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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  while I was growing up. All I remember is a guy in a paisley suit dancing ... chemical engineer would do?" I've always been meaning to do the "how does a ... old adage "Chemical engineering is the practice of doing for a profit

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  classes and your tests and your p-sets, how much time everything is going to ... organized with academic work, but I still can't gauge how much time everything ... in the fall. My point is, your first semester is pretty much the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint liveblog] finding the BALANCE with 2.009 watching the 2.009 annual showcase (with Kayode D. '27)

  

  summarize; Red Team made a product called Vortex, which is an alternative to ... wandering around with box mics. only valid form of q&a already Good job ... because i want to speak with the magic box but my head is literally empty rn

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Coworker Shenanigans Summer friends

  

  over. The guest bedroom has a huge pile of cardboard boxes, and Raphael ... box out of the way, Raphael stuck his hand out and made a noise ... . The company is one of the big plusses of a summer research program. On

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A Round Two Answers to some questions

  

  ... how difficult is it to pick stuff up? As far as picking up programming ... staff are allowed to take 1 course per term. Some professors may audit a course where they sit in and evaluate the class to make sure that it is

  • by Bryan
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Application Materials? What to do if your MyMIT tracking shows missing documents.

  

  have designated MIT at a score recipient, you are all set; there is no ... next week. That means that most of you who have a missing document will ... application is not yet complete. Over the past month, we have received more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  nothing really matters or does everything? a tale of epiphanies and a crisis

  

  is who we are. Without people, MIT isn’t much more than a random pile ... things? With that, I took a step back and stopped focusing so much on what ... started paying a lot more attention to how they were using different

  • by kellen manning
  • May 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ for Maker Portfolios You have questions - I have answers!

  

  website.   Q2) What is a Maker Portfolio? A2) We want to see how you ... ) There is a Maker Portfolio option? Really? A1) YES! Check out the ... knitted fractal, or a computer program/app.   Q3) How do I submit my

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  committee decisions on demand. But often there is not a specific reason that ... life very much. MIT is an amazing place, but it won't determine your ... I think you guys set a record for ben.mitblogs.com - 353 comments in

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  . This is what he played. "Now you can never forget what a descending 5ths ... up at 4 AM after I-forget-how-many hours' sleep and start on a thermo ... shift tonight and noticed that there is a large, person-sized indentation

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  freshman-- How are you doing in your intro classes? How much sleep are you ... motions, because as they say, "to whom much is given, much is expected ... things with which you're involved. He said it best with, “Life is a game

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / Residential Life

  A Place happy thoughts on East Campus

  

  went before I gapped, except that then I did not realize how much I would ... , everyone’s focus is shifting. EC is here and I’m living in it, but it’s a little more normal. REX as a wide-eyed newbie was good and now is gone

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  16.810 Rapid Design and Prototyping 8 days to build an airplane. Intrigued?

  

  presentation for 16.810, we made a short video. Here it is for you to enjoy ... . Throughout my childhood, a small walk in closet in the basement of my house was dedicated to LEGOs. I have three brothers, so we racked up quite a few LEGO

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  a hackathon, a marathon I went to MIT EnergyHack!

  

  the opening event on Friday. Josephine is a chemical engineer, Rick ... and Climate Club is a business-focused energy club, so we could have ... [annotation note="there is a theme here"]free granola bars[/annotation] and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  professors who do that. In contrast to high school, here is how MIT teaches, a ... heat dissipation. The math is the same–but I’m sure you know how much ... ;   This is a really good question, because it forced me to think and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  purpose of me writing this blog post is to give you some ideas on how to ... decisions. Here is a list of things I came up with. (PS sorry it's all ... accelerator? Build a particle accelerator! (Don’t know how to build a particle

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  tradition is Finals Pasta! Each night of finals week starting on Sunday, a ... people are eating at least once a day. MIT is really supportive during ... .  The cats are taking the hit from it the most - we've spent a lot of time

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  So how does a boy from Texas survive the oftentimes harsh winters of ... called No Flip Flops which was full of pointers on how to survive a winter ... learned a bit about winter fashion, and how to dress appropriately. I was

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  am i boring or just overstimulated?

  

  fully carpe diem-ing or whatever. Is how interesting I am proportional to ... interesting place? Or to how much I do compared to those around me? I feel that ... doing much of anything isn't nearly as bothering to me as it is to the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2025
• Blog / Events

  This…Is…BLODGEBALL! Everything and anything you ever wanted to know about us.

  

  like a 4-year-old. I realize that I could write a whole entry on how our team-building activity made me realize how each blogger brings a unique ... Note: I'll be doing a Q&A video with our very own Dean of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 9, 2011