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• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Movies Emeritus out with the old, in with the older

  

  , which offers us a marvelous vintage tour of the Institute, was produced by ... Avenue marketing firm, and was taken "on the road" for the better part of a ... Band composed by Andrew Kazdin. Courtesy of the MIT Museum. MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Ethics, AI, and the College of Computing some student voices in a campus controversy

  

  outside Kresge that was the venue of the College of Computing celebrations ... Criminal,” appeared on the windows of my usual second-floor study spot at the ... announced the founding of the new Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  all of this will be going up on the blogs quite soon, but first, a brief taste of what to expect from me over the coming weeks: Famous ... stories told by some of the participating fraternities, sororities, and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  ...Referring to the application fee:“Full name of the applicant must be on the money ... . _________________________________ Q: I have a question about one of the short answer questions. There is ... about that or question the sincerity of the career choice(s) that I may

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  blogs that are marinating IS THIS POPULISM?

  

  that end, I want to make use of the handy "blog reaccs only (beta)" feature at the bottom of the page to gather some audience input about which ... retrospective of all the times I've failed since getting to MIT. This one would be

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blast From The Past: Garage Hero! Turn your Guitar Hero controller into a MIDI Garageband device.

  

  earth, or at the very least when Facebook didn't yet offer photos or ... me thinking. So I spent the better part of a month trying to figure ... a Guitar Hero guitar (that's the point of Guitar Hero), and if anyone

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Movin’ On Goodbye '09//Hellooo IAP

  

  of the most popular offerings that fill up very quickly include the ... there’s a bunch of IAP offerings on programming. The options include ... Period), it’s basically the whole month of January during which …MIT

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  pretty much one of the most popular guys on campus. (Not that we don't love Matt and Nance and all the other admissions officers, of course.) Not ... trays of cupcakes at their dorm, Senior Haus. I was invited to the baking

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken Burrito for the Lab Rat’s Soul Because a personalized blog entry is just like five dollars.

  

  Market in three weeks and the shelves of my formerly bomb ... that the lady in front of me in line was paying in cash, I decided to ... ... let's do it the harder way." Still, it wasn't a day to remember. I didn

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  break, I took large bites out of the Big Apple on my two visits to New ... unassuming, only the giant blue solar panels on the roof give any indication of ... garden insulates the building and offers a quiet haven for residents

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  Today, the Class of 2020 graduates — virtually — from MIT. On a ... ongoing pandemic, the death of George Floyd, at the knee of a Minneapolis ... people, including members of the dispersed MIT community, are struggling

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  visit a variety of colleges from one base. Most of the major universities ... offers something interesting for the entire family. (I know my parents ... or two of these sessions each week). The information session provides

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  . I hope the rest of you will similarly find this useful. "MIT is just ... , do you think you will be able to complete the core sequence of 2 ... next 4 years? If the answers to all of the above is "yes!" then you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  UROP, offers an exceptional opportunity to apply concepts taught in the classroom to an exciting real-world project. The purpose of the competition is to assume the position of a manufacturing firm that has just been

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not your stereotypical sorority girl Tonight is the first night of sorority recruitment!

  

  Ever seen the first few minutes of Legally Blonde? MTV's reality TV ... community and beyond. All the sororities are part of MIT Panhel, which is our ... out the waters of sorority life? Come tonight to the first round of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  after running to Building 35 for a quiz. I've since spent the balance of ... microcontroller labs due over the past couple of days. One of them just stopped to ... 's 22 today) while the other helped an army of hallmates soak him with

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  music and a breeze of spring from the courtyard. i’m talking to a classmate about the class of 2019, and we agree that college acceptances have ... reflections): "6. I have a list of all the applicants whose stories really

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  accurate). A description of the current interview process is posted here.    Today I am going to offer my advice on how to approach the ... little research on the web, and think of some questions to ask. Remember

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ming-fai Fong- Designing an intelligent walking “toddler” robot After learning to sit, bend their knees, squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the…

  

  cherish the memory for the rest of their lives. Senior Ming-fai Fong, a ... work in the Seung Lab at MIT to develop the mechanical design of an ... offered the position. Her mentor, Russell Tedrake, was an MIT Computer

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  the thought of running five miles one morning. I would hope my roommates ... wrists wear out before the rest of my body does, and instead of waking to ... friends I assume everyone thinks I'm weak. I forget why the thought of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021