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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  your first experience test-driving real life. I say test-driving because ... your adventure but I think this 12 step plan will do you some good too ... 've been doing. Brenda '12 (Mexico): "I'm doing optical characterization of

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  ) -- I hope that you have already asked your teachers if they can write a ... -- teachers in this country are seriously overworked and underpaid; I hope you ... now or very soon, if you have not yet done so. I recommend that you find

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  cultures. You see, I have this theory that for MIT dorms, function follows ... Campus/West Campus divide. As I've mentioned before, culturally speaking ... would have likely sought anyway. I have always regarded Bexley as a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  based on how many people take them? With the latter approach, I'd say it ... archetypes, if you will: [annotation note="Because of how I chose to divide the classes, I'll mention grading a lot. Of course, grading is only a small part

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Events

  LSC – It Doesn’t Suck! Reject digital, return to 35 mm analogue

  

  ’t suck! I’d never been a big fan of film back in high school, but watching ... projectionist for the club. After all, I reasoned, college is a time to try out new things. I signed up for a training slot, and before I knew it, I was

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  blogging momentum is really hard to start up again after a certain point. I ... exciting time in the world of particle physics. A week or so before, I had ... ." I hope that this gives some sense of how much was riding on the LHC

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Get Home from the Airport for Free For prefrosh who are like me and terrified of entering dank underground tunnels they haven’t…

  

  to Boston from a family vacation in Toronto, I took the T back to MIT for free like I always do. When I first came to MIT I was terrified of public transportation. It was only a few years ago that I stopped taking

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 18, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bedbugs (fiction) A short story. (It would make me happy if you moused over the bedbugs.) =)

  

  other end. “Well, I couldn’t quite tell you, because I haven’t heard. That’s why I had been hoping—” Mrs. Concord sat down on the bed closest to the ... the otherwise silent houses. Normally I would put this at the top of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  foundation for much of the social science research I love best. In his article ... not by much. ... I thought that what was happening to us was ... was valid. I was reminded of visual illusions, which remain compelling

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / Events

  [liveblog] gingerbread stata we are building stata out of gingerbread

  

  12pm, so I'm just getting everything prepped (setting out trays and ... far I have somewhat unsuccessfully made goopy icing and a less irregular ... gingerbread rings! I broke some of the rings up so the glow from the fake candle

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 23, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the Scenes of MIT Gala liveblog - how a fashion show is made!

  

  Over the past three years, I’ve been on the organizing board for MIT ... will be walking the runway today. I stop by to say hi and snap a couple ... , I'm trying to figure out how the very intimidating AV box works

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • April 27, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  to wait until the very last minute. While I certainly won’t extol the ... adversely impact our review. I have highlighted a handful of my least favorites below. Failure to follow directions: This one never gets old.  I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship

  

  I am heartbroken to tell you that this morning we learned Gisel, a ... I tried to go over that, our fancy email server analytics system ... , unfinished, knitting project was a [annotation note="I'm not actually sure if

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 28, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  App, The one million “I miss you” through texts, And the longing for that ... with tears in her eyes she’ll say: I’m home.   MIT is a truly ... be different. I wrote this poem because, after not being able to go

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  initiative. Because I was involved a bit at the beginning, and because I think a lot of our prospective students will be as excited as I am that this is a thing, I asked Christina to write up a brief history of how this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  Previously on the blogs, I’ve written about MIT’s commitment to ... other institutions to do the same (more here). I’ve also blogged about the ... comes at a difficult college-choosing time. I hope that a look at MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / Personal Projects

  A Recycled-Material Selfie Stick Engineering and problem solving in developing nations (the most important problems only, of course....)

  

  I think (and hopefully you do too) that the title of this blog post ... fun guy. He’s also my cousin.   (Gedion and I, after some aunts ... relatives. I like to think that the real engineering spirit doesn’t stop

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  in Comparative Media Studies, class of 2013, whaddup), I'm always ... solutions!) they are able to identify. I helped plan and execute the ... invaluable time out of their busy days, and the idea/model of the talks I stole

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  ", or as I like to call it, "How To Write Good Code That Won't Kill People ... Engineer's Code of Ethics," which I've copied below: Approve software only ... "Communication Systems and Networks", or as I like to call it, "How the Internet

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Startups in Dorm Room Fund a venture fund run by students for students

  

  community. Today I'd like to take a look at Dorm Room Fund, a venture fund ... invest in. I found out about them from one of my friends, Yasyf M. '17, who is an investment partner there, I've been following them ever since

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 8, 2016