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  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  ’s MIT-speak for “undergraduate research”), I work with a team of awesome ... , econ, poli sci and others– for consideration and the top 100 finalists ... compete for some serious national recognition and prizes. In our first year

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... posted here.  I was an interviewer myself for many years before leading the Educational Council but think it would be helpful for you to hear

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Deadline where I attempt to reason through an approaching all-nighter

  

  I have discarded jeans for yoga pants. My laundry load does not fit ... , for too often they have replaced a human lunch. Soon I will run out of ... Facebook timeline for something other than finding PSet buddies? Probably

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  advertisement: In other words, there's something for everyone. - From 10:30am ... Virus by Professor Mnookin, for example, or The Field Guide to Science ... this time of year, it could be mistaken for a painting of the snow

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to Make a Flashlight MIT-style that is.

  

  taken some photos for you guys to see these machines :( But this just ... we're talking about. Training's actually pretty cool! For the Edgerton ... part. Edge-finding! Woo! Next, we drilled a couple concentric holes for

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 2, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s like I go to class or something. Or whatever.

  

  . Manalis, I know you probably didn't mean for it to be so mean. He and Prof. Han are pretty nice people and have co-taught this class for six years ... for that lil' step function when he did so stinkin' much for physics and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  weather; for me, it was either really cold from head to toe or very warm up ... to watch out for rainstorms in the spring (or any time, for that matter ... people eagerly await the arrival of spring not for the weather, but for

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  (Source: leslieland.com) Man, I feel excited for you guys! *Wipes ... don’t remember much what happened during my Pi day; I think I went for ... . That would be some story) Anyway, I just want to say this: Thank you for

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Greetings from Honduras: D-Lab students in the field D-Lab students Chelsie, Miho and Nina report from Honduras

  

  sealer for a local rice micro-enterprise in Brisas del Mar; and designing solar driers for family harvests and testing water in El Benque. January ... continue with the back-breaking process. Their yuca mill has been broken for

  • by OEL
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  . Because for the first time in our lives perhaps, there is very little ... - but for what? Or work - in which specific industry? Gap year - will it ... but be influenced by the people we care about. Parents, for one, is on

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  for lab stamina though. Sleep is magical. 3. Don't know something? Ask for help. I've asked so many questions at lab that I've probably driven ... you speak. While asking questions is great, thinking for yourself has

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  of events for August, Boston has been graced with cloudy skies ... Freshman Pre-Orientation Program, and was so excited to explore MIT for a ... saving time for last-minute decisions. Oh, and grab tons of free food. It

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  described my lessons from the National Conference for College Women Student ... population, I never felt different for being a female engineer. In fact ... graduation ceremony for the GEL class of 2010 took place. It was encouraging to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  Vermont and New Hampshire. In Vermont, for instance, I lived in the ... furthest south I've ever lived (except for one year I spent as an undergrad ... winter. You have to know how to dress for the cold. A few simple rules

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Update: App Tracking & More All of the mail has been processed, and MyMIT Application Tracking is up-to-date.

  

  for EA applicants; the current status of your application is now shown ... a good time for you to check up on the status of your application ... for you. We should have the following: Application Part 1, Application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruminations and room-inations Written on the anniversary of one year ago.

  

  imagery a bit to claim the first Google search hit for “unreformed by Ikea.” My goal for the upcoming academic year is to expand into as much ... Manifest Destiny for my blog.) Anyway, the fact that I've used a legless

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 30, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes,The New App…It’s Really Here Or Why This Year's App is "Cooler" Than Last Year's.

  

  the Student Center (a building otherwise know as W20). It feels odd for ... . It was an interesting thing to watch. For, as you see, we have made ... decided that for our purposes that the long essay is obsolete... When you

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 19, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  To go along with Chris' entry about excitement for the unveiling of ... MIT officially gathers three times -- once, at the beginning, for the freshman picture; once, at the end, for graduation; and once, halfway through

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  conducted research for a report on how the next administration should approach China. Next up, we'll be working on a grant proposal for a project that ... continuing it as an alum, but I decided that it'd be good for someone new to

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cream Tea with the MIT Club of Great Britain Meeting MIT alumni in the UK

  

  cream and jam, and drinking tea, of course. For those of you who don't know, there are MIT clubs all over the world and they're basically for ... pretty much nonexistent for a few years until the current president, Linda

  • by Cambridge
  • April 27, 2008