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• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  I saw my first Tesla in July, 2009. I knew what Teslas were but it ... awed by its 0-60 in 3.9 seconds and it being all-electric. 2 years later ... house in 2013.  $11k down gets you a $205k house.  As my house was nearing

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  I’m ranked in the bottom 39% on profile views among my connections on LinkedIn. My pageviews are down 80% from last week, when they peaked at an ... , in a word, frenetic. I loved all of my classes (or at least the idea of

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  In spaceflight, “attitude” refers to orientation: which direction ... start straying from your desired course. In short, controlling attitude ... rewarded for a lack of preparation, so when you find yourself in a situation

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  -stripped evidence of my baryonic selfhood in three suitcases, two boxes, and a broken ... ankles in urban New England. Slush is a test of courage and moral fiber ... sun-drenched, flip-flop-friendly sidewalks of that other school in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  My first Fourth of July in Boston was spent on an inflatable 61-inch-long mattress in the middle of the Charles River, drifting underneath the hulls of ... succumbed to a four-hour soak in liquid described by writer Bernard DeVoto as

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  pretty much in your shoes. I've identified a college that I was very passionate about way back in August, and knew I wanted to ED it, no questions ... applications (while wondering why in the world my interviewer hasn't bothered to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  . ------------------------------------- NoOneInParticular wrote: "Would it be inappropriate / discouraged ... ) with a 3.5 gpa (including several B's in math/science), (b) without special accomplishments (such as high school research, or competition in

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  question that is asked. Below, and in my other Questions Omnibus posts, I try ... : once in the late '80's and early '90's, and returned to doing it just ... response in a few days, that does not necessarily mean the EC is ignoring you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  , but I was wondering. What's the policy on non-MIT-students being in ... have guests, not to exceed three nights in any given week. Overnight guests are permitted in Institute Housing with the advance permission of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  marathon today because I've been lying around in bed feeling pathetic and ... learning about viruses and other types of infectious disease in 7 ... biology major, and the classes I've learned them in: 1. When you have a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  Part 2 of today's Q&A... Possible future MIT Mom asked in regard ... involved with permitting MIT students to stay in their dorms when Harvard is in session, but MIT is not?" This is a good question. It's certainly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  yo-yos, comics, and other adventures my junior spring schedule!

  

  same professor that I’d had in Brazil. This was too tempting, so I am now ... : design and manufacture many many yo-yos. We're in groups of 3-6, and we ... in [annotation note="and look out for a joint post from us when this

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  interviews. in the third episode, darryl, the interviewee, is an ex-convict who spent his time in prison practicing spirituality and magic. when i first ... says things like: “The reason that meditation is so important in magic

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  to stand behind the cart and push it in the direction you want to go: the second is to stand in front of the cart and pull it such that it ... . the muscle groups involved in pushing are naturally stronger than the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  bay area parties well, two of them

  

  in the last two weeks, i've been invited to two parties in the bay area. the first one was an invitation from a co-intern, who sent it in a group text with all the other company interns in the bay. it was a link to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 15, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  dating while asian to love & be loved freely

  

  In high school, the boys didn’t like me. A friend suggested that perhaps it was because our school was 80% Caucasian and in the heart of Portland, Oregon, the whitest major metropolitan area in the country. And it

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 30, 2021
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  Today, November 3rd, 2020, is Election Day in the United States. Many millions of Americans have already voted by mail or in-person; more will cast ... live and vote in Cambridge, there is a [annotation note="MIT is, to my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  hiring frosh. And in the case that the program is freshman and/or sophomore ... 't really have that much experience in writing cover letters or a resume; in ... mess in the beginning of the school year and, in hindsight, I should have

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  hellhole that is Massachusetts. In this time, I've been trying to keep ... promises in the beginning of the year that I have not kept. I said I would ... , despite enjoying liking coding and writing it out and basking in the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  In 1981, Gerald Fink was a professor at Cornell and a member of a ... opposition. Fink remembers being a part of one meeting about Whitehead in which ... idea," he whispered back. In 1982, Fink became a founding member of the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019