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  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  uncertainty about whether or not to run Summer HSSP at all. We had Splash ... logistics of dealing with classrooms, or checking-in hundreds of students in ... one or two people," Emily C. '22 told me, when we talked about directing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  , or visually with coins and blocks. You also get to have a lot of fun ... sensitive. Make a face when a student gives a wrong answer, and he or she may ... in themselves. A few days ago, I found myself sitting with a sophomore

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  senses of the word. For one, my floor is playing Assassins, or ... or Cambridge area you should know it's not because I'm just that ... occasionally to think out loud with his hands extremely close to your face, or to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  verbalizing the thoughts in my mind. My words don’t feel refined, eloquent, or ... . Life isn’t always black or white. It’s some murky combination of many ... world means you have conference calls at every hour of the day, making

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  letter may be of benefit to some current student, or some future student. I hope someone might be able to connect or learn something from a few of my experiences.   I was waiting in line with my head more or less glued to

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  . One day last summer, while I was working as a UROP in the Media Lab ... one of many lessons the Media Lab taught me this summer: Lesson #1 ... day here, our group director (let’s call him Larry. He oversees my

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  second or third or fourth petri plate with different antibiotics or food in ... . Just kidding, bacteria don’t have mustaches and hats (or do they). I am very good at replica plating. The first time I replica plated, in 7

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  days. You’ve probably replayed every possible scenario out in your mind ... mayor throwing a confetti parade outside your door. Or maybe you ... limbo for an eternity before inevitably executed. Or you’re not accepted

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  conference I submitted to works: 1) you submit your paper. 2) three reviewers ... their feedback by conducting more experiments or counterarguing their claims. 4) you get a final decision of accept or reject

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  creating freshmen-only dorms or upperclassmen-only dorms[1], students from ... , East Campus. (The dorm goes by EC for short, or East Campus Alumni ... hall. Nowadays, saying you live in Goodale or Hayden locates you along

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
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  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  figurines my 7.02 (Experimental Biology and Communication) TA  Regina C. ‘14 ... crowded café or bar. Walking until I get lost and finding myself in the ... , resurfacing days after I read it. Biking alongside Spring Creek and the memory

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  hours in the day. To my surprise, I felt lighter and more free to pursue ... , took classes in many different departments (3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 21 ... remain on the same campus or even in the same city, there will always be

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Out Loud! On teaching/making/producing educational videos and why it's so much fun

  

  days. Day 1 involved an 8:30am call time in Building 68 (not the Koch ... Digital Learning. For me, it was probably an 11 or 12 hour day, but my only ... posted this before? I think I've posted this before. 1) Teaching During

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  creation in one form or another, with the dream that one day I will ... (emphasis added): Not sure if this is possible, but maybe having an anonymous ... identify as LBGTQ+. Some may not be out to friends or family, some may have

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  that reference individual hacks here, and one or two that have talked ... computer networks or computers. Instead hacking at MIT involves anonymous ... while at MIT If and when you are accepted to MIT there may be a day when

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  clothesline in the backyard to dry in the sun over the course of days. Rainy days were especially annoying, as they would prolong the drying time, or ... of them. ** 1. First time using a washing machine. My first time in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  know what Lobby 7 or what the brass rat is, and older alums will even ... fateful day in September, so long ago. So, no, I have not forgotten about my ... you should come to MIT, why you should pick this school over Stanford or

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the exclusion of everything else on making decisions, and how i chose mit

  

  jersey. That’s it. Coffee or a drink? Missed connection ads are popular ... lounge or something, which was still better than sleeping in the Logan. I ... prestige or rank were never really factors; I just wanted to get to know all

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  cheerleading stories from the olden days, throw Lulu up in the air (pics or it ... neurons in the striatum -- we know it's important, but we don't know how or ... my lab -- we do take MIT UROPs. At the very least, come have $1 ice

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  IHTFP. [carousel image1="85731" image2="85732" /]   We make ... ground this Valentine’s Day (though of course, love is in the air). These two photos are from Valentine's Day 2013, during my first time on MIT

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023