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• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  that in today’s world, you can press a few buttons on a screen, and in a ... , I don't live near Cambridge. And the last time I was on a plane was ... nights and interesting experiences, I want to reflect a little on my first

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  semester. my favorite part of being in SBC is going on coffee chats with ... that my days are a constant stream of checkboxes on my To-Do list; i ... on it.   ...i'm having a great time though!   (for now

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  My winter break so far take a break

  

  had been through it already. On the 26th, I drove into LA for the first ... notes in LaTeX because my friends have been getting on my case for not ... I flew back home on the eighteenth with hopes of having a productive

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “…being a geek works out…” A UROP at the Center for Sports Innovation.

  

  to put bikes in it," Cote recalled. Two weeks after arriving on campus ... sports -- particularly the sport they are working on -- tend to be far more ... ," he said. The company has since signed him on for an ongoing internship

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2011 arrives… Orientation programs are beginning, and the campus is really starting to come alive.

  

  Today, the Class of 2011 started to arrive! With International ... , hundreds of freshmen are all around campus. Today, I saw Snively '11 from ... stop by or don't have all that much time to chat. So, just who are the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  write, a pset, and a research poster to work on, and my thesis work is ... spring as the reward for having to live through senior fall. I already knew ... -------------------------------I did not anticipate how much time I would be spending on career

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  'm worthless this blog post on days when i feel like i've gotten absolutely nothing done, like today, because today was a day that didn't have classes and i said i'd catch up on my work and i just played hollow knight and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  ?) Today was my DOFMH from the lab... I've only taken three days off this ... day spa and salon on Newbury Street. The priciness of Newbury Street ... that a) would look perfect on Adam's and my couch, b) were far too

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT in the news MIT research and hacks in Time Magazine & The Economist. (P.S. Bono visits!)

  

  First up, The Economist profiled Professor Gruber's research on ... (below) Finally, another article from The Economist -- this one on ... . Check out hacks.mit.edu for more, and here's info on the book Nightwork

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  $100 Laptop Unveiled Inspiring!

  

  World Summit on the Information Society, where UN Secretary-General Kofi ... unveiled the first working prototype of the $100 Laptop. [news story] This ... , other countries would be added. Today's press conference included

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  Diane Sawyer on ABC's World News Tonight. ... many things, have many talents, and are focused on what is really ... the last 6 years I have lived in 4 houses, had 3 careers, and 2 kids. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU GOT IN!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSWcy-bx_lg Come celebrate with us in the comments and—more importantly—share this wonderful news ... ’re walking on sunshine (or dancing in the moonlight). We’ll have some additional

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  news with your community and loved ones! We hope you feel like you're walking on sunshine, and we'll have some additional, cylindrical

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.

  

  my first trip to the farmer's market in Boston, on a lovely Saturday, at Haymarket :) On Saturday morning, my good friend Mesi K. '18 and I went to go do some yoga at a great (and affordable!) place on Newbury

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  Today, I have a great idea. Recently I had a conversation with a ... . Eventually we concluded that it's really fine, life goes on, and hopefully ... stranger. I did really well on the first quiz out of sheer luck, I didn

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  auditorium, with overflow rooms and a live webcast, and covered by MIT News ... 2.009 is over, but you can watch the archived webcast on Facebook ... in before a live audience of ~1300 designers, investors, faculty, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 10, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  have an impact on people’s lives. There will always be times when things ... students access to the interior lives of current students; a sense of what it ... so on. There's The Tech for that. But sometimes, the true stories of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  ) cooking, 4) eating out THE DORM DINING OPTION Depending on where you live ... availability on campus is a little scarce. Do you have time to cook, even if it ... [the Koch Cancer center] takes people on for UROPs?" 4) "If you had to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  a day in my life as a MISTI student ft. research and friends

  

  living in Berlin. MISTI is a really cool program that gives MIT students support to live and work abroad for a summer or a semester, without worrying ... exploring the city in my free time. This blog is meant to be a slice of my

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  noodle I shift my weight to dodge the blow... but then I’m on the ground. I ... ="REX stands for Residence Exploration, which is a 5-ish-days period where the ... dorms on campus. If someone likes a different dorm from the one they're in

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019