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• Blog / Academics & Research

  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  huge fan of joy's work ever since i read her blog post on inclusive ... had the distinct privilege of chatting with her last week and we had a ... social robots lab. And some of the projects I did there involved computer

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch Ceri on SciShow! teenage mutant YOUTUBE NERDFIGHTERS

  

  Longtime readers (i.e., those of you who didn't first tune into the ... went in front of the camera to nerd-fight SciShow creator Hank Green as part of a science quiz series. I watched it and found equal parts

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Robot Competition 2016 robots dump (replica) tea bags in the (replica) Boston harbor

  

  "No innovation without fabrication!" This is the motto of 2.007, a ... warning of British soldiers. They also got bonus points for things like ... actual competition was an entire showcase of both projects by students and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Sunday night is the deadline for Early Action (EA) Here are some things we want you to know

  

  November 1. (There is a small amount of grace period for students having ... Nov. 1 deadline. Please allow five days for the processing of all ... the ApplyWithUs site. Check your MyMIT account to follow the progress of

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Transfer Decisions Will Be Released Today May the Fourth, and also your transfer decisions, be with you

  

  4th, and you should receive it seconds later through the magic of ... ), I know that this process can be a difficult experience. For those of ... . Remember, college is mostly what you make of it, here or anywhere else

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  I Wrote A Thing media and articles and no punctuation

  

  particular, the hospitalization of my friend - she is named Emily in the ... picture of me at the top of the article - it's slightly overwhelming But ... really helps me get through each week Here are some pictures of cats I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye, for now

  

  philosophies for some time.  (Regular friends are well aware of this, and are also sick of me talking about it.  By the way, have you seen the latest ... ; This, however, does mean a few things: (1) I've dropped out of MIT for

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  the next day I could do it no more. Spurts of productivity came at ... simple task or calculation could take two hours, most of those spent trying ... to doubt the days of hazy exhaustion could end. Then I got a 20% on my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  -druhdruhdrum sound of the crossing signal on Mass Ave is still audible as you pass ... faint hum of those Zamboni things which are busy scrubbing the hallways to a dull, dirt-free sheen. In front of you is the Infinite Corridor: by

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  cross! For those of you who don't know me, I'm Elizabeth. My hair is a ... Office of Digital Learning (aka ODL - the same fine folks who bring you ... things about MIT - the people, the research, the facilities, etc. - none of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A…an…uh…a cappella concert? MIT's got non-Petri dish culture, too

  

  A cappella is one of those things that is really weird to type.  It's one phrase - "a cappella", Italian for "in the manner of the church ... cappella group too - SQ, from Tufts!  They did a great cover of Macklemore

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  THE APPLICATION IS LIVE! because why bury the lede

  

  my god... it's full of words       > > > click this button to apply to MIT < < <     

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  message of love! Is Madeline here?”—Madeline raised her hand—“Would you like to join us in the aisle?” By now the rest of the MIT Logarhythms were in the room. “Madeline,” one of them said, “meet the Logs.” And then

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted in EA!

  

  Congratulations on your acceptance to the class of 2017!   This is what you look like right now -     Go ahead and introduce yourselves. :-)

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The little things My last blog post as a teenager! See you when I'm 20.

  

  Overheard at MIT (Fall 2012) (complaining about the ratio of male to ... number of men's bathrooms per floor: two point eight. Average number of ... period? my sense of chronology is pretty terrible) every French House

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  increased, while "real" adults donning excessive amounts of MIT apparel ... level of Cambridge, MA increased with the arrival of my 10-year-old little ... pretty much everything. Laughing contests, chess, Madden, knowledge of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chem Lab Boot Camp!

  

  , filmmakers followed around the participants of 5.301 Chemistry Lab Techniques as they struggled with the intensive, high stakes world of ChemLab Boot ... some sneak previews of some episodes (I’m an insider!) and I can vouch

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  MIT-Now in Español!

  

  video, featuring members of the Spanish-speaking community at MIT, we are ... have translated the history and mission of MIT so students can help their ... . And we want everyone to gain a deeper understanding of the friendly and

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • July 16, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  next four years of your life. It's a big decision. And whether you ... psychologists Dale Griffin and Amos Tversky (one of the discoverers of cognitive biases along with Daniel Kahneman) asked 24 of their colleagues

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: It’s Amazing Pterodactyl I'm not good at acronyms

  

  the horrifying discovery of what "windchill" is. This year however, is a ... warmer than usual. Not bad for campus, but unfortunate for those of us ... having it's annual "Winter School". Winter School is a series of lectures

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 14, 2012