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  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  occasion of their graduation. I told how ambivalent I felt (about myself; about MIT) on my own graduation day in 2013, but how much, in hindsight, I ... less when you're out there in it. because that's really all any of us can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  than you can count, I stumbled my way into regularly paying my bills ... that girl who sits in front of me in class. I also took out the trash and ... : Walking to work. I walked a lot this summer. Living in a place where public

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  and I’m a senior in course 12 with a minor in biology. Within EAPS, I ... lot of words, but more generally I’m interested in the chemical traces ... how we can use those traces to understand the history of life on Earth

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  it really is beginning and so it begins

  

  That kind of means summer is ending. Jessie wrote in her blog how ... the year, Orientation. In about 10 minutes, we start our pre-orientation program (FPOP) Discover Biology. We'll be out until midnight, but i'm really

  • by Bryan
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  , I was comfortable with all of these tools, thanks in large part to the ... and learned how to use fast fabrication methods.  And I built a pair of ... top hill (in hindsight, I wish they had made flag pulling worth more

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa

  

  Waverly, just in time to check out the course before the sun set. (I'm going ... of our nation, inescapable no matter where we travel to. In any case, I ... : The ladies at the course on Friday. In case you can't tell, it was

  • by Alina G. '11
  • November 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  share with you one interesting fact about the evening. I managed to, in ... , I figured I'd stop in at the Urgent Care clinic to see what they thought. When a nurse came in to see me and asked what I was in for, I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  though I will likely have very little to do with structural engineering in ... In order to graduate from Course 1, you have to take a class called 1 ... in MIT speak). There are a LOT of components to this class, but one of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  mountain hiking in a blank? how can you capture the brilliance of a sunrise ... , My interview is within 3 weeks, so I want to know how you prepared for ... season, I (mistakenly, in hindsight) applied to 15 colleges. Out of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Six Recent Life-Changing Thoughts on Food There's six lessons (and a recipe) somewhere in there.

  

  I. Emergency Dinner Sunday afternoon catches me cooking for 30+ in a ... seven bowls of cereal in one day. I've also eaten cereal that my roommate ... average stuck-in-grad-school grad student, as it so happens. I've come to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 21, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Rejects, I feel your pain! I've never been stung by a bee, but I imagine it felt sort of like…

  

  clingy on one person/place/thing. I'm in a relationship at the moment ... getting into any school. But even in that case, all you can do is be ... Today I got an email from MIT that directed me to a website which

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 19, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  So You Wanna Be A Blogger? The post that (hopefully) answers all of your questions about the selection process for admissions…

  

  number is not 100% set in stone. I am not yet sure how many bloggers will ... transition, we can trust you. ;-) If you wish to apply in the RA round, the ... questions? Just post 'em in the comments and I'll update this entry

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  A half semester told through paper grownup show and tell

  

  semester, and the first one I ever participated in. A lot of time I spent ... the diagrams digitally, so I draw the diagrams in by hand. In bad ... some drafts I made while trying to piece together the diagram in the post

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  night was a luxury. The single class that I took in January, which was ... that my score is lower. Edward persists in disagreeing. We make a bet. I ... say that I have a plan to make sure that I will be Perfectly Fine in the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iDoor Opening your boyfriend's dorm room door? There's an app for that.

  

  Almost a year ago, I met a kid who tried to convince me to come back ... completely innocent and simply limited to showing me how he could use water to open and close his door. Whether you believe him or not, I have to admit

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP 2006

  

  living. Mmm, I can go running in the park if it's not too snowy. Someone in ... can apply to up to 3 positions in the San Francisco, New York, Los ... advice you can get from alums in your major who have gone into different

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  ]. Also on Friday, I emceed the inaugural Gap year Panel. In the below photo ... Before we get into it, I need to address a question I've heard a few times. "Is MIT really like CPW?" The answer is, yes and no. Yes, in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  "You're good to submit!". I was kind of doubtful seeing as how quickly I ... edits in October, the moment had finally come. I was done. But now was a ... colleges. You are not losing yourself in these applications. I'll conclude

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? I. M. Pei, who graduated from the MIT school of architecture in 1940, designed the glass pyramids in front of the Louvre. "Agh, I'm so tired." "Guys! We can get a great picture with the pyramid. Get in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  science and media. But, in waiting for the summer session to start, I ... detailed synopsis and cast list). I got involved in the process a couple weeks ago thanks to the technical Theater Arts faculty in Rinaldi, whom I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014