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• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A moveable feast

  

  ago I came to MIT. After a period away, I recently came back to wear a ... a city's darkness opens it to the eye. When the streets of Cambridge ... of a kid trying to surpass himself at 6, and finding himself awed at

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • June 16, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  expected, meaning a number of folks had to stand. To those of you who stood ... helpful to you. We had a great crowd in Miami. The Miami meeting was one ... and times to schedule meetings, and I was uneasy about having a meeting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  appropriate if you're introducing yourself to a veterinarian or fellow dog lover. 5. Do your homework! If you're going to an event sponsored by a ... you are going to be the "driver" or the "passenger." 9. Make a graceful

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  impossible right now. Life is now mostly a choice of how to spend my time the ... decided to skip 18.022 lecture on a whim to go to CVS with my friend to pick up her meds. Is skipping 18.022 generally a bad idea? Probably. But to

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  . Don't waste time trying to prove to yourself that you can finish a PSET ... to an organized, clutter-free space is a huge boost to your mood ... . Because writing let's you put a stop on the clock to reflect what is and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  comprehend my state of mind back then. I want to have a conversation with that ... math major. I had a clear life plan to start in the first semester ... major for almost a semester, and still plan to take more physics courses

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  From Markets to Math Class

  

  "treadmill" that MIT can be: Sometimes it's hard to take a step back. This is ... today, a colleague sent me a news article called From Wilton to Wall ... different or that you'd like to do and learn from), and then going straight

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  classes, passing classes, to get A's, to get C's (P/NR FTW!), to be ... 2.006 test (which was likely to be VERY hard). All of a sudden, in ... a week to the week immediately following CPW, and the day before my 2

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  , travelled to all parts of Boston in a mere 4 hours, had fun at REX events ... 't limited to pizza), spent a night in the New England Aquarium, and finished ... the people who read the blogs brings me here to my computer on a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  Foundation: Laura Deming wants to extend the human lifespan for a few more ... are indeed under 20 years of age. According to the press release, more than 400 people applied, a selection rate of less than 6%. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  . ------------------------------------------------------- Since you are a member of the MIT Class of 2007, You get to ask a professor out to a nice dinner on the town. And we'll pay for it. So, not only do you get a chance to interact closely with amazing teachers

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Recent Questions! Fun for parents @ CPW, enrolling questions, etc...

  

  to Housing and Dining. This will be a great overview of the variety of ... thinking about a career in medicine? This would be a good one to attend. 12 ... who are brave enough to live in the dorms with your kids! You'll get a

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  communities to join. Remember, you are not attending a college simply to study ... ones in which I get to dispense laughs or in which I get a chance to ... being WICKED SMART, you are a witty lot. I am pleased that you continue to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  children is so rare on a college campus that it's refreshing to see them dancing to kids' tunes. I like to come for the crafts and get stuck at a ... couple of times, an MIT student worked as a DJ, so we got a chance to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  ways to enjoy a New England spring and it does have its' charms, I suppose. First way to enjoy a spring in Cambridge: Find the appropriate ... tootsies with Uggs. 2.   Second way to enjoy a New England spring: Rainboots

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  hacking tools to make a guide for sales engineers but what I found was a 10 ... summers to date. Computer security is something they touch upon a little bit ... year. The internship was pitched to me as a better class than any school

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Be A Blogger (2018)! welcome to THE INTERNET

  

  to pick your classes, or a really cool new thing you learned today in ... of the blogs is to allow our bloggers to communicate what being a ... for this. It's a pretty good gig to be honest.   Please note that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 30, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  participant at a hospital, which, to make a long story short, was like being on ... and ask you to spit into a tube and run some tests. Upon our first few minutes seeing a window to the outside world, one of the scientists wished

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Want To Play Music @ MIT? (informally, that is.)

  

  to college - I played solo in coffeehouses, as half of an acoustic duo in auditoriums, as part of a band in various bars & clubs. I sang in an a cappella group for most of college as well as college choir

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  hedge my bets, I've set out on a crusade to learn more about regular old ... week we cover a different fabrication technique on our quest to make ... cutter to make a press-fit construction kit - like a LEGO model, except we

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017