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  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  find a job and figure out what they want to do in life. I also used the ... to be placed in a laboratory. I thought it was just because of my lack ... complete a Senior Research Project and I thought it would be neat to do my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  table my name and he produced . . . a folder. Yay. Here’s what I learned ... dinner in Boston but mostly I’m a TechCash guy. I wonder if that has ... ’ve yet to cash in on this, but I have a feeling that there are Bose

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  waiting to go in for my recitation one morning when I overheard a tour guide ... -and-tank-top-wearing days to finally be upon us again, I have also been in an application ... -term thinker rolled into one. Thanks to a Concerned Proactive Mentor, I had a

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Public Art Projects ...for your amusement.

  

  and seeing certain landmarks 4 times before realizing that I was traveling in circles. :-) Now that I'm more familiar with the tunnels, the ... , where I find this heart (it looks much cooler in person). Click the photo

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  only got in because you're (blank)." And you know what, it really hurt ... words may never hurt me." If only. For a long time, I questioned whether ... other than my potential to do well at MIT. For a little while, I even

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  picture at Little Venice in London gave me a deja-vu. I hope my nerdy ... don’t remember much what happened during my Pi day; I think I went for ... , here are some cool things I did last week! I was in London twice, once

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tribute This is not the best joke in the world... actually, maybe it is.

  

  that I need to have written by tomorrow, I spent the afternoon in the ... was covered in the Boston Globe and slashdotted, MTG had quite a larger ... space in a Turkey vs. Spam entry, just in case you were planning to go see

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT: Coding over Cookies sights from the hackathon [pictures inside!]

  

  -night "insomnia cookies" to breakfast bagels with half-and-half milk. Toss in a hallway lined with air mattresses for catnappers, and throw in a bunch of ... programming or other media) in a spirit of playfulness and exploration." Don

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Thing I Love About MIT… Is how easy it was to use an assignment to pick up a cool internship.

  

  ’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. So that’s what I did. We got a 90 on Slate’s business ... Prototyping’ (more on that in my next post) and interning with a company in Kendall Square in Cambridge-- a global innovation hotspot (and in MIT

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Back From The West Coast ...with thoughts and conclusions on the recent serious posts.

  

  Hi everyone, I am back in town after a crazy day of traveling across ... sporadic during my trip. I've had a chance to think about the recent thread ... thread. But this blog is what it is, and Matt & I have to stay within

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  other questions beyond what I showed in the video or was written in the ... of a success, but I gave it a shot. There have been tons of articles ... /creations were cool from a mechanical engineering standpoint. I feel a little

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 11, 2014
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  ’t have worked in a lab nor done research to enter. It’s that time of year ... * For me, it was really awesome getting the chance to work in a lab and to ... never told them but I like to pretend that they cared. But, in all

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  a stressful endeavor. I know, I know! Applying to college is beyond ... one of the chosen 5? Does anyone know where I can get a used Viper ... Action Applications. Can I be frank with you? (As apposed to Bob? I'm so

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  “i can only draw stick figures” musings on learning to draw

  

  drawing I must preface that I never thought of myself as a drawer. In fact ... revisited the "Sighting Method," a technique I learned in class where one ... the horizon, I’d embark on a long bike ride over to the complete

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • June 4, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  I discuss how to get scientists more involved in advocacy, and what a ... him by name when I passed by in the hallway. Now, I’m in a big room ... , and at some point Rush Holt says "yes, I know what pulsars are. I'm a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  This week I bring to you a guest entry from a very talented musician ... your computer in its entirety.) So I actually did this "interview" back ... times when I felt pressure from my parents to practice piano. In the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meta

  

  started blogging for Admissions, I wrote a number of what were basically ... more entries that provided a snapshot of what I was actually doing, but ... you think. "I like what you're doing, keep it up" is a valid answer, as

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cue the montage music

  

  me assure you that I graduated with a MechE/BME degree in 2008. I have ... Ten years ago when I was a high school senior, a long-haired friendly ... changed, as I am still (sort of, I’ll explain) in school at MIT, doing

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Events

  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  In a world...where engineers want to become leaders...3 students must face the truth...about engineering leadership. As I hinted at in my last ... semester. "Okay, where to begin?" was what I was thinking at the start of

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round what do you get when you cross the flinstones with public transportation?

  

  Let's start off with a little riddle. What is white, at least 2500 ... [] and a little art? If the hints aren't helping, I guess I can give you ... the environment today. What I thought was especially cool is that the

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2005