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  A lively Dead Week what i've been up to

  

  a luxurious full week off between the end of classes and the start of ... full week's worth of life into it. This semester, I only had one final, on the first day of the week. (Yes, I am extremely lucky.) So as I sit

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  I competed in the Green Building Challenge as part of this year's Bad Ideas Weekend. From 9 PM to 1 AM, a total of 86 students representing 11 ... greatest number of times. [caption id="attachment_41597" align

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  251 talks – avery a new podcast that comes out every week

  

  talk to lots of different people at MIT about their experiences here, and about MIT in general. most of the people i talk to will be people on my ... of [annotation note="a wonderful acapella group that i'm a part of

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Semester I Played With Chocolate and Ants for a Technical Class Inflatable Chocolate Balloons + Ants as Architects

  

  for context) For the first half of this class, we had to take a ... figure out how I would constrain the balloon. I tried thin strips of duct ... amount of slime I needed was way too much, and removing the slime after the

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sneak peek at the new admissions and SFS sites what we've been working on all summer

  

  chance to blog a preview and talk about some of the design decisions we ... you can get a sense of the basic design direction.   Student ... of assessing and providing financial aid with billing and collecting

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  Instead of doing an overview of the classes I’m taking this semester, I want to spotlight a few of them because they are just. that. cool ... -college math and science classes. Topics of study include design and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  amount of gratitude toward you - yes, you! - for applying. I love learning ... struggles you face in life.   Some of you may be tempted to think ... measurement of your worth. A decision does not validate or invalidate your life

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  . Breathe. Your time at MIT isn't defined by the number of units you're taking. If you're the kind of person who can maintain your sanity or enjoys the light chaos of taking tons of classes, go for it, but the number of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  language, and to a larger extent culture. For many of my friends, language is ... culture, a sense of history and background that I simply did not possess or ... largely looked like me. A lot of us are poor, black, and had lost any long

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  snow days in the last week, which meant lots of indoors time. it's kind of nice, really: mario kart in the lounge outside, teasing the hall ... package of semisweet chocolate chips INSTRUCTIONS: Preheat oven to 375

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  Meet Dennis Hopper. That was a portrait taken of him by Charles Giuliano, published in 2007. I first saw Dennis in a pile of four art pieces that had been left after the rest of the rejects of the art lottery that

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yellow, Blue, Green, and Red Free art and how to borrow it at MIT

  

  that most of the freshmen who are placed in Maseeh end up moving out, I have somehow become one of those crusty seniors who still haunts these hallways. In an effort to spice up the recurring blandness of Maseeh’s white

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  of Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and currently Design Partner ... share his experiences and thoughts on a variety of topics. He had a great deal of interesting and insightful anecdotes to share. Here are some

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  Combinator.  YC has spawned $50 billion worth of startups, including Dropbox and Airbnb, and shows no signs of slowing down.  A common criticism of ... " instead of tackling hard technology problems that have more world

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  from different living groups, activities, walks of life. Our “Tiger Team” of multi-disciplinary engineers was tasked with trying to get three ... international automotive company, Gelota, we worked for was facing reports of

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Set Theory and other Shenanigans *Literal* Set theory

  

  Find a Set: Set is a visual card game. "Sets" in Set consist of 3 cards that, for each of their four characteristics, are either all the same or all different. A set must meet ALL of the following conditions

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

  Roller Coasters and Dance Parties Sunday was the East Side party! Lots of loud music and prefrosh!! Still, no fun.

  

  This past Sunday was the East Side party, where the denizens of the ... ! I also did a lot of hair dyeing over the past few days, here are some of my pieces of art. And here is some of my hair, which was done

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 25, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  afternoon. This is the weekly magazine The Nation. This is the first half of ... ’s observations on climbing plants and the similarity of their strategies to those of climbing animals. There are also new recipes for poisons, thoughts

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  President Obama has proclaimed today National Day of Making, an opportunity to recognize and encourage a new generation of makers and manufacturers to share their talents and hone their skills. As part of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Transfer Decisions Will Be Sent Today see title, more or less

  

  . As in past years, hundreds of students applied, and we only had space ... know that this process can be a complicated one. For those of you who ... of luck. I transferred, but if I hadn't things would have been fine

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2014