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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  went over like a bag of rocks with the MIT administration. Long story ... MIT blogs? Here's the official Ben Jones reason: I asked Snively to ... /breathe/eat/sleep MIT and its culture don't have all of the context/perspective needed to

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  chance (which happens to be very good coming out of MIT) to have an awesome ... from any other source here at MIT. Everyone at MIT is learning technical ... only a year and a half at MIT, this concept of leadership has become much

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Engineer, Blogger… Rhodes Scholar (!) Melis wins the Rhodes Scholarship!

  

  Isaacson. Add to that list Melis Anahtar, MIT senior, Mechanical Engineering major, and MIT Admissions blogger. Her "official" Rhodes Scholar ... , she has a perfect academic record at M.I.T. She has done research in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  Sila queries: How good are the social departments at MIT? And, at the ... talk about science at MIT? I mean, obviously it IS the institute of ... queries: I'm a little concerned about MIT's degree of toughness...is it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Somewhat Random A little news bite.

  

  JK Rowling announces Harry Potter Book 7 Title Not completely unrelated to MIT...well yea, but since finals are over and my brain is still ... several other appearances in my time at MIT: I was pretty excited when Book

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  We’re Bringing What Back? I don't think so.

  

  [ETA] (I have actually seen snow before. MIT students are not actually so dumb that they don't know what snow is. Except for Keri. Who lives in Florida, anyway??)(No, don't answer that.) Dear Bryan, I woke

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  year out of MIT: Another $10. Second year:$10 + $10 = $20. Third year ... not familiar with MIT's grading system, our GPAs are out of 5.0, not 4 ... less than $100 -- but wait, there's more.) "MIT Alumni Association

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  zOMG Zambia!

  

  So Development Lab (D-Lab), one of my classes this term, announced who is going on which trip this January. I got my first choice country, and will be spending Independent…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  RA Blogger Applications Due Wednesday 9/6 At Noon Extended deadline...

  

  As stated in the original post, they were actually due on 8/31, but I forgot to remind you, so I’ve extended the deadline. :-) If you wish to be considered,…

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 4, 2006
• 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 / MIT Life

  Howdy Where are you guys going to live? Etc.

  

  Thanks to everyone who submitted applications for admissions blogging! Thank heaven there’s a selection committee – I could never choose by myself. All of the applications have been fantastic! (There’s…

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  Museum of Fine Arts (MIT students get in free! Can't beat culture for free ... /attending a school like MIT is that in a milieu of such strong students, it ... having those same concerns when I got into MIT. (I didn't feel them when I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you want to hear about?

  

  I would like to post more entries this summer, but this is an MIT blog and I'm in Switzerland. I could ramble philosophically about MIT life - I've certainly done it before - but a lot of my big rambles have

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ZigZag Episode 6 A new video podcast.

  

  Episode 6 of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is available today. Stories include highlights from this year's 2.007 Robotics Competition, the "seeing machine", and the awesome Disco Dance Floor (!). Check it out: Hosting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  who you are at MIT. ------- When I found out I got into MIT, I was ... , when other people found out that I'd been accepted to MIT, their ... MIT had made a mistake or was admitting me on the basis of something

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Varsity Blogging As mentioned in a previous entry, I made some end-of-year presents for my bloggers -…

  

  As mentioned in a previous entry, I made some end-of-year presents for my bloggers – but I couldn’t show you a picture until they’d been distributed. Now that I’m no…

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Activate Party Mode! Auctomated dorm controls at East Campus.

  

  From the same file as the Disco Dance Floor… it’s the Multifunction In-Dorm Automation System (MIDAS)! MIDAS is an elaborate automation system that roommates Zack Anderson ’09 and RJ Ryan…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Next Big Mailing is out Choosing your email address, and more.

  

  Medical Report from MIT Medical. Instructions for obtaining your MIT ... doesn't really set in that they're an MIT student until they send their first email from their MIT account. This day is almost here! Because I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 Roll Call It's May 1st -- welcome to MIT!

  

  It's May 1! Welcome to the MIT Class of 2010! If you have sent back your MIT reply form with an affirmative response, check in here in the ... Cambridge to buy an MIT t-shirt -- the power of the Internet! Yes, over at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  MIT is harder than your high school. In many cases, MIT is harder ... in your first year at MIT isn't how to integrate that particularly ... concept with which you're having trouble. Due to MIT's General Institute

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006