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  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  Center, where I work most mornings. As usual, I looked up in Lobby 7, more ... (unfortunately, the rippling surface of the fabric made the code hard to scan), one ... is an annual event at East Campus every IAP where  people get the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  'm finally free to come back to the blogs (: It's not that I haven't been ... brave through your first semester here: Keep an open mind. There are ... thought you'd like are actually quite likeable. For that reason, keep an

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  sure about the hours, but there are several CPR/First Aid training ... make the point that MIT fraternities are really different from the one in ... with the Greek Griller - free bbq for everyone, and you can go around and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  are only relevant to my first semester. I'm going through them now (3 ... ! Though MIT isn't as large as some other college campuses, there are lots of ... MIT trying to find new places to study. Some of my favorite places are

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  If you go to MIT, the odds are good that you'll get a B at some point ... the days of yore - the good ol' pass/no record days, which are now a ... Maxwell equations, Gauss's law, involved calculations that were made much

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  I spent this past IAP at home in Central Pennsylvania. This is where I grew up, from 13 to 18, and where I spend most of my IAPs and long ... valleys. Mornings are foggy; nights are cold. On the 4th of July you can

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  approximately where you are now. A summer of waiting to start at MIT had finally ... Cambridge, Massachusetts. You are all so bravely navigating this transition ... growth that has made me the version of myself I am proud to be today

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  particularly interesting story, though the photos are really pretty. [carousel ... perfumes at the duty free shop, since I'm currently looking to buy a ~new ... . By the time I left the duty free shop, I had about an hour left until

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  . There are two parts to this entry. Part the First: Our Students So here ... (offering free ice cream and challenging engineering-themed games), the crowd ... periodic interjections of "We Are The Engineers" and "The Liberty Bell (Theme

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  the required sum, but there are no free dates for TOEFL till early ... II which are more important than SAT I as SAT I can be replaced by ... ) and SATII - all of these are important components of your application

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  COPENHELL a giant metal fest in Denmark 🤘🏽

  

  cw: harassment (noted before the section where it’s mentioned, skip ... been sold out since before the pandemic, but volunteers could get in free ... get a tattoo (apparently at the metal fests in Scotland, which are

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 28, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  ’t qualified to do. Like your internship! Are you even qualified to do all of that important stuff for such a great non-profit? Are you spending enough ... ’t even know where to start. Soon they’re going to realize how insanely

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  subsequent care and feeding of the cells that are grown. Inspired by ... using biology. To get you started, Amino ships with Amino Glow App - your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.

  

  ...etc. were shipped from Taiwan as checked luggage on the airplane. As a result ... flood the entry with pictures, there are actually some more photos here

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Show In Town [by David Freilach, Guest Blogger/Assistant Director, LVAC] ARTalk guest blogger David Freilach checks out the…

  

  for more). URT and the Nora are sharing certain resources beyond the ... the costs of developing catalogues, crating and shipping art, and

  • by ARTalk
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  will feel overwhelming. Or days where it feels like things are just ... are always moments when you’re presented with a decision, and naturally ... , assignment submission, and choice that I’ve made. And by thinking about this, I

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  in the world. Plus, more and more summers are being reserved for ... me the program ended up being essentially free. I was on my way to ... previous night. That’s right—a class where basically all you do is socialize

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Family Weekend 2014 family weekend 2014, day 1 and how I had fun

  

  woke up and made my way to the Student Center where I met up with my ... I've been so busy.   It's 3:23 am and this is my free time. Well, not really free time. I COULD be studying for my 8.02 exam on

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Interning Remotely my verdict is that it definitely could be worse

  

  study/work abroad programs are definitively cancelled. I want to preface ... coding interviews; there was also free food"]many, many ... everybody has way more free time to spend on the Internet, so my internship

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  Dourmashkin and Lecturer Mohamed Abdelhafez are two physics teachers that have ... years. Mohamed originally hails from Egypt where he completed his ... between me and MIT students,” he said. “Students here are very motivated and

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025