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  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  , if you went to CPW, getting back in touch with your host is a good way ... -stage to their partners in rhyme and to their fans in the audience. The ... someone. Now, it's good to stay in contact with your close friends from

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  14 years later what I've been up to in the past one-seventh of a century

  

  graduate school. In case that didn’t work out, I also applied to what I thought to be two safe backup options: unpaid laborer on an organic farm in ... Factory but accepted to MIT in my junior year of high school (after which I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  getting in to MIT. I feel your pain. My senior year involved a lot of things ... a comment stating just that. Are you guys just out to get me or what ... second, wanted to sit in it and be wheeled around and pulled in and out of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  things to see and do as Walt Disney World. So far in my little trip down Infinity Lane, I decided to major in mechanical engineering, minor in ... I hope over the next course of the year, we can get to know each other

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  in shape year round. I never have to worry about voluntarily getting to ... competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of ... , all relate to a time crunch. This time crunch presents itself in a

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  start of summer tidbits i'm alive

  

  year? Hm. Academically, it was rough, for sure. I'll get more into it in ... 've ever been, and I'm sure they'll only get harder. :( But I got to spend ... this fall. I was lucky enough to get an offer from a company called

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  in the Z-Center... I tried to orient myself to the layout of the ... with so many different motivations are attracted to Career Fair, it gets ... we needed to catch to get to iRobot. But then we couldn't find the bus

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  was to be home in December for winter break (back home, “winter” is 70 ... class). Plus, you get to machine your own flashlight out of aluminium ... important topics like how to walk in crampons ("walk as if you were a cowboy

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  somehow made it to Back Bay in time for us to get on the train home. Do ... get home when you oversleep and you have a morning train to catch" so I ... desk in the Student Center before they leave. If I had gone to check out

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  to do a pset WITH people me: i like STEM and i want to get involved in ... could get used to the water temperature before going out further and ... forth underneath me while I tried to propel myself up. Keep in mind that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  motivation to get out of bed in the morning. Maybe then I'll make it to the dining hall in time for breakfast. 2. I love to eat. Because I live in ... 'll slip in a shout-out to good old Mac High--but here, things move fast. Too

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you

  

  .031, elements of software construction, dubbed as how not to get fired in industry ... effort in getting me to commit. i knew that whichever one i picked, i would ... , regularly scheduled programming. one. as i alluded to in my last post, i was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Actually Doing Things or not...but actually, really

  

  , you have to prioritize which input is the most important in your final ... covered that. Let me explain to you my life in the context of those ELLs in ... power plant to build in a town while taking into account how the residents

  • by Stanley G.
  • November 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  returns come in. I had many election-watching options to choose from ... , I hopped in a Zipcar and went out to the suburbs to a party at the ... , though. Few high school students have access to courses in upper

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  , initiatives to get young women interested in computer science in Italy, an ... them, discuss with them how to get girls interested in science, outline ... value). My team's plan is to use the money to promote FIRST Robotics in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  that you’re strong enough to get over it, however long it takes." If you want to talk to us in the comments below, we’re here for you. We ask that ... be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2029. The comments on

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  or profound. People are able to get in even with spelling errors in ... ; Fast forward to today, and I can point to every misconception in the ... . It's virtually impossible to summarize yourself in a few paragraphs

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  quick to embrace the stereotypes that seem to have been eliminated in most ... anyone to respond to. Since this article focused on women in Ivy League ... Career Path to Motherhood." The author, Louise Story, speaks with several

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  What’s This Mystery Hunt Thing?

  

  operator, I take other people's answers and call them in, so I also get to ... heads against the wall so hard their brains are going to fall out. In ... . It's awesome. It's lots of fun. You should do it when you get here. Or

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  resolutions I accomplished in this list, as well. 2021 Resolutions Go to a ... really getting a feel for what is out there for me in the computer science ... haven't been able to build up strength, but I feel I'll get it by mid next

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022