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  Christmas in December and July

  

  I'm back at my parents' home now (watching reruns of Buffy the ... . On Saturday, we started at China Pearl, then walked through Downtown ... Longfellow Bridge to check out the Stata Center at MIT, which they hadn't seen

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2004
• Blog / Events

  SpaceVision 2010 Space is cool.

  

  -up call at 5:30. I ordered a taxi for 6:30. I set an alarm for 5:30, just in ... -hello? Cheerful guy at the front desk: Ma'am, there is a taxi waiting for you. Me: *heart attack* Cheerful guy at the front desk: Ma'am? Me: *heart attack

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  professor teach? [answer at the end of the entry] I remember sitting in my ... ) next to a friend of mine from Singapore. At the time, he was the only ... scorer for Singapore at one of the international science olympiads. I had

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  Yesterday evening at MIT had a fairly random pair of events: First, pro wrestling announcer Jim "J.R." Ross spoke at a colloquium hosted by ... 'd expect to hear talk at MIT. But there have been lots of speakers here on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  NY Times article on women in science Women in science...the debate rages on.

  

  science and engineering classes in larger and larger numbers, even at top ... contemplate what it is like to be a “woman at MIT.” The only differences that I see between the male and female undergraduate experiences at MIT are

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  announcing that it was an "Ashmont and Braintree train." Take a look at this ... bound up with the concern that not being at the top of the class will ... 't sleepwalk your way to perfect grades anymore. My first semester at MIT, I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT women Rockin' the two X chromosomes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  

  people are really interested in the experience of female students at MIT. I was asked several times at my grad school interviews how the environment ... graduate school in biology at a time when a lot of my friends from high

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  , which will take a lot more thought and I will get to at a later date ... /convenience stores on campus, lunch at one of the lunch dining halls, and, since my ... . Kim asked if it's possible or easy to get a single as a freshman at MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  I wake up a minute before my alarm goes off, at 8.59 am. This has ... my dorm. I have a doctor's appointment at 10.20, so I cross the street to Medical and check in at the desk. I’m preparing to travel to India

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  process, which is quite a bit different at the grad level than at the ... rejections don't seem to fit a pattern -- one person was accepted at School A but rejected at School B, while another person has a completely opposite

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Jebby Awards 2024: See All the Winners Here having fun with hyperlinks

  

  who they think did a good job at making movies and TV shows in the year ... "] Both movies are about a young man who want to be the best at what they do ... I Have Ever Completed To Be Mad At Someone (or, The Stuff Inside the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  I Could Never Do it Alone People of a semester, thank you

  

  I finished my first semester at MIT. There's so much to write about ... know it's cliché, but I know it to be true. At MIT, friendship is ... often at MIT: I could never do it alone.  With this in mind, I wanted to

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 19, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  visual depictions of my summer i've been a busy, busy bee.

  

  WILG (Womens' Independent Living Group) at the end of last semester. They ... halfway around the world to start my internship, and was housed at a really ... breaks at work-- [caption id="attachment_46022" align="aligncenter" width

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 3, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  deconstruction end-of-semester atmospheres

  

  i woke up naturally at 9am this morning to a sunny day, feeling ... a haircut at this place my brother recommended--the guy there said he was booked all morning so i scheduled an appointment at 3:15 in the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Time to Enroll You have doubts, I have gifs

  

  well at MIT.     First of all, please   and let's review a few common questions you may have about enrolling at MIT.   1. Are there normal people there?/Are 'my kind of people' at MIT

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Two opportunities for high school students And you don't have to live near Cambridge, MA this time!

  

  entries must be in English. (Note: Winners will be announced at the Fair ... fill out the registration form at http ... :00 pm at MIT Building 32, Room 123. Please RSVP by November 4. For the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 28, 2012
• Blog / Events

  FUP!!! I spent my first official week at MIT as a FUPPER!!

  

  My first week at MIT was absolutely INCREDIBLE!!  There was an ... at MIT a week early to participate in FUP, or the MIT Freshman Urban ... Vermonsters at Ben & Jerry's on Newbery Street.  One of my main concerns

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Life, As Physics Problem also The Tech said a thing

  

  questions about what's going on. Let's call this "Level 0." At Level 0, it ... traveling at 35 MPH. Its y-velocity is then 35/sqrt(2) MPH, or around 25 MPH. If you're traveling at 20 MPH along y and collide with the car, the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW time waits for no man, woman or beaver

  

  there's no shortage of activities and information for you at CPW, too. Heck, we have a whole page just for you, plus at last count there were ... webcasting live tomorrow night beginning at 10pm EDT; check your email for

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome to the Woodshop Don't forget close-toed shoes and please WEAR GOGGLES.

  

  week, I work as a monitor at the N51 Woodshop. In Building N51, next to ... against hippies, really.Every Architecture student at MIT gets introduced to this place at least once. Most other people don't know about this place

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 5, 2009