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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We’re #1! What's the emoticon for oversize foam hand?

  

  MIT was named the most visited college/university web site by 4 ... few theories as to why we elbowed our way to the top of the list: OpenCourseWare: MIT courses for free on the web. What's not to love about

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 29, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  all over the dessicated grids of my post-semester calendar: 1.Baked ... nary a mine since bidding goodbye to the tender age of microwaved pizza ... prototyped during the Vietnam War to sharpen the reflexes of future army

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  Just a few hours to go, and I know you're feeling the stress. We're feeling it too, believe it or not. I have to tell you that the selection ... , mystical tones. That might be me romanticizing it. In retrospect, the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  From today's edition of the Tech: Caltech Students Pull Part of a Hack at MIT I managed to snag one of the fake papers that, as the ... yes, that's my math pset in the background - the math pset that I ought

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  Obama. And then BJ Novak – Heck, I don’t even watch The Office and I felt all giddy @ his comedy show. (Yes! He was here on 10/24, standing on the ... evenings before. You see - the walk down West Campus’s dorm row is a (weather

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  [by Ken Haggerty '11] As I walked into the main stage of the Central Square Theater, ticket in one hand and notebook in the other, I wasn't quite sure what to expect. The show, Truth Values, billed itself as "one

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  during the summer. Unfortunately, the science options for the summer were ... 'd already spent the previous two summers taking an immunology course at ... musty old tome in the Harvard library. Pretty sweet deal. As it happened

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• 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 ... Phi sent out emails to all the dorm lists urging artistic students to ... eligible to win a prize in the competition. There were three main prizes

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

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  weekend-long party centered around the overnight roasting of a steer in our courtyard and the subsequent feast. The following description is courtesy of a ... casino. The festival celebrates Senior House culture by sporting death

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  condense your life into 500 words for the admissions office. But I shall try. I arrived at CPW on Friday morning and went to the opening lecture. Amy Smith gave an excellent presentation about some of the challenges of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  I have had the good fortune to hear several excellent guest speakers ... founder of the Grameen Phone program) spoke to our D-Lab class a few weeks ago about his work with the Grameen Foundation 3. Paul Polak (President

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Update from selection We're working through the weekend towards admitting the Class of 2011.

  

  As Ben has noted, we have begun the early action selection committee. We'll be working throughout the week, making decisions and preparing to release them on the web and through the mail. This is what Selection

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  The only course that comes remotely close to being as badass as aero ... obscene hours of the morning to attend a 2 hour long double lecture. And you ... /astro major, you also get to do this: It has lightning bolts on the side and

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

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  I'm on the West Coast now, and things are great. First, I flew into Reno, and took a drive downtown: I drove on to my meeting with the fantastic folks at the Davidson Institute and the new Davidson Academy. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  FREE FOOD! FREE FOOD! EVERYWHERE!! AM I YELLING??

  

  , I've already returned my MIT mug to the Coop. MOM: THAT'S NOT FUNNY. Okay, so, in retrospect it may not have been the best idea to freak my ... .) The article was created at The Tech booth at the Activities Fair, where

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  EA Blogger Application Decisions The results are in.

  

  I just want to say on behalf of the committee that we are truly impressed with all of the applications (and there are MANY). Your collective enthusiasm is a testament to the success of this project, and Admissions

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  World Cup Challenge Results The answers and winners of the World CUp Challenge of MIT international admissions.

  

  The World Cup Challenge was a lot of fun! No one got a perfect score, but on the whole, people did pretty well. Below are the results, with the name of the country in each group from which MIT received the most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  With almost no effort, the three of us were able to venture out into the ... in all the train stations make up a personal itinerary for you listing all necessary transfers and the track numbers of all the trains, so

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  formula is written on the board, you think about it, figure out how it was ... .670), a class that breaks this mold. The course teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so all the Mechanical Engineering

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Highlights Highlights from the Hunt complete with the first puzzle we solved!

  

  Soon I'll be posting some photos and such from the hunt, but for now I'll leave you with some of the funny quotes from the weekend. Also, this week, I'll be highlighting some of the puzzles from the hunt. The

  • by Bryan
  • January 15, 2006