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• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  I live in Massachusetts. I am a freshman. I am in college. I go to ... ’t believe it! MIT is like this entirely new planet in which I am yet to ... . Like, actually, the rectangular building used to be a warehouse for some

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  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 ... is to bring together global experts in areas ranging from cryptography

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  felt that I had stories to tell and no means with which to tell them ... forcing myself to learn to write longform. Poetry taught me how to capture ... storytelling ability I felt I lacked. As I began writing plays, I struggled to

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

  YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!

  

  semester. 2.008 is a Design for Manufacturing class offered to Mechanical ... thinking and processes that can be used to mass manufacture products. As an ... needs to be capable of being made somehow. 2.008 teaches us how to make it

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  "Nat, to hack you need to understand systems better than the sys ... ago I landed in Austin, Texas to start an internship at Lumension (they ... Afee). The job description was to do some penetration testing with some typical

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  As I mentioned in my earlier post, I wanted to follow up with more ... downtime on December 31st, it seems that most students were able to ... flexible with the deadline, and as such, we've extended the deadline to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2012! how is blog formed

  

  this summer, there's lots of Pats chat to catch up on. As for the ... them, please feel free to send an application. Our bloggers are expected to: Update their blogs at least once every week or two

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  week, he gently reminded me, "You chose to live here in Massachusetts". To which I thought, "You're darn right, pal!" But of course, now that I live in Cambridge, MA, how do I come to terms with the fact that I will

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun Times @ MIT (Pt. 1) Life's gotta be fun.

  

  perfect 100% of the time. (3) It's easy to feel sad and miserable about ... 's possible to be inundated with work yet happy at the same time. (5) It's my choice to pick (4) over (3). And that's why this semester's going to be

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... using the same username and password that you use to log into your My ... to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  : pretty to look at and nice to listen to (the tagline says it all), 5 out of 5 stars! The whole shebang: I had originally intended to write this ... from the door. So many people were waiting to gain entrance to the museum

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  this, “I consider myself to belong to the following ethnic group(s) (check all that apply)”. At least for myself, this is an easy question to ... mark it and move on to the next part of the application. For some though

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello world. All your blog are belong to me.

  

  , perhaps it is simpler to introduce myself as part of the team of people that have joined together like a Megazord to become the new Ben. I don't recall much about the process, but I seem to remember it as going something

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  , though. Long in advance, my father had planned to come up to MIT that same weekend for the Alumni Leadership Conference, but the storm seemed to have ... line for hours for milk, to enjoy a weekend in the beautiful New England

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  mile from my fraternity house (according to GoogleMaps), I got here by a ... around downtown Boston to do a little shopping (which had the added benefit ... down Boylston towards Skullhouse. All was going well - I was nearly to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  Alley," but to make matters confusing all of the dorm addresses are on "Memorial Dr." Adding to it is that everybody just calls it dorm row. View Larger Map Anywho, if one were to visit dorm row today they'd see minivans

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Prefrosh: My ‘Year On’ ...and why you should listen to Matt McGann. [by Vicky Thomas '12]

  "On taking a 'Gap Year'", I remembered that I've been meaning to write ... follow-up stalking (I like to think of this as "scanning for comments by my fellow '12s in an effort to get to know them better") Matt's entry to see

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Forget that Or, "Why I won't be posting next week"

  

  of my kitchen stuff (bowls and spoons and so on), she promised to save me a piece. Now, whenever you print something to one of the campus printers (unless you take the action to turn it off), the printer

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  A Hack and Advice Two entries smashed into one.

  

  when I walked out of my dorm to head to Physics I noticed something ... to MIT I spent working full time and trying to get ready for life on ... would be there, and what I needed to take to my dorm. I was discussing

  • by Snively '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  's something to be said for watching people do really random, stupid, amusing things. For me, there is nothing to be said for locking yourself in a room for countless hours solving really hard puzzles on little to no sleep

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008