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  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  fields of work. 7. The Real World, Year 1: Value People Skills as well as ... specific knowledge and technical skills and tasks. The real world is not so ... that it’s nearly impossible to work without them. 8. The Real World

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  ), World You Come From ("world" - 250 words), Significant Challenge ... enjoyed the "world" essay - and I thought it was the one of the best prompts ... . Both the "world" and the "challenges" essay are structured so that it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  changes they make in the real world. Unfortunately the commencement video ... molecules. Reformulate the equation. In short, I want you to hack the world, until you make the world a little more like MIT: more daring and more

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  Technology, one of the world's most famous universities. MIT students are some ... change we want to see in the world. With the recent global amplification ... students in the world, and young faculty members, comes from what people have

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  I cared about more than almost anything in the world. Almost anything ... . They are about the many worlds which at once overlap with and stand apart ... lens of these books, I can almost feel these other worlds vibrating

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  into the real world and work on real problems. I thought that maybe I ... , by taking classes from world renowned professors and researchers, who ... great, world renowned researchers simply tried what many others were

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  the same sense I was at school. I’m fortunate to be at one of the world’s ... world means you have conference calls at every hour of the day, making

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  overcome by the desire to sleep, I am requested to do World and Nation (where ... to be doing the World and Nation section. 2:29am: Apparently in honor ... issue?" 3:30am: After putting off World and Nation until the last

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  to the real world, etc. I used Content: Insightful if the reason ... ! World! Impact! 2.00C gave me opportunities I never would have dreamed of ... connect with real world clients (in my case, the mayor of Orocovis, Puerto

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  From the other side of grad school Trust me, I'm a doctor

  

  surprised by the fractal nature of life -- there’s the world in all its ... make choices and zoom in, and there’s this whole world again.  To sketch ... , creative collaborators from all across the world.  For my work, I got to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  home feel a world away; I am being taken by both the excitement and the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  yourself, and know that you will be successful and can change the world no ... this world" Faith '17 - "You are not the sum of your academic choices ... 're going to do amazing things, meet incredible people, and change the world

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  being interested in science + wanting to help people and change the world ... , is a very rare and valuable commodity in the science world; he called ... 's right, I think. There are infinite ways to help the world and a finite

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  a bagel tree that solves world hunger. Who knows what paradigm

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  world a better place. And we hope that you share in that excitement. But

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  world around them a little bit better, against infrastructural ... world-renowned academic prestige shouldn't invalidate the fact that those

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  other. When we were online, the world shrank so much. I had my roommates ... people, and I know they have my back and I have theirs. The world has

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  think: all the advice in the world couldn't persuade stubborn me to take ... freshman you, preserving five of those lessons in a blog post that the world

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  - the world was still blurry. I could hardly see straight, and my eyes ... 've traveled around the world without having left the comfort of my own home. So

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  growing up and with the increasing interconnectedness of our world, it’s now ... Geography, AP World, or AP European History, this channel is perfect for ... expand your knowledge of the world, society, and science. Truly suggest

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025