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  Visual Arts @ MIT part 3 the people who make it all possible

  

  As a way to tie up our visual arts discussions on the blogs, we want ... Augmented Reality on top of traditional 2D animation. The AR chair at the time ... us one-on-one for 2 hours when we were struggling with Unity. When we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  our "media-critique" glasses and "awe-of-animation" glasses on for parts ... eventually work on animated films — to give other people the feeling of hope ... thanksgiving, we continued listening to Into the Unknown on repeat. We found

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  ) hours on movies. The movie streak, however, really was catalyzed by ... recommendations. Some of these movies on the "To Watch" list include, but are not ... 'd like to keep updated on what movies we watch next, you can track it here.

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  money as possible.   out of curiosity, i click on my November bullet ... .   on a happier note, one positive aspect of my otherwise hellish ... . focus. can i cram an intensive reflection on how much (or little) i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  A year ago today, I was anxiously crouched over my laptop on the ... note="If you look hard enough on the Internet, you can actually find my ... different kind of anxiety -- a waiting game. A countdown to 9AM on December 15

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Chose To Spend My First Weekend Away From MIT 132 miles north to be exact

  

  something about themselves or their lives. And so it goes on, until everyone ... biking and cave hiking, I found myself sitting in a Gondola on my way back ... , take a look outside, and maybe even occasionally go on a little adventure

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXit FOMO....or JOMO???

  

  from MIT. I’m slowly getting ready to go back to the firehose; I’ll be on ... ="a weird, liminal experience"]I haven’t been on campus at all during REX ... ="once with friends (red curry) and once on my own (yellow curry that became

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  reason to start on them now, but some people like to begin thinking and ... done on time!). As you may know, we have our own application, with 5 ... have anyways), and focus more on making sure your essays authentically

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friday was a good day

  

  views and gives feedback on everyone’s weekly work). This week ... enjoyable and refreshing crit session. Then we had our screenings on animatics ... that gave artists resources and guidance to create art centered on mental

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action FAQs Yes, yes, we got your emails!

  

  hit submit on everything from your end by Nov. 1 for Early Action. That ... materials, that’s on us and it won’t hurt your application. If you ... materials. Make sure you read through the pages on our pages for freshman

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 24, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  10 ft from Hasan Minhaj D R E A M S D O C O M E T R U…

  

  This past summer, Hasan Minhaj FINALLY made his way to my hometown on ... words: SOLD OUT). When I casually scrolled upon his face on an MIT ... keep his hair on fleek and gives great hugs. And yes, I asked for you

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  understand. I felt like I was missing out on an entire world that everyone else ... have a flag that was truly ours. None of has had clothes to wear on ... tangible impact on my life. However, I have found this to be as far from the

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Forbes and MIT there's graphs in this one

  

  On Jan 3rd, Forbes published their annual list of the 30 Under 30 of ... 's 7.9% acceptance rate! Speaking of MIT, how many MIT alums end up on ... 's exciting to think about who will do interesting things in 2017 and end up on

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 19, 2017
• Blog / Personal Projects

  A Recycled-Material Selfie Stick Engineering and problem solving in developing nations (the most important problems only, of course....)

  

  free time (and maybe that’s why you clicked on this article)~ And it is ... ; Warwara is a 9-hour bus ride and 4-hour hike (on foot or by horse) from ... fixing DVD players and smartphones. He re-installs software packages on

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gendered language y/n?

  

  resources department released guidelines on the type of language they are ... pronouns on Facebook to “they/them” regardless of your actual gender in order ... supporting the idea quietly on their own. Anyway, I just wanted to share

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 30, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  started the fellowship on Wednesday. The city is lush, green, unfamiliar ... concrete basin. I have been on Dallas all day. My throat is dry and hollow. I ... . ______ Resources: Michelle Alexander on Transformative Change Self Care for People

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  authors! I purchased Colum McCann's new Thirteen Ways of Looking on ... .   (from Wikimedia) Colum McCann sat on a high chair in the light. He wore a ... of unbelievable. I feel the magic still. **** Bonus: what we saw on

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  experience the technology, hands on. Our goal is to make genetic engineering ... about Amino on the Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone Indie ... makers in our admissions process, and has a general love of hands-on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  and dry. Yay. So on Saturday, to prepare for the worst, I went winter ... new and scary. On the flip side, the transition to the fall climate has ... starting to change colors, and the Boston and Cambridge skyline looks on

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Selam’s First CPW Some thoughts and odds and ends~

  

  is on the interwebz rather than IRL. Tomorrow, I am going to be at the ... got even better! (more on that later) I wonder if I am a different ... befell us, and on top of all of that, it seemed like our classes decided to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 18, 2015