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  Greetings from Cambodia: D-Lab students in the field Janet Li from D-Lab blogs from Cambodia

  

  D-Lab is an interdisciplinary program at MIT committed to working ... (Urban Planning) ’12 is blogging from Cambodia, where the D-Lab team is working together with farmers and credit union members to build

  • by OEL
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s driving me nuts Did I tell you about the time when we hijacked a harbor patrol boat?

  

  you who believe Princeton Review when they say MIT is so ugly that ... architecture. At MIT, the girls are beautiful, the city is beautiful, even the ... of Sufjan Stevens's because Sufjan Stevens is a proper noun as well as

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the MIT motto?

  MIT's motto, mens et manus, translates from Latin to mind and hand. This motto reflects the educational ideals of MIT's founders who were promoting, above all, education for practical application.
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MOUT Training Exercise With UNH ROTC [by CDT Vikram Mittal] When UNH asked our battalion to supply people to act as…

  

  prison is fairly far away from MIT, but UNH had arranged for us to travel ... [by CDT Vikram Mittal, MIT '09 Mechanical Engineering PhD Candidate ... a small shack with another MIT cadet where we set up an ambush. It

  • by ROTC
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading.

  

  you who want to come to MIT and explore in the name of all of this ... Kids Apply To MIT Each Year, As you may have heard, we don't read ... school sends as many students to MIT as yours does. Therefore, when you use

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Love that dirty water

  

  two years, is called January Scholars in France. MIT has all these ... of MIT's new president, a big Red Sox winning streak... a pretty ... , then off to do some bar trivia with some of my old MIT Quiz Bowl buddies

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  who didn't get into MIT but went on to thrive elsewhere (like this, and this). This is another one of those. It was written by Janelle Salanga ... write a post "about being someone rejected from mit & learning to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  [Guest Post] The Alleyway by Isabella Y. '24

  

  . Through moments like these, I’ve come to realize the back alley is my ... Valley hoodie. This side is beautiful, but it already knows that. Perhaps ... everything that is usually in shadow; I once saw an old man holding a bouquet

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 11, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  here i go again i have watched Mamma Mia! seven times this year

  

  being at MIT—not that "every single person...is having fun," but rather ... lean into the absurd with you. Sometimes, at MIT, "the absurd" is getting ... Next Act coming (hopefully) soon :0"]Next Act,[/annotation] MIT Wind

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  of thinking about old issues. This is all to say that I was doing ... hours ahead and it is not fun, ESPECIALLY since I’ve been trying to sleep ... , and not infrequently. And this contrast is key. Perfectionism isn’t a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  I have a sourdough starter! His name is[annotation note="a Roman ... perhaps to come from the verb alo, to feed, nourish, and develop. This is ... 's right kids I'm cool (this is sarcasm) if everyone else is doing

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  You see, the thing about Halloween is that it gives you a reason to ... . The brony fanbase is arguably one of the most accepting social groups in ... teaches fundamental values (the tagline is "Friendship is Magic," for

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  tell, this is a very expensive class for MIT to run and we're all really ... formula is written on the board, you think about it, figure out how it was ... ! Actually, the class is divided into four sections, and actually manufacturing

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Another week? It's all in the name of pass/no record.

  

  Well, look at that, the dawn of a new Monday. Light is gracing the ... is familiar, too. Work late all week because nothing got done, sleep ... . Hey! Darn those morning classes. But 3.091 is videotaped! Oh, but there

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meeting our new president! my very brief foray into professional journalism

  

  In case you haven't heard, MIT has a new president-elect! This ... received an email letting us know that the event would be to announce MIT ... , avoiding all pronouns and listing the "who" as "18th president, MIT." I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  old! I only graduated 4 years ago, or 1 MIT generation ago. My yapping ... real words: since leaving MIT, I have completely overhauled my life twice ... Pinterest. My couch featured a rotating cast of MIT friends. When it didn

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms see Gloria's post

  

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt see alan's post

  

  https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/joint-post-the-mit-picture-scavenger-hunt/

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hi, I’m New Here The requisite introduction.

  

  , it's absolutely fine. This is MIT. Many of us have spent years being ... show with WMBR, MIT's campus radio station. Our show's pretty ... , I'll leave you to wonder whether or not this blog is eliciting the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” see kidist's post :)

  

  https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/joint-post-welcoming-you-to-here-at-mit/

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 3, 2021