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  Maker Faire 2012 the Dean is going - are you?

  

  Maker Faire 2012 is this weekend. If you read these blogs, you probably already know what Maker Faire is, but if you don't it's basically a ... the Internet) went to Maker Faire out in CA last year and wrote a blog

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opera No, not the browser

  

  One of my housemates here in Boston is a grad student at the MIT Media Lab, which is great for me because it gives me an excuse to go visit ... -controlled set in a "disembodied performance" that integrates with and enhances the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  before dead week is pretty stressful, as every class tries to cram in that ... opportunity to put some of your thoughts in a textbook. I've had the distinct ... was on the now defunct MIT ChemECar team. ChemECar is a competition to

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  Andrea Orji, '21 There is a common phrase in Hindi: ठीके (“teek-hey”) meaning “all is well”. Many times in my discussions with people at work, at ... interest in leaving the hospital campus except for food. About a week into

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  of FIRST is, in the words of Wikipedia, to "promote a philosophy of ... connected in a moment. But first, let me explain...FIRST. FIRST (which stands ... , broadly speaking, is to inspire students towards a lifelong devotion to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  89%) in O levels and 4 As in A/S level is how much likely to get ... send in an excerpt, maybe a page that is representative. Anon wrote ... (about 10 pages) last summer. Is it a good idea for me to mail it in as a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  definition. For purposes of MIT Admissions, an international student is a ... geography. That is to say, many international students live in the US, and ... need to give a student during the admissions process. What we do is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

  

  in the recipient, cut the donor until all that's left is a square piece ... is a bit better -- just dealing with a lot of long waiting times ... being in the area for four whole years??? but i'm excited to have a reason

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 8, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Have Your Cake & Drop Date Too The Baker House Piano Drop, and the Spring Weekend Concert.

  

  MIT students can "drop" a class. MIT is fairly flexible about things, as ... , "The piano drop was first enacted in 1972. It was conceived by a Baker ... the past. In honor of him a new unit of volume was created: the 'Bruno

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior

  

  the value in this. “I am a firm believer in the quote, ‘as the twig is ... lot to sort out, and this project is a work in progress--he wants to ... Emmanuel A. ‘18 is a member of my own class year (as is Pelkins A ‘18

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 8, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  between properties, and a giant tear in a friend's jeans as she tried to ... . Doable in a week, even. Little did I know that it would take over a month ... found a 2080-ft 5-bed, 2-bath located in Central that was just barely

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  about the school that I’ll be attending in just a few short months. My ... with a few friends, including one I haven’t seen in almost two years ... his room and attended 6.006–Intro to Algorithms, a course located in the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  reproducing structural bias in data and AI, which is a huge risk for those of us ... , Catherine D'Ignazio, is even a professor at MIT! Oh god I'm old.  Earlier ... applications that a lot of prospective MIT students are interested in how to use

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After MIT what i'm doing...etc.

  

  -graduation, which is a great thing :) ---- What I really meant to write in this blog ... classes. There is a quote that I really like from Alice in Wonderland (did ... ."   It is a bit tongue-in-cheek when I use it to describe MIT, but

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  hear a lot from non-MIT people and prospective students. In order to ... at MIT. The way it works is, there are a few dorms with dining halls. I ... one of these dorms, you're required to buy a dining hall meal plan, in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Into the Sunset [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] My fascination with color guard, and participation in a colonel's…

  

  to us later on, "Sure is a lot of brass in here isn't there?" When I ... leadership training is probably somewhere at the top of that list, but that's a ... around a rifle (even if it has been decommissioned) is just flat

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  The following is a guest entry by Patrick L. '17 Just before 9 pm ... progress. After a while, I couldn’t have a conversation with anyone in the ... willing to express their interest in a project that appeared so mundane

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  magazine. Insert magazine. Release the bolt. Grip as in a firm handshake ... in my head, as I type this. It's soothing to step through a routine ... usual routines with reckless abandon in a desperate attempt to hold too

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All The World’s A Stage On theatre and artsy stuff

  

  the show is so popular, though, you enter your name in a lottery from 5 ... the outburst They gave me a snazzy button, we got seats in row C ... ’m not directly involved in. Yay theatre!) I won’t write a comprehensive

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  it’s thanksgiving or something and other things happening in my life

  

  that is happening in the philippines too, even now. and yeah, sure, i ... Busy With Things But Not Really. which is kind of a bad place to be ... is tradition, here is a picture of my old room: and here is a picture

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 26, 2020