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  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  , and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the ... nationwide. The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a concert venue on the ... , with nothing to block its view, and relatively smaller crowds, becomes a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Oh The Things I’ve Seen Warning: Hold on to your socks

  

  a ton of movies, tv shows, and plays to fill my visual cortex! As such ... the last month. (Warning: Hold on to your socks) TV Shows: Southland House Lie to Me Bones Men of a Certain Age The Game Meet the Browns Numb3

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cue the montage music

  

  research, and enjoying this view from my lab on a daily basis: Campus ... define MIT’s presence on the global stage. I had the opportunity to learn ... biology and is now about to finish his MD, with an eye on radiation oncology

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Analogies “Fill yourself up with musical lighter fluid and ignite your inner match.”

  

  we play and suggestions on how to do it. Several months ago, I joined ... . (Not only is he super humble and friendly, but he also came to a lot of our rehearsals to give us tips and guidance on the piece, AND he

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  So I had a little free time this morning so I paid a little visit to ... it. Hindsight is 20/20. I think more than 1000 students get a 1600 on ... were along the lines of "Chances at MIT." I guess I was just a little

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  time in four months, I'll get to see my family. I'm holding on to that ... classes. For the last class, I have to write a thesis proposal.. which is ... this morning, I compared myself to a photo of Kermit the Frog drinking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Caring for the body health, am i right?

  

  time I step on a scale, I find myself doing the BMI calculation in my ... stairs before panting. It'd take me about seven minutes to run a kilometer ... feels even worse, making it a vicious circle. When it comes to the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yet Another MIT 2010? Alex Doonesbury needs to choose a college.

  

  cartoons indicate Alex will take a gap year, either to "consult for a ... Doonesbury is still deciding on colleges: RPI, Cornell, or MIT? Now, her college decision is up for a vote (aren't you glad all college decisions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  review of software and related documents on which you work. As a manager, do not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with their ... especially at MIT, there's an urge to see a social problem and want to build an

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  attempt to personify a big, philosophical theme into a “smell” ... was a ridiculous amount to see and take in. I could sample any color or ... kind of place where I want to be: a place where you take your talents and

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  O, GRE Battle The best of the worst entry I ever wrote.

  

  : -I am not a chapstick addict, but I carry two tubes on me at all times ... !" Catch you on the flip side of a p-set and 6.003 test! ... located in Haviland, Kansas and is less than 1,000 years old. I wrote a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  well I needed to do on the next exam to get an A in the class. I thought ... I'm going to confess something. A bit more than two years ago,  I ... would have sprinkled holy water on it if I had access to some. If someone

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  physics). Just a heads up to the 4 other people in the world who test out of ... happened while I was on my way to my advisor's office to get his signature on ... exclaimed, "Hey! You write a blog, don't you?" I was quite surprised to hear

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  This blog post is about you. yes, you.

  

  to stress. MIT is a difficult place - but you already knew that.  The ... 's okay.  You don't come to a school like MIT looking to coast through all ...  combination of classes, psets, UROPs, sports, and trying to maintain a healthy

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  From today's edition of the Tech: Caltech Students Pull Part of a Hack at MIT I managed to snag one of the fake papers that, as the article mentioned, were situated on newspaper stands all over campus: And

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Two Sides Of The Coin… For Us Too Watching the people who didn't get in receive their letters is as heartbreaking for me…

  

  decided to blog it here as a real entry so that more folks would see it. I ... look forward to bumping into them on the Infinite and watching them grow ... /she doesn't make it. In no way am I comparing my feelings to those of a

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  TEDxCambridge! 1. How TED talks can improve your life 2. Recently hosted and filmed right here…

  

  to not only ways I can cause change on a large scale, but also within ... a goal to have my own one day. Hmm.. what's a good first step but to ... we were going to host a TED Conference right in our very own Kendall

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  Ahoy! I hope you arrr having a great September. As you know, the ... Application section of the site. I am happy to answer your questions (that aren't already answered on the site) about the MIT Freshman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  that, in the footer to each email, we include a line explaining to the ... admissions cycle: a list for admitted students, who receive updates specific to ... are admits. Earlier today, I was working with a colleague to clean and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Up With The Mail?!? Honestly, I'm not entirely sure. But I'll tell you everything I know.

  

  to the holiday season, and (2) we had a major blizzard the day we ... same time on Friday afternoon, 12/9/05. If someone received a piece of mail that was postmarked on 12/8/05, this was a postal error - I can

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005