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• Blog / Admissions

  My Talk @ Maker Faire a bit about how we see, select, and support makers

  

  month Ceri blogged about the MIT Maker Faire. Earlier this year Dawn and I ... students at MIT, and next week she and I will be presenting about our Maker ... World Maker Faire New York about how we admit and empower these kinds of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Discovering Product Design through Photography Beautiful photos taken by DPD 2013 freshmen

  

  participated in as a freshman... and now help coordinate! During the short ... , and some visits to firms like Eleven, THE MEME, and even a hardware ... and learn about resources on campus where they can build things

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  handwriting. In sixth grade, Megan P. sat next to me in science class and had ... tall and narrow, and she curled the ends of her letters so that each word looked flowery and beautiful. So, I painstakingly copied her handwriting

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  depending on traffic and wait time between connecting busses. I usually prefer busses to more expensive and less environmentally friendly planes, unless ... to Illinois, which was as ridiculous and as fun as it sounds. But

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  Entering college has meant I fly at least 6-7 times a year and I ... good seats are extremely coveted and the only way you can guarantee ... pretty easy, set an alarm for 24 hours before your flight and make sure you

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted in EA!

  

  Congratulations on your acceptance to the class of 2017!   This is what you look like right now -     Go ahead and introduce yourselves. :-)

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  time, I took those words and put them in the shelf of "things I ... just how powerful and true that piece of advice was. You see, as a ... of how close I was to starting over, and HOW INCREDIBLY MUCH I'VE YET

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Maker Faire 2012 the Dean is going - are you?

  

  around chilling, and there will be a 6,500 sq/ft 50,000 lbs life size ... exhibits, workshops and competitions, Maker Faire also has an impressive list ... the Internet) went to Maker Faire out in CA last year and wrote a blog

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer App Is Live For current college students hoping to enter MIT in the Spring of 2013

  

  Application is live and available for download. A few important notes and ... , complete, and mail the MIT Transfer Application to MIT Admissions ... only available for US citizens and permanent residents. Students without

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Results of My Summer cookies, web usability, and painting

  

  procrastinate and let you know how my summer turned out. Did most of my diet ... bake dozens and dozens of cookies? The scintillating answer to those ... cookies with Liz and they turned out awesome. We also learned a few life

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chem Lab Boot Camp!

  

  Camp. The footage has now been edited together in an engaging way and ... some sneak previews of some episodes (I’m an insider!) and I can vouch ... danger, they have explosions, and they have a lot of people looking good

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Walter Lewin ESG Lecture Oh, you know, only one of the most famous Physics Professors of all time

  

  sat with us and answered any question we threw his way. Taking the most random questions and responding with TED talk worthy inspirational speeches ... watch the videos and finally finish this drawn out introduction, without

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Way We Live Saunas make me think

  

  also a country with such distinct and concentrated culture that upon ... a Korean bathhouse. And it is my encounter with the jimjilbang that ... summer on jimjilbangs, and for visual reference, here's a photo from that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life see what we're up to

  

  later), and a cool thing is happening on campus. Technique, MIT's yearbook (and, relatedly, the photography/design club) is hosting A Day in ... normal day, and post them on the website. To be honest, I'm not sure how

  • by Piper '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Are We Waiting For besides this video from the freshman arts program

  

  we could feature it on the website, and they said yes! Starring ... shout-out to Amiina, the band who wrote and recorded the eponymous song, and the folks at Big Dipper Productions, who kindly allowed us and the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2011! how to be a blogger

  

  hot. And I do mean very warm. As you all know we are in a heat wave ... -Yale-MIT trip to Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico, driving all the way through. A blog, with pictures, forthcoming on that one.  and last

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  and July). Now, for the meat-n-bread of what I’m doing, check out this ... brochures? tips and things? website? information fairs? making a ... is to basically get more investment into locally owned businesses and

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Steam Ahead Leaving Boston for the final time

  

  was literally and – perhaps more importantly – figuratively a one ... away at problem sets, preparing for exams, and pulling all-nighters had ... to be more elation, more joy, and more optimism as I looked toward the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • June 9, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LIGHTS. pretty pretty

  

  celebrations have been covered here and there on the blogs (Convocation, Public ... Science & Technology...and LIGHT!) All semester, professors, graduate ... , Media Lab, and more have been filling up the campus with incredible

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  Stepping Up MIT brings the best out of people (in between psets of course)

  

  she collaborated with Sally Susnowitz, Assistant Dean and Director at MIT's Public Service Center, and Kristi Kebinger, the PSC's Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator. Together, they founded the FSILG

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2011