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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ‘Twas the night before Christmas Happy holidays to everyone!

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas ... traditional decorating of the tree. Just a few miles from my house is the famous Big Duck, which always gets all gussied up for the holidays. It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  ... Thursday 12/1: The day I'd set aside to catch up on email, blogging, work ... committee. That night I edit 50 pages of copy for the new viewbook in preparation for a meeting the next morning. (Lunch: Mass Ave food truck

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas with the McGanns

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. Two nights ago we did our traditional decorating of the tree. Just 2.8 miles from my house (according to Yahoo! Maps) is the famous Big Duck, which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2004
• Blog / How to Food

  making dumplings jiaozi / guotie / gyoza /

  

  until all the flour is incorporated and the dough is smooth and elastic make the dough into a few big lumps. put the lumps in a bowl cover with ... cabbage. wash it. chop up the vegetable into fine pieces mix it with the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 19, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Above MIT The sky's the limit.

  

  frequents these blogs! * The word "prospective" doesn't distribute to parents here. I mean, I guess there are prospective parents on the blogs, but ... . Literally. The likelihood of you seeing MIT quite like this is somewhat small

  • by Piper '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger selection 2008 results We have completed the selection of this year's bloggers!

  

  Trivia: Who was the first student blogger for MIT Admissions? And who is the most senior of the current student bloggers? [answer at the end of the entry] You may recall that last month we put out a call for new

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Former MIT Students on TV Two in a flattering way, one in a potentially embarassing way.

  

  former MIT students on the tube. This month, PBS is having competition ... up for a full run. One of the shows, WIRED Science, is co-hosted by an MIT alumna, Aomawa Shields '97. You can watch the pilot episode online

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  So the first night in Rome was spent pretty casually. We arrived at our hotel, Hotel Regent where the air conditioner was semi-disfunctional and the beds were twin extra long just like my old dorm room. Our

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy V-Day

  

  Today is Valentine's Day, the holiday where Americans celebrate love. At MIT, we celebrate the holiday in various fun ways. Of course ... off to some of the many romantic restaurants and sites in Boston and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 14, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Things change, but the friends remain

  

  Hello! A lot has changed, but the friends and the vlogs remain. Doing this in the only way I know how :) [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIxbyMxSrcM[/embed] PS - As I read the previously published blogs, I see a bunch of us have

  • by Celena C. '12
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  I went to the Arnold Arboretum!!! i become one with nature

  

  On Friday, I went to the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University for the first time! Established in 1872, it's the oldest public arboretum in ... other works include Central Park and the U.S. Capitol!! The quizbowl geek

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  Burton-Conner is one of the dorms here at MIT. You can check out our ... getting your big packet in March you come to CPW and get to explore all the different dorms. After visiting and getting a feel for the dorms you get to

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? I. M. Pei, who graduated from the MIT school of architecture in 1940, designed the glass pyramids in front of the Louvre. "Agh, I'm so tired." "Guys! We can get a great picture with the pyramid. Get in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about coronavirus for free this fall the new subject will be broadcast to the public beginning tomorrow, sept 1

  

  Today is Registration Day, or Reg Day, the day that MIT students sign ... media and the election, and so for the past week I've been meeting with ... (Biology) entitled 7.00: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic. The catalog

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2020
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab?

  The Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS) was ... ’s efforts are aimed at a future in which the world’s water and food needs are met in both the developed and the developing world, in an
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  MIT is really cool. MIT has a glassblowing class. I took the ... lol). This blog post is about my journey into the art of glass. :) Class 1: All about glassblowing, safety, and collecting the glass. The

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Totally awesome Incoming GEL students win big in the OnStar Student Developer Challenge

  

  the OnStar Student Developer Challenge with their speech ... descriptions, directions, ratings, and reservations. It can also let the user send a text message to invite friends or post to the user’s Twitter

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 21, 2011
• Blog / Personal Projects

  How to Build an LED Acrylic Sign Your Complete Beginners Guide

  

  I absolutely love the design process. Everything from coming up with ... we could do to change up the Chocolate City lounge space, I absolutely jumped at the idea of creating a new sign for our wall.   For

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty hours later mystery hunt, mystery hunt! puzzles puzzles puzzles!

  

  This post contains minor spoilers for the structure of MIT Mystery ... . I’m not sure what people think about this. Do people actually read the ... ; I’m interested. Anyway, here’s the contents. If you’re not interested

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 4, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  decision. 22 days after the first application submission. 40 days until the ... mattered. Friday, December 13, Early Action decision day, was to be “the day my life will never be the same.” The prospect sent me into shivers and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015