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• Blog / Personal Projects

  A Recycled-Material Selfie Stick Engineering and problem solving in developing nations (the most important problems only, of course....)

  

  understand that building stuff in Ethiopia isn't the same as building stuff in the US. Addis Ababa doesn’t have a lot of tools and parts readily or ... sell just broken, beat-up electronics that people buy for parts. You can’t

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gendered language y/n?

  

  modification of language which many people would think of as controversial. I don’t ... that just because something has been done for a long time doesn’t ... considering our evolving views about a gender-focused social system, we wouldn't

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 30, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  like I'm being harsh, but I wasn't the only one thinking those questions ... he said was that he didn't deserve to be speaking up there. "Let ... ? The guy who did the voice for a cartoon horse." Yet even though he didn't

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  ” (because Lujan is someone who can’t decide if he should go by his first or ... .004 lab and quiz to study for, a thing for my UROP I don’t know how to code ... ?” “Honey, I wish I knew.” We ordered the pizza and hopped on the T. We

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  simpler terms, if you prefer: O - “You didn’t take the final or do the final project and so you effectively failed” and OX - “You didn’t take ... in hopes that I would be better by Monday, but when that didn’t happen

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  important info below. First, though, relax! This is easy, and you don’t need to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress ... February 15th. Wait! I won’t have any grades before February 15th

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  our shared mailbox. Exciting stuff! 9:05: Depart Conner 5. Isn’t our ... a few minutes to spare (on MIT time). T-6 mins before exam begins. 11:02: T-2 mins… Time to get calculator, pencil, eraser, periodic table

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  . But wait, don’t rush. Don’t plunge into the ocean of choice immediately ... at MIT. Don’t ogle at the amenities. Talk! REX Life ≠ Real Life. A ... schedule in advance. Registration Day doesn’t arrive until after the care

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  personal biases and cultural influences. It wasn’t until I took a moment to ... doesn’t offer me a bite. 99.999% of the time I don’t actually want the ... having really enjoyed it, hear a friend of mine didn’t like the movie, and

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  discussing how it was "sorta easy". I failed. Badly. Geez, I can't seem to ... and struggles as much as, if not more than I do, even if they don't look ... better. I don't know what to do different" I feel ya. And it may be

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  important info below. First, though, relax! This is easy, and you don’t need to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress ... February 15th. Wait! I won’t have any grades before February 15th

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  weeks. I couldn't begin to fathom how many other people are going through ... when semester classes aren't in session, and I agree. IAP is a much more ... college for the first time. I haven't seen my room in a while, I'm much more

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  to a lay audience. I don't operate heavy machinery or conduct ... Sustainability. A few weeks ago, I received an email from Yanisa T. '18, who asked ... her design. Modeled by Veronica T. '16     Most

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Miscellany In which I talk about my life and Fancy sportsball DNA folk songs

  

  from the bottom. And because I didn't talk about anything MIT-related in ... on par with a Dalai Lama/Noam Chomsky kind of lecture. In case you don't ... 2010 alongside Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, Big K.R.I.T., Yelawolf, YG and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Set Theory and other Shenanigans *Literal* Set theory

  

  impossible. What also is impossible is the challenge I gave you - there isn’t ... trying to find one. This is incredibly unlikely; boards of 12 rarely don’t ... . None of our preliminary approaches worked, and we couldn’t translate the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Interview I think that I forgot to tell you about that

  

  -mail, I realized that I couldn't remember ever blogging about my MIT ... London. I don't really want The Internet to know my address, so for the ... silver line (called the Jubilee Line). Unfortunately, I don't live anywhere

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  unsteady smile. “I know, babe. I am relaxed. Just…I haven’t seen mom in ... …what if they don’t like you?” Melissa shrugged. “I’ll take my chances.” “What if you don’t like them?” He drained the glass. “I mean…odds look

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  away, you’re making our eyeballs uncomfortable.” Most people don’t give a second thought to the spaces between letters. We don’t think about ... I didn’t know how to feel about it. I think I never truly realized

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  This school year was pretty terrible.  I don't think there is an ... campus.  But I still found myself overwhelmed a lot of times. If I didn't ... something else with my time. Many times, I felt like I didn't belong. College

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  working an internship in Seattle. It hasn't exactly settled in yet that I ... 's to come. I don't think this is going to be one of those posts. I don't ... 's become very clear that there are many things I don't know or understand

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014