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  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  's what led me to see life the way I do: The world isn't just something you should get around to seeing once or twice when you get a vacation. It's a ... 'm making it out to be, but it had a nice ring to it.) You'll have to get

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Late Night Dial-Up Users Beware!

  

  handle it? I've decided to post all of the YouTube videos that I ... about the environment caused me to watch them. Also, many were shown to me by other students, so I'd say that the content matter of these videos

  • by Snively '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  EA Decisions Some facts and figures to put it into perspective

  

  admitted to the MIT Class of 2014. There were 5,684 Early Action applicants ... acquire the tools to succeed in the global economy.” MIT’s non ... choice. “We want the process to be as helpful and accommodating to

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  been touched on yet. "/> Our CityDays project involved going to the Match School and getting stuff ready for the upcoming school year. A lot ... advantage of our free rides on the T, we went to JP Licks. Susan Hockfield

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  venue. (Photo by CST) The Central Square Theater, home to two theater ... [by Ken Haggerty '11] As I walked into the main stage of the Central ... 't quite sure what to expect. The show, Truth Values, billed itself as "one

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

  Random Hall REX! Residence Exploration events at Random Hall. Your orientation booklet is WRONG. :D

  

  over the step to the front door—you! Hello, incoming freshmen! new ... out of the most awesome material known to peoplekind!  Black Hole ... shooting has begun. Both sides have vowed to fight to the death, and now the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians How many MIT graduates have been in the Olympics? No, not the Science Olympiad...

  

  traveled to Europe from the US by steamship Times in running events were ... likely to be in the Science Olympiad or the International Math Olympiad ... the last 4 years). Here's the rundown by sport: Rowing: 7 MIT rowers

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  prefrosh, current MIT students, and MIT Alumni. The one closest to me was hosted by the MIT Club of Northern New Jersey. As the only accepted MIT student in the immediate area, I was pretty excited to meet other 2017's in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  : pass, get a D, or fail). You learn the basics of amateur astronomical ... up on the roof (using a telescope to find Comet Pan-STARRS as the sun ... to find the Beehive Cluster using a map (that I read in red lamplight

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MTV Wait, I think that name might already be taken

  

  putting "build Admissions Beowulf cluster*" on the To Do list. I ♥ my MacBook, but let me tell you that HD video is not kind to CPUs. On the plus side ... to Web design are limited). Also added to the site is a Webcast

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  and tweaking components to get everything to work like it does in the ... I wish I had time to do during the school year! (I'm getting much much ... , and I get to read all the books I've always heard good things about. Our

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  comforting to any of you right now. But if you get nothing else out of the ... For the past six months, I have been truly privileged to share my MIT ... able to help you get to know MIT a little better than you may have

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  In his 2005 commencement address to the graduates and assembled ... getting applicants to share information and insights about their lives in ... in the admissions office to craft questions and prompts that elicit

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thomas Friedman on Energy & MIT A NY Times article highlights MIT's innovative energy solutions

  

  entries). Today, Thomas Friedman, an op-ed contributor to the NY Times ... effort, managed by M.I.T. students, that has 25 college teams around the ... goal, they explain on their Web site — vds.mit.edu — is “to identify the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  ,000 worth of tuition ought to get the parents something too!) The student ... ). Well thanks to one of my favorite prefrosh, the dream is now reality ... awesome for creating my new banner. Not to mention the fact that you are a

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT Commencement On Friday, the MIT Class of 2005 graduated! It was a beautiful day on Killian…

  

  . Killian Court opens to parents at 7:30am, but the Commencements ceremonies ... year, the show was hosted by Institute Archivist Tom Rosko and Dean of ... begins, first with the presentation of colors, followed by Alumni

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  among men in the 19th century. Mitra usually does not allow me to take pictures of her, so I do not know how I managed to get this one. I thought it ... Jeannie, where she has to make a robot Jeannie to walk down the aisle with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  organic synthesis." Courtesy of the MIT News Office: Schrock was cited by the Nobel committee for being the first to produce an efficient metal ... , winner of the Nobel Prize in 2001. I think I would have asked them to

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  coming in for the festivities. Most of us know each other as we chose to ... /Baker tradition: the piano drop. According to The Tech, "The piano drop was first ... , who wanted to bring back the grand old hacks of the past. In honor of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  I had not the greatest week, but tune in tomorrow for my misadventures with the reply-to-all feature and otherwise... I don't want to ... it? "The integral of z squared dz From one to the cube root of three

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005