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  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the 149th commencement ceremony in the ... ,719 graduate students became MIT alumni, an association that now includes ~131 ... an early employee and eventual CEO of PlanetOut, an LGBT media

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  people had to do all of those things for you you know how in ‘avatar ... instrumental in designing and building and maintaining almost every aspect of our civilization you expect me to just work a chill tech/quant job and relax in my

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  that works out for me. This time, I was six minutes late for self check-in ... really fast. Then I got the people standing in line for security to let me ... me for my boarding pass and I realized I left it in security, along

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring there will always be regrets

  

  I was happy with how fall turned out in the end, I was miserable for ... . whether I know people who are in the class was not normally a factor for me ... [/annotation] so it was an honor and a pleasure.  the professor for this class knows

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  last first day (take 3) there are so many other blogposts with this title

  

  readings for this class. ES.100 - An Introduction to Maker Skills ... 't even quite understand what right means in this case. I spent the first month of this year in Europe, studying abroad in Madrid before going on a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 8, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  time dilation to the Infinite, and beyond

  

  in such a short time before, but it nonetheless requires an adjustment ... in what seems like an instant. I spent this past summer soaking in the ... : I am invulnerable to alarms in the morning, no matter how loud or

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nisha’s Restaurant Review: February this is extra but i'm doing it anyways

  

  is an Asian fusion place that used to be called Thelonious Monkfish for ... fusion place in Chinatown that is known primarily for its HUGE whiskey ... few nuanced opinions about it.  I mentioned this briefly in a previous

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  need to decide which classes to take and where that will lead me. That in itself has been an necessarily more stressful decision than it needed to be ... relies on resources - time and people - as fuel for information. I’m always

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  our tent. I finally found the perpetrator: an old man in a yellow rain ... emailed a friend in lab to put away the agarose gel I’d poured the night ... floating safe in slimy pink buffer instead of withering into a translucent

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Small Things I Like About Autumn A short reflection on a colorful season

  

  side for the argument that you can always layer up more to warm up in the ... course, winter in the northeast takes cold to an extreme, so fall is like ... in Cambridge. As someone who loves scenic views to take pictures, the

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 31, 2025
• Blog / Events

  HT@MIT: Department Lectures and Final Presentations MIT's Best Kept Secret

  

  ; For anyone that's used the elevators in Stata this is a common sight that's usually ignored. The titles are in another language, the ... undergrads that you can't find in most classes. The first opportunity is an

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • December 28, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Things That Are Awesome (And have been keeping me from writing recently -- Sorry!)

  

  .Eng program in Course 6 is something students can apply for in their junior year ... courseload. This puts them in position to finish all of the requirements for ... in nearby schools! Number 3: Randomites Though I'm living in an

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  Ever since I first visited MIT in the summer of 2007, I knew that the ... listen to an admissions presentation, take a campus tour, visit a lab, and talk to some of the current students. I was on campus for a grand total

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  York City in April for the photo shoot, I had no idea who the other girls ... article! We’ll be going back to New York in the beginning of June for more ... Glamorous moments, in the traditional sense, are fleeting at MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  . At least every once in a while.) My hair is now an alluring, yet quasi ... off for mental health -- from school. (To be honest, Mom likes to play hooky more than I ever did. But when your mother is begging you to call in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  ” opening in July) to measure their Vickers hardnesses. To correct for human ... scale for all four samples. These values correspond to roughly 20 HV – an ... ’d also like to thank you, the reader, for making it this far in this blog

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  : an entry for juniors about summer programs, another Questions Omnibus ... which category he falls into?), which premieres tomorrow night. Also in ... Johns Hopkins:"For all the regular decision applicants out there, we ask

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come in, we’re open

  

  in A-Entry for the summer -- actually, strictly speaking, I had been living in A-Entry for my first three years at MIT. But I'm moving to D ... moving is very difficult for me due to a) impatience, b) anal

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  thought you'd like are actually quite likeable. For that reason, keep an ... yourself either! By this I mean, make time for yourself. Whether it's an hour ... thinking of them. In fact, I even wrote a little outline of this blog down on

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  for me during some really difficult times in high school. I really lost ... the first time in a week. This was the hotel room I had bought for my ... , and waited for everyone to show up. Surely enough, they trickled in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019