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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  truth, and my second reason, is that this is what MIT is, at its core. Hacking and open-source both have deep roots at MIT. (I always get kind of annoyed when people outside of MIT laugh at us for calling pranks "hacks

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Blast from the Past

  

  . Anyway, I had an awesome time at the party, which was actually kind of ... a link to the full subject listing offered at this year's Splash!, but ... before I did (as usual): WTPer - You're looking at photos from Burton

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 15, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  lasts for a week. Of course, I always end up signing up at the last minute ... distance. Though I had already completed the swim test at the beginning of my ... I’m really great at missing 2 classes. But, even when I’ve fulfilled

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  're an aero/astro major at MIT you, too, will take a (24-unit) class called Unified Engineering your sophomore year. Mostly, you get to wake up at ... at the launch pad. Will it live up to its name? Will it make it through

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  excellent athlete (...have we told you how many people at MIT play sports ... . But the numbers are the numbers. What we may realize more than you at ... themselves, who can laugh at their mistakes and struggles, who seem comfortable

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  . Drove down Saturday, hung out with my family at Mom's house in Philly On ... swear at times that XPN and Jack were reading my mind. I want radio like ... three bloggers at this juncture. A fourth will likely be added in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  multimedia thing our teacher and others put together internally at MIT, using ... funny when they’re so worked up, shouting at each other into little ... ’t have an Xbox. :) We got a couple more Anthonys at EC – one on my floor

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  be really successful at finding careers here--it's more about making ... note, Xanga was at the MIT career fair. Creepy. Student Center Reading ... at 10:30? Then quit your studying and come on over to Conner 2 for $15

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  rigorous," but it hints at how even a music class can embrace technology in ... studies is a multidisciplinary program at MIT examining media technologies ... major (now the largest humanities major at MIT). Its faculty and students

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  ? At least for me, I would be so excited that I could barely sleep the ... new school year, I saw V for Vendetta last night at the LSC (MIT's very ... introduction to the mammalian nervous system and neuroscience research at MIT. We

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  to the stand and stare at the lady's name tag, mentally willing Angela ... with the crazy hair in 7D. (At least you HAVE hair for them to set on ... shrieking - at which point you realize that kid, the one baby that everyone

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  . I have only a few days left in Switzerland (I will post pictures at ... picture of MIT at night, looking out over West Campus. You can see the West ... into his office to say hello at least once every week or two, frequently

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  More entries about buildings and food Same as it ever was. I'm still single, but at least I'm in Belgium.

  

  fries were about as good as the ones at Pommes Frites in New York, but a ... summer roommate from Bombay) enjoy a sampler of Belgian beers at one of the ... functions when he was found, and probably got beat up at school a lot after

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  House). I got mine at Target for around $110 and it was definitely worth ... just got mine from Costco at the beginning of my freshman year and I ... ! =) Don't leave this one at home... you'll find yourself all alone, crying

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  Taking aim at MIT Plano West sending 4 students, more than any school ... MIT as Plano West. "When I look at them, I see gears turning," Timur ... at MIT. "I found that the admissions results didn't depend on how many

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  produce this list of all US schools that provide at least $1 million in ... 's good to apply to a variety of schools at varying levels of selectivity to ... great environments for US students to look at. Let me tell you more about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Xanga Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part one.

  

  horrible memories. 19. I watch Pay-Per-View movies late at night. 20. I am a ... ' nails. 28. I have way too many purses. 29. I've seen Fight Club at least ... play the guitar. 57. I state the obvious. 58. I wish I was at summer

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Number Münchners Eaten by a Trogglus Nicoise.

  

  than I am at MIT, and Bob Barker could die and I wouldn't even know about ... Mediterranean. We also got to play in a jungle gym at the top of the hill, but I ... pictures. Later that day, it was night. This is what Nice looks like at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  dessert at a cafe next to Mike's Pastries, which is probably the North End ... senior prom. Well, did you know that you'll have a senior prom at MIT too ... , PhD, medical school, or just to hang out in the area (either working at

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dancing Days Nerd love, as the summer evening grows.

  

  , well, do much better than you at dancing. It's great! I know in high school, I would always stand at the way back of the dance floor watching ... " or something. And here's the beautiful Boston skyline at night. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 1, 2006