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  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  think and comment publicly on science and technology, i.e. to be a public ... culture. Discussions focus on students' writing and address topics such as ... and news writing, focusing on science news writing in general, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  on campus as of late concerning how to best achieve a safe, caring ... post on a happy note, in actuality, the relief of spring break only ... asked me the scores I received on our recent exams and psets, and I told

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Events

  In Prison Literally

  

  At 12:20pm, on December 4, 2013, Wednesday,  I had absolutely no idea ... . It took a few extra minutes of talking to Madison on the phone, and ... MCI. Paraphrasing her, “I got in here and everything was focused on me

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  about how you'll start it during winter break. Plan on seeing it through ... on something that you might be able to continue into the next year. 2 ... at http://thoughtcatalog.com/ 4) Spend all your money on tasteful

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  My summer internship ended on Friday, August 17. Today was the first ... clown threw up on it." You get the idea. There are classes and clubs and ... most recent classes was a multidisciplinary course on the concept of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  , but another critic zooms in on a detail. You do know that your building ... think that when I know it’s my fault my project is behind on development ... shifting to the next presenter on my left, I’d started walking right, past

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  release of Early Action decisions, we aren't allowed to blog on Saturday or Sunday. It is now 11:04pm on Friday. I therefore have 56 minutes to open a ... on gloves, and called up a friend who I haven't seen in months, because

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  's a wimp. When situations get rough, she jumps on her bed to get as far ... partly on what "fit best" with our real personalities. I was horrified ... of my voice, which I have already judged to be less than good. Now, on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  probably the light bar on top of someone's jacked-up pickup truck. Driving ... trips to do some "real" climbing, and I hopped on the first one I could ... to be able to orient yourself in such a way that you can stand on a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  Physics demos at MIT are pretty high on the list of awesome things in ... theory) ranged from rubbing dead cats on sticks to pouring super ... education to drinking from a firehose. I'd like to go out on a limb and

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 3: Koumon ou rele? Which is Haitian Creole for "What's your name?"

  

  't stifling. Today was stifling. Today was sauna in an oven on the sun. Sweat poured down my face and into every crevice of my body. On top of that, the ... . Darryl and Marvin '10 are working on a project that uses pedal power to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 2: DINEPA and mosquito bites

  

  radio and sound trucks, and going into the camps and putting on plays on ... promotional material, a lot of which we had seen as posters on/above the streets ... trying to get in contact with people on the ground here, so to be offered

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  On the first night of my mandatory vacation, I walked to the beach ... /early/contriving enough to claim their own bedroom. I slept on an ottoman, but it was only ... table were Walt Whitman. The point is, I was on a boat. After docking

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  that it has been a week since I first arrived at MIT. I won't dwell on the sucky-ness of being home, but rather, I'll reminisce on the good ... , after taking a 6-hour red-eye. Even though I was running low on sleep, I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  on forever). I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the next four years in favor of concentrating solely on my classes. To my ... I go rambling on about my own projects, I want you know what you, an

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Trip to India ...to the slum children who smiled at me even though it seems that they have…

  

  Anne Liu and I spent January 7th through January 17th in India on a ... without lanes, fill it to capacity with rickshaws (India’s take on ... been amputated bangs his head on your window. When you go shopping, a

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  20 points on the SAT, I will guarantee you that there is something ... application than to sit in a classroom for 3 hours on a Saturday and pay someone ... they had gotten one more question right on the SAT that could have proven

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  . Before I go on, "hall" means "floor" -- if I ever use one or the other, now ... new to hall, having arrived in a kennel on Delta Airlines from a place ... clueless about what they were like on a daily basis before I moved in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  've already got two other full-length problem sets on my shoulders, while I ... don't want to spend thousands of dollars on a prep course, you can ... drone on about his summer while playing Maroon 5 (which I did) than study

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  , but I was wondering. What's the policy on non-MIT-students being in ... 's knowledge and skills in a hands-on way. Stress something more unique than your stats on your application - good stats speak for themselves, use your

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006