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• Blog / How to Human

  trust how do you decide who to trust when there are lots of untrustworthy people?

  

  . for instance, i remember when i was in elementary school, my parents ... that they tried to kidnap me. i spent most of my childhood distrusting ... vast majority of people are safe to be around in the vast majority of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  a hackathon, a marathon I went to MIT EnergyHack!

  

  had 1.5 business and negotiation classes between the three of us.  We ... thought tech schools were a lot of work. Go figure."]Harvey Mudd ... of the challenges. There were about 100 teams, and 10 different

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  solace in the self it's me! cami!

  

  among the ups and downs of my life. But things have been busy. In the ... kind of embarrassed for disappearing for a month from the blogs ... one year left. I found out I have ADHD? But I guess a lot of my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in my new world A little bit of everything

  

  the school. Of course this post cannot cover every aspect of my first ... directly into other people’s heads (pay close attention to my use of the word simply). Of course that doesn't exist (but hey, I don't see why you guys

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Watch this year’s 2.s009 final presentations designing kindness during a time of covid

  

  Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT ... count the number of people who watch the webcast, it is the most attended ... webcast at s009kindness.com, where you will also be able to ask questions of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  , non-profit organizations, or academic course offerings in and around MIT campus. Groups and organizations of all types set up booths to display ... offerings related to International Development. The Fair is also the flagship

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  you can run but you can't hide

  

  school Cami, a version of myself I never want to remember again because I ... media profiles of my ex best friends from high school and cried because I ... year of high school. i don't want to repeat that. and so i will remember

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 24, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  of the experience, this school will also wear you down if you aren ... , about the mission of care that the students at this school have for each ... this overwhelming feeling creeping up on me, this slow crescendo of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  . at the end of high school — and honestly, for the majority of my life ... it was. having mit as my dream school, going through the process of ... this). This is another one of those. It was written by Janelle Salanga

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  .. "I think of MIT as a samurai school," said Jones. "It is preparing you for the highest work of advancing civilization. You have to find a way ... course of my job of turning turkeys into oil, there are long periods of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Women’s Week 2005 Learn about both the mission and events associated with this year's week-long promotion.

  

  's Women's Week. Check out the variety of events that are going on. Women's Week 2005 November 5th-10th "To promote a model of femininity that incorporates and embraces the properties of intelligence, competence,and ambition

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  lot of mail. At least a dozen buckets of mail came in this morning, on top of yesterday's already heavy mail . The records office staff are ... MIT Tracking System, though this could take upwards of a week. We make no

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  spring! semester! so apparently i'm doing a lot of random shit

  

  ’t taken a math class since Linear Algebra in my junior year of high school ... ; and i oop   I took AP Physics I in high school, so I kind of knew ... in high school, so I sent Professor Strang fanmail, and he responded to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Our thoughts go out to Virginia Tech.

  

  [email protected] To Members of the MIT Community: Yesterday's tragic events at Virginia Tech have shocked and saddened all of us. We offer MIT's condolences to ... All of us here are quite saddened by the shooting at Virginia Tech. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  Last year, my class sizes were on the order of 100, 50, 60, and 20 ... quantum physics and thermodynamics. Three of my professors have Wikipedia ... 't so obviously useful - but is probably one of the most special classes I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  As many of you know, I'm an avid reader of the New York Times. Reading the Sunday paper is a favorite part of my week. During less busy times of the year, I'll do the crossword in the Magazine. Also in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  On the first night of my mandatory vacation, I walked to the beach with the taste of fresh complaints in my mouth, trying to wrestle down the symptoms of workaholic withdrawal through the ancient zen technique

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  IAP is a wonderful time here at MIT, where the month of January is transformed into a mix of adventures, innovation, and learning.  I am spending ... as I can in my training to become an EMT.  Here are some of my friends

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

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  appreciate the breadth of MIT offerings for athletes and beyond. The main ... Wellness (DEW), was amazing. DEW was nobody's first choice of FPOP, at least not for anyone who participated. That hurt for a couple of days—"If I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  DID YOU KNOW? "The Canticle of Freedom," written for the dedication of Kresge Auditorium at MIT, was the only piece Aaron Copland ever ... many pictures of myself on this blog recently... but perhaps that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005