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  An MIT Community Vigil for Black Lives

  

  On Tuesday, the MIT Institute Community and Equity Office hosted a ... this vigil was a compelling and moving event where speakers shared their ... . You can watch a [annotation note='We can only easily embed YouTube clips

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  group at the Media Lab put together a VERY COOL THING (that seems to be ... ’s a node graph that shows you who sends you emails and who sends emails ... person in a given time period, and also the people who they’ve introduced

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Haven’t Been Blogging I, uh, don't really have an excuse

  

  's worth $400 now... ---- Looks like I decided to write something at a ... to writer's block is to have a nice cup of tea while listening to some ... stop typing for more than 7 seconds.   This works to cook up a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Last July, the MIT Media Lab created a $250,000 award to recognize ... , and is consistent with a set of key principles, including non ... a living person or group engaged in what we believe is extraordinary

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Tips for the EA deferred send us your FUN form by February 15th

  

  (EA) applicants. There was a definitive resolution for those students ... to wait a little longer as we reconsider their cases in Regular Action (RA). Many of you may still have questions so I'm posting a quick entry

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  what are we to do? we are not helpless in the face of injustice.

  

  picked up a brown paper bag with a grilled chicken sandwich, and sat down ... engineering and in sloan business school, and a visiting student from germany ... --especially in a position of such great voice and influence--especially as a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 13, 2016
• Blog / Events

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

  

  of the Putnam--but for those who haven't, it is a six-hour proof ... --the median score is frequently 0; in 2015, it was 2 points out of a possible ... Fellows." Each participating university also selects a team of 3 students to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Round 2 less shirts and more interviews.

  

  It's been a week since the Career Fair, which still feels like ... amassed a large collection of various colorful shirts and trinkets This ... learning the importance of placing school first and jobs second. But a very

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  in an otherwise formal job, like taking a selfie before giving his ... , President L. Rafael Reif was doused with ice water from a ten foot tall wooden ... as by volunteers in the audience. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  held at one of the alum's house and started with a typical question and answer session. A New Jersey MIT freshman had come from her spring break to ... span of just a few years. The gathering also got me really pumped me up

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  /17, we should know this. Please fill out this form, so we can add a note to ... looking for missing documents until we post a blog entry saying that we have ... this form. If you have a recommendation from someone who is not teaching

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  in high school, she invited me to go to a MIT info session with her. At ... information session was a stellar opportunity to "spend time with my friend in ... , I thought, Wow, this is a sign I don't belong here...   But the info

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Design in Boston [By Doug '14] Events that showcase the creative capital in and around Boston.

  

  changed my major to 2A and decided to concentrate in product design. I was ... Boston and the greater New England community that we are a design capital ... . If you are a web designer this book will be your bible for internet

  • by ARTalk
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  got them at the COOP on Monday after coveting them for a year. I had been waiting for a rainy day to wear them, and today was the day: it came ... like stepping confidently into the center of a deep puddle, knowing your

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  school and to get accepted into a great college. Sometimes this dream can ... family. I’m going to a whole other area." Graduating with a 4.0 GPA ... crime per person." Terence Dalbert: "People have broken into our house a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫

  

  I, like most college students, have a Facebook account. Actually, for ... 's right, I have a Twitter account, but I DON'T USE IT, SO STOP FOLLOWING ME! Honestly, I'm amazed, I have tweeted exactly 10 times in over a year and I

  • by Snively '11
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  , Congratulations on completing your first year at MIT! It has been a tough year ... school year, the class council announced its decision of a ring committee ... be rectified continued for a number of days, and due to finals and

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The State of Things Deflated, that about sums it up.

  

  internet a little bit, and then tip over onto my bed and fall back to sleep ... , slightly delirious, and posed for a quick picture with him before he grabbed ... that I have mastering physics tonight, a test on Wednesday, and a ton of

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  Institute. These beautiful, glorious lulls come in a variety of flavors ... in a reasonable amount of effort over the break. (Kind of like high ... the MIT populace as a whole, but I have some amount of work to do - or

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  able to help you get to know MIT a little better than you may have ... sure there is a single "right" answer to that question. I wish I could ... no way a judgment of you as a student or as a person," everyone at MIT

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008