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  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  Part 1 here. *     *     * Rush Holt is in the room, but most people haven’t noticed. To be fair, he’s a name rather than a…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  My First Week as an EMT It was quite an experience

  

  This past Monday, I found out that I passed my national EMT exam.  I was so happy – now I am officially a nationally certified firefighter and EMT!  Little did…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Good And mostly musing

  

  you bloom, the people that make you happy, the life you get to live now

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  “The less learned cannot fail to be pleased, though without knowing why.” -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart *     *     * I took classical piano lessons for 14 years,…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  I remember the first time I went to a market in my hometown. It was on one of those rare cold days, with icy sheets of rain washing the narrow,…

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  possesses for life not only its characteristic feathery external gills, but ... water dirtied and all life—the jumpers and the swimmers and the crawlers

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  From 9th to 12th grade, I was on my High School’s FIRST Robotics team. More about that experience here. After I left, my team stepped up their public outreach a…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  This semester, a great thing was born. MIT hosted its first annual “TIMtalks”, in which MIT students who have invented, implemented, succeeded, or failed at a wide range of ventures…

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes and Casting and Birthdays, oh my! What are "Things That Wake Me Up at 9am"?

  

  side of life. Still clinging to 6-3, time will tell which I choose or ... life, and what makes MIT, MIT. A CI-HW (Writing Intensive Humanities

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 29, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  Thanks to a continuation of computer problems, I was without a computer for the entire month of January. Thus, when Chris made a call for more blog posts during IAP,…

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  A belated happy new year! „ÄÄÔºà„ÅÇ„Åë„Åæ„Åó„Ŷ„ÄÅ„Åä„ÇÅ„Åß„Å®„ÅÜ„Åî„Åñ„ÅÑ„Åæ„ÅôÔºÅÔºâ So I’m in Japan this IAP! Last IAP, I spent it in Madrid, with MIT’s IAP Spain program (which is being conducted right now…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  additional information about life at the Institute and it also helps the adcoms to know what you're like in real life. Come on, you are more than just

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

  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  MIT, Ewww! What can I say, we were living the college life. OK, so at

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2009 Brass Rat My highly biased and personal opinions about Ring Premiere.

  

  Friday evening was the unveiling of the Class of 2009 Brass Rat. Ring Premiere, as its called, is one of the largest milestones of the MIT undergrad experience. A lot…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  -confidence, a killer research position, and a brilliant boyfriend. My life would ... 's office to chat and see how his life is going. My son got the job by walking

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  haunt me for the rest of my life. (Every time I go home, another relative

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Airplane boy strikes again Adam writes about his UROP.

  

  . 3. Lizzy asked, "Have you ever used help in real life?" Well, the time ... 's graduate resident tutor, and Bryan contacted Dan, our dorm's Residential Life

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  Quite a few Fridays ago I locked myself in my room so I could get as much schoolwork done as possible. I knew I wouldn’t be getting much done that…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Tricky Questions A follow-up entry to answer all of the 50 million comments I got about the…

  

  I had lots of stuff planned for you guys, but my friend Ben (not Admissions Ben) was awesome enough to send a link to my blog in to the webmaster…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  Since I haven’t updated all week, this entry will be super jam-packed to make up for it! This will be easy to do, since I had a pretty jam-packed week.…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005