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  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  MIT Midyear Report is now available on MyMIT. Wait! Don’t fill it out ... ; Wait?! I won’t have any grades before February 15th and Labs said MIT ... -- so if you're in a school that doesn't have midyear grades, or you

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  next adventure,” she said, “I don’t want you to ever forget.” “Forget ... just don’t give a shit.” - Hardi Meybaum, GrabCAD CEO/founder I work at ... did right?” Hardi (harshly): “I just don’t give a shit.” I was worried

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  have any questions for me?" I came prepared but wasn't expecting to ... programs I couldn't miss? All a blur now, but I distinctly remember him ... interviewer doesn't know anything about you beyond what they may have gathered

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  don't know about the giant rocks on campus...), but he even had to go as ... /UPPER BODY STRENGTH!) I also don't have the greatest track record with climbing ... actually totally wasn't.") Thus, I immediately dismissed the entire notion

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  mom said wouldn’t my newly androgynous haircut look wonderful with ... my ears. I soon discovered that I couldn’t choose between earrings in ... twisty metal thing. My indecision didn’t fade as I got older. A turning

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  Happy Holidays everyone! I can't believe another semester's done and ... , why CAN'T I be on the other side of the world during IAP? Why MUST I do ... slang, hip-hop, and rapid prototyping. And Jeju Island itself isn't too

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  . (We probably aren't them.) A software developer can make a code push ... if you aren't also enjoying your work. Look. If you're smart (you ... tough to convince your brain to do difficult things that it doesn't want

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  was the experience of burning out. Since the next three years won't take ... capabilities disabled, so off-roading it wasn't an option. I couldn't complain ... roughly 11 square miles of land, we still couldn't cover every place in the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  I don’t watch much TV anymore and I’m a little behind when it comes to pop culture references, pop music and the like. If it wasn’t for ... . But the ensuing string of comments didn’t agree with me at all. Her own

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Rachel was at SF Pride with Facebook

  

  annual Pride Parade! We weren't the only techies out there this weekend ... really impressive. I mean, I don't even bother registering for classes that

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 1, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 3 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Techiya and Beyond.

  

  Jewish, but a few (such as me) aren’t. Many of our songs are in ... . But not me. I didn’t have a clue what Jewish music was. I didn’t know that most Jewish music was in Hebrew or Yiddish, and I didn

  • by ARTalk
  • May 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  ... aren't you supposed to be in school?" which is totally a legitimate ... project in case you couldn't come to CPW and see it for yourself), but I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Sabrosura! ...yeah so some variation of deliciousness/tastefulness

  

  Credits: Joy Ekuta, ‘13) I can’t wait until next year!

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  some steam with your fellow applicants, on two conditions: 1) don't talk ... don't dwell on the subject. talk about literally anything else, subject

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

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  though it’ll still be less leisurely than last term, when I didn’t have ... , which I am, to some extent, quite grateful for, considering I couldn't fit ... people in the class who I honestly haven't seen since sophomore year. The

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  . Thanks to those of you who read and commented! I then realized I shouldn’t ... , and basically that meant don’t get in trouble, don’t get the team in trouble, and cheer a lot at races. I don’t even know how I became captain. I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got this video. Or rather, this sad excuse of one...

  

  all e-mailed me (aren't you proud, Mom? I made it all by myself!): (The ... professor, and has his own lab. He's not a grad student anymore - don't let

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  , but that doesn't do any justice to the individual ups and downs I ... . For those of you who haven't applied already, I strongly recommend that ... ..." - thanks, Professor! :) To be fair, he wasn't kidding; the midterms were

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  Chris M. scooped me, but I just couldn't let a visit from the MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor pass without geeking out. I love airplanes, but the Osprey ... pun, but I just can't help myself.

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Ready for CPW Are you?

  

  , unfortunately, I wasn't assigned a prefrosh this year. :( By the way, Mikey just ... up with concerned grumblings and surprise. I wouldn't expect a whole

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2010