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• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant ... I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For ... want to be, what experiences you need to have to help you get there, and

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Procrastination in the Time of Corona i have so much time and so many ways to procrastinate my work

  

  track from 1st to 6th grade. I tried to get back into it last summer in LA ... exhausting place to live in at the moment, and the stress of even just looking ... of the stupid memes we like to yell in lounges. The best feature is

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 24, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  Japan-based company in Tokyo who attempted to be the first private company ... could be compared to the nervous system of the lander. We were in charge ... the Assembly, Integration, and Testing team. In order to work with them

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Off to Zambia

  

  the school is able to hold adult classes in the evening. Another one of ... Through my awesome D-Lab class, I am going to Zambia today until Jan 31st. Zambia is a land-locked country in southern Africa (see above

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  , until this summer when I officially moved to live in a hotel (aka Maseeh ... you in high school who want a taste of MIT culture from home and to ... frequent the blogs would love to stalk learn about one of the new bloggers

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  It's hard to know exactly how I'm feeling on our last night here in ... just wanted to capture this feeling for now before I fill in the details ... about being in a country where nobody has electricity or regular access to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Adventures in Italy, Part 1 Chi, chi, chinotto

  

  barrier. I get thirsty very easily, so in the airport, I wanted to get a ... , named Chinotto. It was 4 euros so I didn't get it. However, my failure to ... var. myrtifolia). The tree grows to a height of 3m and can be found in

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  five cookies in one sitting will most likely lead to a tummy ache ... starting spring of my first year. What’s the point? 1) I get to declare a ... ’s not you, it’s me. I’ve moved on. Don’t get me wrong though. We had our

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What do you mean by “MIT Speak”?

  exactly what you're saying. (You have to enter "MIT Code" in the ask field to get an answer.) ... MIT uses numbers for everything. You could be in 10-250 taking 18
• Blog / MIT Life

  Why I haven’t posted in forever In picture form, no less.

  

  that, I might as well add "GET OFF CAMPUS" to it, to keep myself from ... "Let someone else do it." No joke. Anyway, I'm going to get back to my ... I am taking 5 minutes out of my life just to let you all know why I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  finally worked up the nerves to ask a question in his class, only to confirm ... , in my book) that could get away with using Comic Sans (the other being ... in front of the blackboard to comfortably enjoy the Logs as they

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  's exactly what it sounds like. Undergrads get to work with professors, Ph ... that MIT offers to their undergrads. However, getting research faculty to ... for those who aren’t sure where to get started. There’s also a good

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  laziness. So ~ my time in India is over :( No longer do I wake to the sound ... and staff. In addition to teaming up with the hospital/medical van staff in Anaikatti, I also got a chance to interact with some of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The only living boy in New York I get all the news I need from The Colbert Report.

  

  and I had in New York last weekend, but I'm not going to write it until tomorrow. And you don't get to read it unless you vote. Now, I did my part by ... stories about getting out the vote at the grass-roots level, I'm going to do

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of East Campus i live in an art exhibition

  

  camps - at every single camp I went to, I was housed in a dorm room that ... oldest mural in East Campus, and according to legend, it was originally ... story after, but here’s the legend of how murals in EC came to be, as told

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  to get practical experience in a software company before even having to ... . Plus, I’d be on the West Coast near my family, have the chance to live in ... teammates about whatever I couldn’t figure out on my own. I started to get

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  Caltech"). We landed in Baltimore close to 7 AM Saturday morning, after a ... was in an operable state. These are problems we never have to deal with ... Maryland in our hard-earned car to go grocery shopping. I wasn't exactly

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  different tools in the machine shop, we get to create our own Stirling Engine ... get to learn how to draw! I have a lot of artsy people in my family, my ... and get you on the right track before classes start and things start to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Adventures in Logan Airport In which I attempt to fly back to Florida. Written during a too-long wait in…

  

  The other day, when I stopped in the Admissions Office to annoy a few ... a trip to good ol’ South Florida, I checked in and printed out my ... Christmas, so it’s excusable, right? Cut to Line #2: Security. So I stood in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  opportunity to learn about yourself." Students sometimes get so wrapped up in ... , back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to ... completely honest about yourself in your application, you are sure to be happy

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009