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• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  your life plans or self worth on it. For another thing, whether you end ... Day, it has not yet been defined as a day in your life yet. It’s early

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  MIT’s (in)famous fall career fair is this coming Friday…which means campus is already gearing up for the mad rush for jobs and free goodies. People are lining up in Lobby…

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gendered language y/n?

  

  This morning my mom showed me a newspaper article and asked me my opinion of it. I’ve been thinking about it throughout the day, and felt it was interesting enough…

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Local Boston Startups at Mass Innovation Nights Over 700 to be (sort of) exact

  

  Mass Innovation Nights is a monthly product launch party for local Boston entrepreneurs. Each one is held in a different place, with this one (#MIN87) being at Bullhorn’s new headquarters…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  I spent this past IAP at home in Central Pennsylvania. This is where I grew up, from 13 to 18, and where I spend most of my IAPs and long…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  society: people want their life to improve year over year.  But if the pie isn't getting bigger, then for your life to improve you have to take it

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  Before iOS7, Apple’s weather app icon always showed that it was 73 degrees and sunny. That basically sums up my prior experience with weather. Coming from the San Francisco Bay…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  Try to find me in this picture! Just kidding, that’s a trick question!   When I got an email last week from Chris asking for volunteers to man the Tim…

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  The Brass Rat, the MIT class ring. MIT students get theirs sophomore year and wear the beaver “sitting” on them until graduation. At Commencement, the ring is flipped over so…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  changed my life. Every so often I google them to see what they're up to. I ... was certain would change my life, whatever the first line said. but

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  think it's important to let the people in your life know that you

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  Student Profiles from MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning Course 11 is a small major with a lot of breadth. It is cross-disciplinary, flexible, and engaged with the larger…

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  Reflecting on the lessons of last semester, I knew I was going to have to kick it into high gear for my 6.042 exam on Wednesday. I spent all of…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

    Last night, Jon Stewart announced his plans to leave The Daily Show, which he has hosted since 1999. The news shocked his studio audience and his far-flung fans. Maybe that…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  1. When will the snow piles melt? Bragging rights to whoever gets this right. Specifically the snow piles in front of 77 Mass Ave. Once upon a time a few…

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  things are becoming clear to me. This time of year my life has long been ... life and in this process there isn’t much they can do to help beyond

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  On this day celebrating eagles, barbeque, and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence (not the signing; get your facts straight, kids), the City of Boston is shrouded in fog…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Blown Back to Oz the close of the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition: day 4.

  

  On Sunday morning the Design/Build/Fly team rolled out of bed at 6:30 AM, roughed up and ready to fly on the last day of the competition. We had one more…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  Today was the major flight day for most of the teams at the Design/Build/Fly competition, and as hats flew and hair rippled in 30+ mph wind, it became clear that…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Not in Kansas Anymore oh, wait...we actually are. Day 1 with the MIT Design/Build/Fly team.

  

  We’re in a hotel room and we’re watching Men In Black (preceded by Aviator and Family Guy) while assembling our airplane to drown out the raucous men out in the parking…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 10, 2014