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  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  , because I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours and I have yet to pack and ... raffle to get a free 32GB ipod touch. Yeah. I know. Wow. If that's not an ... 'm trying not to get my hopes up. But dang. So anyway, a list of some of the

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  a fearless innovator with “new and insightful ways to tackle ... has tinkered with bacteria to make them produce a petroleum-like fuel ... and management, David originally wanted to become a neuro or orthopedic

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?

  

  either an acronym or a number. There's a quirky language to MIT, a handful ... specifically to getting an internship at a company external to MIT. Research ... is related to your major; common choices are 2A-6 (comp sci), 2A-4

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 7, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  but he spent a great deal of time talking about how important it was to prioritize togetherness (especially in a place like MIT where it is easy to ... Excellence in Mentoring award given to a professor who serves as an advisor

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if my country has a different academic calendar?

  hemisphere. Students from these countries may apply to MIT before completing high school or wait until they graduate. We suggest students apply to university in their home country and begin studies while they wait to learn their
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  keep a list in my head of what topics I want to blog about. But I think of it as a stack, as opposed to a queue - so I cover things that ... . Additionally, they run a series of IAP classes, covering everything from how to

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The middle of the semester I'm kinda over this workload

  

  vacation and professors were trying to get to a stopping point before ... where we had to lay out a detailed game plan for our final project. I had ... miss out on once-in-a-lifetime opportunities in order to do more work. So

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 28, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  The college admissions process is often compared to dating. It's a ... 've admitted a class of students, we begin to court them once more. Shiny tubes ... have said yes; welcome to the family! Some have said no; we'll eat a

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  to grandma, and a certain jolly old elf that lives at the North Pole ... help us to determine if a student is a good match for MIT like creativity ... that the most important thing for a fourth grader to do, is to be a

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Lazy Day Today is one of them

  

  early. I turn a little bit in my bed before...contemplating going back to ... !I had many, many, many lazy days as a rising freshman about to enter ... .   Head to the beach.   Get tan! (Or get a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  to do a great job at their internship, but *sometimes* they lack the ... Teaching Assistant (TA) who is in industry/research, to complete a series of ... 5!) but also managed to find time to have a UROP, participate in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  webpages to list them all. You rank a shortlist and right before school starts, everyone who opted in is assigned to a seminar and an advisor ... , that we use our creativity. I thought it would be cool to have a sky

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  awesome for creating my new banner. Not to mention the fact that you are a perfect fit for MIT and I can't wait to see you as a freshman this fall. Remember to bring warm clothes... even our September weather may be a bit

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  was kind of sad to think about for a while. Really, Allison? You have no ... they’re definitely a great way to connect with other people (hence the frequency in get-to-know-you questionnaires), so I was still a little

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  wonders have inspired scientists to innovate. When a group of MIT ... their attention to the gecko. Geckos can scale smooth walls at a whopping ... generate enough force to allow a gecko to hang upside-down from one foot

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't

  

  people who helped write, and they've all been talking to me and asking me to work on the hunt. so i was looking forward to it for quite a while ... friday night was the beginning of teammate hunt, a puzzlehunt written with

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Will the pie be bitter or sweet? Hint: it's a trick question.

  

  it is you do. There's a whole new world full of opportunities about to ... While I may lack Ben's ability to speak to the heart, Matt's wisdom ... you a byte (or a few) from my bottomless cache of labyrinthine analogies

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  -and-coding heaving schedules I’m used to. In a way, it’s really nice—I’m being ... studies! It’s practically impossible for one person to optimize a UI, but a ... belonging to one of 31 body parts. A set of features are generated for each

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  wanted to meet new people; i was deprived of doing so in a pandemic and ... next to all my classes). it also has no elevators, a weird layout, and ... to just bring my own. this meant that i had to rent a UHaul with a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  childhood was a festival of notes. I'd wake up to a note on my bedside reminding me to brush my teeth; on the bathroom mirror a note would remind me ... even now, as a grown man, when I go home I'm liable to wake up buried

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011