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  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  calls it the Brass Rat). Basically, every class gets to choose a committee to design the class' ring. For such a small piece of jewelry, it has so ... pendulum for brave prefrosh to take a ride in. You can see the double

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  write once a month or so to tell you what we’re thinking about, working on ... to getting to know you. To tell you a little about myself, I’ve had ... terrific universities (including MIT). I never aspired to have a career in

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  November, I particularly struggled to find motivation. It's odd; a break from ... pervasive struggles during the fall had to do with finding motivation. It wasn ... energy it took to do all these things was always quite a bit. It didn

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  . Typical for an MIT student, I am used to not a day going by without a ... I have to relearn how to learn, in a lot of ways. I am grateful that Course 1 allows me the opportunity to participate in a program such as this

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Adventures in Italy, Part 1 Chi, chi, chinotto

  

  to pick up a travel book. (Yes, I waited until the last minute to ... Rome. And here's where I learned what it meant to suffer from a language barrier. I get thirsty very easily, so in the airport, I wanted to get a

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  I Don’t Know where am i going to be a year from now?

  

  I don’t know where I’m going to be a year from now. That’s never ... a senior in high school trying to figure out which college I would be ... be: A mission operations engineer in Tokyo, flying a lunar lander to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds like home Quarantine songs, from my home to yours

  

  hoped to meet you in, but since I’m already stuck in a staring contest ... fight to outrun a faceless threat. It’s been challenging to feel creative ... remedy I know. So it’s no surprise that I find myself returning to my

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  but he spent a great deal of time talking about how important it was to prioritize togetherness (especially in a place like MIT where it is easy to ... Excellence in Mentoring award given to a professor who serves as an advisor

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  it finally became time to find a new solution. My solution for the ... It rains a lot in Boston. There’s not much more you can say about ... finally feel prepared for the rain. I come from a place where rain means

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  to get a recommendation letter from a current MIT undergrad student? Do ... ridiculous to make such a binding decision before you've even seen what ... to grades? For example, would a B+ in an application be viewed in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  fact, if you are able to get his or her email address, why not drop a ... convictions yet open to suggestions. Bend like a reed in the wind. If not, you ... relationship that lasted almost 20 years. How proud was I to visit Cardozo as a

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  being able to sit in a lecture hall again and walk from class to class ... to post this update since I kind of left off on a somewhat unsure note ... people moved into the house and I've gotten to know a lot of people in it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  your four-year-old cousin to study. (Seriously, Mom; isn't it a little ... to that first AP introductory meeting as a scrawny rolling-backpack-wielding sophomore. (That WAS a long time ago, wasn't it? You're free to imagine me

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Walk down CourseRoad Lane A boulevard of broken dreams and dropped classes

  

  . Wondering if you have space to squeeze in an astronomy elective? Add it to a ... ... … which, due to a bug in the system, wasn’t actually mine at all, but ... graduate). Upon logging in for the first time, I was rather pleased to find

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 24, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Get It Done Keep On Keeping "On"

  

  in a play, and organizing a student rock concert to raise money for the ... love to do - great. But sometimes you need to just take a nap in the ... Hi all! A few updates over what is, for us, a long weekend. First, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  see here is just a beginning; we will be eager over time to find new ... This is just a quick blog post to tell y'all that there is a new ... aesthetic: a single “Spotlight” image surrounded by links to sites

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  of balance, at least the attempt of finding one. This summer was a ... that they’d drive me to places I’d want to go. So, I didn’t feel a ... transportation by myself was to get to a local university for my summer internship

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  at a distance staying in contact with friends from home

  

  people that used to know me best. Around this time 3 years ago, I was a ... , I've started to see these years in a new light. I'm starting to feel ... we want them to stop and wait with us just a bit longer. In the rush of

  • by Victor D. '27
  • November 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  came, it was gone, and I was left to plod my way through a weird liminal ... resolution to stay on top of everything. I remember being a freshman this time ... as close to the ground as possible, or that I’m a mid-day showerer (not

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We’re #1! What's the emoticon for oversize foam hand?

  

  such a vibrant, creative place that if you can't find something amazing ... International Colleges & Universities, a higher education directory. I have a few theories as to why we elbowed our way to the top of the list

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 29, 2010