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  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  MIT is really cool. MIT has a glassblowing class. I took the glassblowing class over IAP. It was really cool (wait actually it was really hot lol). This blog post…

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Not all heroes wear capes – but some carry tubes. 2021s are happening

  

        MIT Regular Action decisions will be available online next week, on Tuesday, March 14 at 6:28 PM Eastern Time. Next week, when decisions are made available, you…

  • by Riri Williams '20
  • March 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  This IAP was my first time ever outside of the United States! El Mirador del Valle–the most beautiful view of Toledo. Photo credit: Rachel Lily Terry, the amazing photographer of…

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  MIT classes are divided up into units. The average class is 12 units. The average MIT student takes four classes per semester, so usually around 48 units. Still, imposter syndrome…

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

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  Wow! It’s been a while since my last blag. I couldn’t blag during IAP for some logistical reasons, and then the start of the semester was crazy + some other…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  i mentioned joy in a blog post a few weeks ago, when she won the $50000 grand prize in the search for hidden figures contest. i’ve been a huge fan…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work

  

  In a public high school with about 700 people per class, there was barely enough room to walk in the hallways, let alone room for much creativity. Therefore, I was…

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 3, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Food No Context blogging no context

  

  10:00AM bottle of soylent on the go for breakfast.   12:59PM free lunch after accidentally walking into a Joi Ito (Director of the MIT Media Lab) talk at the Martin…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  As an African American I have always felt left out when it comes to language, and to a larger extent culture. For many of my friends, language is the key…

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / Events

  emergency blog post because Lilly Chin ‘17 just won Jeopardy and is also the greatest of all time "who is the spiciest memelord?" it's you

  

  MIT senior Lilly Chin just won the College Jeopardy championships! And she was ahead by so much at the end that this was her final Jeopardy answer:      …

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 24, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Me: A Video Tour of Campus in which you get to hang out with my friends and walk around MIT through…

  

  I made a video-thing! During the second snow day of the semester, I roped my friends Cathy ’17 and Tara ’17 into making a video for all you wonderful readers…

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 23, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  IAΠ wherein another blogger deposits her January photos (but this time it's in late February)

  

  For a good portion of my first ever IAP, I explored ancient sites in Greece with 19 other MIT students and a trio of professors from the MIT History Department…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  The writing process is different for every one of your favorite bloggers. I usually have to wait for inspiration to hit before I’m able to sit at a computer for…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spotted: A Brass Rat in the Wild? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? I can't tell

  

  Early this morning I got a text from my friend and former student Jeremy R. ’16 with a link to a new McDonald’s commercial for their new Suction Tube for Reverse…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  the semester just started, but it hardly feels like school’s really in session yet. the snow’s only just turned to rain and we’ve had two snow days in the last…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Post: Started From the Dorm Room Now We Here starting a startup while at MIT

  

  The following is a guest post by Sam U. ’16   When I applied to MIT, I wanted to be the first man on Mars–or even one of the nerdy…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  Sights Las Vegas: At CES 2017, my friends and I networked with startup founders, rode an UberCHOPPER for free, and got into the TechCrunch afterparty. But my main reason for…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Twenty-One Days Abroad in Twenty-One Photographs a curated photo dump of an IAP in Spain

  

  Over IAP, I had the opportunity to participate in one of MIT’s IAP programs in Madrid. I enrolled in 21L.590 Global Literature (although on Stellar, it’s listed as “Cultural Encounters:…

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  Every day, we began in the same place. The bathroom, where we reluctantly washed off the vestiges of sleep at 5 A.M., and prepared for the day. We had bathrooms…

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  This post has no central topic or theme. This will simply be a random ordering of things during IAP that stuck out to me. 6.178 – Introduction to Software Engineering…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017