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  Student holiday! lots going on!

  

  the new values in the Values Statement that was released last April ... Johnson Rink, was the Fall Career Fair. I missed in-person career fairs ... years, we get two student holidays in the fall, in accordance to Rules and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus #2 yayay

  

  MIT). This is what I do in the day, except for weekends. Not only do I ... general idea is that I'm working on a program that can navigate several ... playing games and occasionally busting out some writing. In fact, I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  . Interest in miraculin spiked after a May 2008 New York Times article on “flavor-tripping parties” in New York and again in 2011, correlated ... ) bush has been popular in the United States since the 70s for its

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  . I was taking a bath (not really sure why this detail sticks in mind ... accused me of witchcraft, I was a sophomore in High School, tutoring a seven-year-old a short bus ride away. One day, while I was explaining how to add

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’ll bet you got waylaid! Wherein Portland, Oregon rocks my face.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The airport in Portland, Oregon has free wireless. I ... entry to blog about my CLASS SCHEDULE for this term! In the meantime, I ... how different the school's research philosophy was from that of MIT, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  New ZigZag video podcast & behind the scenes An inside look at the new video.

  

  A new and different episode of ZigZag, MIT's video podcast, is up... check it out! Let us know what you think, either in the comments section ... came up last semester over a lunch meeting at the Forbes Family Cafe in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  I know what you're thinking, "Whoa, two posts in two days? How can I ... here. Unfortunately I can only mention in passing that the president of ... pictured: the full extent of how cool this was I named my drum "Todd" (we

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  begins: Can the United States remain competitive in the changing global environment? Newsweek asked 15 leaders in the fields of science, technology ... My mom just sent me the link to an interesting article in the latest

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  LSC – It Doesn’t Suck! Reject digital, return to 35 mm analogue

  

  ’t suck! I’d never been a big fan of film back in high school, but watching ... new things. I signed up for a training slot, and before I knew it, I was ... can afford to print their logo in the middle of each square between

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  On Wednesday evening, right before the first 8.01 midterm, I had an inexplicable desire to drink soda. As in, I had to drink soda immediately or I would fail my test even harder than I was already going to fail it. I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  in renewable energy. Wants to: Get a good-paying job so he can afford ... venture, which he helped direct. Zinser likes to work in the wood shop, lift ... weights. A working-class kid raised just off Foster Road in Southeast

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Delta Phi To Be The Best of Men

  

  in the wrong direction, I saw Random Hall for the first time. As I ... my mind. I wrote them down on a board in my room. They stuck. Shifting ... college experience not defined in bulk by beer pongs and drunk friends, I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  In true "everybody else is doing it, so why can't we?"* fashion, I ... chunk of this, solely because I can. Three people from my school applied ... came, so she drove to school to give her the tube. Kris '10 and I were in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  out how to pickle herring! "In fact," McCormick continued, "I looked in ... In 10th grade, I read a book by the biologist Edward O. Wilson and ... , in my graduation speech, with strangers I met at conferences. After I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  standard upon myself. I can no longer rely on 'your mom' jokes to distract ... doomed by a lack of substance. I can't be boring. It's started to carry ... Institvte. It's been a long three days. I don't really care how space

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who else is watching infinity train?!?! *a fangirling hub that we will update every day this week*

  

  amazed by how cartoons can establish so much character and character ... change, how difficult it can be, yet ultimately best, to accept and embrace ... ! And Corginia!!!! Land of Corgis! Equip with their own CORGI KING! How

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  new volunteers. In our junior year, we saw flyers in the museum for ... projects in the Maker Portfolio (we think she said yes, as long as you ... some variation of “What did you do in high school to get into MIT

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  you to someone who can)! That's part of why I'm here! He also asked ... has nothing to do with my ability to take you in a fight. The reason I ... , functions that can be roughed up and left in an alleyway. If pi and e had a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Burchard Scholars Program (old time stamp: 11-21-09) - this entry is five months late >___

  

  . When my daughter was living in McCormick, I asked her one day what she ... in many of my old blogs, but I never wrote about it in a single place ... there was a massive photo flurry. I didn't get to be in the pictures since

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  “Omg. If I get in next week, I’ll be easy livin' for the rest of the ... was very, very tough. But in retrospect, I would say the sweat, doubt ... can’t be all summed up in rewards just yet. Work and motivation don

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009