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  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  On a weekday, I meet my friend Alberto H. ‘17, who I haven’t seen in a long while, for dinner. We live farther away from each other this year, and…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  That you vote most certainly does! The following is a guest entry by Cody C. ’14 When it comes to politics, there is one argument that I have heard almost…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  One of the most mindblowingly awesome people I’ve met in my six years at MIT is my friend Julie Legault. Julie is an artist, designer, and biohacker from Montreal. Before…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  I am not sure about the rest of you guys, but when it comes to me I have a good amount of friends, but more often than not they are…

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  Before iOS7, Apple’s weather app icon always showed that it was 73 degrees and sunny. That basically sums up my prior experience with weather. Coming from the San Francisco Bay…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  I’ve spent the past few days untangling my personal life, which has lately been less than exemplary. In addition, on Sunday evening, I ate dinner with my brother (MIT ’17),…

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  Life is back on the MIT track… I ended my most recent blog post with that. Here’s what it means. Last week was Career Fair. The day when suits replace…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Computer Timesharing in the 1960’s an extremely influential solution to computer bottlenecks

  

  MIT science reporter John Fitch interviewing computer science professor Fernando J. Corbato at the MIT Computation Center in 1963. Today, in my 15.565 Digital Evolution: Managing Web 3.0 class, we learned…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  I raised my young self on a steady diet of self-help literature. I read parenting books when I was a kid–books like How to Speak So Children Will Listen, How…

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  Thoughts on September: Me, now that it’s October: It feels weird to be a senior. It feels weird to be a senior while excited freshmen are just beginning their MIT…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  Biology of Culture: Bridging Art and Science Straight from the scribbles in my notebook, a smattering of quotes, points and diagrams: “I have a friend who’s an artist and has…

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tales of my first Career Fair Among other things, shirts for the next 33 days

  

  D-3: I need a resume?! I have a busy week ahead–an 18.02 pset due the same day as the dreaded first 8.01 exam in addition to a 3.091 quiz, and…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  Today is the eighth day of fall and the first day of winter in my head. The warmth, which had faded, returned, and lingered over the past month, is decidedly…

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  Try to find me in this picture! Just kidding, that’s a trick question!   When I got an email last week from Chris asking for volunteers to man the Tim…

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Complementary Post Canvas, balance, lanterns.

  

  Music to complement this post Tweet to complement this post Post (article) to complement this post On Wednesday, I went to classes, graded some psets, did yoga in my P.E.…

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  This past Friday was the MIT career fair, a huge event where hundreds of companies send recuiters to set up booths at MIT. It fills up an ice rink, a…

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  My favorite room is a well-kept secret. I won’t reveal the location, but you can easily deduce longitude, latitude, and altitude from the view:     It’s good to be…

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  Read Read Read Read Read Read Write Such is the life of a HASS major. There are readings with short names, like “Racisms,” and readings with incomprehensible names, like “Intersectionality…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  The Bebras Computing Challenge (American homepage, international homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more than…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  The 3D Lounge Experience For this part, I ask you to settle in a comfortable location, preferably on a couch or bean bag. Turn on “The Last Ship” by Sting…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015