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  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  history of U.S. involvement in Israel, on the Patriot act, the conflict in ... that my line of sight was no longer perpendicular to the laptop screen; I ... of the colors changed: blue was now yellow, red was now cyan. This wasn

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  craziness of the semester is already over, that I have completed my finals and ... home, heading away from the bubble of MIT towards the place I grew up. I ... at MIT for only two and a half years of my life, compared to the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bibliophiles assemble! When life gives you books...

  

  A few weeks ago, I had the best weekend in recent history. Of course ... the Eastern edge of the campus) hosts a legendary Loading Dock Sale ... ! Students, educators, and other segments of the MIT community crowded room

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 5, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Cannon Hack The famous tale of the Caltech Cannon Hack.

  

  invites you to the official sendoff of the Caltech cannon. Our company has ... students behind "Howe & Ser." For the memories, I've below tallied some of ... : Apparently CalTech flew out a crew of 20 to retrieve the cannon, and took it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Take Me Back to Tech (Guest Entry) So hurrah for technology, 'ology, 'ology oh.

  

  all heard the Chorollaries’ beautiful renditions of the Engineers ... seriously how I am feeling at the moment. Like a lot of prefrosh, I am dealing ... weekend, the rest of my schedule has been covered by a lot of the other

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  , or or Wednesday, or a Friday, or possibly another day of the week, so ... application by thinking a bit about the applicant's context. I can see much of ... community? a university town? Sometimes I'll use the power of the web to help

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything

  

  the distant glint of the Charles. If you don't feel like craning your ... fair amount of sunlight, especially when we forget to pull down the ... even when the weather gets atrocious, the warmth of the infinite is only

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  powerful. We'll have more power in the volume of a sugar cube than exists in ... cryptographer, 1997 Given the hype surrounding the potential applications of ... opportunities to learn about nanotech. Given the vague definition of the term

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unfold I met my blog muse while doing the laundry, and then came this entry.

  

  fold clothes. I promise that the repeated act of folding one sleeve ... person who found it could probably tell the story of how I've spent my 27 ... person must be an MIT student. Exhibit B: He's a member of the Greek

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  students and alums often will create special boats for the occasion of the July 4th fireworks. Some of my friends have gone the extra mile. In 1876 ... a boat. "Before" image of the '67 Bel Air courtesy Amrys Williams

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  to the tune of several hundred thousand dollars a year. Unsurprisingly ... committee called the House Dining Advisory Group (HDAG), composed of administrators and students, was set up to explore new options. At the end of this

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Super Top Secret Spy Action Real Life Experience: Building a car in 2.007

  

  .007, Design and Manufacturing I. The basic goal of the class is to design and ... friend, Mark Cote, won the competition and he and a few of the other top ... ...antastically pass (IHTFP)" Basically, the table this year has a set of bins of

  • by Bryan
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  petals. Baby bunnies hopping around gleefully at your feet. The smell of fresh sweat and tears exuded by seniors everywhere in the midst of their ... , regardless of admission or non-admission to the Institute, you probably applied

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Enrolled 09’s: Watch Your Mailbox I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the…

  

  I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM ... and will continue to do so over the next week or two. By the middle of May, the majority of you should have received them, but don't worry if

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  π Day

  

  Albert Einstein Memorial at the National Academy of Sciences, I set up my ... the National Academy of Sciences? I was there for the public exhibition of the finalist projects of the Intel Science Talent Search. I got to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Think Pink 2011 [By Cory Hernandez, '14] G@MIT, the SAO, and Residential Life present a guide to living…

  

  the results for the guide. The Living Pink Guide gets at the heart of ... are the space for an additional affiliation, and the question of LGBTQ ... reflect the attitudes of the students who officially live in a given living

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  thoughts carry me away. The morning before I left campus, a group of ... drive from campus). In the midst of observing Ramadan and searching for a ... of the ocean. The wind had a refreshing coolness to it, and as we sat

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blended Learning at MIT benefits of technology in MIT classrooms

  

  See the original version of this post on the Office of Digital ... classes at MIT as part of a series of xTalks hosted by the Office of Digital Learning. Here are the highlights of their discussion: Structure

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  GTL the secret to a successful summer

  

  've concocted so far. 1 box of questionable purpose (If you're wondering, the ... giving tours of MIT and quickly appreciated the art of walking backwards ... bad living right in the heart of Kenmore across from a frozen yogurt

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  may be hard to tell from the picture, but that's a minimum of two inches ... , if you live anywhere in the area of this crazy "winter" (and I use that ... ! Coming soon (like really, really soon): the end of IAP (2.670!) and the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007