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

  

  From reading your applications, I know that many of you would be very competitive for another wonderful opportunity: the Davidson Fellows scholarship ... geometry." This is a great opportunity, I hope many of you will apply! For

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  I was thinking recently about the mixed messages that come through various forums about ambition and achievement. Simultaneously you hear "you ... change the world. With that in mind I started thinking about The Universe

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Off to Zambia

  

  Through my awesome D-Lab class, I am going to Zambia today until Jan 31st. Zambia is a land-locked country in southern Africa (see above ... used (location? design? stigma?). In a community in India (I think

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  business. Although I guess my sentence could still be technically correct ... parthenogenesis. Anyhoo, the last time I posted, like, a gazillion years ago, I mentioned that I was working on a project for ICE-T that involved the

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

  Business As Usual

  

  Day, and I took full advantage, with an overnight train trip along West ... my camera. I stepped out of my room the other day and had to traverse

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  books around here can't we?" (sorry, Laura, I know you asked other questions...but I'll answer this one first.) Ahh, never spend $700 on books

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Man of Many Hat(ches) Keyword: Free.

  

  until I was old enough to have my own stereo system, I jammed out with her

  • by Bryan
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  admit. It was extremely difficult! I had thought we were done with tough ... waitlist again. Until then, I don't know. Also, we will begin notifying some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  It's been another late night at work, but I wanted to at least post a few odds & ends... CPW update: for everyone who has registered ... -Veronica Mars fans are quite confused by now, I'm sure). Trying to figure out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties MIT alumni-hosted parties in your area.

  

  digital photos and I'll post them online. Here's a photo of Resonance ... I look forward to meeting you at the biggest admitted students party

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.

  

  [see also: Melis and the AXO Chocolate Factory] Last night, after a long Saturday of working to select the class, I hopped on the Safe ... pictured below; later, I caught up with Sam and Mitra enjoying the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Attack of the Giant Squid Attack of the Giant Squid!

  

  A couple weeks ago, Mitra commented on her CI-M (Communications Intensive) class, 14.33. Sam has also commented on one of his as well. My turn! So this semester, I took Quantitative Physiology I: Cells and

  • by Bryan
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pommes et manus Turkeys into oil, apples into beavers... it's all good.

  

  money. Well, these folks graduated two years ago, so last year I decided ... of Sunday, I baked for 16 straight hours and, finding myself completely ... rolling out pizza dough on a cutting board. This year, I was a bit more

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Saturday

  

  Saturday afternoon, which included a performance by the Cross Products. I ... Community. When I visited the sand mandala, this monk was singing a beautiful

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Spring Weekend Concert Announced: Fabolous and Lloyd Banks

  

  Fabolous from his songs such as "I Can't Deny It" and "Breathe," and you may ... the International Fair (or I-Fair), where the many international student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Anna’s Taqueria

  

  food for free to MIT's students. I wasn't there, but I'm told that the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  hope! Maybe take a trip to California, or something. I don't know. I don ... ! Keys janky? Please fix it. I'm begging you. The B flat key doesn't work really well. How am I supposed to play music like this? Come on!  

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  the first-year experience, I stumbled across the following graf quoting ... accomplish these purposes most effectively. [/visually_hidden] I've long loved ... problematically) called "gifted education" for decades. But I hadn't fully realized

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  math and MIT. I now hope to meet more applicants. Come visit! It'll be ... for Palestine," and it was hosted by Palestine @ MIT. I was this close ... rest of the MIT faculty is also rather incredible. I got to interact with

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  Makerspaces 3D Systems, The Coca-Cola Company, and will.i.am, who are ... ). One of the most fascinating things I discovered in the course of writing this paper was the incredible depth of making here at MIT. I learned that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014