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• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  Thailand in Oregon. I saw a TED talk from my current Ph.D. advisor, Professor ... I have ever seen in my life. I was determined to get to MIT Media Lab ... interest in research and human-computer interaction. 4 years later, I was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Spirited Away Guest Post By Freshly Alum'ed Wasay A. '19

  

  hell if I know what’s actually in any of them. While I finish packing the last of my clothes and move onto the items in my desk, the same questions ... other in it. So I’ll be carrying my piece. Treasuring it on my own. But

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  traditional holidays, but at some other point in my childhood, I started ... leaves…and pork belly, in massive quantities. I ask the nice man at the ... 't been back in almost two years, and most days I like it that way. Still

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  it, which is just as well because I don't know what was going to be in ... am dancing. I'm also back in Florida, having moved out of Senior House for the summer. After some panic that I'd be jobless and living in a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  I will admit: I've been in a bit of a rut. Don't get me wrong. Life ... aerospace education. There was a moment which stuck in my mind. I was ... trapped in an elevator. I cleaned my room, wiped down the floors, laid down

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Unless, of course, you've decided to do something with all that free time.

  

  living in a dorm on campus. I was in this program for two summers (I took ... I was in 10th grade (and since that was only three years ago, you can ... a few things I did). Okay. You've gotten two posts from me in one day

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  begun working towards my degree has settled in. This semester, I took 54 ... field is just crazy. Look them up! I never had a true interest in biology ... greetings to people in my class in probably twenty-five languages. I think the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Advising Folders! Lots of fun discoveries about advising and such. Also, how I managed to confuse MIT…

  

  my AP Physics C scores. So all in all, I was very happy to see my ... organized in one handy folder, but since I already bored you with that topic, I'll leave it out of this entry.) The last piece of information in my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 8 & Beyond

  

  On Selection Day 8 (Thursday), I wore a skinny tie, and worked with ... of my friends, all on their way to Doctorates in AI. He also wrote the text book I used for 1.00: Introduction to Computers and Engineering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  may have sent in one of those little response cards asking if I was interested in a varsity sport, but I definitely didn't speak to the coach until ... So I was wandering around facebook today and I discovered this new

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  the reasons I have an interest in journalism today. What’s incredible to ... careers in a time when women just didn’t do that. I decided to attend this ... I was a chemical engineer, she asked if I was the only woman in my

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Into the Sunset [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] My fascination with color guard, and participation in a colonel's…

  

  to us later on, "Sure is a lot of brass in here isn't there?" When I ... rest of the ceremony I was thinking about the cadet in the video and how ... in the Air Force." Both men instantly had my respect. One of the many

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Events

  REX at Simmons Hall 2015 water balloon wars, pancakes, roofdeck parties, and a trojan duck

  

  War. Even a T-Rex would cower in fear. All Day Shield Painting and ... navigating their first year at MIT. This year I'm excited to be an orientation ... ) and will be sharing with them the many things I've learned at my time at

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 31, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Killing Time…Not Really guest post by Sheila B.'21

  

  already--3,974,400 seconds--and here I am, back in the States, ready to start the second part of my summer in Cambridge. But before that, I need ... plan. Or improvise. After end of IAP rolled around, I was one of those

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 15, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  that I read in middle school. The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin ... of July fireworks/celebration, because I've never really been in the States during Fourth of July. (or if I was, I was in little-town Maine for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  hours in lab, and C hours doing out of class work. I'll go ahead and put ... in Course VI, and many people (Jessie included, I believe) count it as ... leave in the morning so that it's not uncomfortably hot when I get back

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  5E Rush Photos

  

  , Matt '08, Brian '08, and a couple of people I can't make out in the dim ... I promised you 5th East Hall Rush photos, so here they are. 3rd East decided, for some reason, to leave a bunch of boxes stacked in our bathroom

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  AIDS Walk San Francisco Shameless solicitation -- join the fun

  

  This Sunday, I am participating in the 2006 AIDS Walk San Francisco ... fundraising goal. I want to do as much as I can to make a difference in the ... '06 will be walking with us as well. If you're in the Bay Area this

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  selecting for obsession

  

  that’s what I find so compelling in other people, too. Reckless curiosity ... This morning, I was Googling Chris to find a photo of him, and was ... —we’ve known each other forever, and he is my best friend, and when we talk, I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Events

  298 Tickets. All for us

  

  A lot of 'lasts' happened this past week: - I turned in my last 5 ... doctor's office in Somerville and decided that it was the last time I was ... time zone. I called my little brother as I sat in the theater, just

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 20, 2010