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  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  to do it in high school, but I was afraid I'd get homesick and wasn ... freshman year. It's sort of another "how to do everything wrong" story... apparently I'm not very good at applying for stuff, a deficiency I am trying to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Met John Waters This beautiful mobile home you see before you is the current hideout of the notorious…

  

  or LA to be a star anymore. You can stay in your home town and make it ... that you have to go to an Ivy or a Stanford or an MIT in order to become something. In this day and age, this is far from the truth. You can go to a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  and relative warmth is here to stay. In this final quarter of my time ... : students get many opportunities to donate blood on campus. Seen from the ... , and you'll get all the way to Downtown Boston and Back Bay. Travel to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have some very mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I am excited to get ... my summer in Spain. It doesn't reeeally say what I want it to, but I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  entire suite had mono sophomore year and I wanted to get tested just in ... of 24-hour flu or something... I didn't get to go out and watch the ... nauseous. I guess a long weekend is a somewhat good time to get hit with

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying For Finals Study study study study study

  

  to answer in three hours. Goodie! I've decided to catalogue my studying experience for you today so that you can get a sense of what you may get to go ... the solutions, that way I have something to look at if I get stuck. This

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Worms, Revisited a reflection on decisions from here

  

  for nothing because it didn't pay off in the way I had wanted it to. And ... , keeping that in mind, I pushed forward out of spite. I planned to apply ... and did/didn't get in/got deferred, is a part of who you are now. It

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 18, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford Part 1 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  , otherwise one is bound to forget things when one is rushing to get out the ... central meeting around 6PM, and that's when things started to get interesting. :-) In a nutshell, I'd had trouble getting in touch with the

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Hot Crosswalk Buns free food and football cleats

  

  It's beginning to warm up here - still in the 20s, but sunny and nice - so during a break in committee I took the opportunity to cross the Mass ... Niketown, to ask the resident experts what kind of cleats I should get for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  looking all over for you, kid!" booms Satan. "Let's get you back to hell ... uncertain coworker. By the time I grab my sandwich and get to the door, both ... it back to campus just in time to hear Sal Khan tell his story to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  dorms, it can be hard for freshmen to get singles, since upperclassmen get ... time can lead to frozen pipes. Don't eat in your room – Snacks might be ... really weird when you get home in the evening. Close the door – I live in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  in renewable energy. Wants to: Get a good-paying job so he can afford ... venture, which he helped direct. Zinser likes to work in the wood shop, lift ... particularly one who will be the first in his family to attend college full time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates A post about not having any news (yet).

  

  , now is a good time to be in touch, whether by email, phone, or whatever ... week. When I get a chance, I'll post telling you what's in there. In the ... The Class of 2010 is beginning to take shape. We know some replies

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  Sometimes, when things just don't go your way, it's easy to get ... current 4 million tons per year to 7 million tons of goods in 2015. Some ... they fear that bringing in bigger boats to Berlin and Brandenburg would

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  eaten or lost to the tides of time. one item in particular stuck with me ... . i skimmed through many iterations of "a pleasure to have in class" and ... didn’t want to spoil it for anyone. in my last group therapy session

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  inconvenience. By about 11:30pm, I finally get to the other hotel, check in, and ... while I'm traveling!) If you ever get a chance to go, I'd highly recommend ... /V setup. I get everything situated, tested, and ready to go. The local

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  And now, for a brief interlude from our regularly scheduled finals whining. I should be studying E&M right now, but this is much more fun.

  

  around Boston in this outfit, so I borrow one person’s jeans and get a ... promise to drop off the pants at Baker when I get a chance. Fast forward to ... these genes. Sarah: as long as you bring ligase… its getting hot in here

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pie No, not pi.

  

  'll actually get to experience these types of adventures in less than a year, and ... a giant party that you get to be the guest of honor at. Soak it in ... me. I spent from 9 AM to 2 PM in various chat rooms, blogs, forums, and

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  prize in Physics for using cosmic radiation data to support the Big Bang ... bridge in the unit of the Smoot (equal to Oliver's height) and found that ... . Unfortunately, he does not seem to have any MIT ties =( Don't despair! Today, in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  any time just as long as you put in the effort to physically get out of ... always put in my best effort to try to make it up to them; however, for a ... once the second semester started. In order to compensate for the

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017