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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  students pre-registered for the course, representing 9 different majors and ... with Ethan Zuckerman, the Director of the Center for Civic Media, cofounder of Global Voices and MediaCloud, and board member for Ushahidi and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caps Lock Pancakes DINNERISH.

  

  For the past four and a half years I’ve lived on an all-women’s floor called BMF (badass mother—s) in Random Hall. Most of our social and home-academic life happens round the clock in the kitchen, over food and homework and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  High School Summer Research Programs And the science competitions that could potentially follow

  

  A cat ran on my keyboard So here is a link to MIT’s list of summer programs at MIT and elsewhere, check it out! It really summarizes things well. Acronyms…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  sometimes say that I judge people for a living. While I had no formal background or training in judging people, I have been judging people for some time now, and it is the task for which I am paid; I am basically a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  gigantic balloon tower... design elements for a stunt show.... create specifications for fruit... or break things apart to learn. Despite the fact ... easier while juggling their child and groceries. For our technical review

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Staying Organized In which I look exhausted and talk about my notebooks

  

  Apologies for the video length/quality this week. MIT has me sufficiently hosed this weekend, following an already-stressful week. Such is life. Hopefully you're able to decipher my rambling in this video! If

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (My Third) First Day In which I attempt (and fail) to do a timelapse vlog

  

  First off: I apologize for the shakiness of this video. For some ... laptop from exploding overheating while it was processing videos for ... a more postive note, in a mad search for video stabilizing techniques

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life On writing, during and after MIT.

  

  for CityLab. Yet it feels as though I’ve lost (at least part of) my ... ’ve forgotten how to share thoughts and information...without latent concerns for ... famous for "thinking out loud" on his corner of the web.) In that moment, I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2014!

  

  3) TURN DOWN FOR BLOGS   Loading...

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)

  

  other way than navigating to or searching for MITAdmissions.org. Of course ... distinction between what bloggers post for us and their "personal accounts" on other platforms intended for other audiences. However, when we were

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  browser of choice >:] CPW just happened at MIT, which for all involved ... [email protected] if you would like more As for more Qs. How will ... requirement for this program, and I landed in Milan’s Linate airport on January

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  picture. For a person who grew up in very arid parts of the west coast, I ... stuck at home for 6 (yes, for real, thanks mister snow storm) extra days ... you. The reason I’m off campus is actually for a class that’s part of

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  This weekend marks the notable milestone where, for the first time in ... hands for a research job. I have a UROP (Undergraduate Research ... sciencey things and learning cooler sciencey things and getting paid for it

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  E-mails in French House "Seriously, people, what's going on here?"

  

  kitchen, there is a "sacrificial table" - "sac tab" for short. Any item placed on the sac tab is automatically up for grabs. This is usually food ... -- you never know what you'll find! 2) When you bake something for the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skies over MacGregor Views of campus, Boston, and the Charles River from ten stories up.

  

  spent a lot of my time in MacGregor, which is where Cory was living for ... between July 3rd and July 9th. Rollover for the time the photo was taken and click for larger versions. The first panorama has labels, just in case you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Our Essay Questions i am havink qvestion

  

  . Instead, for a variety of reasons, we use our own application, hosted ... MIT application is that we don't prompt for a single, longform essay ... something you do simply for the pleasure of it. Although you may not yet

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New York City in which i go to work on some days and eat lots of cheap food…

  

  . Disillusioned and concerned for my lip health, I started looking for other sources ... of luck, I got an offer to join their team for the summer and am ... . I take every chance I get to try new places for dinner. Otafuku has a

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  and Planning. When I RSVP-ed for this event, I totally forgot I was ... . To be honest, the food tastes a little too "healthy" for me, but plenty ... for Food Trucks", all led by experienced food truck entrepreneurs from

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013
• Blog / Events

  MIT PUMPKIN DROP 2012! chucking pumpkins off the highest building in cambridge. that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial.

  

  midnight.  At 8 pm, they go around and beg for candy from dorm desk workers: (I was supposed to be a Wellesley girl.  No, I was not prepared for ... countdown began for midnight.  FIVE!  FOUR!  THREE!  TWO!  ONE!  .... A few

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  other places to drop some dough for a bite to eat. I'll leave the fun of ... , I was fixing for a crepe late last week and strolled in to Sebastians on the recommendation of the advisor for Active Minds, one of my ECs. I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012