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• Blog / How to Human

  Sounding Stupid More Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  opinions; chances are you haven’t thought it through and they will poke holes ... you know about the Palestine Israel situation? There are people who ... in your free time. Or, ignore all of this terrible advice because you

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Donate for Eric and Ann Whalley Please give to support the parents of a 2010 alumni, both victims of the bombing,…

  

  bombing and are both in serious condition, at ... feel free to share this link: http://bit.ly/whalleyrecovery. It's been ... Ann Whalley are very much a part of this family. All funds will go

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ‘Twas the Night before Finals Likely the highlight of my literary career. And some words of advice to EA.

  

  suite had some Chinese around, And MIT moral code says to free food I ... review sheet is awesome, my psets are read, My exams are all studied, and I

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  with parents who are cancer patients have their lives turned upside down ... . Overall, we are required to fund-raise upwards of $20,000 in order to provide Camp Kesem to families free of charge. For more information, please

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class of 2009 Ring Delivery The '09s get our brass rats. We think this makes us like, so cool.

  

  go, these things are pretty big hunks of metal. Second of all, they are ... minutes after that we went and found the free food. (It was delicious

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For great justice…

  

  -gathering tactic. MIT students have trouble resisting free food. I think that all the students who helped write this deserve a shoutout. Their names are ... , here as well. Note that some of the committee members are freshmen

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  systems are found in binary star systems, so they looked for eclipsing ... emphasizes that there are a lot of summer opportunities for undergrads with ... Course 12 (Earth and Planetary Science) and in his free time he hosts a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vivek Venkatachalam- Constructing a Very Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope Vivek Venkatachalam worked with researchers in the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Lab at MIT's…

  

  microscopes image objects that are at the nanoscale and consequently they are very sensitive and must be mounted on vibration-free platforms. Vivek

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Rebound Rumble! Another year, another FIRST Robotics Competition!

  

  ), teleoperated (where the drivers are controlling the robot's actions) and end ... . Founded in 1989 by Segway inventor Dean Kamen, FRC is an activity where a ... . Competitions are set in large arenas with intense two minute matches and hundreds of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Intertwined Relationships — for me — have always been about choices.

  

  fact of my life now; I’ve made it a joke.  I feel like throwing up, I say ... graduation approaching. The truth is, we are both going somewhere, and I’m nervous, nervous, nervous about where that is.” Forgive me for being a

  • by ana~
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  hard as we made it out to be in our heads—we just patiently followed the ... . Polyhedral puzzles are beautiful both aesthetically and mathematically ... Dillard “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  a question that is easily answered when we are five or six (princess ... , president, etc.), but as the time comes for us to truly decide what we are ... need a PhD, how often will I have to move, are there any jobs available

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes,The New App…It’s Really Here Or Why This Year's App is "Cooler" Than Last Year's.

  

  what was to come. As I made my big announcement, the shock wave rolled ... . It was an interesting thing to watch. For, as you see, we have made ... there are some interesting changes and we hope you'll like them. We spent

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 19, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  you wanted to change. Taking root and settling down is hard. There are ... workload came to a head and ultimately you made the tough choice to drop a ... shooting stars are just streetlights you’re speeding past; biology research

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  wouldn’t be able to get in, just because you are never fully prepared to ... because they made me happy (maybe I also thought that it was normal to ... was tailor-made for this school, it was her, or so I assumed. (Edit

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  unreasonable, since I think it's safe to say that there are few things less ... writing on the board and figuring out where you're going to put everything ... give are on topics in science. Now, like any talk, a science talk could

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cooking in Quarantine making all the recipes

  

  . Here are some of the things we've made! Vegetable Rice Bowl by Maangchi ... , watching it being made, watching animated food being made (particularly in ... recipe we made of hers, and it surprisingly and sadly didn't turn out that

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  like that? Are you getting bullied? I can kill them. Who's hurting you ... little moments where I would crack. Where I would think about it for too ... end up telling someone, my friend had replied, "Who do you think you are

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  i (don’t) want to be alone on loneliness

  

  my situation, and feeling like it's my choices that brought me to where ... several minutes. i saw my friend, the one i made a promise to, at the front ... there. it reminds me of how, sometimes, it doesn't feel like i made any

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  that time of year… ...when every day feels like 48 hours instead of 24. When's summer?

  

  on a loop:   You are in the front yard of your aunt's house ... rest are her sisters, The Little Sisters of Jesus. Askale is a sister of that order. Why shouldn't it be that all her sisters are your aunts, too

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2017