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  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  earlier this week: Computer Program to Take On 'Jeopardy!' YORKTOWN HEIGHTS ... completing a computer program to compete against human "Jeopardy!" contestants ... call from an MIT senior who is going to be on Jeopardy! tonight. Pretty

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  place so far, which is okay because I'm a host and not obligated to be ... - a hack showed up on Thursday! It's an upside down lounge installed on ... with an "Imma let you finish!" and a transition to Kanye West

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  course, Thanksgiving weekend. I have...a lot to be thankful for. Mom, if ... to so many new perspectives and ways of life that I just never even ... our friends in Fremont!), who came to Boston to hang out over break. On

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  haunts in a last bid to say goodbye. But what if you held off on all that ... I'd like to talk a bit about deferring entry to MIT, also known as ... moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As I Was Saying… My second internship entry AKA "How I copy and pasted my way to a new…

  

  company had a project ready for me to start work on the second I stepped in ... a mentor for every single intern to ease the transition into this new ... on in a short amount of time. This week, I met with my mentor to give a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time in a bottle. A Newbery-medal-winning collection of short stories.

  

  coming to MIT for a day and wanted to see how our research on the thermal ... If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I'd like to do ... of it like a box full of memories. ...and the Trumpet of Coffee On

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  experience was rare But I learned a whole lot and I have more knowledge to share I walked up to MIT on July 7th, 2008 Made sure my shoes were shiny ... every type of background from New Jersey). I look forward to lending

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  there are very few pictures of me in a cheerleading uniform on good hair days. Seriously.) A few weeks ago, the cheerleaders recruited new ... promise that we don't require new members to have prior cheerleading

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it’s been thirteen days since the Eras Tour began

  

  thought about it like that before.  New Year’s Day is such a mellow end to ... AGAAAAINNN. I have heard a lot of hate on The Man, You Need To Calm Down and ... really good. Even just Welcome to New York, it is like listening to a

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Blogographical Biography ...although whatever 'blogographical' means, I somehow doubt it applies to a blog containing graphs.

  

  At 8:57 AM on December 15, 2007, I was admitted to the Massachusetts ... ????" Admissions blogging is a pretty new thing for me, so please don't be ... collections of squiggly pencil lines. I won't lie: I'm going to be spending a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  to check on any such documents (there is a time for this later ... you'd like to provide (new awards, changes to your activities, etc ... updates. Should I send in a whole new version of my application, or all

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  was just… there.  during winter break, i went to new york city for a ... probably because the excitement of being at a new place never got replaced ... , i missed home. a lot. to the point where ‘i just wanna go home’ was

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  class, taking a break to walk along the Charles with a new-ish friend ... -Madison. *Having a five-year-old sister, I get to see for myself, from a new ... had a giant crush on MIT. I signed up for a million classes (five and a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  [joint post] A Map of MIT Makerspaces ft MechE grad student and mapmaker Rima Das

  

  working on a project to remedy that — she’s putting together a collaborative ... : As a meche always looking to discover new makerspaces, I was so happy ... makerspaces on and around campus. In addition, they’re able to add descriptions

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  used it mainly to get a second machine opinion on the sentiment of each ... privilege to complain about a brand-new laundry system. ... on anonymous MIT Confessions. 1. A summer discovery In my freshman year

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  year suddenly have a new freshness to them. And with that freshness, I ... like to finally be on MIT’s campus. As my Uber pulled up on Mass Ave, the hustle and bustle of the street had a certain magic to it. The cars were

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Events

  East Campus Rush 2014: RAW SCIENCE There shall be no entertainment or amusement in our courtyard, only roller coasters

  

  . All the while, little Aria is getting adjusted to her new home on ... working on over the past week. Some of these science experiments include a ... . Prefrosh will have the opportunity to battle in a giant wrestling pit made of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  is the link to a mini-guide to CPW with advice on packing, planning ... clearly laying on a giant soft foof with my new friends, listening about an ... long showers. “Oh, I gotta remember to audition for a capella!” “I could

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42: The Answer to Our Changing Educational Needs a school with no teachers, no schedules, and no rankings

  

  his passion in technology to design a new educational system that gives ... director of pedagogy in a school with no teachers, Lou’s job is to make new ... to a remote Buddhist monastery in the Himalayas. In a place without

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  hack of 2013! A great way to start, after last year's concluding one on ... fall semester. Congrats to all the new 17's- sorry you have to take ... a great new year.

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013