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• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  spring semester. But for the second half, we arrived on campus and did some stuff! In no particular order, here is a list: 1) We went on an errand ... eating popcorn 3) We went on another errand run. The sky was really pretty

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back-to-school special i'm a senior now :o

  

  school i've been back on campus for about two weeks now, but it ... have been UROPing, starting to work on my thesis, and trying to spend as ... volunteer/service opportunities. on thursday night, i also went to the class

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 17, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  c/o 2017

  

  for their last exams, and suddenly my room was packed and i was on a ... -night conversations, and reflect on the things they've learned. and my hall, fifth west ... them, putting them in picture frames or pinning them on the wall. working

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  Previously on the blogs, I’ve written about MIT’s commitment to ... Institute focused on recruiting international students, especially from China ... posts that came out of my UROP research on the history of early

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  huge fan of joy's work ever since i read her blog post on inclusive ... now she's at the center for civic media, working on projects that ... * * * * * some snippets: (on algorithmic bias) (and how facial recognition

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  fierce the cultures of MIT dorms can be. Also, for reference, this post on ... upgraded I swear) (I just couldn't find anything else that had logos on the ... of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” “While we may

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  event was put on by the Division of Student Life and was a welcoming of ... down and worked for a bit while enjoying the food. Good luck to Suzy on taking on this important position.   -One hour and a thousand

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wish I Joined the MIT 100K as a Freshman four years of this would've been great

  

  working on stuff for the MIT 100K Competition. I started helping out with ... ideas on campus. 28 years later, the competition has helped start some of ... flying cars. Many of the startups have gone on to join incubators like

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  ; students are printing leaflets of resumes before the printers get tied up on ... student holiday on Friday so people can focus on finding employment. It ... scavenger hunt where you can stock up on assorted knickknacks like water

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  . Matt Damon was too. Yes, when he got up on stage, one of the first things ... extreme poverty up close. On a trip to Zambia, he became amazed at how clean ... exact problem on such a large scale." Then Matt Damon said, "And getting

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  on February 28th, the 18,239th and final piece was placed into the ... research on this puzzle, nobody was able to finish in less than 8 months. It ... their day into working on this project, then there was no doubt in my mind

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Sunday night is the deadline for Early Action (EA) Here are some things we want you to know

  

  ; Early Action applications should be submitted by 11:59pm Eastern Time on ... sent to MIT through Naviance, fax or mail will not appear as submitted on ... well aware that these are marked on different point scales. Remember

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  swooping down on campus with brightly-colored t-shirts, cheap plastic goodies ... whatever else you're working on. I don't know if GPA is that strong of a correlation for this - I've worked with people who did well on tests but not so

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  Artifact. It meets from 7-10PM on Wednesday nights. Right now, we have 18 ... Open Society Foundation. You may have seen his TED talk on the importance ... Consensus and Running Code" The Internet runs on code, but it also runs on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  . After all, when Tim Cook wants something on his desk in three hours ... sardonically put it, "Congratulations on being a professional workaholic." But ... .  And the reward? Getting to work on and take some ownership of the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  few weeks ago it looked nice... On Saturday there was significantly ... because sunlight shines on snow, it melts, and drips down, but by the time ... that Marco Antonio Solis? I went to a costume party on Halloween hosted

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  went on an expedition around MIT and into Boston:   Photo ... on this blog! Coming from Colorado, the weather itself actually wasn ... call it (my super Asian mother has always placed a high value on both qi

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  (both at MIT and on the road) and have been known to tear up a bit on ... probably also figured out that I love to give advice…both on what you should say on the application, but also how you should approach this whole

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  fantastic. But I left my kitty and went to the meetings, and I put on more ... , etc.). Then you go to the housemaster suite, located on the second floor ... Resident Tutors, that live on each hall) deserves to win the best costume

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Family Weekend 2014 family weekend 2014, day 1 and how I had fun

  

  . Well, not really free time. I COULD be studying for my 8.02 exam on Monday morning but instead I'm catching on all of my blog post writing ... .01 lab to finish a 14.02 pset due Monday morning, and an 8.02 exam also on

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 25, 2014