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• Blog / Personal Projects

  A Recycled-Material Selfie Stick Engineering and problem solving in developing nations (the most important problems only, of course....)

  

  largest outdoor market in Africa. You can find virtually anything there ... sell just broken, beat-up electronics that people buy for parts. You can’t usually find individual parts nicely packaged and separated like you can in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One Day in the Life of Dora as told by the one and only Dora

  

  science stuff. Like a class can implement an interface. Oh so our professor ... can’t believe you’ve never been to Zinneken’s. I got a Brussels waffle ... are interviewing me about my day. Me: Can you rate your day? Dora

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 4, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  of what each community has to offer in just three days, but you can ... too many windows (which I won’t name, but you can probably guess). It ... amazing and caring and creative in so many ways that I can’t even begin to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  recommendation. You can download the MIT Admissions cover sheets from your account ... stress for you or your advocates. How can I check that you have the ... of submitted supplemental materials. I can’t type endless text into my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  . Or maybe 20 minutes of doodling on napkins, you can decide.   Step 1 - CHECK-IN EARLY Before you can do anything else with this guide ... good seats are extremely coveted and the only way you can guarantee

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  how scholarly my future can be, or looking at internships to apply for ... and start the semester with a clean slate. You CAN, but that doesn ... more stressed out than I should be also did me no favors. So what can I

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  , in my mind, is the mega-resource.  You can go to them for just about any significant issue - and if they can't help you, they'll know who can ... 's student-run EMS (they're fully certified EMT's - and you can become one, too

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  can still check out research in Course 24-2 (a program in Language and ... so far. (You can make the image bigger by clicking on it) There are ... trajectory isn't headed toward linguistics, I can still do research with a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  year, Anna's Taqueria is celebrating their 150th deciyear! (You can ... still think MIT's the place that can't be beat; the majority of my ... what I can get from the little taqueria right in MIT's front yard. For $4

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  , manliest beard you can in the span of one month. Leonidas is the patron ... no control over it. See, some guys just can't grow a beard. The best you can squeeze out is a patchy tuft of fuzz on your lips and cheeks. Or

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  and can still multiply and divide just fine in her almost-senile 90 year ... siblings), and I find that I can't really relate to that at all, and perhaps they can't really relate to me either.I'm not used to having lofty career

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  short. Filk music can be awfully hard to define. Strictly speaking, it is ... offbeat music with a nerdy, fantastic or science fiction theme can qualify ... ," and Leslie Fish's "Hope Eyrie" can all count as filk, depending on who

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Imagination Box [by Danbee Kim '09] We can draw on the walls again!

  

  dorms on campus where you can paint your own walls and string up your own ... our dorms. You can find references to comic books like Transmetropolitan ... day of psets, papers, and reading, how can we not take some time away

  • by ARTalk
  • October 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  . Mmmmmmmmmm, you can practically smell the radiation. I think what really drives ... on the same sign, together, you can bet that there's some serious stuff ... , you get pwnd in the face by Nitrogen. Surviving an explosion can often

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  process and your talents can be considered with your other talents in your ... activities/accomplishments can be useful, particularly if it is an usual pursuit or it requires further explanation than what you can fit in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  to MIT can be a barrier for those of modest financial means or those ... attend but just want to see if they can get in). How do I know if I should ... intention of this process. There is a big difference between "I can't afford

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  students can choose to go to any available MedLink for help. When Med ... while I ignore the box o' meds under my bed and see if you can hook me up ... room of Urgent Care, a triage nurse came out and said, "Yoshimi? You can

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  think I have a fictional character crush on Piz. I can’t help it, he ... season is starting! I don’t know for sure, but I’d say you can expect to ... application proce[ss]. I hope you can help me. What do I do with the teacher

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ice cream and an onion Chun Li, pirates, magnetic poetry, and an RLC circuit.

  

  real requests.) Can anyone guess who we're dressing up as? 2 cookies if you can! Sam   I was so excited by the prospect of this costume ... 't know when Simon ever carries Paula around like a new bride, but I can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On Supplemental Materials Further information about application supplements.

  

  bring to this process and your talents can be considered with your other ... can be considered with your other talents in your application. Send this ... are something unique that you bring to this process and your talents can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2006