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Blog / Internships & Externships
i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early
said. A day later, I received an offer from the company. It was a little ... wanted to get paid, then offer me less than that—I accepted the offer -
Blog / Academics & Research
Blended Learning at MIT benefits of technology in MIT classrooms
in an Institute-wide effort to translate traditional course offerings ... by offering more course options online. For example, 8.S05 (Special Offering of Quantum Mechanics II), usually a fall course, can now also be -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…
. Even more fortunately, MIT offers a wide variety of courses ... also offer classes on genre fiction and science fiction, taught by an MIT ... . Since we offered constructive criticism in a round-table format, every -
Blog / Academics & Research
Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.
's selection is pretty limited, but the classes are still great. (We only offer ... Italian is offered, and only over IAP.) The very first humanities course I ... whole selection of other materials in each of the languages offerred, can -
Blog / About Decisions
Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...
CollegeConfidential I don't know a single person who has gone to College ... experience CollegeConfidential is more a source of stress and nervousness and ... days leading up to Pi Day. Frantically checking CollegeConfidential is -
Blog / About Decisions
Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.
started applying to college. I went into the whole process knowing that I wanted to go to college, and I had a few ideas of where I wanted to apply ... college applications and thought to myself that I wasn't going to get in -
Blog / Admissions
Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.
(adcoms from colleges and universities, GC's from high schools, independent ... year) and attend classes and networking sessions. There's a "college fair for guidance counselors" where all the colleges/universities set up -
Blog / Study Abroad
The Cambridge-MIT Exchange
college crew. Seeing another academic system, one where much more emphasis ... at other colleges. The reason? The exchange program is really excellent ... students. The MIT program put me in a college just like any other Cambridge -
Blog / Admissions
The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."
disturbing article today. Reality-television-culture meets college admissions ... that "colleges are looking for." Absurd. And supposedly the girl is a ... terms of competitive college admissions and how we (meaning all colleges -
Blog / Events
Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works
molecules do a perfect job: they rotate the light wave 90 degrees, so that all ... light is rotated a bit, but not the full 90 degrees required for all of it ... light the full 90 degrees.) G: 50% (all of the green subpixels are letting -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
setting things on fire and playing with flames
://youtu.be/zIubvTVsBQo?si=6lNNuGQT7zmHyAzQ Being a part of the fire spinning community has been ... homes, in collaboration with local communities and policymakers -
Blog / Community Projects
Crafts for Ukraine~ Among other fundraising projects
had dramatic results, on families, communities, finances, and more. I -
Blog / MIT Life
making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft
MIT community. Last year, for example, it was a 3rd.3rd meter tall ... community's very MIT-esque way of throwing a lit party while in quarantine. It -
Blog / How to Human
Spirited Away Guest Post By Freshly Alum'ed Wasay A. '19
’s a community. It’s my friends and classmates and professors and all the ... foundation is left behind, for the next generation of the MIT community to make -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Murals of Senior Haus "find where you thrive"
recommend you read more about it. This community is an important part of what ... this community did not suddenly die with the closure of its home base. I -
Blog / Challenges
what are we to do? we are not helpless in the face of injustice.
talked at the table. we talked about how to build community and care for ... community which prides itself on problem-solving--she invoked her hope in our -
Blog / Admissions
Discuss Disqus launching our new commenting system
example is Slashdot, which has a robust commenting community. It allows ... alumni. And, critically, they contain many of the community conversation -
Blog / How to Human
Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.
community can get a free flu shot by appointment with MIT Medical. There will ... children and families of the MIT community. If you are not at MIT you can get -
Blog / Admissions
The Interview…Part IV This should tie up the loose ends...for now.
you would be a good addition to the MIT community. ECs know MIT, went to ... would fit into the lifestyle, culture and community here at MIT. Sometimes