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

  

  -born Ethiopians like me, and some are sort of in-between, who have spent time in ... arrested.” “My parents told me some of these things...” The big, obvious ... discussion does succeed in giving me, at least, some context--is it so

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  me.” Biopharmaceutical Trip One of the perks of the Institute is the ... apply. Events like these make me feel incredibly lucky to attend this ... : embroidery. It is my first actual adult hobby. Part of me is embarrassed to say

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  to action: “Is there any way you can send me a list of things I can ... House dining — Alberto in a suit and me in pajamas — putting the finishing ... me rephrase, how will you know when it's finished? How will you know

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Blogs Turn 10: Looking Back, Looking Ahead data and narrative, past and present

  

  Thank you for reading by Jess K. '10 ADMIT ME PLZ? by Chris S. '11 ... write some code that would help me grok the scope and impact of the blogs ... MIT! by me at ~1200 So there's a tremendous dropoff with Facebook

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  Astrophysics. There’s a professor from Northwestern somewhere behind me. There ... is special about me? What information can I uniquely deliver ... , Congresswoman Katherine Greer turns to me and says: “you know why I voted no

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  doing activities that interest me. I decided to spend the first three ... made me a 'ghost'. I essentially lived in my lab, coming home to my dorm ... provided me with the amazing opportunity to learn winter survival skills, and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  -brainer. Now, let me warn you that, although this post is a summary, it is far ... visitors as the real Agra, it seemed everyone wanted to talk with me and be ... drive me the 130 km to the next station at the meager price of Rs 2500

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Preview of Things to Come too fast, too furious

  

  works for me - I successfully merged into a band of '14s at a party and ... this place! AHHHHH what has happened to me?! lol 8.01 is still hard for me! (true story, as I try to help froshies with their psets) i don

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Read This! All those questions you needed answeredvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript…

  

  grease does weird things. Anywho, on to the stuff that actually lets me ... ) Comparison of entry to the reader's life (Something like this happened to me ... school student and want to go to MIT. Tell me how to get in.” I just write

  • by Snively '11
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  swear you're never going to fly again. Maybe it's just me. Anyway, my mom told me while I was home that I ought to write something about safety on campus, because she was worried about sending me off to school in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  away from the admission office, when the student told me that he needed ... transfer. "He spent the whole tour talking to me about what he didn't like ... presentation contained the lyrics of "Don't Stand So Close to Me." The song, made

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  possibly a paper between me and graduation. Not to mention that my grad ... , forever for me), so I figure I have to start some sort of exercise routine ... mad that makes me, especially since I would really like to get my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  than any other, ended up showing me that though it rains and shines, it ... my summer vacation. DID YOU KNOW? Portland, ME was once home to the ... native son of Portland, ME. So we also went down to a random cabin in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  wanted to talk to me as a homeschooler. At some point, the organizer got ... . Overall, it was dissapointing and actually has detered me from wanting to ... has detered me from wanting to accept my spot at MIT." I think it is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT-vangelion: Behind the scenes! how we made the Pi Day 2023 video!

  

  : OpenToonz was actually mostly fine for me; it only crashed once! It ... send it to me and I’d open it in OpenToonz. On each frame, I used colored ... out that great. This was a good chance for me to challenge myself to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 12, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  busy semesters and how to manage them it's organizational structures all the way down

  

  ="something about notion just really does not vibe with me, unfortunately ... sense, I do have a task-management strategy, but to me it feels more like ... the blogs as "infamously brutal," "slowly draining the life out of me

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 10, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  wall, and each one has a story, so this took me many hours of reminiscing ... . This one was gifted to me by mother, relatively recently. It features a ... really good to me. Another touristy postcard of St Petersburg, with a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  perspective on what a robotics career has practically meant to me, but don’t be ... in robotics looks like for me. This is a general description of all the ... collection bin out in the field. Let me tell you, those bugs are fast (also no

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  only 6 males. This made me wonder about the number of female applicants ... occurred to me...for us on the waitlist, what should we do about the May 1 ... , "can u tell me what's the lowest SAT scores among people who r admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later a post of galactic proportions

  

  anyone but me. I'm granting you the permission to skip every section that ... are good introductions: Don't Let Me Down, the puzzle in this year ... wanted 10 teams to finish the hunt this year, which to me felt like a big

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 6, 2021