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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  questions about what the company is looking for in its candidates. Before I ... When I was first applying for the GEL program, I heard a lot of ... between generic leaders and engineering leaders? Truth be told, I’m still a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  when I fixate on food, but it’s all in the name of science.) We began at ... custard right before your eyes. The custard recipe was discovered in Japan ... July and boy, what a great concept. We had two chocolate fudge cupcakes

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  would cost me around $500, and I was on a student budget. But what if I ... ground glass and the film holder. Eventually I will put a spring-back in ... in my head. I was experimenting with large format for the first time

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Bang! Update [3] Gotcha!

  

  ," Bwahahahaha. What I ended up with was a one-pound burger that was absolutely ... pistol team is on its way to West Point in New York for a shooting ... guns, gotta love it. I'd never shot before coming to MIT, but pistol

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  in there. HOWEVER, this is a good way of understanding what's actually ... false. Believe at your own risk. The Question: A couple of weeks ago, I ... , etc. In my last blog post, I said that I would write up an explanation

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek

  

  E-3 (admissions summary) card: I: We have your Interview in your ... a bit of all three. But the numbers all point in one direction: you ... I almost forgot: for you regular action folks, the deadline to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  now it's 12:45AM. I haven't done a "what am I taking this semester" post in a while, because I think I jinxed sophomore fall last time. I ... interested in AI in the first place. I'll be lying if I say I'm not a little

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  have no idea what to do with my interest in music now that i’m no longer ... than what i have done in the past and i have no idea what that will ... as possible the day before the concert we did a quick sound test and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choose My Senior Spring Classes for Me pre-registration is open and i will let you decide

  

  and I think it was my only B in high school which made me cry a lot ... : Relevant to what I want to learn. It's a new class which tends to be a lot ... exercises. Pros: I never got to take my sociology class before and this is a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  in a pool deep enough for me to have to swim since I was, like, 8. So ... I wasn’t in the worst boat—some kids didn’t even know there was a swim ... ; I don’t know how to swim. I got two and a half laps in when I realized

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  . Now I think I value a lot less what I accomplish while in college and ... had no idea what it actually entailed. I just got in the uber and ended up somewhere in Boston with a ticket. When we sat down I asked someone

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  In a few minutes I'll head over to the committee room to begin Day 7 ... committee this year even more than I have in past years. Maybe that's just what happens as you become a seasoned admissions officer, or maybe you

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  browser archaeology (fatima's version)

  

  Vuong because what I did with my one short beautiful life—was lose it on a ... Imperioli and Ocean Vuong in Conversation. (I don't know where this should go ... Lending Art Program. I participated in SLAP this year and got a piece of art

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  that I read in middle school. The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin. Basically, the book is about a bunch of strangers coming together to live in ... of July fireworks/celebration, because I've never really been in the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  again. In summary, here is a concise blurb of what I have to say to you ... what really mattered. Once I knew, the question no longer presented a challenge. Yes, I’ve had plenty of fun in high school, but when I picked a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Steam Ahead Leaving Boston for the final time

  

  On Sunday night, I sat alone on a bench in South Station holding what ... ’t what I imagined my final moments in Boston feeling like. I expected there ... Tech, and celebrated a friend’s birthday. Every once in awhile, I’d step

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • June 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  Looking For A Good Fantasy." I stood in that entrance hall for a solid ... . Occasionally, I noticed a gap in material, so had a pen and spare paper handy. I ... advisor, stands in front of a blank board; he is grinning, hunched over, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  AM. Since I have the worst luck in the world, I had a serious case of ... hard kicks in the face. (Remind me to tell you about how I failed my swim ... . If you're anything like I was before I left my soul behind and enrolled

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Too busy to write a blog, check out my playlist instead stuff I listen to when I code

  

  [caption id="attachment_88319" align="aligncenter" width="768"] (not by me)[/caption] https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7gPMHAyVIzQRXAkjHDbxty?si=d3d2d64a8f1d48bb Explicit lyrics. Don't play this in front of your

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 14, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  roles of their characters as effectively as possible in a strange and ... -aged politician who is in New York City on a campaign tour when Godzilla attacks. As ... members have played a game or six, and have become more familiar with what

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008