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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Postcard From The Green Building postmarked july 5th

  

  recognizable for once as the Hacker's Map. Even Stata finally made visual ... metropolises, bent on wreaking destruction. By which I mean fireworks

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  to pursue interests in the humanities at MIT -- I mean, the name of the ... opportunity to meet with Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (HASS) Philip Khoury, to help us talk about and address the quality

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts

  

  ! It is going to be an excellent year... I can see it already. -------------- Edited to add: As requested by Sam '07, here is my 3rd window: ... Yesterday, I got back to MIT, and my bedroom's view this year rivals my summer

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Kendra

  

  and 17. To win the P3, a project had to demonstrate how it would ... Reduction (TUR) in Academic Laboratories," led by Professor Jeffrey Steinfeld ... here Great job to Kendra, who "developed much of the project content

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  .033, Relativity. Relativity is a great class to teach, if you enjoy designing ... amusing excerpts with you. Enjoy! (The point of the problem was to show ... linearly at relativistic speeds.) (Again, the problem was to prove

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Who’s that girl in uniform?

  

  remember Rachel. I was the one who made you promise not to let her fall down the stairs (since it actually is possible to be a complete klutz and a ... in my life, because out of everything I do, it means the most to my

  • by ROTC
  • May 3, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Update We plan to release Early Action decisions on Monday, 12/15.

  

  days to come; thanks for your patience. In related news, I can announce ... We plan to post Early Action admissions decisions online at 9pm EST ... applicants an email on how to access the decisions online; I will also post a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  This post is almost entirely devoid of content except to point out a ... struggle between bloggers and prefrosh over whether the "FIRST!" approach to ... to take that opportunity away from prefrosh. What they forget is that

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Decisive Battle The one examining "Turkey vs. Spam" on the almost-literal level.

  

  witness to the ultimate showdown between Turkey and Spam. Despite a two-hour food coma immediately after dinner, I think it's pretty safe to say that I emerged victorious. I wanted to turn the turkey carcass into usable

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Are the Arts active on campus?

  at MIT, you don't have to major or minor in the arts to be fully ... take art, music, and theater courses, and any student can audition to ... organizes the Student Lending Art Program, which loans real works of arts to
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt begins tomorrow A fun puzzle to solve.

  

  The annual Mystery Hunt (history here) begins tomorrow at 12:17pm in MIT's Lobby 7. To give you a flavor of the Hunt, I decided I'd post ... does, however, come with a title: "Cookie Monster." The answer, by the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  at MIT for 9 years.  Over that time, I've periodically opened up the comments to your questions, and then tried to answer them (this ... a long, philosophcal answer are not ideal for this format

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  . We'll be working throughout the week, making decisions and preparing to ... , there would have been no need for the winter jackets, or any jacket whatsoever. According to the National Weather Service, we had nearly record

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  On Broadway My first few days of fun in NYC

  

  for the student rush tickets -- thanks, guys! I have weakly ... for the Straight Guy performed in the show... and since I was seated in ... pretty late, but this weekend I hope to see Avenue Q with a certain

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT Bloggers Sniped Wrapped in which people take a LOT of photos of me around campus

  

  At MIT, a lot of groups use Slack to stay connected. It's like a big series of group chats for work stuff or class materials. What's really cool is that you can make separate tabs for different topics. It's kind of

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.

  

  before I graduate I want to show you more of these places I love, starting with Beacon St. and Marlborough St., which run parallel to the water on ... ’s sailboats in the foreground. (Click for larger versions.)   And me and Cory

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing the MIT Application Essays Hurgh. I know.

  

  lil' bit about me 0:36 Why you DON'T need to stress out 1:21 What "being yourself" means 3:47 The "what do you do for fun?" essay 4:37 The "what do you want to study?" essay 5:17 The "how do you improve the lives of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2007 Numbers, numbers, numbers.

  

  admitted Early Action? Luckily, I can refer most folks to our website, where we offer a plethora of numbers for any statistical junkie. Recently, we updated the admissions statistics page for this year's application cycle; we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You Heard It Here First Short Skirt, Long Jacket

  

  cost of $0 for all the students. This year's lineup included: Chicken ... Sleepwalkers My freshman year, the headlining band was Piebald. They went on to ... . Rumor has it that it will be matt pond PA. We'll just have to wait and see

  • by Bryan
  • March 21, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?

  MIT is proud to offer Army, Air Force, and Naval ROTC programs on ... MIT provide unparalleled leadership training and practice to cultivate ... each week and a required summer program at some point prior to graduating