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  Science Out Loud! On teaching/making/producing educational videos and why it's so much fun

  

  of bloggers in one room?! Crazypants.) Over the course of three ... Sloan fellows to Singapore University of Technology and Design undergrads ... better video content being produced – and created a final video project in

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  an AP test in my life. My GPA wasn’t perfect (still isn’t). I was ... was a competition, in which the applicants strove to cast themselves in ... did nothing but study and mire in awkwardness. And I learned that a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
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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?!

  

  were in general much more hardk0re. East Campus in its original manifestation in 1924. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology goes to great ... of multifaceted culture as well. In a given campus tour, time is split

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 28, 2014
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  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  crawled closer and closer. I had been sitting in my little call station ... ’m not interested in giving to MIT,” he told me. “I’m sorry to hear that ... ,” he said. I may have actually leaned back in my chair. “What do you

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
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  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  [annotation note="unlike other universities, most of mit's classes are 12 units ... -year student to take five 12-unit classes in the spring; however, there is also an explicit reminder in the motion that “[60 units] is an upper limit

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  most people."]'here comes a thought' from steven universe ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHg50mdODFM of course, steven universe is a cartoon show and the lyrics ... in the song that evoke the same emotions. something you did that failed

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  offered in it). And our Engineering field is Course 6, or Computer Science ... representation, and that is EXTREMELY important to us. Steven Universe, in our ... we should be majoring in. Currently, we are majoring in Course 21E, or

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
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  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  't stay in MIT forever. Talk to all your friends about how you can't stay in ... internships. Get an offer for an internship. Get another offer for an ... . Tell social media about it. Put the offer deadlines on your calendar

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  Each undergrad in MIT majors in one of [annotation note="The numbers ... arcana in the Rider–Waite Tarot. Further, the arcana begins with 0: The Fool, which is not a part of the major arcana, in the same way that an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
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  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  Comic book history Cultural legitimacy In practice Experience logistics In the flesh Holding candles Creative goods Feedback loops ... permanence For transience The gift of puzzles Sandbagging Free as in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
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  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  What if you lived in a world that was entirely grayscale? Without any ... . Printers would only print in black and white. Face paint and makeup would simply be made in only dark, or light. There would only be black and white

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
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  ten reflections on mit

  

  ground this Valentine’s Day (though of course, love is in the air). These ... time to sit back and reflect and then put it all into words in a way that ... blogging isn’t my “job” anymore), even harder. Many things in my life are

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
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  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  story. Unless it’s a matter of health and safety – in that case, use your best judgment. It’s okay to say no to things too. Leave space in your ... classmates is a good place to start. Staying in your comfort zone is easy, but

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
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  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  the ideal MIT lives. There’s already a flaw in this reasoning, but we ... how you compare to anyone else directly. I remember in high school ... list in my head of everyone who had done better than me to see how I

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
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  50 Reflections

  

  celebration. The invitation is a complete honor. It's great to be back in my old ... offer you 50 Reflections. Here goes... The years I spent at MIT were ... . I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world. MIT alums often

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
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  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  beautiful summer day in Boston[/caption] I stayed in Boston last summer. For MIT students who stay in the Boston area over the summer, there are three main housing options (listed below in order of increasing personal

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
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  MIT grads, 10 years later What is the MIT Class of 2000 doing, 10 years after graduating?

  

  will be helpful. In anticipation of our 10-year reunion, I emailed all ... responded; I have listed all responses below in the order that the emails show up in my inbox. I think it is very interesting! Check it out...  

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2010
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  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  every single cookie jar of majors that MIT has to offer in one way or ... think that in some alternate universe, where this program is in person, I ... Back in October of 2019, just about a month into my fall semester, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  After I graduate in June, I’m planning to attend grad school and [annotation note="i mean...hopefully lol"]eventually emerge with a PhD in aerospace engineering sometime in the mid-2020s.[/annotation] I’m genuinely

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
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  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  fifty people I spent it with. Puzzlehunts, after all, are done in teams for a reason, and each team carries its own traditions, culture, and in ... submitting ridiculous dance videos? Well, one of the puzzles in this hunt was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022