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  Sophomore Satisfaction New year= New opportunities/classes = Happy Kirsten

  

  learn to love what used to be my least favorite subject! 5.12- Organic

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  I am currently in Washington, D.C., to attend my first Transportation Research Board meeting, and then a conference on sustainable transportation called Transforming Transportation. Flying down was a bit nerve…

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Rebound Rumble! Another year, another FIRST Robotics Competition!

  

  One of the defining experiences of my 3 years in high school(we had a 7-9, 10-12 system) was being a member of FIRST(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition(FRC) Team 1710

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Wheel To Rule Them All one small step for boy, one large step for nerdkind

  

  My friend Stephan’13 exploded into Internet fame over the holidays after he built a motorized, self-balancing unicycle that a slew of tech aggregators instantly pounced on and reblogged. His own…

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! how i celebrated the coming apocalypse

  

  Hello Internet! It's been a while. I last blogged on EA Decision Day, 12/17/2011. But I actually wrote that post on the 16th, because on the morning of the 17th, when it went live, I was on a plane to Denver with my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  came after 6th, and of course, college after 12th. College. Something so

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  " to "Salsa Dancing". Students in grades 9-12 can sign up for classes and

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

    Most of my entries center around things I’ve learned or experienced in my always interesting (if occasionally miserable) time trudging through the 4 years of masochistic glory that is…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  finish or post any of them :( (Interruption: Ahmed '12 is sitting next to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  I didn't include a lot of biographical detail in my biography (whoops!), so here's something you should know: at MIT, I am a proud member of the Theta Xi fraternity.…

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Stomach Overrides All Priorities culinary procrastination

  

  If there’s one thing I am utterly terrible at, it is prioritizing. My top priorities of the moment keep getting supplanted as more and more pressing Ideas Of The Now…

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  Life after college is scary.  I can’t believe the time has come when I have to think about the real world.  Things like where to live, what to eat and…

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  It isn’t what you know, it’s who you know The rules of the networking game

  

  Networking is important. Probably one of the most important skills you’ll use. The MIT Career Development Center collects statistics on the number of students who got their job through networking, on-campus recruiting,…

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  I’ve been crossing things off my master to-do list (nerd alert) and there’s one item I’ve been staring at guiltily for far too long: blogging. As it turns out, this…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Resolved: MIT Rocks Even the Senate thinks so

  

  I came across a news article on a friend’s Facebook page the other day. The U.S. Senate congratulated MIT on its 150th anniversary in Senate Resolution 195. “Mr. BROWN of…

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 28, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT Open House Well, come on in y'all!

  

  Whenever I hear the term “open house,” I think of panthers. Flashback to 2004: a few weeks before high school started, I moved from Texas to California, and during a…

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool People. And Lunch! visiting committees = awesome.

  

  the department and the Institute. You must be available from 12-1:00 pm

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  ARE YOU PUMPED FOR CPW? Who wouldn’t be excited about 72 solid hours of free food? I’m excited. So much so that I’m running two East Campus events. Guess what…

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  story centers on MIT alum Mohan Srivastava '79. Srivastava, a Course 12

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  I’m officially on winter break. It’s hard to believe that the craziness of the semester is already over, that I have completed my finals and turned in all my papers.…

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010