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  1 / How to MIT again?! An expat returning home to the 'Tute

  

  ."]readapting[/annotation] to home base. Luckily, I had a friend who rented a Zipcar van and helped me ... organizers who concentrate in biology). Here's a recording of my performance ... you may undergo a process of re-adjustment in your place of origin

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 29, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  people who do. In grad school I was in a department for zoology and botany ... your occupation or field that you work in? I am a computational ... college (lived in the same dorm). He’s a mechanical engineer. No kids (yet

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  unicorns big confusion

  

  i. in the business world, a unicorn is a startup with a valuation of ... . the challenge is doing so in a way that isn’t confining or prescriptive ... hundred million dollars per quarter). valuation is a subjective number

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  salt. Nevertheless, this post is a big step in the right direction, and ... burning in your mind right now – what exactly is hardness? Merriam ... ].[/caption]A slightly more sophisticated scale is the Vickers hardness scale

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

  of the same page, or opening messenger every two and a half minutes in ... anything about a song, especially after listening to it multiple times in a ... the same country you are when you’re both in a foreign place, or being

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  by nerds who think being a nerd is cool, but whatever the cause is, it ... 'm going to school in Boston remark on how cold it is, but the most jarring ... as in high school, but the problem is that I’m more naturally an early

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Professorial Help Thanks to the faculty.

  

  in the Boston Globe a week ago. Check it out: ...Sadoway, a professor ... in the cadre of engineers and scientists who come up with solutions ... table in his office: a thin blue square that produces about as much energy

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  /reforms/goings-on in the Middle East, a Japanese student group to hear about the ... my past two summers were spent in a variety of locales (take advantage ... in the future. I am spending the summer in Bend, OR, a small city of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  design.  In the form of a limerick. Mine was: I'd say that design is an ... 't progressed very far beyond grade school. 2.00B is a project-based course ... course they'll in, they'll hedge a little; they might say "6, or 2, or

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  's Green Building Challenge implemented a diverse variety of strategies in ... , beating the other nine teams by a huge margin. In last place, team 41W ... on Beast who completed 35 or more reps. Based on this, for next year

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

  you who are applying to MIT EA, the deadline tomorrow is probably one of ... note="A silent study space open 24 hours that is never empty during the ... Song of the Recruiter Siren You’re a passionate UROP for a lab in

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  the last problem sets I will ever do as a freshman, which is a pretty awesome feeling. All that's left to finish up this semester is the final ... Oh, hey, the weekend's here. Awesome. In other news, the last full

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  take care of the boy from story who was put in water as a baby i am back to talk about moving the body again

  

  . all of this is good for the boy from story who was put in water as a ... problem was about the boy from story who was put in water as a baby: the ... on the lower leg, and the boy from story who was put in water as a baby

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  you are, that you are a hard worker who is involved in her life and who ... rules in US college admissions. While some people think this is a bad ... college for everyone in America. There really is a school for everybody. My

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  A New Time, A New Place 2011 and India!

  

  home a happy 2011; I would’ve wished them in person – except I’m in India ... flight cancellations, some in-flight meal confusion, a missed train, a last ... of my visit to Anaikatti is to work at one of the tribal hospitals in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 1, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  section[/annotation] is “I Took a Pill in Ibiza” (lyrics) by Mike Posner ... well at so far in my life? Is it a career that I feel aligns with my ... career). Vienna is a reminder that despite everything that I have said in

  • by Phi A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  interesting in that 90% of our grade is based on problem sets, 5% on participation, and the remaining 5% on some in-class assignment that is supposedly ... Sooo ~ MIT's back in session and life is again much too full with

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  It's Q&A time! Ajit asked: "who is the person in the 5th picture ... get crowded first.) In terms of gender mixing, there is a very large ... weather is still nice) during naptime. =) I have two friends who live in the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Introduction To MIT World ...and my blog's first feature: Akamai, Clever and Cool!

  

  , peacemakers, and scientists - and even a physicist who is a poet — Frank Wilczek ... in 71 countries. Leighton, who is co-founder and Chief Scientist at ... lectures at MIT. MIT World has been in operation since 2001 and today has a

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Class Projects

  Watch the “Wild” 2023 Final Presentations for 2.009: Product Engineering Processes something to watch while awaiting decisions

  

  2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 ... . Check out the "build challenge," which is used as a big collaboration activity ... students with a team-based product development experience. Students will

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2023