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  MIT Festival of Learning: Lightning Round six eminent faculty on educational technology innovations

  

  , creating the giant wage gap we see in the United States today. The online ... by eminent faculty on the latest educational developments in MIT ... , engage in different modes of thinking, and practice problem solving by

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Class Projects

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

  

  This semester, in MIT terms, is “chill.” With only one technical ... supposed to take is less than the actual number of units, although it’s a bit ... in mind. It was magical. It’s not that I don’t enjoy the technical

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  complete internships or study abroad in some cases, I spent my first IAP here ... my breakfast in my pajamas. 9-ish - I start to head back upstairs to ... first classroom is in a decently sized lecture hall, so I spend that time

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  common unit of homework assigned here at MIT. Excellent, in-depth high ... culture at MIT. So, since my entire life in recent memory (also known as the ... am particularly emotional, in which case I will resort to “PSET” or

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  in a lab at Stony Brook University back in New York, supervising my ... necessary to post the cute caterpillar in order to perfectly emulate my ... and hours.  I've mostly focused my research in the past on biodegradable

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From Atlanta I heart Exploding Bacon

  

  MIT professor Woodie Flowers back in 1989, before most students now ... engineering. FIRST works something like this: every year, in January, a star ... the 37,000+ students on 3,000+ teams in 12 countries worldwide. The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  Yesterday (Tuesday) was a very eventful day. It began with me in lab ... prefrosh (Danny '12) is in town and I decided to go on a campus tour with him ... , not IN the tour. I present to you a glimpse into what the average MIT

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  I’m very lucky in that my family lives in central Pennsylvania, which ... travelling is stressful and twelve hours is a long time to spend in a room with ... stuff in the overhead compartment, then moved my bag to another

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  catching up on blogging. Here are the notes I wrote in real-time back in June ... ’t seen most of the United States. My cousin’s getting married on June 30th in the Bay Area, and I’ve been doing research (a.k.a. UROPing) at MIT

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  does your computer offer you in comparison to how many units of utility ... announcements. But where to add value? Right now we're in a strange time. A time ... respectful, thoughtful, and in many cases difficult to answer. Especially for

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  Parting Remarks Part I: Leaving Marks reciprocal changes

  

  time soon, but my time [annotation note="In LiGhT oF rEcEnT eVeNtS r ... to its end. And I do not want to be just an entry in the registrar's records, a person who exists on paper but not in living people's lives. I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  their numbers are growing. When you come on campus, in fact, it's almost ... combating poverty, improving healthcare in Third World countries, or anything in between, MIT is pushing international development forward on pretty

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Home is where the Heart is visiting my grandparents

  

  China for the first time in 6 years this summer. Although 9th grade of ... , bringing just a few clothes for the week, we brought 8 suitcases in total ... , and got picked up by an auntie to go to my grandparents’ house in Fuxin

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 4, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  Mass. Ave, swathed in darkness that small glowing arcs from streetlights ... whistling through the air, striking fast-paced pedestrians clad in sweatshirts and unfeeling bulky vehicles whose owners are lost in thoughts of their

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Journal of Negative Results, among other things Absurdities I encounter while livin' my life.

  

  goal in life during class two weeks ago, when we were discussing the isolation of the Clock gene in mice. Clock is the result of a point mutation in chromosome 5, leading to an extension of the circadian period from

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  chlorine in the water might have something to do with it. Now, I know Mollie ... hours, in pool water, in salt water, in fresh water, in the ocean, where I ... crest white. Plus, there aren't any sloughed skin cells in my drinking

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  Currently drinking: Odwalla Superfood Currently feeling: warm and cozy in the ... in the 3+ months I've been here. Being at MIT has really opened my eyes ... our friends in Fremont!), who came to Boston to hang out over break. On

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  Last weekend was crazy. Crazy good. So good, in fact, that I needed a ... employers, and my family. All of them believed in me, and told me I can do ... met a few of the friends, my entourage for the night, in front of the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  might also know, as I gave away some spoilers. Brought to you just in ... you get up in the morning, give them the reason you stay up late, and give them the reason you like being you! Or if there's something in your

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  trekking to an Athena cluster in the middle of the snowy night (uphill both ... fine without buying your own personal printer. Go on the Orientation ... Nobel Prize Winners' theses, and hold meetings in group study space. If

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007