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  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  those lines that are not written in English, note that Colin read them in ... English translation in brackets. https://youtu.be/dGiehdTV5Ok   Class ... , followed by “yo, 你怎么样?”, which means “yo, what’s up?” in Mandarin Chinese

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  plastic table amongst hundreds of other students in the Johnson Track Center ... packet to a TA and I waltz out of the Z-Center, the sun bathing me in its warmth. "I finished the GIRS, am in a super romantic relationship with

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  warm (and dry) in a Boston winter has been an adventure. It’s been a lot ... that were born in a six-foot pile of snow, feel free to share your own ... ’m smiling in this picture or squinting because i can’t see through my foggy

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7:15PM ET!

  

  2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 ... . From the website: In 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, [150] students work in large teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and build

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more ... than 50k in the United States last year. One thing I like about Bebras USA is that it has really has taken root in the midwest and mountain

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  have always been very serious about school. In high school, there were ... always put in my best effort to try to make it up to them; however, for a ... have. I remember thinking in high school, “I hope the MIT curfew is not

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Researchers Develop Autonomous Shoe Technology out of the MIT STrIDE group

  

  inventions in the world. Radar, modern lithium-ion batteries, canned soup, and ... and hazards in a walker’s path, especially oncoming pedestrians. The 2×2″ device, called Toe the Line™, was developed by researchers in MIT’s STr

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  in response to Trump's immigration freeze on seven nations. MIT has 38 ... 's protests in Copley Square. I took all the photos above, and the following ... there: This was the first time I really actively participated in a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2020 Wait List Decisions We're sending out wait list decisions today.

  

  admitted students choosing to enroll at MIT (also known in admissions ... effort you have put in to letting us know how much you love MIT. As someone who was wait listed at my first choice college in high school (but didn

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  Tuesday before CPW, caught my attention in particular. In it, Yuliya the ... ever. In summary: because CPW. But here is more (from April 8, 2014): I ... of lectures entitled “FIREHOSE” (in reference to a popular descriptor

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  39 tabs open in Chrome (which is apparently the threshold at which the ... anymore), so now in an effort to get this post up, I'm just going to wing it ... impression that they were tunnels in the most adventurous sense of the word

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  fifth of my life so far, I have lived in Random Hall, MIT’s smallest and nerdiest dorm. Right now I am in Florida for winter break, and as often happens when I am not in a place, I am deeply missing Random and my friends

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A White Christmas Escaping Boston to go to more snow

  

  packed up our winter clothing and headed to Colorado to spend a week in the ... over break to escape the Boston weather, but spend half of the break in ... if there are that many sensations in the world that can compare to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  watched Pitch Perfect, a film in which freshmen know what they want to do ... found a calling in rap. Soon the first three tracks of our (yet unreleased ... , created in an attempt to win dinner with the renowned Professor Eric Lander

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Grace Hopper a celebration of women in computing

  

  in Computing -- which is basically an 8,000-attendee ... amazing people, and remember that I wasn't alone in this very male ... 'm kinda old.  I graduated 1.5 years ago, and originally applied to MIT in

  • by Piper '13
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Events

  East Campus Rush 2014: RAW SCIENCE There shall be no entertainment or amusement in our courtyard, only roller coasters

  

  . Prefrosh will have the opportunity to battle in a giant wrestling pit made of ... . But it is all in the name of science. All events taking place over the next week can be found in the Daily Confusion, which is actually just a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello, Seattle i am a mountaineer...

  

  I'm spending the summer in Seattle, interning at Amazon, and I've decided I'm in love with this place. A few thoughts about Seattle after my first week here. People are in general really nice and the food, so far

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 14, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Snowsical The blizzard of February 13th

  

  around our house in New Jersey:     Oh boy, it looks real bad in NJ.  The ... good thing MIT isn't in the Northea...oh wait...       ... us when we're sick, Is covered in snow, but only a few inches thick

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  've always had students send in information about cool projects that they were working on in their spare time. Maybe it was a really amazing new computer ... by training (MIT-educated in Course 2) so I wanted to know all the

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge, CPW, and YOU! A welcome from a couple of MIT Quest Scholars to our newly admitted Quest Scholars

  

  Hello! In just a couple of days, MIT will be hosting the Campus ... Bridge Reception to be held on April 12, 2013 from 6:30pm-8:00pm in W20-301. Current ... meeting you! In fact, they are so excited to meet you that we would like to

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • April 2, 2013