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• Blog / Best from staff

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  in under-resourced countries or finding new ways to study underwater ... aversion to STEM continued as I went to college and pursued a major/minor in ... similar to the "nerd herd" who shamed me in high school. However, after

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!

  

  think that website belonged to one of most elite schools in the country ... , Facebook was once an exclusively college networking site. A way to keep in ... , then merged the two, opened it up to anyone in the US, then the world

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  —are some of the moments in which I’ve felt most connected to others. Where ... in one place to experience something together: art. TANGENT I’m not a ... main hub. There’s almost always a show in town, thanks in part to Boston

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  "wet and not-so-hot." It's quite an experience to be in a place where the ... season, I (mistakenly, in hindsight) applied to 15 colleges. Out of the ... didn't design its interview to quiz you and reveal the shortcomings in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Visit

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  with our check-in process, I get to see many of you who come to Cambridge ... many structural barriers in place that cause college students to drop out ... or take notes on visitors and add them to application files; but OTHER

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  in the US with a research or innovation idea, we encourage you to apply ... 11/6 from 4-5pm EST! Tune in to get your burning questions answered or ... having that exhilarating freedom in college to figure out who I am and what

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  demand or whatever.  In that same vein, if total eclipses occurred daily ... Albans City in Vermont but, early on the way we then decided to go to ... in the town. Newport is a lovely town and it was definitely not made to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Flowers in your hair

  

  I'm flying to San Francisco for the long weekend -- hope you kids in ... having a book signing to promote his latest book "I Hope They Serve Beer In ... online at http://vagina.mit.edu ...and to help you get in the V-Day spirit

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Vlogging, Tweets, and a Riddle The sum of three cats is a dog. Explain.

  

  a box (poor tweets). You might not be able to see them in all browsers ... two solutions. Here’s a huge hint, in black text on black background, so you can only see it if you want to and you highlight the text:  

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photo Scavenger Hunt Let's give this a shot.

  

  worth of photos to put in my blog and writing my entries, I thought it ... 'll give you a week from today to mail them in, and I'll post the results ... final day of school in the comments, graduation day doesn't count unless

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A way a lone a last a loved a long the An opportunity for heated debate and a cry for revolution.

  

  This weekend I went on a rafting trip down the Kennebec river in mid-to ... matter whether it goes in the trash or into the mouth of somebody I know ... be able to enjoy in good conscience those tender, flaky, tangy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  way to manufacture 3D-printable spray-on clothing (or discovered some ... Institute in this post, and will return to the topic in more detail soon. I ... At MIT, no community follows an algorithm, but each one is open to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  From Charlottesville to Cambridge photos from a gathering for solidarity

  

  We're at a strange point in the political climate where white supremacists, klansmen, and outright Nazis have become comfortable enough to publicize their misconceptions in broad daylight. The people of Cambridge

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  , April, I had to hunt elsewhere (we're moving to a new building in October ... was cool in the first place, to sit and listen to Professor Sheng talk ... Sheng passed the question on to me. And I got to answer it in the middle

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  in the dentist chair and looked at the window, trying to concentrate on ... remember starting to giggle - and then my eyes were closed and I was in a ... semester. Hold onto your hats (or your teeth - whichever are more likely to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pottermania hits MIT Excitement for the release of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.

  

  be killed in the final installment and whether or not Snape was an evil ... in the book. Psychiatrist David Jones of MIT advises parents to read ... the release of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  to experience things that we thought we only saw in movies. At 5 Wits ... could eat. & Imagination, who loved to imagine he was a beaver. Or ... photos. Lastly, to everyone who lives in MA, I definitely recommend going

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Case of the Considerate Robbers and other winter adventures

  

  monotonous routine of a 9 to 6 (or sometimes 8 to 7) work schedule, almost ... Spanish speakers anywhere else in the world would fail to understand, found ... claims began to roll in. In total, four name brand jackets, about $100 in

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • August 3, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  in a lot of people: facilities pays extra attention to make sure things ... challenges or work and play! Not the determination in his eyes, the bravery ... marvel that was the trapeze artist: It's hard to tell in this photo, but

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  I Can Save You Possibly.

  

  . But anyway - Now that I'm in the IAP EMT class, I get to experience the ... in black, belted cargo pants (which took forever to find, by the way ... still glad to be in it. When I interviewed for the class a few months ago

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 9, 2010