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  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  out on studying for a quiz. I cannot stress enough how fortunate you are ... organically in the form of a hobby, or perhaps an inspiring book. Others may ... in a wood cabin. As the raindrops patter on the window, you seek

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  that I guess is on a lot of people's minds: Q. So how do you pee in space? A. Up in space we use a vacuum. I always tell kids it's not something ... 11 landed on the Moon. And because of MIT's significant role in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  I participated in the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program ... experience (my roommate proceeded to whisper "Oh my God, Melis, I can't believe ... attend a one-week session where we work in small groups, along with a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Distance and Displacement "how are you swamped if it's only been a month?"

  

  am awake is spent going back and forth from the building in which I ... . I've worked around equations in loops that bring me back to where I ... we had in mind starting out, but we will find some point C that we can

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 26, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And here I am!

  

  Well, I'm back in the States. I thoroughly enjoyed everything but I ... five thousand miles of fishing line and a solid hook? :-) I've long maintained that one learns more in a week of travel than in a month of high

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Live from MYSTERY HUNT Live from Mystery Hunt

  

  hours so teams can continue to call in answers and meet with us. If you ... Now blogging live from Mystery Hunt: FRIDAY [12:17 PM] Meet in Lobby 7 to begin the hunt [12:48 PM] Now in Baker starting to solve the

  • by Bryan
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.

  

  wish I had a better justification than this, but in 9.00 (intro to ... for thirty years, and how helpful it had been to science, and then I was ... Even though I am rarely directly asked this question, I know it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  A Monday in the Life So many to-do’s, so little time.

  

  Hello, world. It’s been awhile. Mostly because I’ve been swamped. It ... writing about my life, I'll do a little show-and-tell.   Half of getting anything done is really just remembering to actually do it, and I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  drugs, I have to use drugs, show them that you can be smart." Lynnor ... Heads To M.I.T By Fraendy Clervaud WJBF News Channel 6 Reporter June 4 ... school and to get accepted into a great college. Sometimes this dream can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Events

  MIT’s Once-a-Century Party

  

  , but boy does MIT know how to throw a party - I'm told the weekend was a ... If you were in Boston sometime these past few nights and glanced ... :   ...or giant bobblehead figures of esteemed MIT alumni brawling in

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  At approximately 4:30pm today, we did something we haven't done in 4 ... determine how many students we could take at this time, and which students to admit. It was extremely difficult! I had thought we were done with tough

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To a mouse (or nineteen) A eulogy for my UROP mice... in the form of me explaining my UROP.

  

  euthanized sometime in the next few days. (Insert me pretending that I'm not actually sad here.) In their honor, today I'm going to talk about one of the ... connects other types of proteins. (I made that figure myself, in Paint

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  the day of the final review. I left several hours in the morning to draw ... . Panic. Panic. But I remembered a general lesson I learned in the past ... ’m pretty much committing a presentation sin, but if that’s the only way I can

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey Erick, You Awake? Not gonna call it a night just yet

  

  ; After a long Saturday, my friends and I found ourselves chilling in the ... During the summer, you get to do fun things you can't pull off during ... Adventure Time followed by Bob's Burgers, two shows which I've never seen

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  .) In other news, Rush is in full swing! I've been helping Chi Phi, but ... back-up into the pump to save some time. Since I thought the driver was potentially a fellow Engineer, I took a snapshot. Though I love driving, I am

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  painful. If you are among them, then all I can say is that MIT is just ... make it a better place. I know you can. I hope you will.   ... ; You may log in using the same username and password that you use to log

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  As you know, I've been traveling frequently these days, and the trips ... School of Dreams (a case study of Whitney High School in Los Angeles), which I'm currently reading. So, I sit here on Amtrak with the book, and I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Put a Ring On It 2013 RING PREMIERE!

  

  most recognized rings in the world but also pretty much the single item ... show the world how proud we are of our school <3 Earlier this evening ... ; thanks to Jeanne '13, I have some pictures to show all of you :) As we

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  enough, sitting in the lobby . . . Students of MIT and CPW prefrosh, I ... students. While traveling down the hall in building 16 you will see something that looks like this. Upon closer inspection Finally, we can rest

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: Sign up for SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test registration deadline is April 28.

  

  the Subject Tests be taken in June, but I think it's a pretty good idea ... Level 2), and one in science (Physics, Chemistry, or Biology E/M). You can ... testing date approaching, I highly recommend signing up for SAT Subject

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2006