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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  Katrina. Vale has been quoted in many articles this week; see Google News ... with students from all majors, and students fare well in the National ... all of my colleagues in Admissions and across MIT have those people

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  to young'uns about what an awesome opportunity they have in VI-A. You ... bashed in by the Big Rock Tribe." Thus begins a wonderful book by Dave ... occasionally want to get out and see the world. In the last year and a half, MIT

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  one. There's one biggy, the litmus test of tourism in Boston, and that ... -ter. If you ever call it Wor-che-ster then you'll be laughed out of Boston ... ", as in "goat") Brain and Cognitive Sciences Building: Either call it

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  just one more gnome game it will fix me

  

  About a week ago, I was ensnared Google Gnome, courtesy of my quasi ... all in my room (along with my ex-roommate-in-law ??) when it struck. Google Gnome Game and its consequences have been a disaster for my

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 4, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  of excellence in math, science and engineering will tend to fare well ... achieve 2 of the 5 you are in. 1. USAMO 2. ISEF 3. 1600 4. 4.0 (unweighted ... and he could've already gotten in with his 1600 and USAMO qualification

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  year, and in exchange, I get to tag along on group outings. On Friday, ten of us went for dinner, dessert, and an off-Broadway show in downtown ... receptive audience, including another group from MIT. We had a great time in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is ... 're off and away! (flickr: thenerdsangle) You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes You can steer yourself any direction you choose

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Trip to India ...to the slum children who smiled at me even though it seems that they have…

  

  Anne Liu and I spent January 7th through January 17th in India on a project to reduce indoor air pollution in rural homes. We owe special ... Service Center and the Legatum Center, which funded it; and to our host in

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  Later” for those sadly uneducated in the ways of cheesy ‘80s movies ... several thousand prospective students in our Info Sessions. Still, the campus doesn’t vibrate with the same lightning-in-a-bottle energy. All

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Person Who Inspired Me to Start this Blog The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an incredible beacon of hope and defender…

  

  My cousin was involved in the Free Tibet campaign when he attended ... walk down the street without seeing someone my age wearing a Che Guevara ... which they stood? Did they even know the country in which he operated

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 9, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Alpha Delta Phi Presents – Mic-Check [by Susan Shepherd '11] If you're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer,…

  

  even I forget this – mostly, in this case, because the grand prize ... eligible to win a prize in the competition. There were three main prizes ... did a little jig (Yes, I do that too) and went winging off to Google to

  • by ARTalk
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  write. I'm hoping to come back soon, but, in the meantime, please accept this meager offering. I'd like to write a happy post. Some light fare ... 'd paint you a walk along the river, in this nimbly crafted post; I'd tell

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  great. You get to travel and experience living in another country, and it ... in another country? And what if you’ve got other plans for the summer—like an internship, or research, or going home to see family? In that case

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  Apparently this is not the case in England. They do things ... to students in, say China, it’s a big change from MIT where our ... -3 week period in the Easter term (there are 3 terms: Michaelmas, Lent, and

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: the creative process for Pi day videos

  

  hibernation, but for being buried in applications instead of snow). So here is ... fare for the industry. I already posted some of the cinematographic

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The View From the Other Side of Hell If MIT is a 400-meter race, am I really at the beginning of the home…

  

  (MIT Model UN) invited Prof. Noam Chomsky to come and speak for us in ... think it's true. ----- Five days ago, I was tucked away in a lounge on ... semester. Over the next five days, I put in 50+ hours of solid, sweat

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  not, in fact, normal "What classes are you taking?" - Our Number System ... . In MIT speak, I'm a CMS/6-3 and this past semester I took 3.091, 21M.011, 18.01, and 8.01L. In non-MIT speak, I'm a double major in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  we are twins … but ARE OUR AGENDAS?!? (not clickbait)

  

  similar phenomenon of agendas being un-indicative of hosage can be seen in ... Google Calendar or other similar online planning apps/websites, but we just ... plastic pocket to put in any design you want. So, I printed out one of my

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 23, 2017
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

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  The following takes place between 4PM and 5PM in the hemispheres of a ... ;3r[ 94 t0[ ‘/;7-r3u4]. T0[ su4 ;/7[s 0[/t 3v[r / rur/6 [x2/4s[ 3= 6 ... -0t? T0[ ;/5[r/ z335s 94 34 5/;0[t[ w9[6][r’s =/;[ w9t0 su;0 4/us[/t94

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 20, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT files lawsuit on behalf of international students alleges ICE policy “arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion”

  

  , July 8th, MIT and Harvard sued ICE in federal court to prevent these ... living in the United States. Since last March, MIT has offered housing to ... , Acting Director of ICE Ken Cuccinelli said, in an interview, that this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2020