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  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  pair of stories about a terrific pair of young women... Chandler '13 and ... sure bet from the beginning. Like many twins, Chandler and Taylor Burfield play the same sports and share the same friends. But unlike most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  , in a fragile state. Families and communities are torn apart by unlawful ... graduated a little over a month ago, moved to Washington, D.C. a week ago, and ... . The air is heavy with humidity and heads and hearts, this week, are

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  's equally possible to find these things, and happiness, at other universities ... Dear Prospective 2020s, You've made it this far, and EA decisions ... mentors, because I think I'm still a bit too young and foolish to be

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  in the long awaited spring sun streaming through the windshield and ... and listening to one of my favorite programs on public radio and the guest was Sherry Turkle who directs the MIT Initiative on Technology and

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  had a perfect view of Cambridge and Boston out my window. The plane was flying east as I stared north at the city I now call home, and the Charles River and the bay glittered like uncut gems in the light. It took me but a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  and they’re going to better places lessons learned from a hard summer

  

  drive someone to such a state. And now, here I was. As I broke down that ... swelled as I talked about MIT, and MIT Admissions, and Petey, and all of the admissions officers and bloggers. All the work that I've done and all the work

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  lot of questions about how choosing dorms, floors, rooms, and roommates ... . Although this has already been typed, explained, posted, published, and discussed over a dozen times by various bloggers, websites, and other people

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  '."]Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science[/annotation]offers a ... undergrads, and with an application that took me and my friends about 20 ... . So this year, me, some of my closest friends, and like half of everyone

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  here. Boston Adventure #2 at the Institute of Contemporary Art here. **** Last fall, my friend and I went to the Boston Book Festival (BBF) in ... offered literary treasures under white tents. In the nearby churches and the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Think Pink 2011 [By Cory Hernandez, '14] G@MIT, the SAO, and Residential Life present a guide to living…

  

  ('14), a political science major and a worker at MIT's Rainbow Lounge ... doing the Housing Lottery—reading and watching i3s, visiting dorm websites ... culture from all that I knew. And it was especially hard to figure out one

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Do You Like “Like”? What to do about social sharing.

  

  dudette who provides the hook-up. And we get to spread our message to people ... the Share links, and I think, as I said before, that everyone won. But that was the beforetimes, and some things have changed. Facebook has

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 9, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  year knowing three new ways to juggle and talking about how I was being ... I could have possibly felt as I sang and danced as Bail Organa, Lobot, an empirial technician, and an ewok in a grueling three-hour, two

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  Some days begin with ballistic alarms and spilled coffee and calculus ... tiles, and I laid in bed and watched for a while. Some mornings also ... thought about the word indeed for a while too, and then I leisurely reached

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Managing a Full Plate Both Food and Life

  

  , and more responsibilities. Although the amount of time I spend on school ... and ready for my chemistry midterm this Wednesday. Other than classes being in full swing with psets and midterms starting up, I also started my

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  Is this what it's like to be an upperclassman and only take classes you enjoy? My schedule this semester is half Aero/Astro and half Comparative Media Studies (CMS): 16.35 is "Real-Time Systems and Software

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  local/national news has stated and restated, a blizzard swept through the ... writing and casual vlogging. But my friends and I have managed to get out ... meanings for IAP: 1. Infinite Amounts of Pancakes My friends Jamal E. '14 and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  mit.wikipedia.org The best dang hack there ever was [citation needed]

  

  ... ...I was not entirely successful. And the last one that I found states ... the only way it knows how: through imitation (as flattery), and a hint ... Medical shares your pain (or your sense of humor): And I guess the editors

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  I was planning an another entry on the reading process, and since ... fully evaluate and summarize a folder. We're expected to read applications ... longer and read the folder when it becomes complete (we know you can't help

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DEATH AND THE POWERS: The Robots’ Opera [by Ken Haggerty '11] An * exclusive sneak peak * of Prof. Machover's exciting new…

  

  [by Ken Haggerty '11] Death and the Powers: The Robots' Opera has stunning visuals and technology, but it is Prof. Machover's haunting melodies ... many fitting themes of Prof. Tod Machover's masterpiece Death and the

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 profile A ststistical look at the incoming freshmen.

  

  & PR 16% Midwest & Plains States 14% South/Southwest 11% West Coast 19% Abroad 10% States represented 49 Countries represented 49 Schooling: Public

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 24, 2006