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  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  -- I made a point of eating at five Chipotle locations that I had not visited prior to this summer -- received a huge boost from 3D printing. As ... Facebook feed to find a ring that can replace my CharlieCard, an RFID

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  quickly. On Friday we watched the first half hour of half a dozen movies ... into a snowbank while taking pictures under the yellow cast of the street lights. Simply put, we had cabin fever. I'm a California girl who hadn

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Events

  In Transit The people and ideas traversing MIT

  

  I got on a bus this morning to go home for Thanksgiving, fully prepared to entrust my productivity to a flaky Wi-Fi connection. Once I got ... app essay drafts - is on Google Drive. I am now drafting this in a .txt

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Turkey Time MIT Admissions will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

  

  MIT tracking shows a missing component, please fax it to 617-687-9184. Note that ... until a few days after the holiday. Please do not send multiple copies of documents during this period. If you are a Regular Action applicant and your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Y U NO HAVE ROLLERCOASTER this is why

  

  in the courtyard, which temporarily becomes a sprawling playground of 2 ... tail end of a hurricane last year unscathed, but it was much weaker.) For the record, the current weather is gorgeous. This year, it's all a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  about a week, and as far as I can tell the city hasn’t been transformed into a socialist utopia. But, prior to leaving for home for spring break ... everything I brought with me), I paid a visit to Kim’s office and did some

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Newly Admitted Student Events… ...coming to your neighborhood.

  

  for Admitted Students. Although a lot of my time is spent preparing for ... area, you should check it out -- it's a great opportunity to meet some potential future classmates, as well as MIT students and alumni. Here are a

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  daily agenda, or even sources of Vitamin C. To start with a simple example ... classes. The first ten weeks or so straddled a slender line between geekishly fun and downright scary. On one hand, it's hard to complain about a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  recoiled along a vector perpendicular to Massachusetts Avenue as I gripped ... cart and vociferously spewed a sonic soup of bloodless terror and regret ... leaning against the back doorway of a warehouse in a cigarette-break tableau

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  To-Do List for Regular Action Applicants With the deadline a month away, there are things you need to be doing now.

  

  might want to be thinking about: If you haven't yet done so, set up a My ... violate early agreements. If you qualify for a fee waiver, please request one. Requesting a fee waiver does not negatively impact your application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  0 Days Since Last Fire Alarm Oh noes! Simmons Hall on fire!

  

  doing. Sam '07 wrote a nice entry about this experience here. This year Burton-Conner has been fairly lucky. As a dorm we're only had about 5 fire alarms since orientation, one of which was a drill. Simmons, on the other

  • by Snively '11
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  This past week has been a mixed bag on many levels. On the one hand, I've gotten a lot of work done (three problem sets, one group project, and one revised essay) while still finding a decent amount of time for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Crotchets and Quavers The evensong tradition

  

  , each meant to serve the every need of its students. Most of them have a chapel, a dean, and a choir. According to Anglican tradition, there should ... everyone else sings Sunday and at least one other day. A good choir is a

  • by Cambridge
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Things Mmmmm.

  

  commit a...healthy...amount of time to extra-curriculars, but outside of ... . Ooooh. But the magic wears off after a couple weeks, to be honest, and soon "free food" isn't a good enough reason to walk across campus for a 2

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Work, friends, sleep – pick three In which I manage time effectively.

  

  this summer: "Devin (another Spectrum '07) and I have been reading A LOT about MIT. She wants to go (a lot), and I'm keeping my eyes and ears open ... school sophomores around, I'm writing a blog post. All right, so that

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Punting

  

  Punting is a really relaxing and nice way to spend the afternoon if you’re not the punter. My name is Lucy and I’m a junior ... students. It’s been a week since we came and classes are starting

  • by Cambridge
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Driving On The Infinite One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not understand how to drive…

  

  Corridor. The Infinite is essentially a 4-lane road with 2 lanes going in ... and learn. If the Infinite is crowded, consider the center line a ... line a broken yellow line. Merge into oncoming traffic only if you need

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  McCormick: Girls Wanted Minh '10 shares her love of McCormick Hall.

  

  entries, but the short version of the story is that I’m currently a freshman ... ’s only all-female dormitory. MIT women choose to live here for a variety of ... Admissions has a really great picture of McCormick: (from Admission

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 24, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  it out -- it's a great opportunity to meet some potential future ... happen later. See your MyMIT portal for a list of locations and times for all of the Admitted Students Parties. Today, I'd like to highlight a few

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Break and Study of Cities Abroad Students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning enjoy a subsidized spring break abroad…

  

  to and from a foreign city over spring break, when students meet with ... topics are compared and contrasted with characteristics of a U.S. city ... . While in Scandinavia last spring break, a few of us met up with the 11

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 23, 2006