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  Schools of dreams

  

  the nearest major research university to where I grew up, for some of ... , and my opinion of it has drastically changed. I saw physics labs where undergraduates where heavily involved in research. The student body had tremendous

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  Period, where MIT people can do "whatever they want."']IAP[/annotation] has been fantastic in a lot of different ways. I'm back in Cambridge, I did a ... called the "externship" program. i did an externship last IAP, and you can

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

   did manage to fit it in my schedule. I didn’t really read the description that ... projects in the makerspace, and were [annotation note="“I didn’t know you ... cool. I don’t think I particularly want to work in any kind of wet lab

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  scuba do or scuba don’t? under the sea

  

  .  Scuba has been five weeks in the making, since I passed the swim and boat ... .  As a side note, in order to address my homework, I’ve developed ... realized that I really had to lock in for 8.01.  At the end of the class

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • November 17, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  one particularly nasty hell week can instill in you, something I thought ... taking better care of myself. I can’t control the unexpected things in ... please, bear with me). What I can control is how I handle myself in every

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  Even in classical mechanics, physics tells us about relativity, where ... - even easier - than before. With that in mind, I invite you to ... earliest memories, I'm climbing the steps to where I used to live and heading

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Grads Design the Jolt Sensor to help high school athletes detect concussions better

  

  in the world and being in an environment where people are always ... $11,000. Now they're holding a social media contest where you can people ... undetected concussions has become too prevalent in young athletes, and Ben, as

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Corey Kubber MIT will help Corey Kubber '10 "develop and grow, with some eccentric, genius-type people."

  

  MIT's study abroad program in Japan. "I've always been interested in ... I've been meeting." The Morikami is one of many places where Kubber ... said. "A scientist using one sample at a time in a petri dish can take

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The View From the Other Side of Hell If MIT is a 400-meter race, am I really at the beginning of the home…

  

  (including this character), which will be detailed in the entry where I explain ... Two days ago, Sophia '10 drove Kathy '10 and I to Cape Cod, where we ... think it's true. ----- Five days ago, I was tucked away in a lounge on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  stuff in the back, and we drove home. I was home for a week, during which ... drove me to Washington, DC, where I moved into one of the dorms at George ... stuff back to Ohio. I stayed in Ohio for a week and a half, then my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  factors in the mysterious element of wind chill.  I was graciously accepted ... : Luckily I can say that beyond the weather, Chicago was quite good to me ... alums happy to talk about what they majored in, where they lived, and what

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  reviews and more. Note: I think Manning only teaches it in the spring; I can ... grade in the class, or my bitching about all-nighters, that I thought this ... 6 people. I have friends in Courses 2 (MechE), 3 (Materials), 6 (EECS

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  So I've been in classes here for, as of yesterday, one whole month ... before hand. I'm as scheduled as I possibly can be (which is not a lot ... , sleep,) is a pretty big deal also. There have been many nights where I

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  why do you do what you do do androids dream of electric self-awareness

  

  he'd rejected all of them. "I really can't say," was his reply. "It ... most everything I do. Taking an example from when I was younger, in the ... , back in high school, I believed that the college admissions rat race was

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  roommate (from freshman year, mind you) and I lived in the same room freshman ... little bit thinking about where I was two years ago – I distinctly remember ... willing to forgo this summer so I can get to MIT as soon as possible. I can

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my summer break california, nasa, pedestians, wifi

  

  in 2009 (2010?). I can't tell you too much more without upsetting my ... buffalo. There are no buffalo in california as I write this entry though I ... /Small Spacecraft Division where I work!! Fun fact! The mission design center at NASA

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 22, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  Quick update from SB Where it is not below zero.

  

  In Santa Barbara right now, where I'm soaking up the sun and just getting some R&R before the new semester. This IAP I have just been up ... let you guys know I'm not dead, Haha. Will have a more in depth check in

  • by Celena C. '12
  • January 8, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  in 4 months as a real, live MIT student. As a high school senior, I ... assigned to Next House (I still run into my host, and I ended up living in ... had a nickel for every time I’ve heard this happen, I could at least buy

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…

  

  for every night in January. During the semester, I usually grab dinner ... + tuna in red sauce = spaghettuna. I told my sister and her text message ... can be a turn-off. I guess I’m just used to it by now; you see, I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 10, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  ="obviously class numbers are not in the ten hundred most used words, but I'm leaving ... sharing our work in such a way that other people can easily understand and ... loud and clear, not talking too quickly, can all add to your story. I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024