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  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  This post began with my long-standing hatred of Myers-Briggs tests ... ”, which I vehemently disagreed with: In high school, ESFJs are the ... concerned with fashion and their appearance, their social status and the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  . With this award, we will honor work that impacts society in positive ways, and is consistent with a set of key principles, including non ... figures who work with and against institutions that order society. You can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skullhouse CPW chicken waffles fire smores volcano steak shake

  

  events and have a good time with the prefrosh. My fraternity, Phi Kappa ... Vesuvius, not to be confused with Mount Vesuvius in Italy, is a blend of myth and reality. You have to see it with your own eyes to believe it. This

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Five Years of Admitted Student Gatherings MIT community is getting bigger

  

  *Scene opens* I'm standing in front of a house with my family. MIT ... - as a Freshman This time I was invited to speak as a student along with ... note: I found a fun little website I'd like to share with everyone. I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 29, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Putting The Pieces Together: Hacking at MakeMIT in which four biological engineers spend 16 straight hours making something

  

  experience whatsoever with anything at all. MakeMIT is a hardware hackathon on ... computer science engineers, and other amazing people with amazing talents ... interact with other people who think differently and who do different things

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Post: Started From the Dorm Room Now We Here starting a startup while at MIT

  

  guys in the control room screaming with joy. I had just finished up an ... environment brimming with opportunity, I ended up trying more than just ... graduating with a CS degree. It was hard to go a day at the Institute without

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  making dumplings jiaozi / guotie / gyoza /

  

  (more fun with music and friends) keeping adding water and kneading ... make the dough into a few big lumps. put the lumps in a bowl cover with ... cabbage. wash it. chop up the vegetable into fine pieces mix it with the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my day in pictures

  

  started off the semester with basic stuff, like incrementing a number when

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  , maybe because a water bill went unpaid or there's a problem with the water ... in a region with "no water" are drinking/washing/living out of ponds ... ’s still “no water” for people to drink, cook, or wash with in many places

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  , I decided to stay. At first East Campus intimidated me, with its ... my ability to share my experiences effectively with all you wonderful ... , I'm sitting cross-legged on a floor of Maseeh with my FPOP friends

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2020 Hacks Back

  

  ;   Yesterday, the Class of 2020 responded with a hacked eye-chart of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  I am sitting, alone on the second floor of a brand-new cafe, with ... 've been around the world, on the phone, at the beach, with a boy. in my ... points: there's a page headed with the phone number from MIT Medical

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  of the team members. The school with the lowest sum of ranks is the ... having spent time with some of the top performers, I can confirm that the ... math problems for six hours. Also: learning alongside peers who can, with

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy Holidays from MIT! Images of the Season

  

  First East:  (cookies and photographs by the wonderful Emma F. '15 with

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 15, 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 ... teacher can download together with an answer sheet for a classroom ... , or computing. There are four different challenges with varied

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

  Hackapult Sieges The Dome

  

  ...[and] quickly gained the attention of the local Boston media, with three news copters ... . The Boston Globe reported soon after with "In latest MIT hack, a tribute ... awhile with former blogger — and East Campus Historian — Danny B.D., as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  International Science and Engineering Fair, or ISEF. If you're unfamiliar with ... were at ISEF to a little reception. While some people had to stay with ... ;   The next morning I gave a talk, with my friend and colleague

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Fitting in at MIT as a Latino family weekend 2014, day 2 and what I learned

  

  Latino-centric organizations and clubs at MIT, with the Latino Cultural ... so. I know my mom immediately jumped on board with MIT and even became ... students to have fun at. And it gets bigger and better with each year. 2013

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  the back of every school event while silently staring at everyone with ... , President L. Rafael Reif was doused with ice water from a ten foot tall wooden contraption built by MIT Fraternity Phi Delta Theta. Then he was doused with ice

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life slows down a bit – if you let it Fire and hacking has been replaced by housework and skydiving

  

  cool jobs in crazy cool cities, but I'm actually rather content with my mortgage, cat, girlfriend, and hydrangea. Tell you what, though, with ... chatted with a few prefrosh (Hi Amelia!) and found myself not quite as on

  • by Snively '11
  • August 9, 2014