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Blog / Admissions
My Talk @ Maker Faire a bit about how we see, select, and support makers
some interesting light on what we're trying to do with our portfolios. If -
Blog / MIT Life
Enjoying the Little Things In which I ramble about happiness and taking breaks
Pond was beautiful, especially with the changing leaves. I didn't include -
Blog / Extracurriculars
The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…
through the front doors. Inside, the air is still and silent, with only the ... abutting the lobby. Standing there is a man with a ponytail and goatee. He wears black pants and a blue button-down, with an e-cigarrette among his -
Blog / MIT Life
The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush
match its residents with the best living group possible. You see, Mac ... one with residents that have a general appreciation for living alone but ... really found people that I love living with. (Or with whom I love living -
Blog / Life after MIT
Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.
first to graduate — I graduated with degrees in biology and brain and ... development, but I’ve switched model organisms — I work with human brains now ... children with neurodevelopmental disorders like microcephaly (small brain) or -
Blog / Events
Study Break on the Roof! We had an EMT study break on the roof of the tallest building in Cambridge!
some fun with them on the roof! Adam S. '14 wanted a photo of him in -
Blog / Community Projects
Not in Kansas Anymore oh, wait...we actually are. Day 1 with the MIT Design/Build/Fly team.
carefully lined with soft things and packing foam, was waiting for us ... with all your standard machining machines (mills, lathes, a waterjet), as ... lab with us. As of 6:00 AM this morning, the Gelb Lab has gone mobile -
Blog / MIT Life
Happy Holidays And some final thoughts before the new year
it’s time for relaxing fun. With the family and friends back home. I -
Blog / Athletics
The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation
hobbling around on crutches, and didn't get to take the swim test with your ... with the wheelie chair and the ramp, which landed you in an x ... random man at the end of his lap. "Can we share this lane with you? There -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
A…an…uh…a cappella concert? MIT's got non-Petri dish culture, too
're not familiar with a cappella, it's basically singing without -
Blog / Events
Discovering Product Design through Photography Beautiful photos taken by DPD 2013 freshmen
Although this blog probably would've been more appropriately posted at the beginning of the year, I think the photographs that our freshmen took deserve to be shared with the blogosphere! Discover Product Design -
Blog / Events
A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.
people would agree with the fact that MIT is an academically rigorous ... brain intent on quarreling with one another. I’m not ashamed to say that ... -read my notes, study the book, discuss it with my peers, and the cycle -
Blog / Miscellaneous
“All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.
travelling is stressful and twelve hours is a long time to spend in a room with ... girlfriend who sat behind me, the latter with his long legs all the way under my seat, occasionally awkwardly touching my feet with his feet, the -
Blog / MIT Life
Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.
: Yep! TSA Agent: Wow, physics. Great time to be a physicist, with all the ... , to stay with Monica (my best-friend-since-middle-school) and her family ... again, with the same mentor, to finish my project. Finish my project! I am -
Blog / Admissions
Transfer Decisions to be Released Today
accepting around 20 students. Obviously with a selection process that rigorous -
Blog / Academics & Research
Right NOW Making Things
Yesterday I met with Ta-Nehisi Coates to talk about writing. I'm taking Advanced Essay Workshop with him, and I've never cared about a class ... watched a man with headphones sleep while I thought about what I was going -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
I GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET (because I got a press pass to SpringFest 2013, of course. photos inside!)
As Matt wrote earlier, today was SpringFest 2013! Or, to put it in technical terms, a really dope* concert with Macklemore and Ra Ra Riot. *note that the MIT Admissions Office does not endorse the use of dope. Unless -
Blog / Challenges
MIT honors Officer Sean Collier (photoblog) photos from today's memorial service
was extraordinarily tight, with countersniper teams dotting the rooftops -
Blog / How to Human
Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable
; Step 1 - CHECK-IN EARLY Before you can do anything else with this guide ... . Pros Cons One less neighbor to deal with. Easy to ... . Conclusion: B+ Case 5 - EER Seat with Extra Leg Room (Not SSS