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  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  project that address the theme. We're even given lab space to work on our ... always ask myself when presented with a choice, "Why not both?" When I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  representatives (because who wouldn't want to work for a cool company like i ... address, so I snapped a shot of the poster... Being proactive, I decided ... offered the opportunity to go visit the iRobot HQ. Knowing that I might not

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  his work in microfinance: Basically, banks give small loans to poor ... convinced that MIT students have the ingenuity to address global poverty ... not just a laudable goal; it’s an urgent imperative. As she often

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  ’s MIT-speak for “undergraduate research”), I work with a team of awesome ... lead to an award-winning INSPIRE project, if you’d like to earn some

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Reischauer Scholars Program For those interested in Japan or international relations.

  

  . Students who successfully complete the course will earn Stanford Continuing ... , students will be able to structure most of their work around their individual

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Fair Season

  

  undergraduates go on to grauate school to earn a Master of Architecture (MArch ... have any faculty working on 'green' buildings?" and "Do you have any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  am working on my novel, or making a sad attempt to work on my novel ... minutes late, but I am probably not 10 minutes late. I call my mom on the ... are something between 20 and 30 emails specifically addressed to me

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  aids and passionate faculty work hard to ensure that we graduate with the ... hours was not nearly enough to see the booths. The presenters were ... this exploration, WMBR is now working on more. Educational Studies

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  designed to work as a complementary major for students majoring in science ... of literary and reportorial tools. Studies the work of contemporary ... culture. Discussions focus on students' writing and address topics such as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  genius to be accepted. Be hard-working and curious instead. Also, not every ... addressed to you. It’s a long weekend and thus an excuse to pretend that I don’t have to do work yet (although this is work; also

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  of touch. He started addressing the complaints to me. Not speaking ... universities, not hostels 20 km from the nearest grocery store ... , so I’m not complaining.   I’m in Black Valley Hostel, a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  baseball team, which this summer is trying to earn a third trip to the state ... missionary work MIT baseball player shares gospel with team before leaving on ... the athlete as "one willing to take on a challenge" and who is "not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  're working on. At these presentations, you get the chance to hear directly from ... 're a freshman with little work experience? What if you blew off the ... working on building those skills so that you are a viable candidate in

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  of 2018, I made a note about the address given by Colin Webb, President ... figurative (and for many literal) feet, not only for the quality of the ... those lines that are not written in English, note that Colin read them in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  will validate years of hard work and sacrifice, and set you on a new and ... , and maybe even these blogs, so the decision to apply was not a daunting ... , business), get a “real” job, take a year off to figure things out, work for a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  ? That my experiments didn’t work? That the effect I investigated is likely not experimentally realizable? “So what exactly did you accomplish then ... other thing.” Of course, this was not a real conversation with a person

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus visit, revisited In which I dissect the campus tour/ info session and forget to clean up afterward

  

  , sorry, I'm not David Foster Wallace (yet- I'm working on it. Summer ... through virtually the entire campus. So one need not ever see the light of ... , Vassar St. is not a highway. It's barely an alley. You just called it a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  In his 2005 commencement address to the graduates and assembled ... ?'” (DFW went on to deliver a timeless and celebrated address that is well ... they choose not to share anything of substance, we have a lot less to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  The four questions I'm going to address: 1) "It seems like the food ... asking this, because work has never scared me off before, but sometimes it ... , not simply difficult." - QUESTION 1 In my opinion, there are four

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

    I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a ... word compressed down to numbers. Not only that, but numbers are very important to our form of communication. The web addresses we need to connect

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011