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  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  RingComm email advertising Ring Premiere[/caption] For each class, a ... ="stainless steel"]ultrium[/annotation] ring for daily use and one gold ring for ... arrange for our rings to be delivered to us. I'm grateful this was made

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  For many people, the idea of "what do I want to be when I grow up" is ... , president, etc.), but as the time comes for us to truly decide what we are ... you want to do for, potentially, the rest of your life. Even here at MIT

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  into a proposal for a functional school building. As soon as I started ... ? He kept going. Let me demonstrate for you. He walked up to my boards ... at that moment, I had no idea what I was arguing for, what my project

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  foundation for much of the social science research I love best. In his article, Kahneman describes his time working as a psychologist for the Israeli Army ... basically, it's a perfect setup for the Illusion of Validity Why is MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Stomp the Yard, MIT style The Divine 9 and NALFO organizations on campus

  

  umbrella organization for the nine historically black fraternities and sororities. Similarly, NALFO is the umbrella organization for 23 historically ... for meeting students all over New England. In keeping with MIT”s Latin

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • January 26, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  **I've been having computer issues for a few weeks, so this entry was ... week ended and I was on a plane headed for Houston on Thursday December ... enough. I just got stuff. My version of studying for a calc test was

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  (Editor's note: For rhetorical purposes, let's pretend that “today ... today, I walked onto the MIT campus for the first time and nearly hated it for an entire 12 hours. Cambridge was wrapped in a wet blanket of cold

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.

  

  out the first one for some Q&A.] Last Thursday night, Ruth emailed the floor, asking for people to celebrate her last night as a humanities ... the title of "best milkshakes in Boston" at one point, I'm pretty sure

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  Shout out to the MIT VPN for helping me climb the Great Firewall. Facebook and google are banned, but for some reason Facebook Messenger still ... summer--researching at the Media Lab and going to Ethiopia for the water

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  for a ten day immersion into the epidemic. Taught by Dr. Bruce Walker ... . It doesn't take long for our heartbeats to naturally fall into sync ... for the future: "I'm going to finish the FRESH program and go to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Person Who Inspired Me to Start this Blog The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an incredible beacon of hope and defender…

  

  people who can’t locate Tibet on a map would clamor passionately for ... shirt. Did they know who he was? Did they understand the principles for ... : “My stomach turned as I stepped foot for the first time into Ma

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: Attend Local MIT Admitted Meetings! Note to ADMITTED, CURRENT, and FORMER Students

  

  -Off in August (read about Summer Send-Off experience here)). Prepare for ... best way to help them find their place at MIT. Get advice from alumni ... local get-togethers are hugely helpful for the newly adMITted. The

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  class is infamous for taking a lot of time to do the work (but like I said ... was the right choice for me. I've really enjoyed coming home to an ... time to decompress before lecture starts. The best thing I think though

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  be "best" for one's career. Instead, the decision was ... ;advantageous" for being recognized. But the decision to write in German wasn't ... language, even just for scientific publications, even when a common language

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Snowy Birthday Party the #IAParty2011 is just beginning

  

  lined up for the next few months. The committee has been working for ... around it. But for me, coming from the deep south, this is a unique ... graced with 18-24 inches of glorious, fluffy snow bunnies! The best part

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • January 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  grandparents' flat was torn down to make more room for roads. I've gone to school ... ideas. A restlessness that keeps me searching. And above all a love for ... all this for Arecibo or if I just copied and pasted from some college

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  over their two best flights. 10 hours in the lab and it was born. Held ... atop my mini-fridge for a long, suspenseful day before its first chance ... we head for Briggs Field where everything was coming to a head. On our

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  (I wrote this entry after spending three months working in Tokyo for ... patriotic?)(Oh, alright. Duh. President's Day.) (For those of you who don ... a little spout at the top for washing your hands when your business is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  ’s because I’ve been on the road for several weeks! Every year, admissions ... college admissions, I often get asked about how hard it is for me to read ... . When we evaluate your accomplishments and achievements, we try our best

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  mantra for me. Don’t be fooled, accepting that all was well and would ... up with. I bought my tickets and headed toward the entrance to wait for ... interest in leaving the hospital campus except for food. About a week into

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019