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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  I wanted to go to grad school. The mask was just my way of ... seen. Seen in the sense of sending a message to someone, but they just ... , in which case you should look and listen instead of just hear (protip

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  . Concourse offers its own versions of the[annotation note="General Institute ... a committee of techX which runs a high school research mentorship ... day-to-day of school and extracurriculars. It's an easy thing to turn to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  . As school began, we were told that these new machines were part of the ... In 2019, MIT swapped out all of their coin-operated laundry machines with "Washlava," a laundry platform consisting of IoT-connected machines

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  many pink dresses come to 2.009 :D

  

  finally sleep after the launch). Tune in to our presentation!!! I'm one of the presenters for Pink Team, but I own two pink articles of clothing: a ... 've been offered four dresses to try on. Just seeing them in my room fills me

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  , graceful, and the kind of person who, when I'm tired and crying at 2 in the morning, will bring me a box of chocolate (Twix ♥) and offer me a hug. I've seen her in a variety of roles over the past year and a half or so: she

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Will the pie be bitter or sweet? Hint: it's a trick question.

  

  , Yan's vocabulous wit, and Anna's inspirational eloquence, I can offer you a byte (or a few) from my bottomless cache of labyrinthine analogies ... . Regardless of whether you go to MIT or elsewhere, your intrinsic drive and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  heartbreaking, than I imagined back in July when it was spoken of in distant ... admissions veterans were probably speaking in the IHTFP tone: that mix of dread ... 't know that I'm at the "embrace" stage of my MIT evolution (I think I

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  In my sophomore fall, I wrote the art of trying new things, where I ... Addresses important, current debates in media with in-depth discussion of ... framing of these issues, their ethical and policy implications, and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

  know--meaning keeping a gallon-sized Ziploc of cookies in my middle school backpack, slipping them under the desk to friends during class. So ... delights of cookies, I realized how many idioms about cookies there are, if

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Google

  

  represented across multitudes of schools and from all over the country. We wore ... signed up to be part of a group of Googlers giving high school kids a tour ... With several of the core General Institute Requirements out of the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 5, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a most beautiful camping trip it's always good to get back to nature <3

  

  It's pretty common at MIT for living groups to take advantage of the ... packed full of sleeping bags, tents, and food. We were headed about 2 ... family maple sugar business, and another very beautiful lake. Then I slept

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Past Enrollment On A Map [updated as to not freeze your browsers ^_^] My final project for 4.502 (Design Scripting).

  

  Hi!! I've been super busy over the past few weeks with various final ... of making weird shapes in Rhino, I decided to use Processing to turn ... of the past ten years (go back and forth with the bracket keys

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  prepared by a gourmet chef. The retreat was a mix of bonding and business ... of exams have started, yet about 70 girls attended. Some activities included scavenger hunts, improv skits (apparently I’m hard to make fun of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  enough to keep Steve Jobs busy for a weekend -- today, Apple and Nike ... of sense to me. Why does Apple need to partner with a particular shoe company? A runner's choice of running shoes is a very careful and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ana Posada: Improving the production of an HIV medication Ana Posada, who just graduated from MIT, spent a year and half of her undergraduate…

  

  The Class of 2007 walked across the stage last Friday, and among the ... offerings at MIT. Among her many experiences, Ana worked in the Sinkey Lab, one of the few MIT microbiology labs, for one and a half years. She says

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Indra Nooyi presentation A presentation from Indra Nooyi, President & Chief Financial Officer for PepsiCo.

  

  This afternoon I went to a talk on Diversity in Action by Indra Nooyi. She spoke at Sloan (MIT's school of management) as part of a series that will host the following speakers later this semester:

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 28, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit my final grades?

  Most students apply to college at the beginning of their last year of high school, so final grades aren't available. Only admitted students are required to submit their final grades.  
• Blog / MIT Life

  3-D Blog!! ...I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES!!!

  

  I first thought of giving this blog the fitting title of “My First ... this grand experience, I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES ... get on with the “Who is Cydnie” business… I am commonly referred to as

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2) I better get this up before I forget.

  

  luck with school, and disappeared among the throng of people exiting the ... lot. Boston is cold, gloomy, and (maybe because I'm just lazy) school ... popular in Japan. There is usually very little mention of Lilo, however. 52

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 5, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  walked over to the Sloan Business School for my first class, the Analytics ... part of the team here. Some of my closest friends are on the swim team ... able to take a break from academics and train with my friends. Outside of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024