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• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  in case you didn’t know, it’s currently independent activities period (IAP) at MIT — between the fall and spring semesters, students get a little one-month term to do pretty much…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  making dumplings jiaozi / guotie / gyoza /

  

  DOUGH: clean your counter and wash your dishes wash your hands too pour a few cups of flour into big bowl add one cup hot water knead add another cup…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 19, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  I’ve only been here for a few weeks, but ‘here’ already feels like home. There are things I miss about real home too. Like my high school friends, or my…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  what are we to do? we are not helpless in the face of injustice.

  

  email from the president, three days ago: i decided to go. i picked up a brown paper bag with a grilled chicken sandwich, and sat down at my randomly-assigned table…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  ISEF! #winning pic.twitter.com/gK4jS2D8iY — Society for Science (@Society4Science ...  Long Island Science and Engineering Fair Agni K '20, "Break Divisors as ... Engineering Fair Shreyas K. '20, "Cellphone Based Optometry Using Hybrid

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s happening with the Digital Currency Initiative developing blockchain technologies here at MIT

  

  I've blogged before about how, a few years ago, Jeremy Rubin '16 managed to raise $500k in funding and a ton of faculty sponsors to distribute $100 in Bitcoin to every MIT undergraduate as his final project for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  , and other forms in January. INSPIRE judging round. Photo credit: K

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  Life is back on the MIT track… I ended my most recent blog post with that. Here’s what it means. Last week was Career Fair. The day when suits replace…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  participants, including ~15k in the United States last year. Bebras USA is led

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Central Ohio Summer Send-Off Event celebrating the Infinite Connection

  

  The first MIT sign appears on the corner of the gracefully named Emerald Parkway 20 walking minutes from the destination. Whoever made the track this far through the August sun…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  moving out i'm leaving for a bit

  

  On Friday, May 22, I put on some waking-up music and started packing down my room. My finals were done, and move-out day was tomorrow. I only lived in East…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  my K-12 school system, and nobody in my family or social network

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aeroastro privilege all-expenses-paid tour to seattle and los angeles

  

  Being a major in Course 16 (Aeronautics and Astronautics, or AeroAstro for short) has its benefits. For instance, we all got priority tickets to the AeroAstro Centennial (which closed with…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  Though I’ve thought of myself as a writer for most of my life, I always struggled with fiction writing and long-form storytelling. Writing a news article for the school paper…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  simplified overview-- being aimed at the K-12 level-- so I wanted to include

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  K and were looking for other options. I couldn't readily think of

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Deadline where I attempt to reason through an approaching all-nighter

  

  I have discarded jeans for yoga pants. My laundry load does not fit in the large washer. Chocolate and peanuts and granola make me groan, for too often they have…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  . '17, Evan D. '17, Nick M. '17, Nadia M. '17, Alex D. '17, Sean K. '14

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Uba Quubick Hubellubo Ubit's bubeen uba whubile, hubasubn't ubit?

  

  spubend uba lubot ubof tubime ubonlubine, uband hubave rubacked ubup 21k

  • by Snively '11
  • January 19, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  An Experiment in Independence: PART TWO.

  

  Happy Friday! It’s now about halfway through IAP, Independent Activities Period, Period of Independence and Activity-Doing! I’ve lived here in Maryland for about two weeks now, all by myself, working…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2014