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  New York Times, New York Times

  

  Yesterday's New York Times had another article about the new SAT, and Marilee was quoted. Here are those paragraphs: The director of undergraduate writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has also raised

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  tote bag tour i have so many things to carry

  

  floppy rectangle of yellow there. I tried my best to retreat under the guise of functionality: this one’s dark enough to hold tubes of paint, and ... something sturdy enough for my laptop and all of its accessories–and something

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 2, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  O, GRE Battle The best of the worst entry I ever wrote.

  

  !" Catch you on the flip side of a p-set and 6.003 test! ... really long-winded and kind of boring entry while working Burton ... this blog and is trying to tell me something. So here are the highlights

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some a capella A concert by the MIT Chorallaries (7 pictures)

  

  combination of Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler) and (I Just) Died in ... office by checking out the concert by the Chorallaries. Hundreds of people ... ago] A few of the numbers they've done tonight: White Flag (Dido

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  : Last night, LSC hosted the Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie, who came to MIT to describe some of their work and how they get inspiration for what ... , and one day I found myself walking out of class across Killian Court to

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  Saturdays and inspiration, check out the massive number of people who were at ... to make me smile, and it's just one of the reasons it makes its rigor extremely worth it. Let yourself become immersed in the music of learning and

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  . But I've read a lot of stuff over the last year and have seen many ... been the reaction of your colleagues and of students to your actions? It ... transparent admissions process - it mirrors the openness of MIT's culture and we

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Have you seen your mother baby standing in the shadow? A visitor's guide to Harrisburg, PA, with original soundtrack by Billy Mack.

  

  to stage a coup of the vampire empire, which may actually be evil and ... neither of us really likes coffee and a lot of the people who hang out at ... have a long history of watching awful horror movies (think The Evil Dead

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  , I got more and more excited. We were in the twelfth week of the ... semesters; it's usually 13.5 weeks of classes, plus 1 week of exams."]the end,[/annotation]and ... , it turns out that the week before the last week-and-point-five of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  A Place happy thoughts on East Campus

  

  The last week and some are a blur, a long, joyous drink of EC. When I ... would notice the smell and the scratch of wool clothing before you tasted ... the people I met and the ones I want to get to know better. Some of them

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Hacks

  Laser Graffiti I found something cool on the way home.

  

  building in Cambridge, and/or the live Tetris game, and/or the building that ... of the windows were black. But this was on the side of the building: What? All 20 of us - 10 upperclassmen and 10 freshmen - froze. A laser

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Snowsical The blizzard of February 13th

  

  .♪ ♫And here's your typical pic of the Dome. Still can't believe I can call ... social media addict does) and found these pictures my family posted of ... blizzard is coming up and hitting the Northeast real hard (Déjà vu).  It's a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Winter Storm Warning Brr, it's cold out there. And snowing.

  

  BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND WIND CHILLS IN THE 5 TO 15 DEGREE RANGE ... NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWARD THROUGH WORCESTER COUNTY INTO THE ... BE QUITE SLOW AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STILL HEAVY SNOW

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  this and that. During the year, I keep a box full of scraps of paper ... idea pop into my head at the strangest of moments, and quickly jot it ... decided to strike out on my own and dedicate the time to working on some of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  Activate Party Mode! Auctomated dorm controls at East Campus.

  

  dorm room in East Campus. The room is now 199 square feet of customized awesomeness. Check out the YouTube video of the MIDAS "Party Mode": You may ... From the same file as the Disco Dance Floor... it's the Multifunction

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 15, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there really a swim test?

  and the eight point General Institute Requirement. The swimming ... during the academic year. If you take the right mix of classes, you can ... Yup, there's a swim test! There's an awesome variety of physical
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  successfully pursued the intersection of technology and design. After the ... 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 / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  digress, you must pardon me - see I came here to talk not of life and dreams But of soap, and its importance to me There's much more to soap than it ... shopping there And when I was about to buy soap, I Reached for the three

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  directly from someone who has a friend that goes there and knows the admission council very well. They have a criteria of 5 things, and if you achieve 2 of the 5 you are in. 1. USAMO 2. ISEF 3. 1600 4. 4.0 (unweighted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT’s Once-a-Century Party

  

  fantastic showcase of the various arts and performance groups at MIT:   Here's another view of the spotlights on Lobby 10: ...and of course ... the Great Dome and swiveling around the sky.  Turns out they were just

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 8, 2016