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  My first real internship

  

  Quick, what does an atom bomb, the plural form of a famous Texas ... "Blowing up the alamo into pieces then hiding out in the mountains", I admire ... cuprates". For those of you with complexions darker than mayonnaise, that

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  of pulling all-nighters at MIT have trained you into a super ... that Gettysburg was, in fact, the most important battle of the Civil War ... target of the most important military operation in all recorded history

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Tales of Two Parallels East Campus History class!

  

  Last fall, I took STS.S20, Tales of Two Parallels: East Campus ... the purpose of documenting East Campus culture and history before the ... ="attachment_78721" align="alignnone" width="300"] The coaster we're in the process of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  important possessions into a suitcase weighing a little over 50 pounds, a ... the God of War team.[/annotation] after dropping all of my stuff at my ... lot of first impressions, both good and bad. here they are: this city

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  running out of time the woes of every single graduating student

  

  with a group of 15 friends took just a handful of coordinating texts, and ... effort. as the weeks of this semester have passed, I feel like I've been grappling more and more with the notion of leaving. so much is up in the air

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  understanding of what you want and why it's more important than other things you ...   Did you know the soda can top (or "pop" can for those of you ... 's simply a tab on a lever that punches out a precut piece of aluminum. It

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

  welcome to new york went to nyc & all i got was this blog post

  

  "Welcome to New York" as the musical version of a peppermint latte. It was ... to name the feeling of cool tenderness on my tongue, my entire mouth aware of itself. Maybe New York was like that too, full of feelings I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!

  

  yoyo to look like, our team of 7 brave souls dug deep, deep into our ... engineer, this is really important because ultimately everything we design needs to be capable of being made somehow. 2.008 teaches us how to make it

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 19, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Astrology Forecast for the Class of 2023 Some big aquarius energy is coming...

  this summer, I asked her to help me with one of the most important and ... It's an incredibly exciting time of year, as the Class of 2023 is ... with our newly enrolled class through a number of events over the next

  • by DJ Rock
  • August 22, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... admissions for a long time, and (finally!) here goes. First, an important definition. For purposes of MIT Admissions, an international student is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  i posted the following message in the MIT class of 2021 admits ... approaches. for those of you who've already decided to come to MIT, yay! welcome! for those of you who are still on the fence, i thought i might

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  something important that is worth keeping around for millions of years. So ... a professor at MIT, Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer ... , Prof. Kellis was honored as one of Technology Review’s Top 35 Innovators

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  really important was the care that was put into it. What I really despise ... paragraph.  Because every time I step into 35-307, I'm reminded of how lucky I ... : break students up into groups of around five, teach them how to use

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi on Pie So much pi[e].

  

  ’s Random Hall weekly-ish study break. In honor of Pi Day Irina O. ’15 and ... Day five years ago. In the weeks and years preceding, getting into MIT seemed like the most important thing in the world. In the years since, I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  Over the Memorial Day Weekend I packed the family into the car and ... Cornell 10 months ago I made a promise to return in each of the next three years to attend the graduations of all of the students that I admitted to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  your major(s), purely for the fun of it. It's important to think about ... resulting email thread quickly descended into chaos, with each member of the ... put all of this into some sort of algorithm or formula to determine

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  It's finals week! That dreaded time of year when people hide away in their rooms and in the libraries and delve into deep bouts of sadness.  The cats are taking the hit from it the most - we've spent a lot of time

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  You may know Conan O'Brien, host of the popular late night talk show ... airing without the benefit of writers, due to the strike (soon to be settled?) by the Writers Guild of America. Without writers, the show has

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  to be one of the most important sources of conflict. If his idea proves ... One of the most memorable conversations that I’ve had at MIT was also one of the shortest. It went something like this -- “

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  've been told that sarcasm isn't funny this time of the year. I'm sorry about that.] I hope you'll find those really cool juniors (members of the high school Class of 2006) that you know and encourage them to expand their mind

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004