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  MIT files lawsuit on behalf of international students alleges ICE policy “arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion”

  

  lawsuit. This is, by my count, the [annotation note='I have blogged about ... . Unspoken, but unmistakable, is one more question: Am I welcome? At MIT, the ... where they come from. I know firsthand the anxiety of arriving in this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  painful. If you are among them, then all I can say is that MIT is just ... Day and realize it all worked out okay. I'm closing comments on this ... . I wish all of our applicants well. No matter where you enroll next

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for transgender students in light of the military ban and our ROTC program(s)

  

  of uncertainty and consternation. I write today, as I have in the past ... order. I excerpt from it below: MIT’s tradition of national service is ... our nation with dignity.   I'm proud of MIT's history of military

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  painful. If you are among them, then all I can say is that MIT is just ... Day and realize it all worked out okay. I'm closing comments on this ... . I wish all of our applicants well. No matter where you enroll next

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  finally started snowing. * * * i'm excited to report that two things i ... for hidden figures" contest:   i'm starstruck every day by the people in civic that i work with, around, and next to. they are my honest

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / Events

  The REX That Was a review of the most recent confusion

  

  Today is Reg Day, i.e. Registration Day, when MIT students make ... Cultures, which I'm teaching this fall. Later this afternoon, I'll be meeting ... attract well-matched new residents. I've embedded a PDF of the guide below

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  weeks, I know many of you are eager to start thinking about how you ... manage the situation? (200-250 words) People often ask me, "How do I stand ... admissions, I've probably read over 100,000 essays; after a certain point

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  I'm in the process of writing a post about my own summer, but in the meantime, I've got a guest post from my friend Elaine L. '18, who also wrote ... of your control. Back in high school, I spent my summers worrying about

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  something. As we move onto 2016, I like to think about what in my own life the past year went well, what didn't go well, and what I could've done better. But, as much as we can learn from ourselves, I believe we can also learn

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  the American IOI team. I first heard about Bebras while hanging out with Rob earlier this summer, and learned more from Kim when I saw him at IOI. One thing I like about Bebras USA is that it has really has taken root

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now (Actually) Available Online

  

  : it has been truly painful. If you are among them, then all I can say ... you can be amazing wherever you go, if you choose to be. I'm ... . Congratulations to the Class of 2019. I wish all of our applicants well. No matter

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving and a Small Hack Quick updates from tropical Boston

  

  genre. Today I’m just going to ramble about minor happenings this week ... which nobody was very attentive, I’m sure), and, at the appointed time ... the first floor of Burton-Conner (and by first I mean second, because we

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Grads Design the Jolt Sensor to help high school athletes detect concussions better

  

  distribution. "This is the product that I wish I had growing up. And it’s the product that today’s young athletes need. I want to make sure that nobody ... to improve the actual product. Like I mentioned earlier, MIT has

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  the face. The initial (terrible) script I spat out was heavily ... down on the steps of Lobby 10, I set up my normal non-slow-motion camera ... . For those of you with the stomach to watch, I offer you this video

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT: Coding over Cookies sights from the hackathon [pictures inside!]

  

  the best cookies I've ever had. Rocking the Oculus Rift. Hacking, as ... . The second-place-winning project of HackMIT 2013, in the making. I...am not a hacker (yet). I went into the hackathon with a mild curiosity for

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  though I will likely have very little to do with structural engineering in the future (I am heading into a little sub-field of civil engineering ... to fruition. When I was younger, I wanted to be a bridge engineer and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Rebound Rumble! Another year, another FIRST Robotics Competition!

  

  conveniently landed on my last day in Kansas and I was able to visit my old team ... mini robots, this year I present to you Rebound Rumble!     ... hundreds of unique solutions to the game that'll make a team think "man, I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

    Most of my entries center around things I've learned or ... those entries. Instead, I want to focus on something much more grandiose ... let me tell you want to think (HINT: because I'm right). Read on about

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Movies Emeritus out with the old, in with the older

  

  Before I say what I have to say about video, remember: Blogger applications are due by August 1st! As in Monday! Get them in on time so that I ... , and I thought I'd share them on the blog as well. MIT: The Motion

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  Professor Maier, teaching is not a one-way street. I believe she thinks that ... undergrads, are often so swamped with work from our technical classes that - I ... on the wall at Independence Hall. I find it amazing that American

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010