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• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  past tense, though, because as you might have heard, there are a lot of ... -1) would be amended in a way that gives several options in places where there ... this is all just a thought experiment..") and then you then look to the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Words of Encouragement

  field notes on all the fruit tending to plants, self, others

  

  . Then, I bought a banana plant. Did you know you can just buy banana ...   that sometimes people underestimate you, but you can still bloom where you are planted, as the proverb goes. This botanical vocation is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  , well, high school. There’s only so much time you can spend together when ... , and to be quite honest I think a lot of where I am right now is just ... , but there’s also just a general sense of ambient happiness. When I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Personal Projects

  A Recycled-Material Selfie Stick Engineering and problem solving in developing nations (the most important problems only, of course....)

  

  largest outdoor market in Africa. You can find virtually anything there ... sell just broken, beat-up electronics that people buy for parts. You can ... free time (and maybe that’s why you clicked on this article)~ And it is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  allowed? One time, in my sophomore year, there was a blogger meeting where I ... been up to since then? Where do you live? What do you do? What is life ... event where they had a special pop-up museum-like thing that walked you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dies Irae Quantus tremor est futurus!

  

  have my allegiance." C3PO: "To a splendid counterpart!" R2D2: "You can ... friend!" Yoda: "My trusted ally you are." Palpatine: "Together, we can rule ... an actual valentine, and it features a picture of a droid that can

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

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  everything. There’s a few minutes where we just sit there in silence.   A ... just trying to get home as quickly as she can. There’s a particular ... . as with any piece of writing, there is no obligation to read further if

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…

  

  summer, there is no studying (unless you’re taking the GRE or MCATs, in ... , there is sometimes so much free time after you get out of your UROP ... ? Where are my sisters going? For us, the 4th of July is not a one-stop deal

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • July 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House: Where The Sidewalk Ends A tour of Next House!

  

  , you see the front desk: On the right is an Athena cluster, with a ... basement later): So there's a little ramp that you walk up, and on the ... made to your specifications or they can make you a wrap sandwich), Bits

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  two words of the language native to the country you'll be traveling to ... with no idea where anyone or anything is. Despite my complaints and lack ... country for a litttle while: Look familiar? To summarize ~ (1) Ahhh, I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  insist on denying that the future is rushing towards me at a terrifying ... International Science and Technology Initiative (gah! embedded acronyms!), is a ... medical devices, with openings in over a dozen countries including Italy and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  think it was edited from a two-hour movie down to the point where it was ... me at all, unlike Spiderman 2, where the value of an eigenvector can be ... Juggernaut, b****!" Also, there was a preview for Snakes on a Plane. Between

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  okay, it is really hard to actually feel okay. So I took a break. I only ... you sit or stand with both feet on the ground and remind yourself where you are. You remind yourself that you aren't amidst a tragedy, that you

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  decision. Everything is A LOT. I just wish there would be more minutes in ... will say a couple things I realized about my job and ETS. 1) This is ... their lives… 2) This is really hard… a question is not just a question

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  Higher Ed, the best thing a student can do is whatever will advance his or ... solution to a real world problem. Each year there is a theme to the robot ... Spring is the season when students across the country are making

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  . Even where there is water, many, especially women, avoid going to ... innovation going on here is through the roof! You can view all the teams here. Since the competition is ongoing, you can vote for five teams that you

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  to guess. Sometimes it is hard because you have a lot of stories ... being able to write well is important. You will never encounter a ... word where a short one will do. If it is possible to cut a word out

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Twenty-One Days Abroad in Twenty-One Photographs a curated photo dump of an IAP in Spain

  

  a convent where we would proceed to buy a box of marzipan from a nun ... definition of luxury. There is even a room with porcelain walls. What.  #11 ... -Bornemisza Museum. Madrid is home to quite a few excellent museums, including the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  be fair, the dining halls are all-you-can-eat (and-maybe-even-smuggle-out-in-a ... stability of always having a meal ready, every day, no work required. There is ... efficient system. I still visit the dining halls frequently - you can buy

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  speaker talks and gallery shows + other cool stuff yay

  

  .g. as a staff designer, you just can’t be the principal on a project or ... United States?? There’s also a graduate program in science writing, a ... ="alignnone" width="550"] you can kind of see them at the front[/caption] Books and

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 18, 2025