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• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  . Drive any direction out of downtown Seattle, and in 3 hours or less you'll find a gorgeous trail coiling through crests of evergreen trees and ... . [caption id="attachment_38589" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Me and my

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Proposed: MITAdmissions Labs a wonderful, terrible, awful idea

  

  MITAdmissions.org. We still are, and it's going well. I think we're ... head:  how to help prospective students (and their parents) more clearly envision their potential experience at and after MIT   As I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First UROP Initiating a Life of Research

  

  just give me the facts in lecture and challenges in the homework, but an ... will stay in academia and become a professor someday, so I suppose I ... a UROP, and I am now pretty confident in sticking with physics

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play Labs yay an accelerator for VR startups

  

  Students and Alumni Awesome! I love that MIT is putting more of a focus on virtual reality and augmented reality technology. So what is Play Labs? Play ... , and artificial intelligence to improve video games, e-sports, healthcare

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 18, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  blocks and periods of crushing inability to blag.   But of course ... Succumbed To. 1. sloth We mustn’t forget regular old laziness and urges to do ... and said, “so...scrolling through memes on the internet? Idk about that

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wish I Joined the MIT 100K as a Freshman four years of this would've been great

  

  building a database of alumni, so last day and night I spent a lot of time ... -Shyduroff, Douglas Ling, and Peter Mui. They envisioned a cross-campus event that brought MIT's varied schools together to identify and support innovative

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  and Airbnb, and shows no signs of slowing down.  A common criticism of ... about why "hard tech" startups are hard, and why they're still worth it ... established companies and other startups. Far better is to think of a new idea

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  working to optimize what I carry, so this is a work-in-progress and (2) that title wouldn't fit on the image below. Paper and pencil Antiquated, I ... .  Equations, diagrams, and graphs are no fun to try to reproduce on a laptop or

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  have gone on. Everyone’s so passionate about their posts, and all of us ... written and well-thought out, and they tie together all the different ... you zoomed-in pictures and let you guess.   Picture #1 Wrong

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  (including those admitted or deferred in Early Action), and is to be completed ... newest grades, and give you an opportunity to mention other updates since ... ? Students often get excited and fill out the form before their grades are

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  astute readers might remember from last year), and it takes a lot more time for my brain to remember things, as I'll tend to ramble on and on like ... and a 2-4 hour a week one, all on top of four 12-unit classes, so I just

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  went off to distant lands for the summer are finally coming home, and ... explored, roller coasters to be built, and all the rush food ever shall be ... yourself leaning on your friends.  Maybe you'll miss home, and give your

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  't getting anywhere with my biochem studying, I decided to take a break and ... live it down. MIT Tech TV Oh - and I also found one of Quinton, from ... -matched with this Sunday at a short training session, and in just a week, we

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  reason for wanting to come – and the primary reason of everyone I have spoken to about this (both current students and friends who were rejected ... to my success. Comments like “don’t worry, you’ll still succeed” and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Yestermonth’s IAP Everyone else is doing it.

  

  obsolete. Freshman year was intensely characterized by social adjustment and academic slacking. During sophomore year, I buckled down to work and finished ... and realized that potential social experiences would bottleneck

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  to use the word hate, but I’m going to be a rebel and use it anyway ... the mood to experiment? It’s kind of a big deal, picking a favorite, and ... , and she held her own with co-stars like Spencer Tracey, Cary Grant and

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  . However, over the years, I've heard a lot of advice and have even given some ... the time and see printed in a bunch of books, but there are two bits of ... in books, but having gone through this whole process and watched

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  -cooker minutes before the curtains fell on our loose-spined textbooks and leafed ... yourself a cup of coffee, and commented “FIRST!” on my blog already. Great ... paper with your imaginary pencil and eraser, and then proudly circle your

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flame War A play-by-play of the Class of 2012's first flame war.

  

  in our names and sizes. I realized right away what they had done. They ... and dignity. *To be perfectly clear, I don't want to discuss the merits ... , so I posted it again. People caught on, and all of a sudden people were

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 2 A recap of three incredible days

  

  What do the United Nations, the Four Seasons Hotel, Broadway, and ... extremely accomplished and talented women who were former winners (including ... inspired and ready to accomplish our goals (the "girl power" spirit was

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 20, 2007