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  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  Lightning Talks" for our admitted students and parents. Nine faculty members gave five minute talks about their core research project(s), and then met new admits at a reception to discuss classes and undergraduate research

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  Maeda -- former MIT graduate and MIT Media Lab professor, former President of Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and currently Design Partner ... share his experiences and thoughts on a variety of topics. He had a great

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  Dear Prospective 2020s, You've made it this far, and EA decisions ... mentors, because I think I'm still a bit too young and foolish to be ... , if you're a bundle of nerves and it feels like your future is riding on

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  It's the middle of July, and my brain is so fried I'm punting on a few projects, so figured I'd make myself useful and answer some ... comments and answer them in the blogs. That was pre-Disqus, and I think

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  AMA Ask Me Anything.

  

  some of you need to decide whether or not to come to MIT and the rest of ... semester senior at MIT, majoring in computer science and molecular biology (6-7) and math (18) and minoring in writing (21W). This fall I will be

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  I'M DONE WITH FALL CLASSES! and am now back home in London, doing British things like drinking tea, spelling humor 'humour,' and hiding ... speed of light, people falling into black holes, and people stretching out

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Greetings from India: D-Lab Students in the Field D-Lab students Luke, Sydney, Jessica, Madhavan

  

  with people around the world to create and disseminate affordable ... in Cambodia, Zambia, India, Ghana, Honduras, and Brazil. Luke Plummer (MechE) ‘14, Sydney Beasley (Civil & Enviro) ‘14, and Jessica Ong ‘15

  • by OEL
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Events

  150. We're in the news!

  

  F-I-N-I-S-H-E-D. My last final is over, my boxes are packed, and I ... past year consisted of things much bigger and better than the story of my ... anniversary, and all sorts of cool installations appeared on campus. Jenny

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Ready for CPW Are you?

  

  to drop off lights, glowsticks, and popcorn machines, the grass is growing, and the sun is shining. MIT is getting ready for CPW as fast as it possibly can and we're just about ready. Right now, we're all getting our

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / Class Projects

  Watch our robot grow up! Grow robot grow!

  

  's annoying and blog entries without pictures suck). This, however, is too important. I've been building a robot for a class this month and it's now alive and moving! We cut him from acrylic, slapped three motors and some

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  scientific and technology-related jargon, crazy ideas ("These habanero peppers ... , let's do it!"), and a lot of creativity from people who enjoy doing very ... hear about and have the chance to particupate in. And that's how I

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEGGGGGAAAAAAA! [by Danbee Kim '09] Music from Sonic, Donkey Kong, Final Fantasy, and more!

  

  40-piece orchestra, a rock band, and a chamber choir perform music from ... , Metal Gear Solid, and Final Fantasy, just to name a few. Last Thursday ... and dads with small children to local college students to dred

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  cancer, and otherwise having no fun at all. I know this is a common ... social life and (dare I say it on the MITblogs) party scene. If you're done with your problem sets for the week (or even if you aren't...) and are

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  had a perfect view of Cambridge and Boston out my window. The plane was flying east as I stared north at the city I now call home, and the Charles River and the bay glittered like uncut gems in the light. It took me but a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  March and April are so busy around here that even if Paris Hilton did ... and Sam ran it together in 2006). We also got Tuesday off because MIT is ... can go home, enjoy Boston, catch up with friends, and hey, maybe even

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Applications… Things are getting busy here at MIT Admissions!

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... ! Yesterday, a student came in my office and said, "Pink! I've never ... you have been checking the Application Tracking System on MyMIT, and may

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  've missed you! After CPW, I was sick for nearly two weeks, and I got better ... colleagues from Princeton, Swarthmore, and Wellesley. (Check out the rest of the meetings, and the schedule for upcoming meetings in California, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  Sila queries: How good are the social departments at MIT? And, at the ... strongly interested in the arts, politics and literature? Irena similiarly ... grades with time to do other things besides study? And I got the impression

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  , and Sam is awesomely posting this for me. My group has been here for just under a day, and we are staying in a guesthouse near the capital for ... so exciting to be here finally that the bug bites and jet lag and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breaths Perhaps wisdom, perhaps not. See for yourself.

  

  are due on Jan. 1. And while what I'll say now is just my opinion ... graduate school, and there are a million questions running through my head ... to go back in time and correct mistakes or retake tests. 3. A little

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2006