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  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  . So, in a way, there’s more of them in me than me. And that is both ... not to inundate this post with a couple thousand extra words. I could ... movies make it so easy to fold up a life and sew up a problem? Quickly and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter

  

  the Dominican Republic. I went with my family and we stayed at a French ... and Premed (we have a really cool major that lets you combine Mech E with another area of your choice, it's called 2A), I live in Next House

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  , my backpack would be loaded with paper and colored pencils, and I ... changed a bit, though not as much as you would think. In preparation for the ... own film series) and afterwards slept like a rock. This morning, I woke

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  luggage bags, rolled into a car with my five siblings and my mom and my dad ... infinite. I was filled with boyish wonder, and I was ready for my grand ... with the entire backstory of you. They can take one look at you, and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  available -- my friend Stephen '05 was a tutor for biology, and he held court ... and life. For serious problems, you might also consider speaking with ... a world where they were the BEST and always got A's and never had to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  invite a student leader to help set the tone for the weekend and welcome ... he'd write up a version of it as a guest post for the blogs. And he did ... getting tough and you all have a lot to look forward to. I am going to miss

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights and Sounds Only at MIT.

  

  would sacrifice an afternoon nap for a one-mile walk across the Harvard ... was made more memorable by the following episode: (Jeanne and I spot a ... in my physics classroom for a late-night review session. Somehow, I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 5, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  academics, high character, and a strong match with MIT's mission to use ... . We [annotation note="I know this looks like a large number, and it is ... with care, and it is final. I know this can be a difficult decision to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Floating On A Whim [by Katharine Chu '09, Guest Blogger] An art UROP carries a curious course 9-er all…

  

  Philbrick, from my small apartment in LA and set up a time for a meet and greet. I met with Jane in her studio and immediately signed on for the ... [international UROP] along with a Kelly-Douglas Traveling Fellows Grant and to my

  • by ARTalk
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties MIT alumni-hosted parties in your area.

  

  students and alumni. Here are a few highlighted events this coming week; see your MyMIT portal for the locations and times for these events, and for a ... , CTO and VP of Design and Engineering. Wednesday New York City. With

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  call the "Nance Effect" a home of sorts, thank you for your continued ... commune with family and friends. It's the safe and supportive place from ... strangers met at my blog for conversation, fun and intellectual discourse. I

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-med, Everybody’s Best Friend If you are considering a career in medicine -- and not as a pharmacist.

  

  . (I liked her so much that I took her class 21A.348: Photography and Truth the next semester.) Anyway, our 21A.453 class had only 3 students in it, and we met in the Anthropology Department's conference room for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: A Quick Roundup Snively and his homepage dominance must be stopped!

  

  don't sleep, and perhaps that Chris M. is pretty smooth with the ladies ... up a Bose Home Theater System in my room. And still more to come ... /snowboarding/sledding/snowmobiling/falling down in the snow and then to Montreal for La Fete des Neiges de Montreal

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  Crosswalk, and the Student Center). For those familiar with the area, it ... girl's romp through MIT's male math maze," and as neither a girl nor a ... . Did I mention it was a one-woman show? And not only was Gioia

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  10 cm^3 non-space-qualified satellite, so it's essentially a box with ... -home labs (2.678: Electronics for Mechanical Systems and 16.851: Satellite ... on (in the orange box), and the Analog Discovery 2, a nifty device that

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  place home for a bit :) While I appreciated the heated toilet seats and ... to a mind-boggling temperature to mimic the sun’s heat and then shook them around a bunch to mimic take-off.  The other team I worked with was

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  -hour-long conversations with people I barely knew. It was awesome. I found a UROP for next ... a position that matched the type of technical work I was looking for ... into storage, and was preparing to get on a plane home (with a suitcase

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  looking at the whole student and their match with MIT. It will not be ... , but to do things most beneficial for themself as a person and citizen ... , and that is not a recipe for success. At MIT, standardized tests and

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  brunch with a friend in Palo Alto and then stop by the Stupid Shit No One ... students (you can read my trip reports for ISEF in 2015 and 2016). ISEF is a ... at ISEF or Maker Faire, and I'll post a trip report with pictures (and

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

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  The first month of the year is a beautiful time for students here: no ... and pressing paper down for three key reasons: 1.) I liked the Course 18 ... different fields to make work that can help the lives of many people, and 3

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024