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• Blog / MIT Life

  We Brought Something? Um, no. No, we didn't.

  

  There was snow? I kid, I kid. I stayed up for most of the night with Colin '10, Nina '08, and Timur '10 waiting for it to snow. A couple of ... tomorrow. (The Weather Channel shows clear skies for the next ten days

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Howdy Where are you guys going to live? Etc.

  

  Thanks to everyone who submitted applications for admissions blogging ... left before the EA deadline, for those of you who are procrastinating ... all end up. I have a lot of blog-comment-questions to respond to - look

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yet Another MIT 2010? Alex Doonesbury needs to choose a college.

  

  college decision is up for a vote (aren't you glad all college decisions aren't made this way?). For the next week, you can vote on Alex ... cartoons indicate Alex will take a gap year, either to "consult for a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  cluster in the dome, waiting for their turn to climb up the wooden steps and ... astrometry, UVA now uses it primarily for teaching and public outreach. On the ... (yay!) as well as new friends. After my radio astro talk, I talked for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about coronavirus for free this fall the new subject will be broadcast to the public beginning tomorrow, sept 1

  

  up for classes. I'm co-teaching an a first-year advising seminar on media and the election, and so for the past week I've been meeting with ... them signed up for a new discovery subject being offered by Course 7

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a most beautiful camping trip it's always good to get back to nature <3

  

  It's pretty common at MIT for living groups to take advantage of the ... , headed out for our annual camping trip in seven rental cars, with trunks ... set up our tents in the dark (read: with difficulty) on Friday night

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  to run for office less than two years previous; his desire to try to do some good for the city he had grown up in and around. He asked me about ... out to vote for him, the first time voting for many of them. He asked me

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  today, Catherine circulated an announcement (and syllabus) for a new class ... credits Urban Science for Public Good: Gender and Racial Equity in ... the Media Lab/Center for Civic Media back in 2014 and have been thinking

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT, Time to Step Up? just in today

  

  Youtube video supplements in college admissions As applicants, what are your thoughts?

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i used a selfie stick for good and other things i did in 6.811

  

  a client that was looking for a way to use his iPhone to take steady ... the popular grip shutter for iPhones is just the little circuit you see ... to maneuver his phone and did not need a giant robot arm to do it for

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 4, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  up, so for a while my idea of being a grown up was tied to my parents ... , for the longest time, I thought the idea of "building credit" was ... with the assumption that you should only use your credit card for things

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  exciting opportunities for Admitted Students coming up in cities around the ... ; Soak up some SoCal sunshine for an afternoon get-together in Santa ... MIT account for the most up to date information and RSVP if requested. There is a

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  Something unexpected has happened with my classes this semester. Up ... or systems that use it. For instance, the second week, we focused on ... the paper, they gave their test subjects a specification for some type

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  live are preparing to celebrate Marathon Monday tomorrow but for those of us in the Admissions Office the weekend is more about getting ready for Campus Preview Weekend (CPW). Next weekend will be a busy time for us all

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  classes for junior fall. One of the classes I'm in this semester is 6.042, or in regular-speak: "Mathematics for Computer Science". It. Is. SUPER ... , passion for problem solving, mathematical exploration, and experimentative

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  have known me for a few weeks]. Who should I ask to write letters on my ...  when they should have taught you. It is indeed very common for letters to come from ... as the norm. However, it is not uncommon for us to receive letters from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Want To Play Music @ MIT? (informally, that is.)

  

  playing with (and for) other people. This dream took many forms when I got ... in an a cappella group for most of college as well as college choir ... moments, however, were those found in the less formal, impromptu picking-up

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  write about like the first-year bloggers have been doing (at least not for ... workings of the black-box tools we took for granted in 6.2050. For example ... that we weren’t smart enough for/didn’t have enough time to cover in 6

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  . Fortunately for me (and those of you who want to hear about 6.111 and my other ... rest of IAP, for that matter). So I decided that this year I was going to be on campus, but not have any formalized activities taking up all

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello, Goodbye, Hello!

  

  still wrapping up summer ventures, but 2014s are probably almost ready to leave for FPOPs, orientation, and the like! I was just thinking about last August … wondering how I felt a year ago … so somehow I ended up

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 17, 2010