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  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  ], and I often go together. We bob around in the water for a bit, clamber ... between convenience and luxury. This project has been a sprint from the ... Boy oh boy, what a summer it’s been so far. For the first time in my

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  -- something that we already have more experience and passion for. In summary ... We are confused about what we want to do with our lives and thus what ... Humanities and Engineering. It is a super cool joint major that allows you to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  GPA are all accurate. (note: we don't get 0.3 or 0.7 for plusses and ... MIT doesn't give extra GPA for +'s and -'s) as As in science classes ... academic capabilities, it is excessive for the purposes of being premed and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  college experience, and I prepare for my 10-year college reunion, I thought ... experiment and see what works best for you. At least a few times in your ... someone who made college possible for you and describe your adventures thus

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  losses of Matthew Nehring and Christina Tournant. And for you, dear ... brothers what encouraging words they have for you, and, on their own ... to East Campus and Simmons for having the top two most responses, 18

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  for a test and walk out of it with your heart sinking, while ahead of you, two euphoric friends say, “That was so good.” And for this ... underwater for all of eternity, and shot back up, breathing like I’d just run a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  "]MITHIC[/annotation], which is a platform for collaboration between the SHASS and departments in ... for its nerdy interests – and our president is no different. “I ... the subject, her passion for climate and her belief that climate change

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  saw regularly for the rest of the semester, and into IAP. Externally ... Google in California, and successfully beginning well construction for my ... ’t talk to anyone for years, they would mostly forget, and move on with

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  hard learning things I wanted to and leave Algebra II studying for the ... openings for teenagers. I super love little kids and I thought that sounded ... Another thing I did for fun in high school was filming dumb movies and then

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  originally sign up for four and three-quarters, putting the last class on ... and more improved. Looking back, I've completed the requirements for two majors, along with a slew of classes in between that I took for fun

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  , and I'm extremely envious of the level of her self-discipline. As for my ... - been there, done that. Voted for Obama and Kerry for MA senator. 43. Try ... trucks basically fed me for all of my freshman and most of my sophomore

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  convey convincingly to others. The difference between a great idea and a ... of friction is between myself and a presenter; we each have strong ... meeting and cool off for a bit.   1 day until final presentations

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  .* Everyone has their own reasons for Doing The Thing, and these reasons often ... liveable wages and health insurance for students, and to be welcoming and ... things for their students, and the resulting burnout is incredibly

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  me that for me tattoos meant gang affiliation, criminal behavior, and ... across the silent wall between us and reached out his hand towards me. The ... of the struggles I had in leaving home and being on my own for the

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  escape-room-style puzzles, and Next House is famous for housing many nerds ... !” However, the lock would not open, and for two reasons: I was missing some ... with escape rooms and everything even horror-adjacent for years. Plus, I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  Center for Bits and Atoms. In June, Spencer graduated with a degree in ... . After unpacking my belongings, I grabbed a stack of books and went for a ... , squeeze between an antiquarian bookseller and the Arts Theatre of Cambridge

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  You don’t have to be a founder move slow and fix things

  

  to Alan and Vincent for reading drafts. This post is dedicated to MIT ... running for too long, and your water bill goes up. Leave it to me I talk so ... dinner. I've never done anything in exchange for all their free food, and I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 29, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  along the length of the boat, and two for the sails. he took the pen he ... 's day, john invited me and two other members of my team, joseph and claire, to his boat for a sailing trip. in the hours before we set sail, we ate

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  only a sleeping bag (good for retreats or sleepovers) and had their ... , boots, and EXTRA PANTS. Regardless of how many people make fun of you for ... mine who was international didn't have one, and we lost him for like

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  --I’m still conflicted between two classes, 6.302: Feedback Systems and 6 ... wasn’t something I’d be planning for in the short term. And yet, my last ... affinity for some subject early on that they also had access to, and could

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018