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  Hardk0re: The Twinned Rise of East Campus and the Hacking Ethos (Guest Entry by Danny Ben-David ’15) How’d that get on the roof?!

  

  . In MIT’s early decades, the fledgling Institute lacked both space and ... students of the Institute than that of closer contact with each other and ... passed down from the MIT Treasurer stating that the Institute simply could

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Early History of International Students at MIT studying the people MIT made, and the people who made MIT

  

  tenure at MIT with a vision to build a more diverse and inclusive Institute ... students who came to the Institute despite historical and geographical ... Degree (graduate) and Bachelor of Science in Course I. Civil Engineering B

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  -maaann-what-the-heck-am-I-doing.) MIT, as opposed to some universities both in the United States and ... major is more of a personal journey, and these blogs are supposed to apply ... elucidate the lives of MIT students, and this subject has definitely been on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  replication and protein synthesis! My postdoc and I discuss the state of our ... 'll be sad.) Since the stated purpose of the blogs is to introduce ... smack Adam and ask when he wants me to get him up (he can't get up by

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  representation, and that is EXTREMELY important to us. Steven Universe, in our ... We are confused about what we want to do with our lives and thus what ... Humanities and Engineering. It is a super cool joint major that allows you to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  's castle. And not just a tour through a stately gothic castle, but a long and ... degrees and your bare feet are sizzling on the pavement and you're sprinting ... emerging on the other side with friends and a degree. —fray getting a nice

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  degrees) is now a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and the Institute for Systems Research at the University of Maryland ... gender bias) and use our institutional power to actively resist using AI in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  admissions director McGreggor Crowley) and answered questions from ... trophies and science olympiad medals, none of which I have or have ever had ... application. "Tell us about something you do for fun." McGreggor and I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  about the nature of the universe and all that. I’m considering Econ ... major. And for these gracious inquirers, I have a lot of different answers ... -3.” “17 and something else?” *loud sigh* *spontaneous combustion* “Course

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  moment, of going to the Institute, and of caring for others. On a day ... about her depression experience at MIT, and I truly think that she ... me, and that you enjoy the read. ---------------------- It was a rare

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  and the holistic admissions process. And while I hope that these entries have contributed some insight into how and why we do the things we do ... to accompany and support the claims I had made. As one commenter put it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  .112 lecture in 10-250" or "I have three psets due every week this semester and ... words and abbreviations and numbers are part and parcel of our culture, with unambiguous and precise meanings. But to my friends and even, to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  name of your undergrad institution and more with how you make the most of ... doors with a significantly higher degree of ease. And part of that has to ... cultural match to an institution. And I think fit is even more important in

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later what happened after pi day 2011

  

  denied five years ago. He and I had emailed a bit when he was denied, but I ... really nice note, and maybe an encouraging one, so I asked him if I could blog it, and he said I could. I've reproduced it in its entirety and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Steady-state Equilibrium Featuring screaming as stress relief

  

  like to mentally split my workload into “steady-state” and “anomalous” categories. Steady-state work is recurring and regular: things like lectures ... in the steady-state category. Assignments are pushed and flushed from

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  an institution that appreciates you and understands why you're special ... -Conner Anonymous '15 - "You want to attend an institution that appreciates you and ... name on a diploma doesn't define you. Your life, experiences, and how you

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT grads, 10 years later What is the MIT Class of 2000 doing, 10 years after graduating?

  

  's, University of London MBBS) Medical doctor - physical medicine and ... -- my MIT class. It was fun to see so many of my classmates and hear about ... the members of our class (about 1000 people) and asked for "10-year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  your major when you have a diploma in hand. Tattoos and piercings are ... , I have often referred to The Blogfather's advice, and some of his words, such as Things #1, #35, and #50, have gotten me through hard times

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  : That was East Campus, video by and courtesy of Eric Lujan ‘19, screaming ... EC Gothic, authored by East Campus, the residents and the mailing list ... decipher these, and to distinguish the truth from the fiction. Maybe you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  discovering the oldest stars in the universe, and is a funny and endearing ... different type of work this semester--the work of being present and focused, of using my body and my voice, of taking care of myself--things i am

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018