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

  

  country's name comes from the Greek meaning "a single house," perhaps ... completing a computer program to compete against human "Jeopardy!" contestants ... will have made a leap forward. [read more] About the same time, I got a

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

  Waitlist and transfer: quick update No decisions yet, but some notes & reminders.

  

  waitlisted students and transfer applicants are feeling a little left out. So here's a quick update. Waitlist It's still too early to know whether or ... reconvene and discuss the waitlist. You can see a lot of answers about the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  Thanksgiving morning was a groggy smear of coffee, subway, and airport, a rhapsody in grey shattered once by an outburst of sunrise over ... eyelids. 2.5 hours later, while on a plane streaming through this clear

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  quite simple: MIT has a middle school crush on weird ... building, all are a little different than your ordinary structure. While some ... INSTALLED DIP-N-DOTS MACHINE!!! A hollowed-out rectangular prism, it

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  St. George’s Day England's National Day

  

  , Wednesday 23 April and has a picture of a knight on a horse. I was with ... probably make a good blog entry. Okay, I should probably have published this ... 's Day is England's National Day. St. George usually depicted as a knight

  • by Cambridge
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Davidson Fellows scholarship program A great scholarship opportunity from the wonderful folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

  

  Submission Overview Form by March 14. You also must be a US citizen or ... October 1st of this year. A number of MIT students are Davidson Fellows ... Candida albicans fungus with a combinatorial approach, cutting the time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soy Bomb Doo d-d-doo d-d-doo d-do d-do. Ice tea!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Igor Stravinsky has a star on the Hollywood Walk of ... business. Although I guess my sentence could still be technically correct--a komodo dragon could have an immaculate conception, assuming that it had a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The career fair and emerging pop stars Thinking about life after MIT at the Career Fair...and then watching a fellow blogger transform…

  

  internships as well. It was quite a spectacle, as 3500 MIT students and alumni ... way through the maze of prospective employers. Some were looking for a ... network with company representatives over a wonderful buffet dinner. It was

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some summer pictures

  

  I've been promising for a while that I would post some pictures from ... with my other entries. I spent the summer working as a research intern in Lausanne, Switzerland, supported by a research fellowship from the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Come on, let’s go food truckin’ Where to find some cheap, reasonably tasty, and sometimes even healthy eats on campus.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The Natural History Museum in London has a giant squid on display with 20-foot-long tentacles. Last night in my dorm we had a ... Friday morning, which featured a stunning international menu. I had this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  . Unfortunately for me, I am a hopeless sap, so the best I can hope for is not ... together for such a long time, you have lots of stories), about graduate school, and about careers in science. He gave me a lot of good advice about

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  fun! Today in 10.37: Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design, we had a pop quiz. That's pretty uncommon for MIT as a whole, but I've had a few ... on the chalkboard as a reference. In his words, the quiz was to "test

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  Thursday: Medlinks auction So on Thursday, the Medlinks had a dating auction to benefit a scholarship fund in Louisiana. One of my friends, Mike ... would be. Fortunately, we were allowed to give a little paragraph about

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  So how does a boy from Texas survive the oftentimes harsh winters of ... called No Flip Flops which was full of pointers on how to survive a winter at MIT. I must admit that I also learned a lot of new information

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Leaves, Strawberries, Doors Pictures of campus, faculty dinner, another door. (7 pictures)

  

  to turn as early a September, but only recently has most of the campus ... ). I'm not a very good photographer, but here are a few images of campus ... Ky Lowenhaupt and many ZBT brothers. The dinner was capped off with a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Back From The West Coast ...with thoughts and conclusions on the recent serious posts.

  

  Hi everyone, I am back in town after a crazy day of traveling across the country with a pregnant wife and a toddler (good times). Sorry to be away from my blog for a few days, but my ability to get online was a bit

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply to be an Exchange Student, Special Student, or Visiting Student?

  An Exchange Student enrolls at MIT to take classes as a non-degree student. Exchange students are affiliated with a university in which MIT has ... participating institutions for a set duration. For a list of member institutions
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  *written by Mariam D. '20 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* A few dozen children stand fidgeting in lines ... ’s a myriad of expressions on their different faces that I’m trying to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  , and oddly-formatted emails.  I've been reading a lot of job descriptions ... when written well (i.e. when written by actual employees and not HR), a success profile can be a valuable framework when you start a job -- a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Conner 2 Trip to the North End Bother bother bother bother

  

  A bunch of people from my floor decided to go to the North End to get pizza and pastries the other night. I didn't feel like writing about it so I decided to just film it instead. I present to you, what it would

  • by Snively '11
  • February 1, 2009