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  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  Kevin Rustagi '11 is a designer, entrepreneur, and musician whom I ... a recent alum, I’d like to explore that a little further – and ... ? Was it the place that I understood it to be? My 1st choice? A place that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  what I did this summer unoriginal title, original experiences!

  

  air that says, this could be you. Going to an art festival is, in a way ... happens is that when I leave enough space in my life, writing starts to fill ... had the idea to measure me again. I had grown a quarter of an inch in a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 24, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  Short Story from Last Summer

  

  all we do is laugh. I zip my phone up in one of the pockets in my ... that perception is a two-pronged process: there is the "taking in ... It is June of last year. I am interning at a medical devices company

  • by Sara N. '28
  • June 11, 2026
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 Resolutions posting so i can be held accountable

  

  rather than a consumer. Since I've been doing that, I've been really ... year, and that's okay, too. I also realize I put in a lot of effort into ... I put in time and effort into someone, I expect they do that in return

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  year that I’m really excited about. It's in a lab that is a supportive ... “sophomore slump” is a real thing. In general, I think everyone goes through ... someday. I focused on companies that are doing interesting things in an

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  how you're feeling right now. Senior year is hard. I know that to be a ... previously mentioned, a few hours before, I rushed out there in my sweats. Fascinating fact that I forgot upon rushing outside in my sweats: Gheorghe

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  because of the academic environment i was raised in - other people doing ... getting into top colleges meant i would have a harder time doing so myself ... audience, and so on. i have a bad habit where i tend to assume at first that

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  tell   us about how something in your life is like that scene. There’s a ... got that job, and that’s what I’ll be doing this summer, so I paid a lot ... personally believe that if I ever have no time in a day to hang out with

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  the most fun I've had in literal weeks. I'm so grateful that I've had ... 've always been "the young one" in most environments I've been; I took a lot of ... several years, so I'm happy that I was able to, uh, share a bit of my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  that I took from a camera checked out from Technique, the yearbook ... (Take a look at “My Monday” by Yuliya K. '18 for her day in the life ... thing I’m all bundled up though, with a beanie and down jacket. 9

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  ) that I was eager to learn Old English. In a nutshell, Prof. Bahr said ... enrolled in it. (I'd like to casually mention that Old English was offered at ... .R.R. Tolkien, Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is a language of long, cold

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  know. Because "Yay! A 33 in 6.003 that I took in 38-101 before UROP!" is ... hour, and since then I've never actually failed a test in an MIT class. That doesn't mean I've never done poorly on a test, or never left five

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Got Questions? I have answers.

  

  . Specifically: finding a UROP for the summer (I'll be working in the Lang Lab ... MIT, I know that many of you are currently in the midst of choosing ... doubts at this stage is totally natural. Is there anything I can do to help

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 23, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  (Course 6-3) and I’m a sophomore cadet in Air Force ROTC.  ROTC is an ... does not interest me all that much. My dream job in the Air Force is a ... what ROTC is unless you’re in it or you’re familiar with the military. I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I painted a mural for Borderline! bird-erline mural

  

  finish one of these last night! Borderline is a project that started in ... that's been fine with me—this is my first academic year where I ... application. There really is no hidden message other than: "I smashed a bunch of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Fixing a trapeze! then hanging upside-down on it

  

  foam was all in disarray. If I were doing cool hard stuff, the way it ... watching Queen's Gambit, which is a show about chess. I happen to enjoy chess ... , and anyway I'm not in such good standing among people who do know

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  pronto) and I found a video of me at the beginning of last year that I ... (any % although whole is more manly) 2) You can't vomit I'm the one in ... So, now that you're on campus, you have all this free time, right? I

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  self care define it or perish

  

  stuck. now that i have so little time, what i do with it is so much more ... childhood anime, Inuyasha, is currently airing. when i heard about it back in ... even a day or two ago, which is a nice morale boost when i'm suffering

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  difference is to give you a portrayal of what a typical day is like in both ... would definitely do my PhD in, if I were to come to MIT for grad school ... some work done. Desk is such a great job--basically getting paid to do

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 2

  

  ); sending in a strong application is all you can do to "influence the RSI ... is a transcript of his Nobel lecture in Oslo here (sadly, a PDF file ... . decisions...I am not able to believe that a nobel prize man like prof

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005