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  ‘Twas the night before Christmas Happy holidays to everyone!

  

  traditional decorating of the tree. Just a few miles from my house is the ... The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas Eve, Santa visits our annual family gathering, with dozens of McGanns in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Super Top Secret Spy Action Real Life Experience: Building a car in 2.007

  

  .007, Design and Manufacturing I. The basic goal of the class is to design and build a car to complete a specific task or set of tasks and score as many ... friend, Mark Cote, won the competition and he and a few of the other top

  • by Bryan
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch and a bonus video of a cat chasing a spider.

  

  to you the enormity, variety, and grace of an ocean of more than 2000 ... from Random Hall, and the creation of an actual glass pumpkin. You ... The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch is one of my favorite events at MIT. It

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Match Game

  

  discovering and applying knowledge for the benefit of society remains at the ... of the MIT spirit is collaboration and cooperation: you can see it all ... powerful here; publishing and sharing of results is the center of academic

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  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 ... Vehicle Team, and the Solar Decathlon (read more in the Spring 2007 issue of ... key characteristics of events like the race to the moon and then

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

  New York City in which i go to work on some days and eat lots of cheap food…

  

  of news and found the New York Times. I was enamored by their graphics ... of luck, I got an offer to join their team for the summer and am ... well. :) Weekends are enough time to go out of Manhattan and explore the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  climates have streams that are dry or have low flow most of the year and can ... semesters in classes like 1.050, 1.035 and 1.036 learning the fundamentals of ... countries ( a minor part of the project), it can be quickly assembled and is

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside

  're working pretty hard to read each and every one of them. I know the wait is ... descriptions of the food and drinks you make with your families around cultural ... case as I am now the proud owner of 3 pups and an 18 yr old toothless cat

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  misadventures with the reply-to-all feature and otherwise... I don't want to destroy the organic unity of this entry. Anyway, in the midst of this not the greatest week, I was thinking about limericks, which of course led

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a not-so-cruel summer this one's for the girlies

  

  uniqueness and strangeness // acknowledging the complexities of motherhood ... it is the hot girl summer //   went to The Eras Tour and over ... BLACKPINK with my other sister // clowned for, anticipated and saw the 1989

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 10, 2023
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is there really a Game Lab?

  is to explore, educate, and engage the public by creating ... Can you believe we have a GAME LAB? The MIT Game Lab brings together scholars, creators, and technologists to teach, conduct research, and develop
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  couches in the lounge Friday evening. I’m used to the cycle of work and then ... is pretty spectacular. Flyers of all sizes and colors in the Infinite ... for years to take some of the classes. So I have to keep moving and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stocking Up Completely random but fun.

  

  bottle and basking in the glow of his three CRTs and one LCD monitor. They ... Three hallmates and I piled into a Zipcar the other night for a trip ... brand new refrigerator to our kitchen, and we figured the time was right

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The summer begins…

  

  and housing lottery preferences. With most of this behind me, it feels ... this weekend to explore some of Europe by rail, and I promise to post ... Now that I've completed the FEE, it's time for the math diagnostic. I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our process. ... unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our process. ... unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our process. ... unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Our Essay Questions i am havink qvestion

  

  locally at MyMIT. One of the differences between the Common App and the ... Update: this list is no longer accurate as of 8/18/2015. But the ... , as readers of this blog likely know, MIT does not use the Common App

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 1, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions For you.

  

  ! 10) And my most favorite lecture in the world: Just four days of ... advantage of the sunny, 55 degree weather to catch up on all the vitamin D I ... grace, my writing professor agreed to move the location of today's class

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 10, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Since I Been Gone Running and nice weather -- and no school

  

  ), it has rained for 25 of the past 31 days. (And apparently it is a good ... Note: I am shamelessly stealing the title of this entry from Sam '07 ... meals a day and undoing an entire month's worth of exercise. Bring it on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 3, 2006