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  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  This week, I spent four days and three night at the Salvation Army Wonderland Camp and Conference Center in Sharon, MA for the MIT LeaderShape program. As a student—at MIT…

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big heart, bright mind, and beautiful smile. According to psychiatrists, when you hear terrible news, you…

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  Starting last week, IAP (Independent Activities Period) commenced, which is a month of courses, events, and other activities around campus between the fall and spring semester. While some people go…

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  FUN Form FAQs U is for Ukelele

  

  Happy New Year, beautiful people! Hope you all enjoyed the holidays as much as my family did: Anyway, I come to you in 2018 bearing forms… the February Updates and…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Spotlight: MIT stands with the people of all nations we are one MIT

  

  If you go visit www.mit.edu right now, you’ll see this has been set at the homepage Spotlight as of Friday and continuing through the weekend.     The purpose of…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 13, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Speed Walking literally and figuratively

  

  For winter break and the first half of IAP, we are in North Miami, Florida. We’re relaxing, making some art, some animation, cooking with our mom, cleaning around the house,…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 11, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  It’s IAP and I’ve slowly but surely gotten into the rhythm of things. To the point where it feels like I never left for winter break at all. But things…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  tldr; If you like snow and want to come to MIT, read this post. If you don’t like snow and want to come to MIT, don’t read this post. If…

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  As I write this on the final day of the year, I cannot help but think back at how much my life has changed in just twelve months. It has,…

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  We Were Deferred

  

  MIT was our dream school. The blogs were one of the main reasons for that. We read the blogs religiously throughout high school. We followed the tails of the bloggers,…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  1. Lamborghini recently brought this magnificent display to campus. I believe it qualifies the company for the “Best Intern Recruitment Strategy” award. (Poster next to car said: The cooperation between Automobili…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  we are twins … but ARE OUR AGENDAS?!? (not clickbait)

  

    Allan: These are the little notebooks that literally organize our entire lives (at least during the semester). Lots of people use Google Calendar or other similar online planning apps/websites,…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The final stretch ...of 2017

  

  We’re halfway through finals week. This semester, though, I lucked out on not having to take any once again. Last semester, I took all project-based classes. This semester, I have…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Recap: wearables, games, and other SUPER products

  

  Last week, I posted the webcast of the final presentations for 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes), a capstone product design course in Course 2 (MechE). As promised, I wanted to follow up…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  Life has drastically changed in the past few months. You’re in a moment that feels like it will define the rest of your life. You’ve got one year left and…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2022 are now available at   > > > decisions.mit.edu < < <   You can log in using the same…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU GOT IN! Check your MyMIT account 24 hours from now for next steps for admitted students. But for now, go celebrate!      

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will…

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students. For those of you who fall…

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7:15PM ET!

  

  2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it’s…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 11, 2017