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  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  school...” “You have to buy books from street vendors. And then they ... people leave the country and never return, are afraid of doing business ... to China (“guys, I’m telling you, I have a relative in this business

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Events

  [Joint Post] Avoiding Sunstroke Solar Cars, Solar Stories, Solar Blogs

  

   chases it. I am driving the solar car. It’s 90 degrees outside, which means I ... officers, they certainly kept themselves busy by pulling over every other ... but silent. The shrill call of cicadas offered a sense of solidarity

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  the summer after my junior year of high school. That summer, I found ... school research program. This time, there were no sheep brains to dissect ... schools within the university and then restricted what majors

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Why no blogs!? I'm busy, ok?

  

  Why no entries lately? Because MIT's Freshman Orientation is in full swing and everybody on campus is crazy busy. With what? Stuff like the East vs. West Water War from yesterday. Photos courtesy of our ever

  • by Snively '11
  • August 25, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  tryharding but still not enough

  

  doing well in school. It's a lot of free time for me to be a tryhard. For ... realized that, though; they stopped offering 5.60 which is the full semester course and they're only offering the half semester ones now, which I guess

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 20, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  semester or two to finish her degree. Others take that extra time not by ... art course or build huts in Peru, but if you left school because illness ... business fair. Students pass on foot, on bikes. The doors to the student

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  ? As Purple Team explained, a 3.5 degrees celsius rise in temperature of ... the United States receive a high influx of super-busy customers. Having ... . Wrestling teams dominate thousands of high schools and colleges in the US

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  of Intuition   The deadline to accept college admissions offers ... ’ve learned about making decisions in life. Some of you probably received offers ... Francisco) and inspire high school students with hands-on technology projects

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  your CPW host. Please respond to them as quickly as you can--school doesn ... from 40-60 degrees on average, with rain on Thursday. If you just wear a ... , culture, and school. It’s a good skill to acquire, especially if you end up

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  before my senior year of high school, I went to meet with the IB ... strategy. I presented her with my list of colleges, mostly state schools with a few oddball private schools thrown in there. Nothing on the level of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  be offered a place at another great school. Waitlisted: In some ways ... really complicated I thought it might be worthwhile to offer some of my ... of choices, first accepting an offer of admission elsewhere — which all

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  72 Hours Later… I have the "morning-after" syndrome.

  

  passions in high school, from research (I don't know how many ISEF and ... -renowned scientific training that MIT offers. Yes, we do get stressed out at times, but ... the morning, but we love MIT for all the possibilities it offers

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  competitive high schools, ran the college-admissions rat race, and kept running ... working in industry, I jumped at the chance to take a break from school ... (which involves a personal statement, a plan for finishing your degree, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summertime When the Thrills are Cheap and the living is easy.

  

  Hey folks. I've been busy, which still isn't a good excuse for not ... realized I should probably have a backup plan if this EMS business didn ... position, but I was offered a spot with the Brain and Cog project. I'm glad I

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  applications to MIT, or off at a different school just enjoying the blogs, these ... dawn of the decade, I was still in middle school. Halfway through my seventh grade year (which was actually my first school year in Yonkers

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  that Twitter offers as a medium for storytelling that make it a very ... continue to study it in school. We are bringing it to Twitter. We tossed ... made a few other changes. We aged up Juliet. She is now a high school

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  down and instantly get my degree?? 9/9/21 My friend sent an email to dormspam, which is basically a school wide club/event promotion system. I saw ... school. It made my 57 units look tame. They were enrolled in 84 units, and

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  Writer Sunday, June 7, 2009 Stanwood High School graduating senior Christy ... appreciate the symbolism. On March 14, at 1:59 p.m., the Stanwood High School ... 12-volt battery. Half their winnings go to their school, but they get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity

  

  and such. When it came to history, however, all that was offered was a ... identity program and the MIT online business paper ordering system. These ... offerings, such as purple and green, blue and green, purple and yellow, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  . Not everyone can get into this school, and besides, it's not the first ... tasteful and solid. I don't want the world knowing where I go to school when ... 't make school my reason for living. I came in with an existing, established

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006