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  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  residents on the north side of Highways 36. Obviously not everyone in my ... side of the tracks." In fact, I'm from the wrong side of TWO tracks. In ... poorer residents from the north side. Those guys sometimes get kind of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter one Reporting on location from Fort Worth.

  

  (Only in Texas can you legally drive 80mph on an Interstate highway!) This week, I drove about 1200 miles from my house in Arizona to the Fort ... ) interning at the headquarters of North America's second-largest railroad, BNSF

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  How many desserts can one consume in 2 ½ hours? Five MIT students ... when I fixate on food, but it’s all in the name of science.) We began at Truly Jorg's Patisserie in Kenmore Square, which had some of the coolest

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  my final draft) In spirit, not much has changed since I wrote that ... Walsh--a nuclear expert who's traveled to both Iran and North Korea (fun ... officials, and has testified in front of the Senate--and talked about

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Real, live MIT students * IN HD* A look inside the world of MIT Admissions Interns

  

  -2013 Admissions Interns What role they play in the office Why they are interested in working at the Admissions Office Randomness Seriously, though, check out the page. They work on a lot of great projects in the office

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  nations. Supported by headquarters offices in North America, Europe, and ... across пњљпњљ of the earth's surface in cars that most people consider ... of Germany to get to Prague hopefully at around 4pm, just in time for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  house, in Malden, a town north of Boston and south of Salem, with us on ... your occupation or field that you work in? I am a computational ... partner Cory and I have been together for almost nine years now. We met in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  , 10/10. Boston Area   4. Rose Kennedy Greenway Right in the North ... A summer in Cambridge did wonders for my knowledge of the area. While ... some of my favorite spots in the area! Kendall Square Area 1

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT YO Early Admits 2014!

  

  from Jess W., from frigid North Dakota! (wow ND - look at all that snow in the back!) The second entry is from Emily C., from San Jose

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dies Irae Quantus tremor est futurus!

  

  John Harbison is teaching the undergraduate class 21M.304: Writing in ... an impulse buy of some Star Wars: Episode III valentines the other day ... 't really talk. I guess they assumed that the kind of person who would buy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Three MIT students win Rhodes Scholarships In case you're wondering, yes, that's a lot of Rhodes Scholarships.

  

  Technology where she majors in brain and cognitive sciences, with minors in ... Senator Edward Kennedy. At Oxford, she plans to do a doctorate in public health with a focus on bioethics. Ugwechi W. Amadi, Camden [North

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  desert in the South, to the border with Lebanon in the north. I had chosen ... city of Jerusalem A view of the countryside in the north of Israel At ... out to be so bad, and I had a good reason: I was in Israel. Going to

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  ;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Woke up in San Diego, drove north, and began working my way back south: 8:30AM - Westview High, a public comprehensive high school in the north San ... , a relatively new public comprehensive high also in the north San Diego

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Break New Ground Join the NEW MIT-Chile Program

  

  telescopes in the world; further north, in the Atacama Desert are located the ... MIT faculty and students to connect with research and innovation in ... students with internships and research in Chilean companies and labs

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  We’re sitting in my room doing pretty much nothing, because I guess we’re lame, or because there’s not much to do in the first place. It’s a Friday night, but campus is quiet in the summer. My door is open

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  I spent my IAP in northern Wales through Global Teaching Labs, a ... dozen other MIT students in South Wales, I was the only MIT student in North Wales. Unfortunately getting to South Wales would be 8 hours

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  coming up in April (sign up now if you haven’t already)! We know you ... exciting opportunities for Admitted Students coming up in cities around the ... the world will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  I went to the Arnold Arboretum!!! i become one with nature

  

  the first time! Established in 1872, it's the oldest public arboretum in North America, and is home to over 1.3 million trees, shrubs, and woody vines. It was designed in collaboration with Frederick Law Olmsted, whose

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  us in addition to the many activities they're planning for Campus Preview Weekend in April. We brainstormed, made charts and graphs, and after ... thing is about 2.5 hours in length, and not quite as life-changing as the

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  All around North America, it's been a pretty snowless winter. Some ... to handle. The cold though, especially up in the mountains, is ... my disappointment when I'm eagerly waiting for a huge storm to blow in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012