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• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  horse or something? Well it turns out that the Spanish expression for this is "la gota que colma el vaso," or "the drop that overflows the glass ... describing the definition of that perfect word. And often your friends will say

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  summer, along with 50 or so fellow Merck interns (or "Merckterns" - though ... night, my mornings tend to (1) start early, and (2) be a little hectic ... &J sandwich orrrr I decide I'm too lazy to make my lunch and that I'll just buy

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  ? Awards or honors in them?" ready. Also, there will more than likely still ... you come to Boston you will see names to a lot of new cities, cities ... to just say it rhymes with "data." How do you pronounce "data?" That

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  My [annotation note="Global Teaching Labs, a program where students ... milk. The fermented horse milk seemed to be a hit or miss among travelers ... schools in an American or British format. Sure, there were plenty of schools

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  questions from the trivia competition: 1. What famous general-turned-president coined the term "military-industrial complex" in his farewell address? 2 ... 'm still not sure if he was kidding or not. Scroll down slightly for the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  at level J-1. Since each of them will either have a “Yes” or a “No ... group result will be “yes” if a majority of the 3 (so 2 or more) says “yes ... ” or “No”, and still know that the CEO will get a “Yes” result. It

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  This is the way…to check your decisions

  

  blog post — want to let you know that MIT Regular Action decisions will be available online Saturday, March 14 at 1:59PM Eastern Time. When decisions are made available, you will need to access decisions.mit.edu and

  • by The BlogChild
  • March 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford Part 1 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  Paris or Nicky though) and grabbed the MIT boxes that were waiting for me ... did have 50-75 people standing and/or sitting in the aisles - if you ... I hope we will), we'll move to the theater, which holds a few hundred

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Travel

  [liveblog] morbing at the airport the flight is delayed for several hours because of toilet issues

  

  friend suggests i go find a dunkin or mcdonalds nearby. we change gates ... image1="115912" image2="115913" /]   11:08pm (etd 12:05am) i am ... attendants and pilots go through security again or something. it'll likely be

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 1, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  quantify or plot. But this is what it means to me: Fit is having at least ... thermodynamics and spending two hours after class poring over the Mac Pro's thermal ... these 18 months can't be described with equations or Greek letters. It

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  - should I go to art school, or should I do the "safe" thing and get a "real ... a career in art. SP.785, or Digital Video Post Production, is a small ... : "Making one bad movie will teach you more than watching ten good movies

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  't even blogged about this whole December airplane trip. Or about August ... look like?     Sorry. I need to gape at the window now. 3/30 or ... 't take pictures that will ever completely capture a valley/mountain scene

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  could not buy too many books, or else my budget would be depleted and my ... submissions are due, whether there are fees, whether or not I think they’d like the work I do.  Tomorrow classes will pick back up. Come [annotation

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  things that I am, and reach out into myself for any last thing I might have ... glassblowing lab announces that they will be reopening in the fall, and have ... parents. February 1, 2022: The glassblowing lab very generously lets me

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  know if a 68% on a test will get you a D+ or an A-. Morality ... awesome people I hope never regret choosing MIT, or our hall. Although you will get hosed and jaded, and although the hell weeks may feel endless, I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  experiment that will test whether or not the parts of the brain used for ... prospective students why MIT is amazing, or (d) all of the above - I ... this program has occurred, so I don't really know what it will be like

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  . “Will you go back?” This moment is a snapshot of many conversations I ... both the U.S. and Ethiopia, and may hold one or the other passport. All ... committed sense of belonging to a non-U.S. country, sometimes more or less so

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  few months…but with pictures (because I like pictures).   Part 1 ... and driving there starting at 1 AM on a Tuesday isn't ideal... but either way, I was too excited to complain. [carousel image1="104417" image

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Blogographical Biography ...although whatever 'blogographical' means, I somehow doubt it applies to a blog containing graphs.

  

  , that I might bend them to my will. My hobbies include anything that involves construction, deconstruction, aesthetic optimization, or efficiency ... methods to get small amounts of data from very large amounts, while my

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  the Admissions office, our FAQs will focus on addressing concerns held ... responded — responsibly — by changing or cancelling their activities in the ... and exploring MIT, or who are concerned about changes to their academics

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020