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  Blast from the Past

  

  out of bed and on campus 5 hours later. Yikes. Why, you ask? Because ... and uses of tools, and an overview of the various activities that go on ... of time (sorry!) and after Ruth's balloon adventure, I headed over to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  Corridor was abuzz with activity, people excited for the new year of classes ... Math courses; Eric Lander, the first author on the publication of the ... . Sadoway on teaching freshmen: "It’s true, we’re very busy, but those of us

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  On the ides of March, I attended the awards ceremony of the Intel ... was David Bauer from New York City, who did a project on quantum dots ... , it made me feel like I was at the Oscars of high school science. And

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Biological Engineering major

  

  . The Faculty recommends to the Corporation the designation of a new Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Engineering to be awarded on the ... From Wednesday's faculty meeting... Motion for a Bachelor of Science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties MIT alumni-hosted parties in your area.

  

  musical guest: the Chorallaries of MIT. Southern New Hampshire. Meeting ... , CTO and VP of Design and Engineering. Wednesday New York City. With ... , there are dozens of alumni-hosted events going on; it should be pretty

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  be the most important of my life, yet they felt so uninspired on the ... like on paper. Each little essay is a snapshot of you as a person instead ... briefly thought that the "oxygen" at the end of the word CITGO on that

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Answer these 13 questions and we’ll reveal the perfect dorm for you! What does your favorite dorm animal say about where you should live?

  

  -turned-blog-idea on the MIT class of 2029 Discord Server, where I was helping out ... . Despite multiple months of sitting on this idea, I didn't start creating ... capita, with only 3.3% of New Vassar residents providing their data to my

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  throughout New England. Hop on board and see how to take some time off ... One of the great things about living in Boston is the close promixity to all sorts of cool places to visit. And one of the great things about

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  composite history of the year's blizzards. In New Hampshire, up in the White ... junior year of high school, class was cancelled on account of a -60F (that ... totals of 30"+ in some areas of New York. Boston was the storm's last stand

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  marched up to a group of proctors, and tapped one of them on the shoulder ... Universe - which is pretty mind-blowing, since we owe much of our theories on ... donned my most comfortable pair of sweatpants (Manchester United sweatpants

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  off of a huge pile of boxes, each conspicuously with the word "TOYS" on ... dotted the MIT campus, urging people to get to 6-120 as fast as possible. Following the advice of the scientists and heading towards 6-120 you may have

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  can't check on it myself since I don't know which of the several ... possible to post receipt of acceptances on individual myMIT sites? Financial ... Office Website but we have to make a formal request of revision and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Accepting criticism please criticize this blog post

  

  Most of my work has been low stakes. When I work on programming ... about many things! One of the things that's been on my mind, especially ... found my phone number on a listing at some job website. They're informing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 Numbers

  

  had expected. More news on the yield and makeup of the class soon ... Class of 2009 14% admit rate. We received 10,443 applications and admitted 1495 of those students, making this the most selective year ever in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes,The New App…It’s Really Here Or Why This Year's App is "Cooler" Than Last Year's.

  

  look at the new app (yes, I know, many of you already have) we really ... If you've visited the MIT campus you know that throughout much of the ... room as a student, especially on weekends when the Baker dining hall was

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 19, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  [by Susan Shepherd '11] For me, one of the greatest things about MIT is the culture. It's hard to describe, but there's a peculiar mix of ... , let's do it!"), and a lot of creativity from people who enjoy doing very

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

  

  was with my group presenting our project, I left my coat on a chair, backpack to the side, and laptop on the ground. I didn't expect anyone to sit ... . In the process of him sitting in my chair, the seat flipped down and

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  his research “has centered on the application of theoretical particle ... fundamental laws of nature?” What you won’t find out from these websites ... special out-of-class talk on cosmic strings to anyone from our class who was

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  recommend attempting to summit a volcano at 15,700 ft with only one day of ... because our hostel doesn't serve breakfast on Sundays and apparently neither do any restaurants. We broke our fast with potato chips and a chocolate

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  teaching web.lab aka what i spent all of january on

  

  through students’ project ideas and give feedback on idea quality. most of ... teach it? listen in on all the sponsor lectures. realize that three of ... websites and grading them. a lot of the sites are quite polished and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 1, 2022