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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  eighty semi-hours Ten thousand thirty-two hundred emails to read Ten ... Something called BCC It's time now, to sing out Though the spamming never ... spam (oh you got to, you got to remember the spam) Remember the spam (I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  science journalist. I went there just to get a feel for what a career in ... (many) graduation requirements is to get a “concentration” in the ... , as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  listen to an admissions presentation, take a campus tour, visit a lab, and talk to some of the current students. I was on campus for a grand total ... more enough to convince me that MIT really was different. Given that our

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  those 4x4's running through the middle of your room?!" Well, yes. But here ... it over IAP when a single became available) and was kind enough to let me climb all over his bedding and his pillows to take the following

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? According to Wikipedia, "An article from The Onion ... , in which students were asked to write an essay analyzing its use of ... to D√Љsseldorf this weekend, I forget why, but the thing that we were

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  getting a fly-in for Marine Week Boston, I had to go see. The weather was ... without the coating of dirt (note to future Coure 16ers: that downwash is no ... : the best seat in the house the weather started getting rough

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• 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 ... you want to study?" essay 5:17 The "how do you improve the lives of others?" essay 6:38 The "describe your world" essay 8:38 The "challenge you

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

  An Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle A prize will go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  

  applications and I promise you that no one will be harmed! Take a moment to ... he's building. Hint # 1: Put on your math-based thinking cap. Hint ... go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts

  

  Yesterday, I got back to MIT, and my bedroom's view this year rivals my summer office's view. Evidence is below In case you're not convinced, check ... ! It is going to be an excellent year... I can see it already

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT wins the gold

  

  Oh look, how interesting. MIT seems to have won an Olympic gold medal at Torino. All photo credits go to Matt Peddie '09. A pretty nighttime ... stayed in place despite its best efforts to escape. MIT's victory

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faster than a speeding locomotive. E=MC^2 serving up the most delicious physics problems since 1905.

  

  cleaning spam from my inbox. Join your fellow Student Pugwash members in the ... of Student Pugwash. Pugwash exists to address the effects of science ... Revolution) and STS.310 (Introduction to the History of Science). If I had the

  • by Bryan
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First Blogiversary One year ago today, "McGann's Factors" began.

  

  blogs up and running, I feel very proud of what we've been able to do. Over the past year, I've learned a lot about blogging and how to best serve your needs. I hope that this second year of blogging will be even

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Matt McGann ‘00 Name: Matt McGann; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY

  

  idealism & commitment to the mission of helping the world Favorite things ... character: Nekobasu? Advice about applying to college/MIT: be open and honest about yourself and your life's circumstances, choose recommenders who can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2005
• 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 ... 'll have earned not only your degree, but a commission as an officer and
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another one! The return to campus, round III

  

  ’m beyond hyped for this semester. I get to mass produce yo-yos, build a robot ... Last Sunday may not have been my first time coming back to MIT, but I ... same energy. The streets were full of fraternity vans trying to snag new

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • September 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  . Stanford...is not like MIT. Where to start? Stanford is sunny and spacious ... worry about getting run down by bicyclists who are, as far as I can tell ... corridors that do happen to be indoors are famous and steeped with historical

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Faculty Dinner We invited our favorite faculty and staff to our hall for an awesome dinner!

  

  , he didn't get to eat any Angel Food Cake. He only got to look at six ... the GRT apartment. The Faculty  Once the faculty started to arrive, we had a greeter at the door to welcome them to our hall. Most of us

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  danger!awesome firin' mah lazers...at basically any(every)thing

  

  went to danger!awesome. danger!awesome is a laser engraving and cutting ... simple: they will use lasers to burn anything into anything. As you can see ... , metal, and wood. Of course, it is not necessarily limited to these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Y U NO HAVE ROLLERCOASTER this is why

  

  time, that EC had to get a licensed structural engineer to sign off all of its construction plans in order to obtain Cambridge building permits ... If you weren't aware, REX (Residence EXploration) is going to be in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 27, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs

  

  was rather impressive. How did hackers manage to get a 600 pound ... Hacking at MIT is steeped in tradition and still occurs to this day. Hackers deploying any hack always subscribe to a strict code of ethics. This

  • by Snively '11
  • April 24, 2009