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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  go with the SPAM joke?” Will he follow through on the Monty Python subject line? Will he show a can of the eponymous meat-like substance (now with Bacon!*)? Perhaps a photo of SPAM carved to resemble some bit of

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Final Countdown Duh nuh nuh, nuh... duh nuh nuhnuhnuh..

  

  on the ambulance this semester, one of which I'm currently on, and will ... There's one week left of my freshman year - how much can you fit in a seven days? A seven-page paper, six nights of studying, five hours to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 16, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  apply to MIT for general admission and select a major at the end of the first year with the help of their first-year advisor. Our application asks students to list their "course of interest" only, and the choice
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  's living groups or campus geography that the folks on one end of campus just don't often see those on the other. :P The aim of this "outing" is to ... 'm back in Cambridge a couple of days before my French class starts on

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 AM Destiny An early evening snapshot of an MIT kitchen

  

  a cup of tea on his way to fight an invisible space bear the printer ... is on boundary layers and laminar external flows, neither of which I ... of the first floor of Random Hall. One of three all-male floors in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat

  

  background for most of my junior year. I'd had my eye on the closet door it ... Cambridge and Boston skylines on the sides of the ring: while you're at MIT ... In my last days at MIT, I painted this mural on my hall. I

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX continued The rain killed my hawaiian outfit.

  

  attending the LuWOW on the West Side Campus, but the weather was kind of gross ... So REX or Residence Exploration began on Sunday afternoon with a kickoff that started in Kresge. The real fun started at about 5 pm on

  • by Bryan
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Crew Florida Takeover My last trip to play with the dolphins

  

  cooperate and we can get back on the water well in advance of spring break ... So usually in the beginning of January, Boston is under a solid layer of snow and the crew team is stuck inside the boathouse while our

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  senior two months before he leaves for grad school on the opposite side of ... [To be honest, I've had a little bit of writer's block lately, under ... out of the dorm and into a fraternity for the summer and have gone

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  While You Wait… ...why not play Brawl?

  

  , March 15 (Pi Day + 1). Best of luck to all of you! 2. Super Smash Brothers Brawl, possibly the most anticipated game of 2008, came out today. Can I just say w00t? In commemoration of this momentous event, with a nod

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  101 Things to Do Before You Graduate from MIT What every MIT graduate should have experienced.

  

  been to a Bruins game, but two of my best friends, Anna '08 and Maria '08, won tickets and took my camera along for the trip. On the night of ... At orientation, we received a list of "101 Things to Do Before You

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry, no dorms yet but… ya wanna see some classes?

  

  was a good time to take a quick survey of what you want to see of coursework at MIT (maybe it's not, I don't know, I'm running on empty here ... but it depends on how shameless I am that day. Most likely, I will

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  on 5th East. We were soon joined by Lex '00. One of my favorite things ... '06, who were watching Star Wars in 6-120. On Saturday, a bunch of 5th ... months of his life on hall. When the evening came, we decided it was such

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  tote bag tour i have so many things to carry

  

  I don’t know how it started exactly–a nice lug of canvas here, a floppy rectangle of yellow there. I tried my best to retreat under the guise of functionality: this one’s dark enough to hold tubes of paint, and

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)

  

  purpose of this list is to just let you know where else they are on the web ... other way than navigating to or searching for MITAdmissions.org. Of course, it's also strange to think I once had a full head of hair and wasn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  equipment to detect and do studies on extrasolar systems. A lot of extrasolar ... Staying up all night while staring up at the stars, eating loads of ... summer camp, right? Not quite, it was part of sophomore Shaye Storm

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yo quiero… A Spanish themed entry?Ok, not really.

  

  desk of an admissions officer. On Monday I went food shopping, which was ... that bio pset on my desk. Cool learning experience of the day: 21F.716 ... came back, I slept from 3:30 PM tp 8:30 PM. That's 9 whole hours of sleep

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  behavior and performance of firms in markets, with a particular focus on ...  examines the fundamental assumptions on which our understanding of the social ... , as sort of an introduction, went on to describe how social behaviors

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.

  

  sun on my skin; I still see blue skies, light clouds, and networks of ... Over the past few years, toward the end of my full-time undergrad and ... before I graduate I want to show you more of these places I love, starting

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  her for life outside of the MIT bubble. I love hearing other students' take on this program because it's one of those "you get what you give ... being evaluated based purely on coursework. The value of the GEL program

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011