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  (My Third) First Day In which I attempt (and fail) to do a timelapse vlog

  

  's definitely not what I expected to produce, but at least I have a basic idea of ... First off: I apologize for the shakiness of this video. For some ... timelapse component of the video kind of failed, too. It turns out that when

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  at old requirements for admission.  Last year I posted our essay ... next year, they won't; every year, we sort of reassess the questions ... on. You can think of essay questions as instruments which elicit a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Holidays with the Huangs a nondenominational celebration of capitalism and duck

  

  around in the most godawful turquoise bathrobe ever sold at Costco. (I ... health with the power of time, the love of my parents, and the mesquite goodness of Barbeque Lay's (okay, so maybe to mediocre health). And I can

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women Rock All sorts of folk, and folk songs too.

  

  that there are all sorts of folks at MIT. For example, there is no majority ethnicity. MIT is about 35% white, 25% asian (of some persuasion ... % International, and our minority community provides all of the cultural resources

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Super Top Secret Spy Action Real Life Experience: Building a car in 2.007

  

  next few weeks, I'll be highlighting one of my classes in each entry. This week, I'll start off with one of my most popular classes, 2.007, Design and Manufacturing I. The basic goal of the class is to design and

  • by Bryan
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waiting (is the hardest part)

  

  , there are two factors at work here. First, we are committed to admitting no more than 30% of our class during early action. We feel that the ... that by leaving only a very small number of spaces for regular action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  making space in my schedule to go to the maker space and 100 other things I was bad at this semester

  

  reports) to remind me of the pleasant times spent at Makerlodge this ... Welcome to the first of the many blogs I have meant to write but just ... -years could participate in, and I immediately did the online portion of the

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  useful, but every entry has a flavor of MIT to it and, when looked at as a ... bloggers. Read all of the headers at the top of the page. Read Newsweek ... The MIT Admissions blogs started for several reasons. One of the

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  How I lost aura points i confess my sins

  

  efficient work before my bed time. Lately, I've been spending at least half of ... Ensemble's production of Macbeth. I had a blast! Clocked in at 9 a.m. and had dinner with some of the crew at 6 p.m. It wasn't until three days later

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 14, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  selecting for obsession

  

  enough at those interests to be rewarded with some extrinsic markers of ... This morning, I was Googling Chris to find a photo of him, and was ... who represented the United States at the International Chemistry

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Nerd Love Beauty and the Science!

  

  One of the stereotypes of sci/tech/engineering schools like MIT is ... they crack under the pressure of my enormous good looks. The pimples on ... copious dandruff ensures that it's always Christmas, at least on my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Shot in the Life I now realize that this is probably a misleading title.

  

  at the end of year two here, I have a whole portfolio of hilarious ... really want an unedited look at what life is like as an MIT student... here is cross section of my semester in screen shots. 1) I hit exactly $0

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  One of the most memorable conversations that I’ve had at MIT was also one of the shortest. It went something like this -- “ ... to those who challenge you at every step of the way but ultimately

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  Instead of doing an overview of the classes I’m taking this semester, I want to spotlight a few of them because they are just. that. cool ... -college math and science classes. Topics of study include design and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Caring for the body health, am i right?

  

  libido. I'm asexual, but I still masturbate at a regular basis, and most of ... of pieces, delivered by individuals or small groups of actors, talking about life as not-a-cis-man. All pieces were written by members of the MIT

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  -solving at the whiteboards, most of which i feel unprepared for.    6 ... ; Dance Troupe — the big boi of dance at MIT. it has lots of dances for ... because honestly, i stare at a full Google Calendar every day, half

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  at the end of the semester. Oh, by the way, I am pretty sure Professor ... /opening up python consists of me screaming at a computer to stop messing up ... Two weeks of class have already flown by. Problem sets are perpetual

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  leanings of a space like MIT. We're definitely looking at the social impact ... the first place?" Starting at issues of power: who has control? who gets ... huge fan of joy's work ever since i read her blog post on inclusive

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  I listen to a lot of audiobooks. In 2023, I listened to 28.6 days worth of audiobooks–while doing chores, while falling asleep, and ... MIT. Why do I listen to so many audiobooks? I think part of the reason

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  An MIT Community Vigil for Black Lives

  

  of the recent tragic killings of African American people across the United States – including the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery (Glynn County, GA ... , faculty and staff will lead us in prayer and reflection. The speakers at the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 4, 2020