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• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  ’s 48 degrees and I can’t feel my toes.) I’m not the only one – many of my ... a half, since painting is allowed in Senior House and Institute White ... noodles until we get scurvy and staying up until 4AM day after day

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You win some, you lose some. day in the life.

  

  It was cold today. So cold. My dad put my winter coat in the mail and ... 11-12. This morning I woke up at 11:10, rolled over and shut off my alarm clock and slept until my cat jumped on my chest which was around 1

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior

  

  and development, like Ashesi University, whose founder quit Microsoft to ... University of Ghana’s Office of Research Innovation and Development (ORID ... , who I covered last week) and therefore someone I’ve interacted with a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 8, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Lazy Day Today is one of them

  

  It's Sunday, and the beginning of the second full week of June. Bleary-eyed, I wake up a good half hour before my alarm and maintain enough ... plenty of things to keep me occupied today, and all of these urgent reasons

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Noam Chomsky and the humanities at MIT Chomsky gives a talk on Iraq on May 23

  

  duty of universities is to expose their students to world events and ... Many applicants and incoming freshman have concerns about whether MIT ... MIT knowing about math and science and nothing else? Would attending a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Ends 522 EA admits, Snively, molecular jewelry, and Evan Broder's holiday card - more random than…

  

  . Congrats to all of you who got your applications in on time. :-) And being a ... changes in the early application policies of some of our peer institutions have increased the number of outstanding applications to MIT and to many

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  About 6.5 years ago, I graduated with a Philosophy degree and a minor in Political Science. Two and a half years ago, after graduating again from Northwestern University’s science and health journalism program, I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Biological Engineering major

  

  will lead to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering ... Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Engineering to be awarded on the ... next month's faculty meeting, and available starting with the Class of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school

  

  weeks ago, and spent the first week in the comfort of my relatives’ home and care. They took me everywhere - seeing other relatives, shopping ... temples. and this would be the view from the top! and Found in the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  did, but because of the behavior of admissions officers and parents ... here. They tried so hard to present their university as offering something for everyone that they failed to convey what made their institution

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Beauty and the Geek Some of the greatest companies in the world recruit at MIT. Apparently, so do some…

  

  answer questions about the life of Manolo Blahnik and identify fake Louis ... television show. And believe me, my knowledge of reality television is pretty ... children, Matt is in Southeast Asia, and I don't think that either Spencer or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  wasn't worth my time to apply to this university, but rather to emphasize how devastated I was by my rejection."] university's honors college ... that I tell over and over again to anyone who will listen to it. But I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  degree angle.     The car kept driving and I, rapidly ... stay almost entirely off the main road for safety, and I get to bike to ... , on my way to work. And the most complex of these is the traffic circle

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  two years after my book auction in retrospect

  

  begun to claw its way through the United States, and a month earlier, MIT ... undergrad a little longer and complete the computer science degree I decided to get (along with my math degree). I was and am grateful that so many

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  question - and I believe that this warrants a more drawn-out response from me ... humanities and science education at MIT." First off, here are a few things that ... about and look at science? 21. Even if you don't want to major in science

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  site of the future Koch Institute! Nestled between the Stata Center and ... . Finally, a nearly 270-degree panorama of Boston and Cambridge. You can see ... Earth, Planetary, and Atmospheric Sciences Department - I noticed a few

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  California, Irvine: 2.86 lbs San Jose State University: 2.04 lbs University ... /Build/Fly competition, and as hats flew and hair rippled in 30+ mph wind, it became clear ... today--two speed missions and one untimed cargo mission--so that we would

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Gettin’ Fancy Two formal events in two days?

  

  school year, two events occurred last Thursday and Friday that required a ... ) and the end-of-season fencing banquet. Here are some thoughts if you ... Poses and Pictures of Hands A data summary-esque analysis by Ceri

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  institution. Only the US Air Force Academy, the US Naval Academy and the US ... 11 landed on the Moon. And because of MIT's significant role in the ... who built the Apollo Guidance Computer and Buzz Aldrin ScD '63 himself

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship Opportunity: Davidson Fellows A look at a scholarship worth up to $50,000, and some past MIT winners.

  

  ,000 And $10,000 Davidson Fellow Scholarships The Davidson Institute for ... applicants and students are quite a talented bunch. As such, I try to look out for good opportunities, and when one recently appeared in my inbox, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2008