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  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  've always had students send in information about cool projects that they were working on in their spare time. Maybe it was a really amazing new computer ... by training (MIT-educated in Course 2) so I wanted to know all the

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge, CPW, and YOU! A welcome from a couple of MIT Quest Scholars to our newly admitted Quest Scholars

  

  Hello! In just a couple of days, MIT will be hosting the Campus ... Bridge Reception to be held on April 12, 2013 from 6:30pm-8:00pm in W20-301. Current ... meeting you! In fact, they are so excited to meet you that we would like to

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • April 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  In just the past few hours, I've realized a few things, mostly about ... doing well enough" sentiments kick in. However... ...I learned about a different way to look at it. One of my friends in Denmark and I had a chat

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  following: These are the contents of a care package I got in the mail this ... 'll slip in a shout-out to good old Mac High--but here, things move fast. Too fast, sometimes, especially in calculus, but I'd rather be a little

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  participating in art, dance, or theatre for just as long. I mean, you ... really, you’d expect that by now you already know, right? In some ... Orchestra or Concert Band or other music groups. It’s a way to keep in

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  From Markets to Math Class

  

  : Mary Chin earned her BS in civil engineering and a MEng in environmental ... feel that she was contributing to society in ways that she had imagined. “It took about three minutes of standing in front of an 8th grade

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 12, 2012
• Blog / Events

  TELETHONNNNN brought to you by Domino's

  

  person I called, but I understand if we caught you off guard or in the ... , extracurriculars, athletics, campus life and everything in between. In case you ... Chorallaries, in the middle of practice in Lobby 10 for their upcoming

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Crew Florida Takeover My last trip to play with the dolphins

  

  So usually in the beginning of January, Boston is under a solid layer ... Frisbee thrown in. But basically, a little different than the two-a-day, six hours of practice with a 5 mile run thrown in, and an hour and a half of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Everyday I’m Trufflin’ But not really since it takes 4 hours

  

  think it's in between a party and a pain. Maybe something like a picnic ... wants to have in Boston that day. Who knew it snowed in Boston?? (Just ... find some neat thing happening that you join in on. Essentially... IAP is

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  in Moscow on March 12, 1992, into a demographic hole created by World ... ’s financial shakiness was magnified in my family by my parents’ youth and ... and eating half the wallpaper in my room as a four-month-old. At five

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  random proctor and explained the situation; he suggested that I was in the wrong building, which irked me (in the wrong building for my first final ... DEFINITELY in this building, and we DEFINITELY do not have exams." Ten seconds

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  In fifth grade, everyone at my school had to pick an instrument to play in either band or orchestra. We had "tryouts": we took a shot at playing every instrument in turn, and the teachers would rate us from 1 to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  than I learned in one year of being a student… and I’m not even working ... country and the world. They all come to MIT, stay in Simmons hall, and get paired with a mentor in the Boston area to do an original scientific

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet TOFU Warning: post may contain dangerously high amounts of "daaaaaaaawwwwww"

  

  in reading and committee for the last few weeks. Today may be a Sunday, but it is no different. But before I once again immerse myself in the ... over at the MIT Media Lab in the Personal Robots research group. I often

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  released in two day's time, at 9 PM on Thursday. But because neither of us ... cubes in a 3D world...The game is divided into two main modes, Alpha and ... from creepers and during the night I hide away in my bunker and dig dig

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  Concerto Competition. In her most recent recital on campus, she performed the ... your computer in its entirety.) So I actually did this "interview" back ... times when I felt pressure from my parents to practice piano. In the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions available online MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.

  ://decisions.mit.edu. decisions.mit.eduYou can log in using the same username and password that you ... in to decisions.mit.edu. Admissions decisions will be available ... financial aid package and Campus Preview Weekend in the mail next week. The

  • by Admin
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Blogs ...for the price of one! (a.k.a. robots)

  

  , but I've been quiet and left you in suspense. This means that you all ... questions and interrogations to start pouring in any day now. Just kidding ... in the same robotics class as Snively, this IAP. The class is called

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 13, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  mentioned in her entry, IAP 2010 is about to begin! People are doing all sorts of cool things: one of my floormates is studying abroad in Madrid, another is implementing a project in the Philippines, and yet another is in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  EA Decisions Some facts and figures to put it into perspective

  

  In a year of record early action applications, 590 students have been ... depth of the applicant pool – both in what students are doing inside ... backgrounds were attractive to families in these economic times.” Schmill

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009