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  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  research endeavors. As an MIT undergrad, he worked for two and half years Ram ... firm located down the street from MIT, David plays an active role in ... the Boston skyline, it seems that life is good for Berry and he admits

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Next Generation Of College Campus Tours? My interview with Michael Epstein '04, covering his MIT experience and the genesis of his…

  

  with Michael about his vision for the next generation of college campus ... school for a Masters in Comparative Media Studies. Basically, there is no ... video game design and social media. Many "wicked smaht" programmers and

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  upon performances — a race, game, music or dance recital, speech for ... Hi, I am Stu Schmill, and I am responsible for organizing MIT ... , I went to MIT for college. I graduated about 20 years ago as a

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  person we're going to be for the next stage of our lives. I felt like I ... looked like. For 2016, I wanted to really push for change. I decided I ... (a well-balanced diet if you know where to look). I used the money that

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  . It doesn't mean you weren’t “good enough” for MIT. Like, for real, it’s not about that at all. A positive decision ... . Sometimes, students here live for weeks on a deadline-to-deadline schedule, so

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  you to parse through the poorly-developed Wikipedia pages I linked for ... of toxic relationship with linguistics. For example, I did a UROP in linguistics for an entire year, and I loved it, but by the end I felt like I was

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  MIT so much for putting money into this"]public art collection ... choices made for this building. The color scheme in particular annoys me, as ... ="I know theyre important for energy efficiency, etc,, but they have these

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  one hour. one chunk of my day that i’ve set aside for writing because ... drained after the midterm last week and how i didn’t study nearly enough for ... ago. i should be able to write about that? i scroll for ten minutes

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  Cue Monday afternoon. I'm hungry because I decided to not spend money for lunch and just wait for dinner. -Minutes later- I was walkin ... little thing in front of me: Ain't No Rest for the Hungry. After taking

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  after psetting for ~10 hours. 91. Discovery is saving money by buying ... , telling me that we're going to school (for some odd reason, I never used an ... managed to get one percent higher than what I needed to get an A for the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  for seniors) right now. My walls are an uninteresting shade of white. I ... for the holidays. I had other plans for break, but they fell through, so ... the Media Lab, which was great for waking me up at 5am back in the fall

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  allowed me to live at home. For this summer, it was more economical and practical to work at the NIH since I'm also studying for the MCATs and I have ... for the summer. The dorms' summer rates for 2006 range from $1

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  earn money for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation ... quotes below for comment. Many college admissions officers support the idea [of deferring admission for a year or two]. While cautioning that a "gap

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  earn money for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation ... quotes below for comment. Many college admissions officers support the idea [of deferring admission for a year or two]. While cautioning that a "gap

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Seamless And A Seamless Transition [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I present to you "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and…

  

  bed in a case that smells like mildew. Luckily for fashion, not everyone ... embellished garments and an umbrella that shrinks on command for space ... can be so much more than a mess of fabric! For example, Amanda Parkes

  • by ARTalk
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Charmed, I’m Sure What I did my 2nd IAP

  

  'm writing an article about the tournament for the MyMIT website, so I won ... great and the sets funky, the little kids who played younger Tommies (Tommys?) were really cute. The five-year old one sure played a mean pinball

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Metropolis and the Alloy Orchestra "The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must be the Heart!"

  

  shown, a large orchestra would play a score made especially for the film to accompany the visuals. What drew such large crowds for this ... , March 5, the Somerville Theatre was packed for a World Music Crash Arts

  • by ARTalk
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  /Astro students playing volleyball with a net they had set up in the Building 33 ... remember most is how my friends and I used to play volleyball every week. A ... longed for something I had once enjoyed but could no longer possess. And I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  focusing on the play, but the work is certainly there. For those of you who ... for you. Hot dog contests, Toy Fair, snowball fights, the Ig Nobels, and ... about is the part where I will sit in a library for 8 hours trying to do a

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  -sleep aboard the bus for 14 hours, we awoke in Barcelona. Because of the abnormal ... . The design was jaw-droppingly beautiful and intricate. I loved the play ... . Felt right.  We wandered the streets for awhile. It was on this outing

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 11, 2024