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• Blog / Admissions

  Get It Done Keep On Keeping "On"

  

  Hi all! A few updates over what is, for us, a long weekend. First, I ... -length weekend, if you don't have Monday off). I know that fall of senior year can be a pretty hectic time. During the October of my senior year, way back

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  Yesterday was my team's first full day in Zambia, and what a day it was! We took a minibus from where we're staying to downtown Lusaka, where we walked through an open-air produce market and into a large

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  Gabe '08 got one today, but I didn't end up getting one for myself. In 14.21J: Health Economics, a class in which I had an exam today, we recently ... (decreased odds that I'll get sick) in a way for which I do not compensate him

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams

  

  Caine is a 9 year old boy from East LA. His dad, George, runs a used auto parts store. It doesn't get much foot traffic anymore - what ... Interconnected.is chanced to stop by the store to buy a handle for his old Corolla

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 11, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  a bad thing, and she wasn”t saying that we can”t fully use and enjoy ... teens hadn”t seen me for four days in a row and I knew that they would ... After a busy CPW weekend, I was driving home on the Mass Pike basking

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  Vroom Vroom! Hey! I know him!

  

  Build a Speedy Go-Kart Out of a Shopping Cart. Surely, no, it couldn't be ... I have a friend named Charles Guan '11. He was my lab partner in 2.004 and I've worked with him on a variety of other projects. He's always

  • by Snively '11
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YoYoPhones The iPod has nothing on this.

  

  Manufacturing II gave me a taste of the various manufacturing methods including ... message will self-destruct in a minute. Bye! So that was it and then we were set on our way to make some yo-yos. We could have made a simple yo

  • by Bryan
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  The ‘Game’ Supporting inter-collegiate relations.

  

  So last week, I made a trek out to the school down the street for The ... have a weird dancing face) Mitra, Steph, and Me Now the game was one ... t-shirt designed specifically for the game

  • by Bryan
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Recipe for Fun Learning how to cook is as easy as 1..2..3!

  

  A couple of you asked for the recipe for my plantain crusted salmon ... sides of the salmon with salt and pepper. In a blender or food processor ... yams in a can. Blend the sweet potatoes with a little water or milk. Add

  • by Bryan
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  EECS student Michael McGraw teaches STEM concepts in Regensburg, Germany As part of the Global Teaching Labs program, student Michael McGraw taught Physics, Biology and…

  

  determining when students don't understand. Reluctant to speak in a language ... MIT-Germany GTL MISTI HOST Universität Regensburg Read other ... in a group with five other MIT students. For Physics, we designed a

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  escaped relatively unscathed, just a few scattered tree limbs here and there. The house was without electricity and running water for quite a while ... in a house with no utilities, sweltering in the humidity, standing in

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s that time of the year again If you want to do a UROP this semester, now is the time to contact…

  

  A reminder: Fall 2006 UROP Direct Funding (Funds from UROP) Deadline ... options when doing a UROP: - UROP for Pay: Up to $1,250 per semester, which ... , for example two years ago I was funded by the Cathy M. Comeau Memorial

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Supporting our DACA Students MIT’s commitment to the safety and well-being of all students has not changed and will…

  

  (DACA), a program that allows undocumented students meeting certain ... . A few months ago, after the Presidential election, I posted an entry ... universities — an institution built on intellectual excellence, a meritocratic

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  You know you’re in a sad place when you’re so desperate to procrastinate an assignment that you organize your life, clean your room, get a ... a blog you’ve ignored for almost 6 months (!!). So welcome to my sad

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comodidad y facultad ¿Te asusta postularte en facultades lejos de casa? Entonces, lee esto.

  

  paisajes, los aromas y los rostros familiares a los que estás acostumbrado desde pequeño? Y, principalmente, ¿tus padres lo permitirían? Comencé a ... que sus hijos abandonen el nido para ir a la facultad. Y es una realidad

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • May 1, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come Together What do you believe in?

  

  the hypothesis "wanting something doesn't make it real", we find one ... beginning. There exists a popular webcomic called xkcd. Its creator: Randall ... hall, and there was a line at the door. I hope you get the idea. He

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 9, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  , congratulations! You have a lot to be proud about. From experience, I can say that right now, you have a lot to be worried about too. Here is a non ... you either have a date for your visa interview soon or have already had

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP 2006

  

  fields. (I put network in quotation marks not because I don't think it's a ... probably isn't reading this) is safe and getting by okay. We dropped my ... I will promptly get on a bus and go to New York City. The MIT Alumni

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oodles Of Doodles Chris Peterson once impersonated me as such: "Blah blah blah Irish people, cartoons blah blah…

  

  have a cold so that means it is the perfect time... TO BLOG. In honor of ... spending 10-15 (count 'em 10-15!) hours on p-sets (I am a n00b. But still ... lectures focused more on conceptual things and “thinking like a programmer

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  we do not have a dining hall. By the end of this entry you won't want a ... attractive and well-mannered members of Team Bemis spent Saturday night a ... , the steps involved in making a hand turkey are as follows: 1.) Stock up

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006