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• Blog / MIT Life

  summer’s end

  

  , started and finished an entire novel finally visited pika for the first ... - sunburn thing gone sailing for the first time (sailing and learning to ... , massachusetts for homemade ice cream and a late-night visit to mit

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

  Report on the Status of Undergraduate Women at MIT in honor of International Women's Day

  

  's controlled for major, equal leadership and participation in extracurricular ... discussions, and is less likely to feel that she recieves due credit for her ... believe that diversity is important for MIT's continued academic excellence

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  banquet. For $10 ($8 for members), attendees got to sit at round tables, eat ... degrees Fahrenheit. For perspective, I saw a chart on the internet that claimed just 30 minutes in -22 degree weather would be sufficient for

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  available for the fall semester or second quarter. (If your school uses a ... provide any and all grades available for classes you’ve taken in your ... . Got it. Ok, how do I fill this form out? The form has fields for you to

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  have some additional advice and instructions for deferred students on the

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Listen to “MIT Is…” with Cynthia F. ‘18 on the MIT Trashion Show, escaping the MIT bubble, and UROPing at the Media Lab

  

  around the idea of an audio thing for awhile, and decided to give it a shot ... , the communications coordinator for MIT Student Life and erstwhile ... develop at MIT, Kellen recruits students to take over these accounts for a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: Holly on applications, art, and action team an experiment in the sounds of admissions

  

  anyone who doesn't blog would like to be interviewed for the blogs. A few ... Counselor for Communications, and she basically makes all of our print ... and radio shows, and used to run one for my college newspaper, so it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 4, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  policies that make me both happy and sad. For every excellent teacher and ... challenge my thoughts and misconceptions. For most students, the humanities ... exhausted all relevant choices. MIT doesn’t offer many options for its purely

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  students pre-registered for the course, representing 9 different majors and ... with Ethan Zuckerman, the Director of the Center for Civic Media, cofounder of Global Voices and MediaCloud, and board member for Ushahidi and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  better way for you to feel welcome and pick the perfect-est living space ... Library, the second largest in the country. Purchase tickets for performers ... . Student Rush tickets are also available for film, opera, ballet, and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  all-time high. I have a Basic account, but I could try Premium free for ... questions correctly. I felt like I lost sight of the forest for the trees, and ... ’s freshest in my memory. Computer Science has ruined normal English for me

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  that and putting it together into what works for me. I hate those cliche ... . Summer is a good time for planning and reflection. My nerdy corner of ... have an obsession with productivity for the pure sake of productivity

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caps Lock Pancakes DINNERISH.

  

  For the past four and a half years I’ve lived on an all-women’s floor called BMF (badass mother—s) in Random Hall. Most of our social and home-academic life happens round the clock in the kitchen, over food and homework and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  available for the fall semester or second quarter. (If your school uses a ... provide any and all grades available for classes you’ve taken in your ... . Got it. Ok, how do I fill this form out? The form has fields for you to

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  High School Summer Research Programs And the science competitions that could potentially follow

  

  A cat ran on my keyboard So here is a link to MIT’s list of summer programs at MIT and elsewhere, check it out! It really summarizes things well. Acronyms…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  gigantic balloon tower... design elements for a stunt show.... create specifications for fruit... or break things apart to learn. Despite the fact ... easier while juggling their child and groceries. For our technical review

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My new job @ admissions like nick saban, but for nerds

  

  the blogs, for the office. And I'm still helping Kris out with them and ... duties for many years before then. Essentially, my job is to find some of ... , or Olympiads, or Maker Faire. So what does this change for any of you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 9, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  Note: The following is adapted from an article I wrote for CMS.350 ... too :-) It's three in the morning and MIT's campus is, for once ... day, it's the main artery for foot traffic among academic buildings, but

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Staying Organized In which I look exhausted and talk about my notebooks

  

  Apologies for the video length/quality this week. MIT has me sufficiently hosed this weekend, following an already-stressful week. Such is life. Hopefully you're able to decipher my rambling in this video! If

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  First off: I apologize for the shakiness of this video. For some ... laptop from exploding overheating while it was processing videos for ... a more postive note, in a mad search for video stabilizing techniques

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 7, 2014