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• Blog / MIT Life

  Accidents Happen My mom was right.

  

  maybe I need to start looking at the glass of science as half full. And ... just create new ideas. Well...she was right. Physicist Joseph Henry said something similar: The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating

  • by Bryan
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  published, at least not until the later stages of the novel, a hundred ... fast, seemed sort of normal at the time. I write with every chance I get ... , most people bought the book at its normal price, but a lot of others

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  now that they are at MIT. (both of these friends are anonymous so if you ... instruments (and is amazing at all of them, excluding the trumpet which she ... , dragging at my feet, ever since I got on campus. Throughout all of this I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  concentration of excellence at schools like MIT is really unmatched in the large ... . I wanted a challenge, but I didn't want it at the expense of ... . (This is kind of a duh. But I wasn't thinking of it at the time.) 3

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Free-est post! un-free schedule

  

  logistical nightmare of crossregistering at and commuting to MassArt. Today, we ... In the hassle of getting my life and graduation requirements together, I almost forgot to take advantage of my (last :'/) biannual free post

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  of Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and currently Design Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) -- back to campus to share his experiences and thoughts on a variety of topics. He had a great

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Back to Boston Recommended Orientation events

  

  ?) and can't wait to meet all the new '10s. For the past couple of weeks, I've been getting all sorts of rush/Orientation emails, so I am slightly aware of all of the fun I have been missing. I am involved in a couple of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  at Spark” and a collective mural to help create a sense of community at ... trying to find disinfecting spray at Target at the beginning of this school ... of the class in small groups staring at a blackboard and talking about

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  "]kank[/annotation] while i yelled at a bunch of [annotation note="tourists who come to new ... convenient way to keep track of the bajillion things that i want to get done at ... project with a team for the first time ever at hackMIT instead of just

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How the Career Fair saved my summer And forced me to try something new

  

  This is a summer of new things for Maggie Lloyd. I rented a car for ... of MIT would make me enjoy writing so much, but it has. At the MIT ... brand new environment for me—I’m sitting at a desk, not a lab bench, but

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunny day – Sweepin’ the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet.Can you tell me how to get,…

  

  offered the explanation of his obsession with The Simpsons. I dare you to ... one to do when one discovers an un-blogged aspect of MIT??? BLOG IT! As ... meal of the day. Instead of inspiring me to eat a balanced breakfast

  • by Snively '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  officers at many colleges and universities will travel across the country to ... underrepresented students at MIT, I think of one of our students who is an aspiring ... works at MIT in the Office of Engineering Outreach Programs trying to

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How Do You Mic A Stripper? [by Harrison Bralower '11] It's a great question when you really think about it.

  

  front of an audience of 200 they shouldn't be looking at a black box on ... commonplace nor a prominent feature of most of the shows done at MIT). It's a ... ) spring production of The Full Monty. It's a great question when you really

  • by ARTalk
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  ¡Vámonos! An introduction to GRTs and the support system at MIT

  

  Residential life is a big part of going to college, and the unique diversity of living environments at MIT is something we're proud of. As many ... network at MIT: GRTs and other forms of residential advising  Academic

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To RFID or not to RFID? That's not really the question, but it's kind of a cool title, no?

  

  enjoying (at least what's left of...or maybe what's not left of by this point ... savvy (like me), here's the wikipedia article on RFID). One of which is ... Consumers" where they talk about some new technology that's being developed by

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  awesome. The music program at MIT is actually quite strong, and one of the ... Society, one of my friends during his semester at MIT was coached in a ... kazoo or pan pipes or oboe of love, there's probably an ensemble at MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  hope springs eternal a warm feeling

  

  help but be buoyed by the thought of meeting (or at least seeing) new ... It's a beautiful day today in Boston, and looking out the window at ... anything but a kind of pure, unadulterated hope for the coming semester. It

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  I've had my fair share of time with roommates and friends in the past ... townhouse in the suburbs of northern Virginia. There were five of us in total ... luxurious apartment in Somerville, Massachusetts, two of those friends the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  whens of financial aid at MIT -- how your financial aid award was ... Parent Welcome on Thursday night at 7:30 pm. Stu Schmill, Dean of ... will talk about some of the programs she's been a part of while at MIT

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  intellectual efforts of any given scientist, lab work fails at least half of the ... freshman year at MIT. A lot of people fail a whole class or two. This is okay ... without a car. Isn't there a delivery-to-door option offered by some of the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006