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• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  the inky blackness of words on a page because honestly, when we have 198 pages of lecture notes to get through, the last thing we want to concern ourselves with is the existential crisis of some whiteness. But when something

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  course of the semester. I am spending the semester in Detroit; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Cape Town, South Africa; and Hanoi, Vietnam with a group of 30 ... as the classroom sessions. I anticipate one of the strangest things

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2015 This week, the new freshmen arrive on campus!

  

  number #1 overall winner of international Olympiad competitions, and many hundreds more who have never heard of international Olympiad competitions (I was one of the latter, back in the day). The class includes students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Brief Taste of Orgo Basically, Sam Maurer is a prophet.

  

  : Outline for Today's Lecture Oxidation Reactions of Alkenes Dihydroxylation Ozonolysis The Chemistry of Free Radicals Addition of ... really choose to learn about it. It just sort of happened. In case you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 12, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Half-Century of Hacking MIT's original hackers are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short…

  

  think of nefarious nerds tapping away at Internet terminals, fueled by ... steps of the Student Center. The Tech Model Railroad Club has been ... , continuing the storied evolution of Gifford City and its railroad, the "Tech

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  The Festival of Learning is an annual event organized by the MIT Office of Digital Learning around the idea that we need to bring technology and pedagogy together for effective learning. I blogged an overview of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Year of the HASS thoughts on single-tasking, cheese slicers, and the tyranny of the mind

  

  class, it’s the first time that the number of hours my classes are supposed to take is less than the actual number of units, although it’s a bit underestimated because of my cross-registered class. Why am I taking so many HASS

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  can make your week fun to rid of all that anxiety! On Thanksgiving Eve, most of my First East floormates disappeared, their tiny suitcases ... prospect of four days of academic freedom exhilarated, and our evening

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• 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 consist of Doritos? Will the effects of eating so many Doritos have a long ... bake dozens and dozens of cookies? The scintillating answer to those

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  dwelling on that. While some of my friends have completed their requirements ... . Then there's the feeling of relief. Whew - I don't need to cram 6 classes ... I ensure that I've made the best out of my four years at MIT? Will I

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Legacy of a Media Storyteller [by Leila Kinney, Comparative Media Studies] Recently, Leila Kinney attended a Symposium at the Media…

  

  gathered to recognize and remember Glorianna Davenport's 30-years of research and teaching at MIT. Above: Glorianna Davenport of the Media Lab ... remarks, not in the sense of consuming media "out there" but in her reliance

  • by ARTalk
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  following quote:   One of the most important things about college is its ... sorts of people from all sorts of backgrounds and you learn from each ... socialization. And so we have to take a great deal of care in constituting the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  organizations. While some people curl up at night with a copy of Sports Illustrated, or Cosmo, or even Wine Spectator (if you're a special kind of ... other things full of ideas that tend to keep me up thinking. Few

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  Recitation: Friday 11 am Professors: H. Ploegh and T. Orr-Weaver Biology of cells of higher organisms: structure, function, and biosynthesis of ... . Commentary: We watched this video the first day of lecture. Possibly one of the

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  with MIT, so be forewarned. =D Since the middle of June, I have been ... even one protest in front of the state Capitol in Sacramento. Truthfully ... under Taiwan's Universal Health Plan, I really had no sense of the great

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  each of the first two psets so i didn't stress about it until i saw my ... grade...or the stress of finding a job amidst all this academic pressure ... . living in a dorm last year was wonderful because I could have all sorts of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  visual depictions of my summer i've been a busy, busy bee.

  

  WILG (Womens' Independent Living Group) at the end of last semester. They ... ) section of the President's House-- [caption id="attachment_46032" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Part of the President's House in New Delhi[/caption] The

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  of classes and try to get as many degrees as humanly possible. My grandpa shared an anecdote of his childhood with me that I think really ... I first came to MIT, I had an idea of what I wanted to do, but who

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 Roll Call It's May 1st -- welcome to MIT!

  

  It's May 1! Welcome to the MIT Class of 2010! If you have sent back ... comments. We're excited to have you as a member of the class! We've spent the ... your seatbelt =) Ah, May 1st... I remember senior year of high school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / CPW

  the two sides of CPW CPW as told by a prefrosh and an upperclassman

  

  It so happened that my younger sister got accepted into the Class of ... ] I committed to MIT a couple of weeks ago, so my main goal at CPW was ... variety of events at each dorm was completely overwhelming, so I started

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 24, 2019