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  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  hits all seniors at different times: seeing friends for maybe the last ... adult. For now, my life hasn’t changed. I have a summer job at MIT ... reflect on whether MIT was the right fit for me, and why. And maybe it

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  not for anyone who participated. That hurt for a couple of days—"If I ... appreciate the breadth of MIT offerings for athletes and beyond. The main ... toddler doors for mini-golf remains a mystery. The long-term benefit of DEW

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  “right” for the field. And I would have overlooked the Institute that was right for me—the one where I am unafraid to experiment, where I can always find support for new ventures, and where I can combine my interests in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  are your plans for next year???" and I internally scream "I DON'T KNOW ... up for the Fall Career Fair and are interviewing with companies ... sweater and got my photo taken for the yearbook. For my senior quote, I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  muerte anunciada. The novel is one of the assigned readings for 21F.704 Spanish IV, my HASS class for this semester. I’ve been attempting to learn Spanish since the 8th grade, having taken a Spanish class every year for the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  leads the vision for the production. During the initial prod meetings, I had to advocate my vision for the play and inspire the other designers ... helped fuel my vision for a modern day high society interpretation of the

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  probably best saved for another blog post; the important thing is that I did ... school already. Of course, they eventually did, and for a long time, I was ... later, words poured out onto the screen. My brain exploded for a moment

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  for today’s students was critically important to me since I would be ... were just getting started on our campus in those days. Now the option for women to belong and live for a time in a value-based organization where

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  September and I’m not at MIT registering for classes and trying to squeeze in ... science in K-12, but for a number of reasons (including the architecture department’s minimalist but colorful website), I decided to apply. And for a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  but first we are getting ready for Campus Preview Weekend (CPW) which ... with many of the parent events during the weekend it makes sense for me ... their own thing” and know that it's good for you to do the same. It’s the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is ... and sneak in from behind? Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find, for ... -necking pace and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space, headed, I fear

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up

  

  for me: speak up! At least half of the comments said something like ... before the spring semester started, I heard there was an opening for a ... as the Teaching Assistant (“TA,” in MIT-ese) for the 1:00-3:00 section

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  year has started off in the same way: "I'm so sorry for having ... at least five or six MIT '12s currently in the running for Rhodes ... and move to the front, to make it easier for him to come to you and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  ) because I was volunteering for two different programs. Sunday morning was Delve, an AP preparation course run by ESP for area high schoolers. More ... Prize for Girls. Founded two years ago in NYC, the Math Prize moved to MIT

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome Home Like what we've done with the place?

  

  communications industry. We've been proud, and grateful, to call it our home for ... for something really awesome. I think we've done it. And I hope you ... Admissions Wiki.     The Wiki is the new home for all of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Totally awesome Incoming GEL students win big in the OnStar Student Developer Challenge

  

  This is an entry I’ve been meaning to write for about a month because ... made sticky notes,” said Marie, who added that the premise for the ... (for example, “end call” or “go to another page”) for every point in the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 21, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  haven't been reading your folders, working on plans for the big event. At ... got all the way to California. Every day for weeks I was the one who checked the mail at my house, not because of a fondness for the mailman, but

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  ’ll table it for another post. Moral of the story: chromatin is a lot like me ... well – see for yourself: Now, as awesome as that was (he used to read ... -up routine at an open-mic night? Who knows. For those of you who were admitted

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  luminescent solar concentrators which collects sunlight for solar cells. These ... fewer solar cells for the same energy output. They can be mounted on ... Offshore Renewable Energy Systems (ORES) for which excess power from a wind

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  10:31 I wrote this entry on my iPhone about two minutes after boarding the 11:10 train…

  

  , maybe, if she didn't mind, so sorry about that. That's Japan for you. I ... ideal bus for ladies, or if the lack of apostrophe indicates that only ... everything happens for a reason. And so I'm trying to convince myself I am out

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 29, 2009