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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  now, getting on to dusk, and I am thinking of heading home soon ... the kids trudged past to their classes, and I wondered how I would have turned out if I’d gone to Harvard. (I think I’m glad I didn’t, I think I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  only one. We’re here. Email, and I can blog about it. I may not get to it ... Breathe… If you have submitted your application, go to 1. If you are planning to submit your application, go to 2. If you’re writing your college

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  or brush it aside, it’s easy to get bogged down in the details from ... nine long months to birth with a lot of snarling and kicking around. On ... , sigh, and shut the fridge. Two minutes later, I return to the fridge

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Look At Stagecraft [by Susan Shepherd '11] And axes!

  

  there are a fair number of ways to get that experience. Twice a year, MIT ... Thursday evening. Longtime Ensemble fans are used to brilliant performances ... get into trouble when they encounter the Fairy Folk. Next, there are the

  • by ARTalk
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Gluten-free at MIT Oh hey, that rhymes!

  

  food allergies that this entry didn't answer. I'll get to them. Really. I ... as junk. Try to leave comments NOW.), so I haven't been around. But I'm here now, so it's okay! Or something like that. Moving on to the point

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 2, 2008
• 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…

  

  [by Danbee Kim '09] My mother, like any other parent, likes to keep tabs on what I'm learning at this fancy college I go to, which is why she ... year knowing three new ways to juggle and talking about how I was being

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  , to say the least. I've also been out of town quite a bit thanks to the ... . But that's another story for another blog entry. What am I going to ... I and II," shortened to "J-lab" (an abbreviation of Junior Lab, as it

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Past, present, and future

  

  , they get to relive their triumph to an interested audience, in the latter case, they get to vent their bitterness. I care about the past because I ... TFUEC has been working for two and a half years to redesign MIT's GIRs

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  "there's so much going on that you're bound to find something that will get ... and the liver to promote the metabolism of fatty acids and glucose, as ... stores glucose in cells). Since adiponectin is used to metabolize, or break

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  's the only way to keep from getting sad about some folks I really want ... Sorry to have been ignoring my poor blog, folks! Here's my excuse... Thursday 12/1: The day I'd set aside to catch up on email, blogging, work

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Class Projects

  What I made in my documentary class three videos and many, many lessons

  

  weeks go by and I try to get ready to start working on this assignment. I ... asked Sienna to get dinner with me and talk about what the central issue ... , taught by Professor Vivek Bald. Learning to make videos was a goal of mine

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  at MIT, so it was a nice way to get the gang back together after CPW ... mistakenly think they have to do (or do well at) ISEF to get admitted to MIT ... students will often proceed to ISEF-affiliated regional fairs, and then state

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  't get into Harvard supposed to get into Minerva? Even the most cynical ... prestigious private school I was in love with. I didn't get in. I went to a ... remains relevant to continuing ed-tech utopianism. However, if you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Hall Rush: 1E So many packing peanuts

  

  brings me to hall rush! Each hall in East Campus has a different culture ... then rank where they want to live. Each hall puts together events to convince the freshmen that their hall is a good place to live in. We bought

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • September 14, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MFA Boston A trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts

  

  Last weekend, I went to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). All MIT students get in free with their MIT ID Card, which is always exciting ... objects from Koch's many collections -- from ancient Roman to contemporary

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  While at MIT CPW, I had the wonderful opportunity to sample all sorts of ... also simply awesome beyond all reason (koodos to Cross Products, muy ... attempt to personify a big, philosophical theme into a “smell”

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  simfinite hopscotch! hippity hoppity blue tape grandiosity

  

  , resolved to get to square 256, which would be about 2.5 total hours of work ... , face possible criticism, to realize your full potential. In my case, I sent my very first email to dormspam, a mailing list that reaches most of

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Engineering Digital Communities reflecting on the start of the zoomester and the months prior

  

  like 1+1 is starting to seem like a challenge. Day 1 of September rang ... bit, as we all get ready for the day. … After my first class, I meet up ... ’s fall but the weather is still nice. We go to a nice part of campus and

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  GTLs is a great way to explore teaching – you get to try teaching very ... ’m Elizabeth ‘14, one of Anna’s many friends). I’m here to talk about teaching at ... things to love about the MIT student community, and one of them is that we

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  , after getting to a stopping point on a project at noon, I decided what I ... and listening to one of my favorite programs on public radio and the ... Self. I was engrossed listening to Ms. Turkle as she described the need

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011