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• Blog / Class Projects

  The Semester I Played With Chocolate and Ants for a Technical Class Inflatable Chocolate Balloons + Ants as Architects

  

  squeeze through. I made a net using string, which gave me more control ... imagery) If ants could do the labor of making complex structures for me

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  announcing these prompts in the past: People often ask me, "How do I stand out ... about their own approach to essays (see, e.g., this post by me, this one

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  me! Other notable signatures from this year's post-BAHFest author meet ... ;     ArtBeat Festival For me, ArtBeat is a fancier version of the Harvard May

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Seven Back and Busy for Semester 2

  

  ’ll know this place, trust me), and I prefer these smaller classes that give ... chemistry for the most part, is going to be brand new information for me

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 9, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  thin layer on top. To a chocolate lover like me, it tasted heavenly ... outside of Milan. It was the first of many instances where it seemed to me

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wrapping Up First Semester Two more weeks to go.

  

  challenge! On the most exciting note to me, I have spent the past three ... when the guy at the counter stared at me with my armful of books and said

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The One Where I’m in Russia a brain/photo dump of me running away from school

  

  describing my sophomore year right now. This was me at the beginning of the year:   Little husky and happy me! I totally got this. Husky

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 28, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  's me] organized volunteers to run what we thought would be a small voter ... , please email me at couch [at] mit [dot] edu).   Bright blue

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Calm in Suburban Ohio sunsets, helicopters, and fruit

  

  showers the fences with a high-pressure hose, and it confuses me. Why clean ... stares at me. I should’ve Googled if deer attack humans. But at least the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  beyond the MIT bubble. So this is me, reporting live from outside the ... Starbucks, or class swag on the CalTrain don't even surprise me anymore

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  blag! That gives me an excuse to procrastinate for like, 3 more days ... have to prioritize. As Professor Peter Fisher once said to me, “Bill

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  If you haven’t been following the results of the most recent LEGO Ideas competition, let me fill you in. MIT’s very own Maia Weinstock ... for us! Listen to the full interview here: I hoped you enjoyed me

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  Life, the Universe, and Everything"   To me, 42 is the number of ... Wednesday. But I've chosen these classes because the material will help me

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  of color ... so it's not just me, having one bad incident! This is ... Center for Civic Media definitely orients me to [say], "This is not just a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  me (it tastes like autumn), so here it is (mostly based on this betty ... this: (shoutout to my mom, who taught me that you can use applesauce

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Augmented Reality in Action one step before holograms

  

  first time. Above is a short demo of me using the Meta 2. On the computer ... . He had to leave in a hurry, but he gave me one to try out - Horace the pig

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 26, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  Warning: cheesiness ahead! Halfway through this chaotic semester filled with too many midterms for me and too many college applications for ... against that wall and take a nap, which is me all the time, but “people

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  the Applicants who have emailed me, and it contains all the answers to ... ’re not an applicant this year, but emailed me already, I’ll get to ... who asked me about life at MIT, Life & Culture is a great tag. And

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gendered language y/n?

  

  This morning my mom showed me a newspaper article and asked me my opinion of it. I’ve been thinking about it throughout the day, and felt it was interesting enough to share and discuss. See here: (sorry for the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  lines of forest separating me from the canoe camp. Tomorrow would be their ... the black gunwales behind me. In half an hour they’d be scalding hot

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016