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• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  -foot building of limestone and glass, the largest research building on campus ... computer science department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the ... of patients with, say, schizophrenia and then pinpoint the genes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  "Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are the basis of this ... surviving the elements such as storm and water and eventually I want to put ... 's Strandbeest stood in the rain on a patch of pavement outside the Media Lab. With

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  lost track of time. Nat and I caught the Red Line and the first bus that ... to make my way through the hustle and bustle of suited up MIT students ... upon the iRobot booth, and started talking to some of their

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Party!

  

  amusing photo, is an annual party, held the first weekend in May every year ... , which people later eat. It has other food, and bands, and two nights of ... , backed up by Campus Police. My good friend Erik '09 was the head of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 8, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  details). If you are a member of the Class of 2011 and would like to request ... one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in the ... ’ve always dreamed of (and, no doubt, the one everyone *expects* you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Events

  And It’s Over! The end of the madness

  

  of MIT alums; lots of really smart people. They actually won the hunt 2 years ago (and I think 2 years before that...), so the Hunt last year was ... Congratulations to the Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  primary form of transportation was a scooter. Not the super-cool and high ... many classes, and one of the furthest east buildings), is 21 minutes per ... myself to the schedule of buses and needing to time it just right

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 18, 2021
• Blog / Events

  MYSTERY HUNT! Live from Mystery Hunt!

  

  It's going great!!! More pictures and quotes and all the good stuff ... eating an entire box of cookies and a bag of sun chips. Needless to say, I'm never eating either of those again. If you want to join in and remote

  • by Bryan
  • January 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  professor, the one who has seen the promise and struggles of your project ... fear of falling behind and never taking the time to question what you ... evidence, and in this way, design gains the objectivity of science and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  other reason). We use the same processes and standards of review during ... delays and disruptions from the ongoing pandemic.  In the last few weeks ... our inbox, these delays have been the source of considerable anxiety for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

  

  Chair, a Frosh and Events chair, and even a slushy chair (the result of a ... trampoline was first put up, one of the upperclassmen said “I have friends who ... " align="aligncenter" width="672"] Trampoline!!!! and also the ping pong

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  turbine (nicknamed velociwind) that my team and I built as part of the ...  watermelon and lots more food from Shaws to [seemingly] the ends of the earth in a ... writing voice remained as silent as the sudden, somber, and “I’m so old

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Screw Up Your Username It's time to put down your AOL screen name.

  

  Tomorrow is, yes, the First of May[?], which means those of you who ... on whose behalf you can send mail and of which you are the only member ... your first (and likely primary) email address while you're at MIT, you

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 30, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  -decision-release onslaught of comments. It's eerily quiet, which is both nice and unsettling at ... reflecting on the class we just admitted and feeling incredible about it. We ... are the numbers, and there are only so many spots. Shannon '12 did an

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  in history and government but only 3 in the sciences, all of which are ... MIT, at least with your scores and exhaustion of the math curriculum ... , plenty of extracurriculars and all of the APs I would want to take, and I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 2 recipes for people tryna Little Chef it up

  

  for mustard since I didn't have any and...it worked, surprisingly. The ... lemony! and garlicky! and delicious!! I'd make the sauce just to dip bread in, honestly. Shakshuka   This has got to be one of the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 19, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Sweet Transvestite "Round of applause for the man in stilettos! I can only run like that when…

  

  , first of all, the T only runs until about 12:30, so without any way of ... show, the cast brings some virgins to the front of the theater and has ... midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Loew's in Harvard

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  Awkward" has been murdered, and we've been charged with the task of figuring ... pictures of Muppets, and not much else. Just for the sake of completeness, I ... coordinating remote solvers and such. There are, of course, lulls in the action

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  unfamiliar with the terminology: hosed- (adj): to be completely and utterly floundering in the amount of work you have to do The word itself comes from the ... . Tests every couple of weeks (I just took my first couple tests this past

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Odds and Ends It's what's left

  

  Some friends and I were chatting the other day, marveling at how ludicrously fast the semester was flying by when one of them pointed out exactly why that is. Turns out, the combination of September starting on a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 3, 2010