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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  way for me to take the world that I know, and modify it in a way that ... made MIT almost a natural place for me to want to go, but the longer that ... writing was more than a hobby, it is a passion equivalent to my love for

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  to head back into the city and catch her flight. She's off for a ... for a scholarship to do research in Heidelberg next year; she said that ... recommend attempting to summit a volcano at 15,700 ft with only one day of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  The night before graduation, I was about to turn in for a good night ... had to be screened by three different people when I went to check in for ... phones clogging 3G and wifi, and I had to use my phone for phone things as

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  I want to tell you about a friend of mine who is on television this ... ;         I don’t personally know Hendrik, but I do know Brandon. Brandon ... . Eventually I got to know him as the guy who lights up any and every room and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  physical place, to an unsurpassed degree - it's a more natural activity for ... to go between floors - and this makes a dorm famous for introverts ... "structure follows function". This is a good axiom for biologists, but it

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Virtual Fall, Real Performances coming soon to a zoom very near you!

  

  less intimidating for auditioners and easier to connect. MTG is doing ... to organize rehearsal and filming for their covers, and then the ... come :000 The Ballroom Dance Team usually goes to (and kicks butt at) in-person

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 3 Showtime!

  

  ) and her husband in person for the first time. Our cast of performers was ... an hour. The rehearsal stretched on for so long that we didn’t get to ... for the first time in a week, I also thought about how lucky I was to be

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  for today’s students was critically important to me since I would be ... women to belong and live for a time in a value-based organization where ... . When I began looking for a place to live five years ago and an alumna

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  finally worked up the nerves to ask a question in his class, only to confirm ... my favorite professors I've had at MIT. He managed to take something ... . Silbey let out a huge, surprised yawp before proceeding to lay on the desk

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  location marker for my portion of the observation area next to my writing ... Killian Court to join a recording for a music video, in preparation for MIT ... —this recording session is for the video, so we just have to follow his cues and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  some people...and simply doesn't for others. (Karen has more to say on ... Physics for Masochists...and for good reason. Even before actually coming to ... semester, to find out where my limits are." So I signed up for 8.012, and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Class Projects

  MIT Brings You Unwanted Attention You want to be popular? Really?

  

  There are definitely perks to attending MIT. For example, at MIT I ... may laugh, but you'll laugh for a different reason if you're a student ... an MIT student, you are held to a standard that other people just aren

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  – not just for Campus Preview Weekend, but to start your academic and ... besides, what else would you do to prepare for that promising future you ... : Gap years need not be a luxury for the rich. Some students use them to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  anyone can post an idea for making America better. The ten ideas that receive the most votes will be presented to Barack Obama on Inauguration Day ... to do is go here and click on the "Vote" icon in the top left

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  the invaders gestured for her to come out to the aisle. They crowded ... I struggle, I must leave my room To look for help before it is too ... mean; my heart's reeling. - To be honest, I saved the best for last. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  : After my last final on December 20, I flew home to London for winter break. On January 2, I flew to DC for a huge astronomy conference. There, I ... I owe you an explanation for my absence (and you'll get WAY more

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  personal enthusiasm levels inversely proportional to the temperature, though ... tape for lamination purposes, and run back to the moat to put it up ... ’m from Michigan, so Boston cold is still no big deal. To be honest, if it

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  straight-laced personality was exposed to a weekend of epic proportions. One ... every once in awhile. So I would like to thank everyone at MIT for making ... to be a man of few words, and my guest-entry was going to revolve

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  of for MIT prefrosh to write guest blogs before CPW. Cam's situation is ... senior. I wrote it for personal reflection (I enjoy writing) and posted it on a personal blog, but also for the admissions blogs in the hopes that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  about how proteins made in the cell are marked for distribution to where ... -way street Just a looking for someone to meet One woman who was looking for a ... to interrupt! We’re the MIT Muses. We’re looking for Iain Cheeseman

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013