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  loftblogging 2: acoustic boogaloo turns out that at mit, even the non-academics are incredibly hard and deeply rewarding

  

  [annotation note="Quick loft backstory: East Campus gives us a lot of furniture ... week of school, and then write about it. And here we are, in the fourth week of school. But hey! I did build that loft! And she is BEAUTIFUL

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  detect front and back foot taps with a fair degree of accuracy.  But you ... interest in design: “His Christmas gift to me would be one day of his time ... understood the beauty of things made by hand. I came to realize that what was

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  by itself was really boring. The challenge of winning a bunch of stuff ... -achiever-ism go hand in hand whenever people discuss either of those topics, but ... to how someone confronts failure. The goal of high achievement is to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Creating the MIT-verse behind the scenes of this year’s pi day video!

  

  each universe we included some sort of a mood board, so here's the one ... lots of fancy art supples. we brainbarfed at each other for a bit and ... cuz we really like the animation style and multiple universes would let

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • March 10, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  was offered popcorn by a friend, and the two of us were left in the ESP ... 's gap longer than usual. Oops! As part of 21W.765 Interactive Narrative ... . In it are 99 retellings of the same story, each written in a different

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  " new level of federal funding for clean energy research. The event came ... investment in science and technology" by the U.S. government since the Apollo ... - MIT News Office Energy has been a central, vibrant part of MIT

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  quantity. For the purposes of this entry we will apply the concept of LΔ to ... One of the first things that I learned about MIT is that everyone ... of the MIT blogs you probably have an affinity for math.) In an effort

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  + snoozes. 8:53: First snap! Of a TMAYD MIT (Tell Me About Your Day MIT ... elevator art on point? (We’re the Home of the Velociraptors, in case you were wondering) 9:06: Aaaand it’s cold outside at a crisp 45 degrees. But good

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  high school, and I had lead roles in five of them. I made all-state choir ... 's show choir my junior year. I was captain of the largest color guard in the state of Ohio, and we went to the Macy's Parade my senior year. So

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The REX That Was a review of the most recent confusion

  

  first day of classes, and the first meeting of CMS.614/21W.791 Network ... with the (soon-to-be-introduced) new bloggers for the Class of 2020 to ... so saw the Class of 2020 arrive on campus for their orientation, of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  ) last semester I'm finally able to jump into a couple of the CS classes ... all of my classes.  After genuinely considering changing my major at the end of last semester, it's a nice change of pace. 6.006 Introduction To

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Makibaka! Huwag matakot! black lives matter! junk terror bill!

  

  happening back in the Philippines. Here, it’s ever present: news of gruesome, unjust murders of black people, and news of senseless police brutality, every time I get on social media, every hour, every day. And of course I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Institute of Contemporary Art College Night #2 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  of art, the transparent front of the ICA offered a panorama of the ... before midnight with one of my friends encouraging me to get pumped about ... developments, I will soon gain access to the front of my cerebral cortex, where

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  deprived thousands of  people of power and property across the American ... approaching, these catastrophes have left many of our prospective students in ... than their application to MIT. These kinds of events [annotation note

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  deconstruction end-of-semester atmospheres

  

  at the clover food truck on the way. i saw lots of real people, shopping and eating lunch. i saw the verizon employees on strike in front of the verizon store, and i saw a farmer's market, and lots of tourists

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Document Deadline Extended to Wednesday

  

  Based on a high volume of document submissions generated by my previous post, we are now extending the deadline for submission of missing ... thousand faxes and are working on processing them. In a small number of cases

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 30, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  And the winners are… 2010 Blogger results!

  

  , and I'm still disappointed that we couldn't find a place for more of the talented people who applied. If Blogger selection was any indication of what ... year. That's just as well since Chris Peterson has a hatred of LOLcats

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  :-) A couple of classes I'm paying special attention to: 21F.019: Communicating Across Cultures. The intro class to the Applied International ... of MIT's Teaching & Learning Lab and Bernd is the associate

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  applies to the Romance languages. There are plenty of examples of all of ... . The whole idea was in fact inspired by one of my random "pick a book off the shelf because it looks kind of cool" library trips. Linguistics is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  right now I'm in Mountain View, an hour long drive from SF. The scales of ... 5 million people. Both of these are small compared to the Bay; even ... average. The delay's not due to waiting or a lack of options, but due to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022