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• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  I know I’ve practically disappeared off the blogs… BUT I promise I have had good reasons! As some of you may know, I’ve been studying abroad at the other Cambridge,…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  Well well well… WE MEET AGAIN. I told you guys our paths would cross! For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Elizabeth. My hair is a little darker…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  The other day I was watching a video about typography and the speaker was explaining why, because the human eye is innately attracted to bright objects, awkward s pa ci…

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  A little while ago, I was just heading out of the bathroom on my floor. I opened the door and found my roommate, James Deng, standing outside, a cup held…

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Epic Split Feat. Tim Beaver (Live Test 6.28) with apologies to jcvd, enya...everyone, really.

  

  A few months ago Volvo released an ad called The Epic Split in which Jean-Claude Van Damme did a split between two trucks as they drove side-by-side backwards into the sunset.…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MITAdmissions.org: Now 100% More Clickable also, report any other bugs you have here

  

  We’ve recently had a few readers email / comment that they were having trouble using our site on mobile devices because the navbar and first blog weren’t clickable. The upshot…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 21, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  It’s finals week! That dreaded time of year when people hide away in their rooms and in the libraries and delve into deep bouts of sadness.  The cats are taking…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 3 Independent Video Games, X-Men, and Interstellar

  

  Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and Sarah Kay Week 2: TableTop, Net Neutrality, and Complexity Theory   Humble Bundle/Boston Festival of Indie Games The Humble Bundle, an independent video game “pay…

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  This school year was pretty terrible.  I don’t think there is an easier way to put that. I wrote about my first semester in my post called Sophomore Slump. My…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  At 9:50 last night, Lucas ‘14 and I were walking through Building 14 to go bouldering on MIT’s climbing wall. As we rounded the corner, a woman called out: “Please,…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Vicious Cycle Why MIT may not be for everyone and IHTFP

  

  EDIT: I encourage everyone who connects with this comic even a little bit to read some of the discussion in the comments; it’s an outpouring of advice from a wide…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  So here we are. I’m sitting in the AeroAstro Gelb Lab, procrastinating on pre-summer Design/Build/Fly lab cleanup by writing this blog post. In about a week, I’ll be home in…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  It’s been nearly two weeks since the May 1 reply deadline, and we know many of you have been awaiting news about our wait list. tldr: every year we hope…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  Congratulations to the incoming Class of 2018!  Each and every one of you is incredible, and I am so excited to see your happy faces light up the institute once…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Sunsical The sunshine of May 12th

  

    a musical by Erick ’17 sung to the tune of “Summertime” by Bon Jovi press play, then scroll down and sing the new lyrics     ♫Feels something like…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  Below is one of the robots I built for 2.007, MIT’s extremely popular introductory design and manufacturing class: For reference, here’s the first “robot” I ever built, on the first…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 2 TableTop, Net Neutrality, Complexity Theory And More

  

  Week 1: Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More! Historical What If – Subreddit The concept is simple, users ask the question “What if x piece of history was different” and the more…

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Batman Picks a Username learn from him.

  

  Trouble thinking up a good Kerberos username? Take some hints from Batman.

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Study Break on the Roof! We had an EMT study break on the roof of the tallest building in Cambridge!

  

  Earlier this week, Morgan O. (G) invited MIT EMS and our campus police officers (who unfortunately could not attend) to see the place where she works – the roof of…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 8, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  Today we’re releasing our decisions regarding transfer applicants who applied for admission for Fall 2014. Transfer applicants, unlike freshman applicants, receive decisions via email from our office to the address…

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