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  Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week

  

  Boston. It was a miracle that I ever made it to the airport in time. Then ... guaranteed graduation or even just the ability to gather with friends, the ... left living right next door to some of my closest friends. 84 hours left

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  ://www.training.nih.gov/student/) with links to student programs. After sending in the Summer Internship ... to be placed in a laboratory. I thought it was just because of my lack ... website or talk to friends and neighbors to find the name of specific

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  response to the application essay question “what department or program at MIT ... or CSAIL will give me the tools and the collaborative environment to ... lot of what I was looking forward to in college.   freshman year  As a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

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

  

  . Basically, the book is about a bunch of strangers coming together to live in ... States during Fourth of July. (or if I was, I was in little-town Maine for ... take me out to the ball game or casey at the bat. =p The uber

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership Training Institute by YeSeul Kim '10 and Anne Shen '11.

  [email protected] to see if you are eligible to join us in the fall or get ... to show the same generosity and kindness to others in helping them ... LTI is on. LTI strives to instill in our students the four cornerstones

  • by mitblogs
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thomas Friedman on Energy & MIT A NY Times article highlights MIT's innovative energy solutions

  

  our future. MIT has been very active in developing solutions to energy ... world, including in India and China, working together to build a plug-in ... in May 2005. Since then, MIT undergrads have done wonders through

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  9000 Words This post doesn't have 'em.

  

  Figure 1. Life outside of classes. A) Study break to make Matt (or ... friend Maita '13 (her feet featured in Fig. 1C) decided to add a little ... have taken to sitting out in the hall. This is one of our handful of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 9, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Q & A Answers to questions on being in a fraternity.

  

  In response to my latest entry on being in a fraternity: Leo asked: 1. How large are the individual rooms in a frat house(or in your case ... that being in a fraternity gives you access to a lot of upperclassmen who

  • by Bryan
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  in to the weekend, I think you can learn a lot. That being said, CPW is ... see classes, you'll have fewer opportunities to see labs. In part, this ... research at MIT. Similarly, you may or may not have the opportunity to have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  , but there is one thing that I am confident in recommending to you. (And ... out phrases or clauses just to save on words, but I did it and felt like ... that would add to your application file but wouldn't fit or would be

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  trust how do you decide who to trust when there are lots of untrustworthy people?

  

  vast majority of people are safe to be around in the vast majority of ... in the desert, and it was really difficult to tell beforehand whether ... usually don’t have any revenue or long-term plan, and because i try to give

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Gettin’ Fancy Two formal events in two days?

  

  of emotions leads individuals to document their experience in odd ways ... to identify to what or to whom they are pledging. Figure 2. A ... in this example with Alex O. ’16 and Rachel R. ’16., or adopt a scowl

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  . specifically: why I chose to major in physics and mathematics how I decided ... ’s mostly not advice. if you find yourself in a similar situation as I was, or ... for the equations that I had already learned to solve in math class

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  focuses on using technology to solve problems in developing nations. We ... forward to the next step: Put the carbonized material in a plastic bag ... (in sunny weather, it takes a couple of days) and then they're ready to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  . Supposedly, students that are accepted to MIT are “well-rounded.” In reality ... could run in parallel to the course material. For example, I took 2 ... after the A or B in the course; instead, I went for understanding the

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  feel like this sometimes too.) But don't fall victim to the TV or FB this ... came to MIT, it started way back in high school. So here are a few ... take care of yourself in a new environment without Mom and Dad around to

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  you don't see your question or if you have another one, feel free to email me and I'll get to it when I can. Please put "Question about MIT" in ... huge variety in what people wear to class and to what extent people care

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  what you found in the comments for the rest of us to see). I hope you ... love for frogs to amphibians in general. My favorite amphibian today is ... 're taught to associate with the class. Most amphibians are born in the water

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  characteristic to MIT. All the actors (aside from the one or two main characters in ... I cry. When my kids perform in the 2030s/40s they're going to hear ... Aeneas. We studied this opera in my music class, and I was excited to hear

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  know to work on a project that covers subjects in chemical engineering ... an international intern before. A few nerves started to kick in, but I ... -discipline) or the chocolate bars in the “aliments sant

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012