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  winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity

  

  normal, but it took me a few days to relax when I get into the front seat ... This IAP, I’ve gone to Brazil!  I’m taking WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity. It’s a class focused on Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Brazilian

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  When it comes to MIT you can put everything you do into one of two ... . With Pass/No Record in place to make the transition easier, first semester is a time to make that daily fire hose drinking session a little bit

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Another FAPtatsic Start we're juniors?!

  

  arrived on the 21st, so that gave us around three days to do all the prep ... about anime, to listening in on a heated debate about the US education ... second time, we are now beyond desensitized to the word. It's both awful

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action: Decisions Now Available An announcement.

  

  using the same username and password that you use to log into your My ... to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2010! By now many of the Early Action admitted students have received "Da' Tube".

  

  Effect a line and we'll chat! Tell us your story. I especially want to hear from those not given to post regularly to this (or any MIT blog). ... ' Tube". Let me hear from you! Are you excited? Are we your number one

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does the MIT admissions process work?

  After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel as though your ... apply and when you receive your decision? We understand that not knowing the details can add a lot of stress to the waiting period, so we
• FAQ / Interview

  What if my interview is waived?

  Counselors all over the world, we may not be able to arrange an interview for every applicant. If we are unable to offer you an interview, your interview will be waived, and your application will not be adversely affected
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class-tastic

  

  'm actually taking the class on junior/senior P/D/F, so I'll just get a passing ... In somewhat sharp contrast to previous terms, I'm taking only three ... on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and two classes on Mondays and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  . Stanford...is not like MIT. Where to start? Stanford is sunny and spacious ... worry about getting run down by bicyclists who are, as far as I can tell ... corridors that do happen to be indoors are famous and steeped with historical

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Faculty Dinner We invited our favorite faculty and staff to our hall for an awesome dinner!

  

  , he didn't get to eat any Angel Food Cake. He only got to look at six ... of our GRTs (Graduate Resident Tutors) who live on our hall.  She got special privileges such as first dibs on food and a special seat outside of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  danger!awesome firin' mah lazers...at basically any(every)thing

  

  working on his own project, which appeared to be some elaborate three ... went to danger!awesome. danger!awesome is a laser engraving and cutting ... simple: they will use lasers to burn anything into anything. As you can see

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs

  

  to advertise the party of the same name put on by the Burton Third ... was rather impressive. How did hackers manage to get a 600 pound ... Hacking at MIT is steeped in tradition and still occurs to this day

  • by Snively '11
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a week of class notes airplanes, ethnography, and some bonus doodles

  

  mathematical models and quantitative data, and i'm looking forward to getting ... theory is about making messy systems behave the way you want them to behave ... class in space systems engineering) have led to real systems for

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 11, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  my window. Said it was coming down anyhow and didn't want anyone to get ... consecutive days now and the noise is making it impossible to sleep as I live on ... to lifting up large boulders and dropping them on the ground. So I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures at Trader Joe’s i think i might have joined a cult

  

  chicken broth. The vegan label on the box was enough to get me sold. I ended ... nearest Trader Joe's to campus is a quick six minute ride on the MIT Shuttle ... Ok so I am very late jumping on the Trader Joe's bandwagon, but I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 30, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  to see if we could get less than a pound of O.R.T.; when we succeeded ... feelings. They held a ball of yarn when they spoke, and while holding on to ... still have mine on. I completely passed out on the bus ride back to MIT

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  refer to as Poor People Money (PPM), to spend on groceries at locations ... 't agree with either of those sentiments. I like to think IAP is a sort of purgatory in which you are your own god. You have choices. You can make IAP as

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! REX! Politics! Science! (Vlog and a Riddle) You have 2012 jars of 1-kg mollusks, with 2012 1-kg mollusks in each jar....

  

  out which jar they raided before you take the mollusks to market. Your ... one measurement on your neighbor’s scale? Hint: while you cannot open ... is happening! Science is happening! And I decided not to twitter

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  by going here and voting on the right hand side. This site is a little smarter than some other ones we've come across, so we could use your support. With all the recent varsity team stuff, it can't hurt to show our teams a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  ’Hare airport was delayed, and it took over fourteen hours to get to ... the fourth Roman Emperor to complex Fourier series. I went on tours that ... ice cream and put on shoes and a sweatshirt”). So I was able to

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007