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• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  I'm long overdue for a blog update. To dispel your mental image of me ... excitement. Actually, there's been too much excitement for me to find the time to blog. Here's a quick summary of my last two-and-a-bit weeks to prove

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Senior Fall Classes Better late than never

  

  decided to take 36 units, because we knew that senior fall would be busy ... of the big reasons we decided to take course 6 classes in the first place was just to work our way up to this class. And after taking it, we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 / Field trip Art, science, and agriculture in Palestine

  

  To set the mood: Feeling Blue   "When I'm in New York I listen to Palestinian hip hop, but when I'm in Palestine, I listen to the ... embarked on a site visit to a small village next to Ramallah, Palestine, with

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 29, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  years has enabled him to up his game from building pre-designed kits to ... Hi, I’m Mollie! I used to go here. I was one of the OG bloggers ... went to another school in Cambridge and got my Ph.D. in Cell and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair technology, stickers and internships

  

  to 3pm and then the banquet and afterparty following in the upcoming ... robotic efficiency and precision". Looks incredibly useful! Right next to ... was spotted with my camera and asked what I used to upload my photos. I

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Quidditch: The Best Thing EVER? Yes.

  

  involve us playing a demo game, and you will likely have a chance to play as ... that I went on a bike ride for fun, instead of just to get to class ... you know that the original Uncle Sam was born near Boston?) I headed to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 7, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Hawk Flies High Spontaneous jazz improv at 77 Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  night. At first I attributed it to the loudspeakers that blast rock and ... unmistakable weavings of a live saxophone. When the game disbanded I followed the ... back and looked at the stars, listening to the cars hiss by underneath

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  remember the thrill of going to my first-ever Red Sox game at Fenway. I ... at MIT. My first reaction was, to be perfectly honest, shock. How ... goodbye to my parents. I remember my first days here: building robots for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time passes Someone left the cake out in the rain.

  

  sweat glands. The duck-billed platypus has no nipples. Thus, in order to ... . My entire lab flew all-expenses-paid down to Colorado for the week to ... 't get to go. While anxiously waiting for their return, I've been pursuing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  freshman year. It's sort of another "how to do everything wrong" story... apparently I'm not very good at applying for stuff, a deficiency I am trying to ... to do it in high school, but I was afraid I'd get homesick and wasn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  game in a long time I am legit jealous I won't get to participate in a ... If you're like me (and I'm willing to bet a lot of our readers), then ... 2016 FIRST Robotics FRC game at the annual kickoff event. I've blogged

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Crew Florida Takeover My last trip to play with the dolphins

  

  (global warming must be playing its part), we still trekked down to Florida this year to take advantage of their always warm weather, and most importantly, the chance to play with dolphins. For me, Florida was a bit of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  Carnival, The Inner Game of Tennis, the Spencer booksAdvice about applying to ... yourself is going to lead to the right outcome for you. This is true in whatever you do, not just in applying to college.Fun fact about yourself: In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Saturday

  

  top of a lounging student's head. A touch football game broke out on ... getting ready to play (and sweep) the Coast Guard Academy in an afternoon ... . Afterwards, some students stuck around to ask more questions of MIT student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  hurt students when they apply to med school or law school? Thank you very ... and stanford. I want to do engineering, so MIT seems obvious. however, i don't want only a hardcore engineering education and want to be able to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  surprised me; where, despite the odds, my heart is full to bursting, bringing ... soul. These feelings usually sneak up on me—I never know when exactly to ... 'm over the moon right now, this good thing just happened. But it is odd to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  , but I'm getting a team together to take the Mobile Autonomous Systems ... , the most senior class of students draw cards together to assign ... Yay, you guys asked me questions! And now, I will try to answer them

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  locked together. I studied the pieces and thought about how to forge them ... ’d gotten off the waitlist for blacksmithing!  I was in a phase of trying to remember that I am a writer. I seem to enter this phase every time an

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Yes, This Actually Happened wwydfcfa - what would you do for chick fil a

  

  video games where you have to blend in and pretend to be an NPC because ... is a Lowe's, DSW, GameStop, and Old Navy all placed next to each other ... 's food opportunities. There are some great places I've come to find

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  February(ish) Updates and Notes aka my life in photos and haikus

  

  ’s starting to settle down a bit now, but the initial jump from IAP to “SURPRISE ... .0001: Introduction to Python Six triple O fun Is brainwashing you to join The cult of ... Now on to the athlete part. This past week has featured some pretty

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • March 1, 2018