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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Things That Made Me Happy (and Sick) It’s me and my infection’s TWO MONTH anniversary!! 🎉😍

  

  kinda fun (like walking for three miles, or sticking out like a sore thumb because I’m wearing all black in the Florida sun). Right now, all I have for ... eventually make me both happy AND less sick because I’ll be able to pay for

  • by Powers '23
  • January 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  For many people, the idea of "what do I want to be when I grow up" is ... , president, etc.), but as the time comes for us to truly decide what we are ... , but also how much money will such a career much, does this career

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  ideas. In fact for Christmas, some of the faculty used their own money to ... organization for lost orphaned baby whales in the middle of Africa, speak Spanish ... entertain what I would consider an “annoying” curiosity, and for that I am

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  music played by and for members of the science fiction fandom ... [by Susan Shepherd '11] For me, one of the greatest things about MIT ... 's easy for you to learn about neat stuff through the grapevine. If you

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life A play-by-play of my day, along with some pictures.

  

  opportunity to blog! I’ve wanted to write a “Day in the Life” entry for quite a ... we went to Sunny’s Diner (just up Mass Ave) for a good ole’ artery ... , trying to get everything ready for you guys, they had time to stop and pose

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  Time for some more questions: MIT App Mom asked: "Maybe it's just me ... for something I don't understand or do you mean "Techer" as in ... this blog template for me, he named it "Life of a Tecker" after the first

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Food Truck Song What do food trucks dream of?

  

  school buses? Maybe they go for an after-work drink at the Asgard? Maybe ... listening to "Pop Goes The Weasel" play over and over again? And so I came up

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  importance (biking for fun, blogging, sleep) but hey, saving the world involves ... people usually build (round? square? tall?)? Did you play with mud as a

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  O, GRE Battle The best of the worst entry I ever wrote.

  

  stick is the greatest invention since written language -while cramming for ... play Guitar Hero -you can't take anything into the GRE testing area

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Peace Out, 2005 Saying goodbye to a great year!

  

  has managed to teach me in the past year. I ran for UA Vice President ... . Dance in the dark. 6. Work hard. 7. Play hard. 8. "We don't make mistakes

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  . . . Wait . . . what? Students at play? Oh right! Tuesday was the 4th Annual ... for our entire second semester. Sit back, it was a crazy night! I arrived at the PlaySentations 2 hours early so that I could practice with my

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  hill at the Killarney end of the Gap of Dunlow, which I might try for ... worked in construction, structural steel, for thirty years — in many ... there’s a charity event for it. Folk come from all over the world. He

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  read. I read guidebooks for each stage of development the stage before I ... 't Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens before I reached twelve, and Elaine St ... disdain for books that seemed--like diet pills or clickbait listicles--to be

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  -years-more-or-less-when-we-feel-like-it gathering of admissions folks from the "IvyPlus" schools, defined, for the ... , we all use them in slightly different ways. For example, one colleague ... other for leadership positions, and that energy sort of animates this vast

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 3 the people who make it all possible

  

  us one-on-one for 2 hours when we were struggling with Unity. When we ... pairs artists with writers to create articles for their semesterly editions. We eagerly joined the team and created art for three of their

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Summer With Tulip Interfaces, Inc guest post by Sharon L. '21

  

  , many manufacturing plants use fairly manual processes for figuring out ... , tutorials, machine monitoring, and data insights for apps that factory ... the gateways. I’ve been at the company for three weeks now, and every

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  So the presentation that I was making Photoshop slides for last time? I ... "shut up Mollie, you've been dating him for over two years, I know he ... write it (this is my project, anyway, and I've been working on it for a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  words may never hurt me." If only. For a long time, I questioned whether ... other than my potential to do well at MIT. For a little while, I even ... lines. No one wants to miss the game-winning goal. No one likes losing

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work VII The triumphant conclusion! Plus, the CIA is watching me.

  

  So I know the entire world has been waiting anxiously for the release ... down in her hometown of Covington GA to see a football game and a free ... thesis research for him on my own for the next three months, so nobody

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection: Day Three A beautiful snowy Sunday...

  

  Mike '07, we spied out the window some folks playing in the snow in ... have been nice to have been playing outside in the snow with them

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2005