I can't wait to meet you," and "I already feel a special love for all ... Pressure." You should take the time to check out all the results, but for ... for 3.5 years and from looking through the results of this survey - that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  -of-the-art research facility for nanoscale science and engineering. Built near the end ... meter! Since MIT.nano’s inception, researchers have used the space for ... : Each silicon wafer can fit 25 solar cells, so we had space left for other

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  -hipster phase. I loved setting up ridiculous goals and then reaching them, just to ... document, and I tried for several hours to determine which variables could best predict my chances for March. I’m going to tell you now what I wish

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  this entry. I've been biding my time, waiting for this day and the ... limbo of deferral. This entry is for the deferred. This entry is my story ... questions (What do you do for the pleasure of it? Which department or program

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  : The admit rate for students from Wisconsin went up 2%, MIT must really want ... analytical theory for a moment and ground what I'm saying in some concrete ... scores: This pretty much sums it up: SAT Math 750-800 15% 700-740 10% 650

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  'm constantly asking my fellow admissions officers and student tour guides for ... predicted for your sign or not, the pieces of advice for every sign in this post apply to all applicants, so have fun reading and don't come for me

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  Hello guys! Sorry for the super duper long hiatus :( After my final exams which ended early June, I immediately set off for some traveling (I ... for MIT students who are considering spending one or two semesters

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  juggle except for every time you lean over to pick a ball up two more fall ... subject of a famous hack in 1991, where hackers hooked up a fire hydrant to ... , and I’d really like to see it get picked up again. Maybe you can even

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  so for the rest of my MIT career, and maybe even further beyond. I even wrote about wanting to design bridges for my application to MIT ... structures is farther up my alley than telling you what’s in them. I’m sure

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  Greek Perspectives on the Good Life, a required class for almost all ... is sought out for itself is more complete than what is sought out on ... choiceworthy is that which is chosen for its own sake. This may seem kind of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  frizzy hair (quite overdue for a wash day by now), giving up on it, rushing ... decided to throw it up here mostly unedited (meaning, excuse all the typos ... professionals, as I feel like I can never wake up before 9AM. But today I have

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  for quite some time, so people know when to show up in the office, no ... As a news editor for The Tech, every couple weeks, I have the ... our chairman for telling us about the ice cream when we're not permitted

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011