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• Blog / MIT Life

  summer’s end

  

  this is the first time i've spent a summer at mit as a UROP student ... and back to satisfy a late-night ginger soda craving actually, finally ... , i see you MOSTEC...) driven a zipcar full of friends out to westford

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Class Projects

  neutrality isn’t about objectivity—it’s about who has the power some words on facebook trending topics, and also net neutrality

  

  team. A whole lot of smart people weighed in, including the folks at ... revelations undermine any presumption of Facebook as a neutral pipeline for news ... Thune, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee: "...Any attempt by a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 20, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  to the Church of the Covenant for a Fiction Keynote. One of my favorite ...  on-site with a sense of magical excitement. The author himself would sign it ... adorned the ends of the decorative spires. Over the altar, a chandelier

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

  Awesome People of 2016 part 1 of an incomplete list of the greatest and coolest

  

  League of Massachusetts, I completed my final Youth Advocate training (a ... mentors gathered in the conference room for a final learning session and de-brief. Appropriately, a dull rain accompanied our final walk past the abortion protesters

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students ... understand that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of ... that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you converse

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  are coming out in a couple hours. Yuliya K. '18 made a lovely post compiling a list of distractions for the final stretch. Distractions are great ... overwhelmedness – but I also find a lot of solace in kind, honest words. So that

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  technical classes at MIT. I'm a crazy person. So I tried to find ways to ... multiple times a day. It started out with small jogs to the museum of science ... started to hurt to walk. However, it did not hurt to run. Then there was a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  oscillating) weekly routine. First, a bit about general structure. A “whole ... and 8 hours at home, a 4-0-8 scheme. Lab/design/field work classes have ... 3-0-9, 5-0-7, etc. There are also classes of a different number of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  scribbles in my notebook, a smattering of quotes, points and diagrams: "I have a friend who's an artist and has sometimes taken a view which I don't agree with very well. He'll hold up a flower and say "look how beautiful

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  Fall semester began as expected, with a shot of adrenaline and confidence. This translated into a flurry of calendar-marking, schedule ... ’d eat a healthy, wholesome breakfast every single day. Also, I’d call my

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of ... that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you converse

  • by Decisions
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2014 FAQ

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... ’t worry! If you are a finalist – congratulations! We ... Match? A: If you have not completed all the testing requirements by the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (My Third) First Day In which I attempt (and fail) to do a timelapse vlog

  

  reason, I assumed that holding a camera and walking around campus would ... you try to speed up an already-wobbly video to 800%, it becomes a blurry ... -processing software couldn't save me; I spent a couple hours trying to stabilize the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  ), and, after some housing algorithm magic, a couple months later you are assigned a dorm, a room, and possibly a roommate. Fast forward to today ... stay in the dorm you are temped in or try and lottery into a different

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2014!

  

  instructions 2) I've setup a WeMo Switch connected to IFTTT so I can turn on my air conditioner with a text message from ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  to go bouldering on MIT's climbing wall. As we rounded the corner, a ... strong!” Building 14 is shaped like a square and has a square courtyard ... since his freshman year and is now a staff member, which means that he has

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  we arrived to the competition site, a brisk wind decided to settle in and loiter in the airfield for a day or two. Let's be clear--wind is bad for model planes. Wind means turbulence, extra drag, and a significantly

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of ... open forum for you to talk. We understand that this may be a difficult

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  less soggy shoes, battling a CPW-long downpour over and under rooftops ... Infinite Corridor. I used a power drill. I got my arm signed by Chris M. '12 ... upperclassmen. Don’t watch fun from a corner like I sometimes did. Finally, Random

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013