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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  of 2017-- to experience the thrill of working in the Super Sport Car ... new collaborations will lead to new technologies in the fields of the ... , sophomore year at MIT, my phone started talking to me in the middle of a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  the information age.) What will people be able to major in in 2105? ... here and over at College Confidential. Haven't had much time to hang out on the web, as we've been in selection committee since last wednesday

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Mailings & Comms

  Be a Blogger 2023!

  

  today in class, and so forth. The mission of the blogs is to help our ... to help advise creative projects in the office and serve as a ... It is summer in Cambridge, which means that: every morning I wake

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Digging through old bookmarks time for some blasts from the past

  

  window into the kinds of things I was interested in three to five years ago ... references to this come up again and again in wildly different places, and I ... say no to things too. Why selection bias is the most powerful force in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  typically don't have to advertise our programs in science, engineering ... conclusion: SHASS is awesome and you should come to MIT and study (in) it! ... Are you interested in any of: making governments work better

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  is so difficult to answer is because of the problems I discussed in the ... -the-cuff judgments deserve to be taken seriously.   In other words, if you have a ... . In fact, I laughed a little at Kahneman's reference to "true legends of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  first day. They both flew in early this morning, and we spent the whole day walking around the area in the glorious warmth and sunlight that ... , homemade gelato in Beacon Hill, truffles on Newbury, Trader Joe's chips in my

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what i drew this summer i took an art class

  

  much else to learn. But in the last year or so, the old dream of doing a ... a scholarship.) I missed drawing. I used to draw a lot as a kid; I got in trouble a few times for doodling on my desk. But during my time

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where have I been for so long?

  

  SpazBot, in pegboard form. I think Spazbot is trying to read green ... out the most recent ball to go in. This is a prototype of the ball ... Sorry I haven't posted in such a long time. You see, I've been very

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Splash 2018 Learn about anything and everything!

  

  wanted to teach about Love is that it was my primary game framework in both ... pumpkins to gain health and stop moving. Here is a video of it in action ... teaching high schoolers about any topic they want. To give you a sense of the

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 4, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  City Strangers a comic

  

  , but I'll try to find my peace in this sprawling city, in you.  You ... from the fire escape. We listen to a drag queen read children’s books in ... text in the art for accessibility (and because my handwriting is very

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  discussion without needing to resort to a formal "vote." In the very rare ... and the difficult decisions we make in selection. This year, we received ... we take those summaries and work from them. We do selection in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  How does one write a first post? This probably isn't the way...

  

  was tasked with writing an introductory blog. He spent months trying to come up with the perfect thing to write. Something that would garner ... —drafts that never made it past the first sentence and exist in a folder on his

  • by kellen manning
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Events

  DEALicious in which i counsel an FPOP and come out with free candy. also how to…

  

  stood in line for three hours to taste the fabled Ramen Burger. Best 8 ... all ages and disciplines -- they just expect you to come in with a ... resources are open to freshmen, whether you're vaguely interested in business

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  come to a section about a student coming in for a mock college interview ... have given me a good opportunity to catch up on some work-related reading ... School of Dreams (a case study of Whitney High School in Los Angeles

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Hacks

  A quick plug

  

  Dome) Hacks and meta-hacks (an MIT map gets modified to include the ... . But now, I look, and I notice that while they aren't completely up to date, they've made a lot of updates to the timeline, and to the writeups

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  . Learning to drive stick-shift in a car that once belonged to my favorite ... much yet. My teacher is Rob, a photographer I met in a coffee shop. Yesterday, as we made circles in an empty school parking lot, the sky stormed

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Hug Your History Teacher Because it's 9/11

  

  enough to remember. I'm old enough to remember sprinting home in fear ... So, I manage the blogs. Interestingly, the best way to manage the blogs I found, is to do it by NOT managing the bloggers. Might take a

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  TGIF! After a long week comes...a FEAST!

  

  out to dinner on Friday night as a reward for working hard all week. This week, we went to Buk Kyung II, a Korean restaurant in Allston. So yummy. ! P.S-- Sorry for the video quality, I've been trying to fiddle

  • by Celena C. '12
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My schedule .

  

  lol, it's good to be a senior. 3:30am MANDATORY EDIT: In all ... thing you learn at MIT is how to manage a heavy courseload. The last thing you learn at MIT is how to manage without. I believe this. If you're a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 16, 2009