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• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary 2.0 an image a day keeps the psets (and workday) away

  

  about this   7/28/23EAST CAMPUS LIVES! And in this universe, is ... ways a video, and you don't get to see still images all too often. Unless ... mundane, interesting, and surprising parts of everyday life. So I set off to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  *Independent* Activities Period Part 2 our second IAP apart!

  

  We spent our IAPs in two different states, for the second time. We ... alumni work at! There is a huge list of companies to choose from, and since ... oftentimes very competitive summer internship cycles. And if you end up not

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  this post had nothing to do with Portal, but that's sort of like stating ... more beautiful and mind-bending. Even without considering the weird ... an indie game developer. It's short, and totally worth playing even

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  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

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  perfectionist, not until the past several years. Perfectionism and high ... tendencies, and that shiny bar you've set for yourself becomes the standard for ... though, and it guilt trips you into believing that you settled for

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  degree afternoons. 6. I love the 18 year old drinking age. And the fact ... would always give me free muffins just because I'm Taiwanese and I try to ... love how lunch is at 2, and dinner is at 9. 4. I love how the stores are

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  I landed in Boston on a cloudy day about a week ago, and...it sure ... —shoutout to Selena and Sarah—mostly so I can spend some time away from my parents and get to know other people within a pandemic pod. It’s really

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  intended to write a week ago, between now and the party tonight! I don ... of Peeto '01 and his lovely fiancee Meaghan. He's one of our zanier alums, and that's from a hall that has a lot of them. I hear, in the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005
• 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 / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  huge, angry sun. Boston sunsets are always brilliantly red and beautiful ... the jog estimating that in miles-per-hour and minutes-per-mile. Hours later, my floor headed down to the Asgard Irish Pub and Restaurant for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2012 Profile Posted 49 states... what's missing? And what are the most popular names?

  

  & PR 16% Midwest & Plains States 10% South/Southwest 11% West Coast 21% Abroad 11% States represented 49 Countries represented 63 ... , MA The one US state not represented: Wyoming

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Introduction To ARTalk An introduction to the ARTalk guest author blog by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director…

  

  [by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director of Arts Initiatives, and Ken Haggerty '11] MIT is at the center of one of the most original and ... groups here, allowing students to explore their talents and experiment with

  • by ARTalk
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  The Office of Admissions is currently closed for the holidays, and is not accepting emails or answering phone calls (and I am on vacation ... . And below, I've provided answers to some additional FAQs: The deadline

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  students who did their undergraduate work at MIT (and has a different ... cheerleaders. Yes, our little world is very counterintuitive and topsy-turvy. You should get used to that.) And a question via email: Yasemin asked (via

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  .    Today I am going to offer my advice on how to approach the ... should check your MyMIT account to see who your interviewer is and give him ... , they should limit themselves to nagging you to do it, and not do it for

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  In addition to being Libraries Week and MISTI (MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives) Week, this week is worthy enough to be ... 's Walls: Tools, Services and Solutions (You may remember the affair someone

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ming-fai Fong- Designing an intelligent walking “toddler” robot After learning to sit, bend their knees, squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the…

  

  Parents always eagerly anticipate their child's first steps and ... , squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the coordination and strength ... interest in robotics and artificial intelligence. She found out about this

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  's a creative energy that drives and develops the "universe" of a media ... creativity" in the context of Japanese anime production and propagation through ... means long meetings with production staff to determine the feel and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014