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  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  , and 53 seconds away. But who’s counting? In the mean time we stayed in ... something that I could show them. Something that’s a perfect representation of ... four star buffet on a broke college student’s budget. You walk in to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  or something similar, it's 11:58 so you're stressing out trying ... yet to write down in your application. That's fine. Just be sure ... ;s submission deadline hasn't passed yet. If its been more than two

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  freshman seminar Professor, Dr. Ed Seldin, a big fan of late 1800’s machinery ... . You have to train yourself to see the layers – what’s holding up the face? And behind that – what’s in the walls? And beyond that who’s inside

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  the next four (or three or five) years, wherever here is. That’s not very long. It’s going to be as important, as fun, and as life-changing as ... friends I did have were friends from high school or my mom’s students. I don

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  went to the nearby CVS and bought one of the DVD’s that was on sale. The ... stop (along with everyone else’s, I’m sure) for just a second. After 2 ... the most eloquent moment of my life, but I think that’s okay. The end

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  at least five or six MIT '12s currently in the running for Rhodes ... , preparing for Sunday’s competition. The pressure is on to get MIT’s car ready ... everything.” MIT’s Solar Electric Vehicle Team was first established 26 years

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As I Was Saying… My second internship entry AKA "How I copy and pasted my way to a new…

  

  research on my company’s background information. There are co-workers here ... ). Apparently this task was on our team’s to-do list for a while, but no one ever ... saving over each other’s work. What seemed like a really simple 1-to-2-hour

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  , and combining elements quickly. It’s really hard to tell someone you just met, “No, that’s probably not going to work.” It was really cool ... across the field. “What’s going on here, Kate?” they ask, and it’s clear

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  and on your own for a few weeks. It’s a good thing to know that you can ... little birdie! 2. Travel (Locally or not so locally) – In today’s world of ... year. It’s also a time to take a class to get ahead for the upcoming

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  This Entry is Really Long. And my pictures won't upload :(Edit: Actually, they finally did! Yay!

  

  look in the mirror and see a face that’s much darker than it usually is ... on gyroscopes, gas theory, and Gauss’s law. Gyroscopes make up one of ... Professor Walter Lewin’s 8.01 gyroscope lecture on OCW (ocw.mit.edu); thank

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Copyright, Subpoenas, and You I prefer to keep the "you" part out of the picture.

  

  rights in many motion pictures and television programs, including the title(s ... , or portion(s) thereof, is taking place. We believe that the Internet ... Section 106 of the U.S. Copyright Act. Depending upon the type of service

  • by Snively '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

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

  

  MIT, and people’s only exposure to any sort of South American food is Taco Bell. It’s really, really weird. It used to be a little skeptical ... ’t be afraid – there are definitely options available. That’s not to say

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

  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  nanotechnology, it’s quite understandable that many students are interested in ... -famous biomedical engineer and MIT professor Robert Langer. He’s won almost every ... means exhaustive and it’s absolutely astounding to see the plethora of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  at a local college) and received decent marks (5s for AP exams), MIT ... 5's on AP exams (and have passed all of your first semester classes ... and received 5's on both parts, you will instead reduce your needed

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Running away with the field Junot Diaz is sort of a big deal.

  

  ways it’s even better than Drown." Yay. Then, much to my surprise, Junot ... big one... From The New York Times review "Junot Díaz’s Brief Wondrous ... the burdens of familial history. An extraordinarily vibrant book that’s

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 10, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  easily because of the glare. And that’s why I’m out here, primarily: to ... will ever say that these decisions are easy, but I think it’s important ... comparing more sunny days to how well you fit with the people? It’s not even

  • by Phi A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  ? That’s the question. And that’s what my life is about now. Trying to ... ? Mike Posner’s story is just one story, and it’s definitely not a story that applies to my life (or to anyone else’s, really, since everyone’s

  • by Phi A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  , and decoupled suspension. Our car’s [annotation note="the amount of time ... process, but more importantly, it’s taught me what it takes to work on a ... "]EECS[/annotation] department, I’ve noticed that it’s easy to get funneled into one specific kind

  • by Gloria Z. '26 MEng '27
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  physics -- just do that.’ So, I've been here a long time,” Peter said. Peter’s ... MIT’s campus. “There is always something new and exciting happening ... to new ideas.”    In Peter’s response, Peter discussed the value

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  . It’s there, and I’m here. Be here. It also becomes abundantly clear ... that you can see the tops of the skyscrapers. ... It’s my senior spring, and I find myself walking around the Esplanade again. It’s been three

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024