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  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  walkouts scheduled for March and April. In response, some high schools have ... from MIT solely on the basis of being disciplined for participating in a ... "demands of the entire polity for an increasingly literate society, an

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  -school-senior-me didn’t know how to answer. So I gave the only response I knew for sure: “Definitely not in a big city.” I’d spent my entire life in a small town in ... it. Comparing that to my experiences in places such as New York City

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  ="i.e. an average"]"mean"[/annotation] between extremes; for example, courage ... question for a few years now, which is essentially other people. I wrote in ... for me are friendships that are inherently virtuous, or, in a less

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  E capstone class in which six teams each create a new product. It's known for ... -to-last round, and the first of four major milestones in the class. For this ... work-around using an arduino, but this was passed over in favor of a pi

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  in. They look around for empty seats and drop their things on a blue or ... coming to an end, and then I’m out the door, in the sun, walking across ... halfway through a botched sophomore fall to receive treatment for clinical

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  timelapse video of the sunset, thoughts on being in a creative slump, an ... that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make something for myself. I'm still not sure this is "good." But it's beginning

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  From the other side of grad school Trust me, I'm a doctor

  

  received a key that I initially assumed was for my room in the visiting ... , astronomy has been an avenue for getting to know my community better -- at ... ’s worth struggling through, bearing in mind that it’s normal for it to be

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  pretty (I disagree with those who say it looks like an insane asylum) Cons ... people who walk in thinking it's their class you might get kicked out for ... working on campus. or rather, I feel guilty whenever I work in my bed since

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  . That is, no matter how much time is given for an assignment, it will ... must say, is endemic on campus. This semester, for the first time in my ... -sleep around 1am, I set every alarm in my room to an arbitrary time between 2

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  judge you for doing it. Dance. Try out for a sport. Audition for an a ... measures and symbols telling you what key you're supposed to be soloing in ... delightful to you. Freedom! A chance to be expressive and creative in front of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  :   It's good for you   You see, in the many conversations I ... Webster's dictionary has two entries for the word smashing when used as an adjective: smash¬∑ing Pronunciation: Ààsma

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  speak to an actual admissions counselor in person. It made me love MIT ... the president of the United States and pulled an all nighter chilling ... computer, opening up the MyMIT page that I hadn't visited in a few months. I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  as an O, for not showing up, but someone over in Student Support ... feeling for me—feeling prepared to take an exam. In just three business days ... semester, I have already taken a final exam. In the midst of sitting down for

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  accidentally drove the lolriokart into an enormous bank of computers in front of ... So the other day I was reading an article on slashdot about ... just made these really cool things. In the same vein I posted Carlos, the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  finger in both pictures? Iron Man with a Brass Rat! Having Iron Man, a.k.a. Tony Stark, be an MIT alum got me interested in the movie ... said to have graduated magna cum laude from MIT. In an MIT Viewbook

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  , decide whether or not you'd like to apply here for school). Since applying to college is an important process for many people, and I'm not quite ... Hello, world! (Sorry, I had to. It's the classic "first program" for

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  numerous committees and won countless awards for his excellence in teaching ... Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department (or EECS for short (or '6' for shorter)) has been appointed as new Chancellor! This is no

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  I've been looking at Ben's "50 Things" post recently, since classes are done, my grades are in, I've nothing to do but work 40 hours a week before my eligibility for student employment runs out, and I vaguely recall

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  'm sitting in my dorm room looking out at the beautiful Boston skyline, taking ... for you, Christina," he told me. "Ahhhh, I don't know. Probably not ... ?" We agonized and fantasized over getting The Big Envelope (or in Colin

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  you will live away from your parents for potentially the first time in ... , or, in this blog post, your home for the next four years—it seems to me ... and that you choose it for reasons you believe in. You’ll be here for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012