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• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  Unified Engineering mean my afternoons are very free. Since I'm also living ... my hall and making new friends with hallmates. I no longer tool alone ... aerospace education. There was a moment which stuck in my mind. I was

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Staying Organized In which I look exhausted and talk about my notebooks

  

  Apologies for the video length/quality this week. MIT has me sufficiently hosed this weekend, following an already-stressful week. Such is life. Hopefully you're able to decipher my rambling in this video! If

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 28, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  ’t notice, I’m a newborn in the blogging world, with this being my very first ... expected them to. Have a few anecdotes!! Expectation: I start using my dorm ... happened. I have not made the effort to lift my precious little legs off my

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What it’s like to work at NASA and a few other things

  

  near Camp 4, one of them spotted the MIT Outing Club patch on my backpack ... the numerous occasions that someone has recognized the brass rat on my ... Promenade, or even in the elevator of my parents' condominium. Networking

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 1, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  adventure. I broke my big toe into a bunch of pieces, then flew home to ... the results. Oh well. Next, I spent a week in California at my first astronomy conference, then flew back to Boston (I got the results of my x

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  Because my summer plans are about as fluid as one of those squishy ... Materials for Biology, which hopefully will be a blend of my interests in ... iconic red jackets). One of my favorite gifts to give out is a tire

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  year (although a lot of my senior friends had ZERO finals ... -campus and away from a computer so that I couldn't sit in my room refreshing ... shot, but we decided to stop at my friend Cam's house in Vermont so the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  cross! For those of you who don't know me, I'm Elizabeth. My hair is a little darker than my avatar's and when I smile in real life, my face looks like it's going to explode more so than in my avatar. I graduated a year

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / Events

  What if You Didn’t Like CPW? is MIT still the place for you?

  

  How was your CPW? It was definitely one of my favorites. I had lots ... address some concerns about CPW by sharing my own experiences. Recently, I ... personally had lots of fun during my CPW, that same thought always floated

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DarkMatters, Green and Wild, Chocolate Cake and Raspberries around here lately (with pictures)

  

  published my first post on CoLab Radio, a planning blog started by the MIT ... . Read the first installment in my series on urban wilderness. Ta-Nehisi Coates, my writing professor and mentor, gave a beautiful and devastating

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  arriving in our inboxes recently. How should my teachers prepare and submit ... in MyMIT. These cover sheets are strongly recommended but not required ... access to MyMIT's application component tracking system, which keeps track

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  year 2 of the course 2 how do you become a mechanical engineer, anyway?

  

  's my blog and I get to put words in your mouth if I want. That's a good question, which is why I went trekking to Professor Warren Seering (my new ... untangled the unruly tangle of shoelaces that is my life schedule and turned

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  via 3D printers. Even my completely unhealthy obsession with burritos ... printing, bar none. Then I turned on the news tonight / scrolled through my Facebook feed to find a ring that can replace my CharlieCard, an RFID

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Fantasy Feast Fantasy foods and costumed friends.

  

  Yesterday evening Random Hall residents prepared a CPW fantasy feast. Below are some of my beautiful costumed friends and some of the food they prepared, photographed by the amazing YQ ‘16. The foods highlighted in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings

  

  . Now that I’ve finally emerged from my first season of reading ... opportunities for Admitted Students. Although a lot of my time is spent preparing ... alumni. Here are a few highlighted events this coming week; see your My

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  remember asking my parents to bless my application. I'm pretty sure that I ... asked my parents to bless my application envelope, they did. Hesitatingly ... applying to. This was important! This was about my future. *facepalm* I

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nerdin’ Out algorithms are too cool

  

  . And it links it directly to the item that basically controls my life ... are so many classes I've taken in my life where I'm just like - okay, I ... SENSE NOW. My current excitement over this could also just be because I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  Ahoy! I hope you arrr having a great September. As you know, the MIT Freshman Application is available at MyMIT. The Early Action deadline is November 1, and the Regular Action deadline is January 1.You can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  In comparing the beginnings of each of my academic years, I've noticed that my outlook on things has changed dramatically. It can be ... years of this and I'm gonna run the w-OH MY GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING THINGS

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  finally An Old Person, relatively speaking. Work As mentioned in my ... , are you even old enough to go to a bar?” (“Of course! barely.”) My ... . My lower jaw promptly unhinged itself from my skull and clattered to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012