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• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  . Seriously, a couple of weeks ago as we sat in a bar and watched Spain beat ... talking to is me"). I might be turning into a linguistics nut, but I find ... , a camel? Come on. Where did THAT come from? Why isn't it at least a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  (Looking for a CPW Post? Read Rachel's! Looking for retreat ... : everyone should travel* at least once a month (from here on abbreviated as ... esta loam! Me alegro de que yo viajo por lo menos una vez al mes.' ). I

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  software package called A la rencontre de Philippe. It’s an interactive ... coming to a close, but I’m happy to say that the term is taking shape quite well. First of all, I like being an urban planning major. I’m taking a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  As Sam Cooke once said, "It's been a long time coming but I know a ... awesome for creating my new banner. Not to mention the fact that you are a perfect fit for MIT and I can't wait to see you as a freshman this fall

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  study abroad in college. The International Honors Program is a unique program in that it examines a thematic topic in multiple countries. The ... accepted, I will be travelling with a group of about 30 students to Detroit

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fonts of MIT a typographical tour

  

  were. But then Google Fonts came out. Back in 2010, only a handful of ... Quicksand. No clue what the heading is, but it's likely a Google font. The ... typography jargon! A letter's terminal is where its stroke ends

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2023 For all of the Blogger/Spotify Data Junkies

  

  I received a January MIT Newsletter and saw a summary of Ankita D. ‘23 ... .  (Ankita, I'm sorry I'm using your post from last year as a direct guide for ... . Ceri: "i only used [spotify] when i went for a few outdoor runs this year

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 10, 2023
• Blog / Events

  In Transit The people and ideas traversing MIT

  

  app essay drafts - is on Google Drive. I am now drafting this in a .txt ... I got on a bus this morning to go home for Thanksgiving, fully prepared to entrust my productivity to a flaky Wi-Fi connection. Once I got

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Swiss Miss "The archangel Michael descends riding a triceratops."

  

  . This is a dumb story, but scroll down for some more pictures. I left my umbrella on a train in Switzerland last weekend. It was really a great umbrella--it had a big button that you could press to open it, fit perfectly

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  a lot of you, but I like snickerdoodles. Or those Caramel de ... In just the past few hours, I've realized a few things, mostly about ... -intensive, and thus require a set amount of writing. MIT makes taking four of these

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2013! this is how i do this

  

  remember that I need to hire new bloggers 2) I frantically Google for the ... this is how I hire bloggers   Be a blogger! As usual, we will primarily be looking for incoming freshman; however, we have a few

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  if you do have a spelling error? It's certainly not fatal, but it ... on Microsoft Word to proofread your essay -- you'll want to take a keen look at it yourself. Here is a non-scientific list of the most commonly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test—Field Experiments in Economics A new class on experimental social science, including: race discrimination, gender differences in behavior, persuasion,…

  

  's some information on what we're going to study: What is 14.11? 14.11 is a ... , persuasion, corruption and voting. (See the syllabus on this site for a ... will aid you in designing, conducting, analyzing and presenting a field

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  how (not?) to concentrate a quick guide

  

  concentrate; fail Google how to concentrate Wikihow how to concentrate ... assignment is worth 20% of your grade Panic You are a freshman this is

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • May 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 2 A recap, with pictures.

  

  Another insane (in a good way) day! Got to MIT early; checked in with my fellow admissions peeps. Not bound to the Reg Desk today, I made the ... Google Maps for an hour or so. Met up with Lorelle and headed to the BSU

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 8, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  My History of Task-Management boy, is it a long one

  

  real creative. Google Keep + Calendar I came to MIT with a planner but ... going through a "jesus I do NOT have my life together and really need to ... gave up on bullet journaling within a few weeks. My effort level had gone

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Bay Area wrap-up The scoop from MIT meetings in San Jose, San Francisco, and Lafayette, CA.

  

  already talk about on their website. Google is also a Gold Sponsor of the ... a meeting in San Jose on Sunday. It was an exciting meeting, with ... up to the city of San Francisco where I had a relatively smaller

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  so i guess fall is happening kinda hard to believe, huh?

  

  whatever shortlist of people were invited back to a de-densified campus. i ... a rising junior computer science major with the luck to have a good ... stuck on a meal plan anyway. i just would stay home! i like my parents, i

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 23, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  a guy! (mit tech - a la rfong - google east campus orientation or cpw ... . (google MIT D-lab and MIT MISTI!) Out there things can happen and frequently ... happening too. (flickr: D-lab, and google MIT-Cambridge Exchange) OH! THE

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  make a difference." One of the great things about being at one of the ... to go but I had a pset due on Saturday and plans to hang out with ... a fraternity brother, then worked for six hours, finished by 8am

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016