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  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  Last week, I was lucky enough to get to see something very unique ... the big radome dish to map out the rotation of our galaxy by finding the ... , helping everyone in the Cambridge area get their data where it needs to be

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  smiled up at her as I struggled to get back on my feet and cheekily replied ... initial plan was to dance to Make Me Feel by Janelle Monae. It had just come ... we finally stumbled on Magnets by Lorde/Disclosure, it felt too good to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  's posts, I wanted to share this reddit post by David B. '11, about his ... . While all your CS friends are going off to Google and Facebook, making six ... interview I've had, I get the question, "you went to MIT? What are you doing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  to get practical experience in a software company before even having to ... teammates about whatever I couldn’t figure out on my own. I started to get ... our QA team to integrate my code into our project. By the end of the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  [Joint Post] A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 1) vomiting in Venice and other Italian adventures

  

  ASAP, we decided to take the ferry over instead of getting there by foot ... across Europe. It seemed like the perfect way to get into bike trekking ... .']solo-backpacking Europe,[/annotation]or something akin to that. I knew that by this point

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Davidson Fellows scholarship program A great scholarship opportunity from the wonderful folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

  

  program. Sponsored by the good folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development, the program provides scholarships of $50,000, $25,000 or $10,000 to ... , Philosophy or "Outside the Box." To apply, you must submit the Preliminary

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Blast from the Past

  

  unfortunate, since it meant I stayed out until after 2 AM and had to get my butt ... ESP has been renovating their website and now I can't seem to find it ... sweet. Kinda want to get the idea of the layout of this dorm ... because

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 15, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  to life? Google images are incredibly useful as an initial starting ... different interpretation of the scene. But getting to this point requires ... What does a number do when it wants to be a picture? I acted in my

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  definitely by the end of February. You may also want to keep us up-to-date with ... , you'll be getting ready to take a holiday break from some really amazing ... ." Your application will once again be considered by the committee during

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  applications, and knowing that one year from now, you'll be getting ready to take ... application will once again be considered by the committee during regular action ... else!] [This doesn't apply to everyone, but occasionally some students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back Home No Strings Attached

  

  semester at MIT, something I didn't get to do last summer. I went to bed ... 've flown in the summer since I came to college in 2007. My only experiences ... carousel and, to my delight, it was the first one out! My parents and I left

  • by Snively '11
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  to tell your story and for us to get to know you as a three ... about it (I will talk more about this later); it’s one way for us to get ... only to show a different side of yourself but also to get to know us, and

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  snapshot of the last two weeks picture of my brain

  

  who can't fix BART, or have never taken BART. And if Google offers to ... civic media THING I SAW: data visualization by web du bois THING I MADE ... learning is like money laundering for tech - by maciej ceglowski "We should

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  chances of getting into MIT?? and if so, then by how much?" I'm sure your ... , but during Campus Preview Weekend, I do get to put a lot of faces with ... and if it is, where we can find the adress to that website." We will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  self-destruction my entirely self-inflicted problems

  

  at around 11pm, so every thirty minutes or so i have to get up to use ... more fundamental changes in worldview 6am: it’s starting to get bright ... have to get up around 8am for class the following day i’m somehow able

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What did YOU do this weekend? Laura's jam-packed-action-filled adventurous fin de semana.

  

  perfectly honest, it depends exactly what you mean by "not up to par," which ... course offerings. In the meantime, feel free to poke around the websites of ... around the room and up and down the stairs to tell Becky and Sam. Why

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A Splash of color! and a bigger splash of water.

  

  't recommend taking it as a program to pad your MIT application (something I get ... that image came up in my google search and I decided to use it). The ... the questions I have to answer upon returning to active duty is: where

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  students be? According to Minerva's website, their admissions process will ... 't get into Harvard supposed to get into Minerva? Even the most cynical ... the child of a well-to-do family in Beijing, by offering them a great

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  a blogger outing to go get ice cream! Best day ever! Argh, now I have ... 're googling themselves -- hi professors, I really do like you!) So my big news of the day is that I got to eat lunch with MIT President Hockfield

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  close to a win-win situation as you can get without opening a jar of peanut butter- you get to tutor underprivileged kids, do AIDS and cancer ... paid attractive wages by the federal government. After getting these

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008