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  When it Rains It Pours

  

  due (halfway there!) Powerpoint for Toy Design (haven't started ... 've got a physics test I haven't studied for, a 2 PSETS I haven't started, a ... now). But wait, there's more! I'll save the full story for later

  • by Snively '11
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  alarm for 11:20 AM* 11:58 AM: *wakes up, peers at clock* *falls back ... , completely out of breath *TA passes an exam along* *gets mad at self not for ... Preparation Program organized by MIT's Educational Studies Program (ESP for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  . I want to be a fighter pilot - that is why I joined AFROTC, for the ... and exciting life. When I first signed up for ROTC, I thought of it simply as an avenue to become a pilot and to pay for school. I wasn

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  V Storms the Senate One hack is not enough.

  

  already know, a little over a month ago, I decided to run for a seat in the ... Association (or the UA for short, because MIT students love acronyms) aims to ... governing bodies at MIT) in another entry, but for now, what matters most is

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  For the second consecutive year, we have been able to admit students ... for a day before leaving for Albuquerque and I can tell you that it was ... will keep some students on the waitlist for another few weeks until we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some news & notes for the Class of 2011.

  

  A few updates for the Class of 2011... Tonight MIT students will be ... (EST). Start thinking of questions you might have for actual MIT students! And, don't worry, if for whatever reason you don't get to talk to an MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  that stayed with me for many years was called Car Hiker, a profile of Al, a man who for thirty years, parked cars in a garage. HIs nickname was ... Professor Tom Malone's book The Future of Work. The title alone is enough for

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  maker — for real-life clients. Over 13 weeks and under intense pressure ... converting kiddie toys into a dragster to creating moving art for a museum and designing a low-cost peanut butter machine for a women's collective in Haiti

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  Hockfield recently wrote an op-ed in the Boston Globe entitled A Model For ... of the energy challenge: Adding to the pressure for multiple approaches to this vast challenge, the time for initiating meaningful steps to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  was delayed for three hours. Sam's Mom has a broken refrigerator. My ... ago Justin Kim wrote: I did this program for a class I'm taking called ... for fall 2007! pfffft!), we offer at least math 10 classes in nonlinear

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  I am notorious for showing up at the right place at the wrong time. For instance, two weeks ago, I opened the door to room 3-343 expecting ... Mechanical Engineering who also went to MIT for undergrad. Every week, they

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Case of the Saturdays This is the true story of 5 mechanical engineers and 1 neuroscientist selected to spend…

  

  make for good song lyrics) Agawam is best known as being the ... did not travel to Agawam for this reason. Instead, I went to an old man ... " YES! So as college students, we're constantly looking for deals, and we

  • by Bryan
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  In my previous entry, Joan Tran from Louisiana asked for some general ... them independently, that's fine too. (For example, if you love baking ... extra-curriculars or achievements it looks for on your application; rather

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Love Potion No. 9 roses are #FF0000violets are #0000FF

  

  imagination, but for those of you interested, here's my take on the lay of the ... conversation I had with my grandpa before I left for MIT: Gramps: "Now don't be a ... . MIT is full of relationships, people who've been dating for days, weeks

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  SMRT Only at MIT could a wholesome, traditional integration bee end up like this.

  

  thoroughly as I had hoped. For one thing, the integrals were incredibly ... 'm not smrt enough to do them, but these were even too difficult for some ... . Which makes for 20 minutes of just not too much fun if you ask me. But

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  Johns Hopkins:"For all the regular decision applicants out there, we ask for your PATIENCE throughout the month of January. Please do not contact ... three weeks for us to process all of these application materials

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  Today is mail day. I'll save my emotional post on this topic for a ... and then call the post office for pickup. So to summarize, we're on ... praying for the 4 inches. :-) ---------------------------------- 9:45AM It

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  go for delayed gratification; it's easier to work work work for a few ... slept for 30.5 hours (and will probably sleep at least 10 tonight ... around in a hooded sweatshirt and enjoyed life. Hooray for laziness! A

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…

  

  model for ulcerative colitis, a type of IBD, through her UROP in the ... created a mouse model for the Th2 form of IBD by creating a Th2 response in ... Research Journal for the past two years and member of the Journal of Young

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins Putnam math competition

  

  The results are out, and for the second consecutive year, MIT has won ... Putnam exam is a difficult set of 12 questions, each worth 10 points for a total of 120 possible points. Nearly 4,000 students sat for the exam

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2005