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  Thomas Friedman on Energy & MIT A NY Times article highlights MIT's innovative energy solutions

  

  We’re all aware of climate change and the impact that it will have on our future. MIT has been very active in developing solutions to energy challenges, and President Susan…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  You don’t need me to tell you that the college application process is rough, and can sometimes leave you feeling as if you’re trapped in a sick game that is…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Now An Option for RBA Freshmen Next House's freshmen, starting with the class of 2012, can now participate in REX. !!!!!!!!

  

  As you may know, I lived in Next House as a freshman, and while it was a great community where I still hang out and pset at frequently, Next made…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 30, 2007
• Blog / Events

  So much to do, so little time There's always something exciting going on at MIT.

  

  So, my wife just popped by my office; it turns out she and a friend are on campus to see a lecture upstairs by Nobel Prize winner Ted Hänsch on…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mechanical Sense of Humor My Course 2 lab instructor is amazing.

  

  This will be short, because I’m about to start another 2.671 (Mechanical Engineering Institute Lab Class) experiment, but I had to share with you the following, which was the first…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle A prize will go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  

  Meet John (pictured) – master carpenter, master craftsman, and part-time mathematician. John is my neighbor, and for the last few weeks he has been constructing this “structure” in his front…

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  LOLZ CATS In which he creates one of his own to explain his extended absence.

  

  Have you guys all seen this silly thing? Yeah, I thought so. It already has its own Wikipedia page. I made you one. It will describe my life over the…

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  MIT isn’t a political campus. Sure, it had its moments during the 1960s. In 1968, a coalition that included 48 MIT faculty members protested “the militarization of university research,” and…

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  It’s late Saturday night, Sunday morning by Boston time, and I’m hunched over on the airport floor. My eyes are glazed with the exhausting combination of spending quality time with…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.

  

  After reading Chris’ blog entry about Thanksgiving at MIT, I thought I’d write about celebrating an American holiday in Britain. Although to be honest, instead of thinking, “Wow I’ve been…

  • by Cambridge
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  I was looking at the calendar a few days ago and thought to myself, “Wow, I’ve been in America for three months.” To be honest, these three months seemed to…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Engineer, Blogger… Rhodes Scholar (!) Melis wins the Rhodes Scholarship!

  

  On Saturday, the Rhodes Trust announced the 32 Americans who have won the 2008 Rhodes Scholarships. The Rhodes Scholarship, described as “the oldest and best known award for international study,”…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  Some point back in April, after all the decisions had come in, my mom suggested that I should write a book on college applications. Although I’m pretty sure she was…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  Considering the lack of inactivity on these blogs in the past week or so, I think I speak for us all when I say it was “one of those weeks.”…

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  You Complete Me What makes an application complete for Early Action, and related Q&A.

  

  I see that there’s been a bit of discussion in the comments about the Application Tracking System and what makes an application “complete.” Let me try to help clarify things…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 15, 2007
• 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 international students.   Things are getting busy here at MIT Admissions! Yesterday, a student came in my office…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  The sun always seems to hover near eye level. It gets a bit depressing if you always think of it as the sun is setting. Last week was Week 5…

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  (title inspired by Derrick’s recent blog =D) So, the Early Action deadline came and went. For those that submitted EA applications, good job and best wishes! :) On November 7,…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  It has been far too long since my last entry, and I have an excuse for every day that I have neglected my blog. The short story is that I…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  The things I do with my Friday afternoon Really, though - how could I resist?

  

  When I got out of my 5.13 lecture at 12:55, I walked from the Green Building to my UROP in building 18 (oh look, it’s that map again- the Green…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 9, 2007