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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  's prospective students, but I've had quite a few things unfold throughout this month, most ... astute readers might remember from last year), and it takes a lot more time ... old people do. So basically I had to edit this down a whole bunch in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Adam Riess ‘92 Wins Nobel Prize Riess was a Course 8 Phi Delt with a minor in History.

  

  , said he got a phone call around 5:30 a.m. Several Swedish men were on the ... Square and Fenway Park. The Phi Delts have a beautiful house overlooking the Charles River; it was originally built as a mansion for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  You don't need MIT to be a success. Don't get me wrong -- I think MIT ... quite successful, and I applaud them for it! Let me tell you a bit about Kevin Gillespie and J.R. Hildebrand. In 1997-98, a student named Kevin

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  When I was a freshman, like many before me and many since, I lived in a quad in Baker House. Four women, one big room, and all the fun and ... learn that a great way to spend an hour and delay doing a problem set was

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  As a freshman you will probably be taking two sciences, a math, and a ... a couple classes to choose from based on the results of your placement ... enter a lottery during the summer for their HASS course preferences. There

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  to be evil. Why? Here's what it looks like. Problem 1/ a -- s Problem 2/ a -- c Problem 3/ a -- f Problem 4/ a -- l That's right, you're reading it correctly, A through S. 19 parts! In addition to the other parts

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Courses and Stuff Mason '10 made up the title, blame him.

  

  : describing the classes you're taking in a given semester. Well, now that I'm a ... should be a little interesting, maybe. 21M.705: The Actor and the Text You ... scenes all of the time. A typical 2 hour class starts with a warmup, some

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Peanut Butter Delusion Arguments as old as man.

  

  Alright, it's been a good five days since our blogs have come online, and I still haven't found a novel way to detail my first three and half ... upon while on campus. I spent a good chunk of time during rush with the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  to afford. A major challenge for many people is finding fuel, usually ... a method of producing charcoal bricks out of natural waste materials ... projects that really do help people, which I think is a fantastic thing to be

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Into the Sunset [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] My fascination with color guard, and participation in a colonel's…

  

  leadership training is probably somewhere at the top of that list, but that's a ... has a lot to do with my appreciation for the tradition and dignity of ... around a rifle (even if it has been decommissioned) is just flat

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  Hi folks! Wow - just noticed that my last entry was published over a month ago. Sorry guys, I apparently thought I was Nance for a second there ... my travels over the last month, I just want to take a minute to thank

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  Yikes. It seems like I may have gotten Wenhao into a bit more trouble ... admit "anything" with 2 X-chromosomes. Wenhao posted a different comment ... numbers is a little odd [27% acceptance rate females, 12% males], and I find

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Events

  I’m still here. Promise.

  

  -credit class that meets twice a week for an hour and spend the rest of my time sleeping." But then I had to be like "nah, I'm going to take a class that meets for 9 hours a day 4 days of the week. That sounds like a plan

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  all know, today was the premiere of a much-anticipated movie. What movie ... afternoon about a month ago, there was a knock on my door. When I opened it, Akash asked, "Hey Laura, do you have any bread?" Now I'm a friendly kid

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  MIT had a football game this afternoon against Worcester State. The ... was also my first football game as a member of the world ... . Here are 10 things I remember: 1. Taking a good two minutse to cram four

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Varied states of the basement A roundabout trek to an underground level of Building 7 leads me into areas very…

  

  to poke around a bit before heading over to 7-012 (a room I pass on a ... that window shade! I don't know why a printer cable is dangling from ... a picture for you. Various areas of Building 6's basement are under

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  Today - or I guess, now yesterday - was a special day on 5th East ... birthday. Clayton decided that we would celebrate in style with a "Gentlemen ... hadn't worn a skirt or dress since I was junior in high school. I doubt

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  The Associated Press has a nice story about "Gap Years" that has been ... [of deferring admission for a year or two]. While cautioning that a "gap ... submit a proposal beyond "lying on the beach," but often little more is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  being from a small-town or rural community.   As part of our commitment to ... College Network, 32 institutions across the country, including MIT (a ... STARS Ambassadors, Vaneeza—a current MIT student who played a key role in

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it is the escape living a second life as an art student

  

  will describe to you in painful detail in a later post."]my three-month internship in Seattle,[/annotation] a group of intern friends and I decided that we were going to visit Vancouver for a weekend. We drove up, crossed

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 26, 2022