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  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  history, a country that is mostly racially homogeneous - and a new respect ... to. The cherry on top of this weird, informally-dressed sundae is that ... , salarymen, and even train conductors, but Japan is also home to some of the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  prof, Yasunori, is on the same floor as my lab, and he still says hi to ... ! ...if you're a girl) and to lead a tour of my UROP lab. But the one thing ... assigned to each department is a matter of historical contingency, and doesn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  goal was to survive MIT, and I did that. I think there's a statistic ... Lectures MIT is a hard school, and the lectures aren't always that ... : I need to stop throwing all my clothes in the dryer. When I saw that a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  things that make noises for those lost

  

  quite the same. it's experienced in shorter, more intense bursts, and is ... march is a rough month. you are lost, not only in a pile of things to see and things to do, but probably also in a pile of emotions you can

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • March 15, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5 days to May 2

  

  to know anything until the following week. In the meantime, May 1/2 is ... . Q. I'll provide a country and its largest city by population. You ... With 5 days until the May 2 postmark deadline, is anyone still making

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tips from Me to You 15% is standard most places, but my tips are 100%! (awesome that is)

  

  't catch what that implied) So the whole point of this is to take a deep ... a good portion of you, the pressure is on, as there's officially ... DO stuff. Whatever it is you like to do, get out there and get it done

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  prototypes to the winner, $10,000 for 2nd place, and $1,000 for 3rd place. A ... ElectroPlushies for free, I'm filming 2.00b this year, and there's a trip to ... future. As a part of the class we took a trip to the Hasbro world

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  that for a bit. Kevin is a huge fan of the Iron Man movies, and Iron Man ... ’m a senior, and he’s a junior. We still live in the same floor of Random ... attention has shifted to rockets and robotics. He’s on the MIT Rocket Team, a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Time to Enroll You have doubts, I have gifs

  

  to college in the fall and can sleep soundly. But making a choice is ... you or your family. Remember that the value of MIT is worth more than ... and wish you the best...   Are there other questions you have

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  . The "Unique to MIT" part is that a lot of these projects largely involve ... projects to the minutes that slip through our fingers. and yet that is the ... collaborative attitude is pretty central to the MIT experience and identity, in a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Varsity Pistol Team Wins National Championship

  

  -Team selection in both the free and air events. Michael Horvath was named to the ... , theater, and, yes, sports. MIT is a member of NCAA Division I in Crew ... program's history, with previous victories occurring in 1971 and 1972. As a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  . He is now a partner for Square Peg Capital in Boston, and he gave the ... listened to the MIT startup mDoc, a digital health company that focuses on ... . That's a lot of degrees between the two of them, and these guys know what

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds of Summer What've you been listening to lately?

  

  is also the kind of song that makes you want to go back to the 90's ... - This is the kind of song you put on a blog post to see if anyone knows ... . :( "Shipping Up to Boston" by Dropkick Murphys - This is the kind of song you

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  7.013, 8.02, and 5.12. (My brain is still recovering from the trauma ... , uh, relaxing. And now, to punctuate the beginning of this week, I've got a 5.12 p-set, an 8.02 p-set, and a 9.00 test - all to be taken or to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)

  

  extreme poverty a thing of the past? Why do some countries grow fast and ... From the comments on my last entry, the mean is 3.21748954013248 and ... world poverty, have some economics (14.01 is the prerequisite), and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  if that's the right word to use), there was a taxi driver willing to ... country is most famous for – and so registering for 4S.10 was a no ... Indian standards. Trust me; that's saying a lot. To add to my travel

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  the same 24 hours in a day. It's how we choose to spend it that ... ; Raivo and I were the first to come up, giving a quick talk on the history ... " and "much cool". The bezel is also a scratch-n-sniff, with the available

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Events

  DEALicious in which i counsel an FPOP and come out with free candy. also how to…

  

  First things first -- I took a weekend trip back to New York and ... the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, TechStars Boston, and ... all ages and disciplines -- they just expect you to come in with a

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Back From The West Coast ...with thoughts and conclusions on the recent serious posts.

  

  the country with a pregnant wife and a toddler (good times). Sorry to be ... such as my blog is not the place to have a discussion on highly serious ... sporadic during my trip. I've had a chance to think about the recent thread

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Red Balloons Gotta catch 'em all!

  

  ASSEMBLE! Prefrosh, undergrads, alums, this is a call to action! It is time for us, all of us, to band together under a common dome and ... deploying Ten Red Weather Balloons all across the country. $40,000 goes to the

  • by Snively '11
  • December 4, 2009