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  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  memorial’s five-way shallow stone vault is buttressed by five radial walls ... Today, MIT dedicated a memorial to Officer Sean Collier, who was killed in the line of duty by the Tsarnaev brothers on April 18th, 2013

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  felt it would be disingenuous to present the fall semester through only ... school turned out to be the dagger in my side as I trudged on to the end of ... , which I realize might not be the right word for this, to die down

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  my body even if I just went to outside check the mail. All this being ... be on the highway, where I got to see some of the amazing fall foliage ... . I will admit, I planned my trip this week because it was said to be

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Review of “Shopgirl”

  

  to see "Shopgirl," a movie based on a novella by Steve Martin. Claire ... the audience can't help but be a little disturbed by the obvious age ... because I consider Steve Martin to be a comedic genius, but most of my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  the present day: this story was emailed along to me by Ellen Stordy, who ... 's realizing what's important and what has to be done in order to succeed. I mean ... talks with his father on education being equivalent to success. "Before my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  team challenge (school spirit??) seemed to be straight out of "The ... is supposed to be a new kind of reality show, I guess I shouldn't be ... really do think universities need to do more to make college affordable for

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

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  being convinced that it was the most boring thing I've ever had to read ... be aiming higher.. :P   Some ways I feel right at home here ... way I want to change the world!) :D But first I need to a Master

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  to be released. I've spent the last week stressing over the question ... Another Believer by Rufus Wainwright begins to play in the background. [annotation note="to be clear these are time stamps in the song, I will use

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer & the Coming Commencement stuff and things.

  

  I'm happy to be here again for the summer. So I did this once my ... graduating come Friday. And I don't even remember when i signed up to be a ... , next to the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (with the enviable name

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  . First, an applicant should never assume something to be true about a ... . Obviously this person wasn't admitted to MIT for being good at daydreaming ... quite clear that he'd assumed my admit to be some rich private school kid

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  of work to be done. So, you may ask, what are we up to right now ... the months to come. For example, next month I'll be attending a ... , we can afford to take some time off. As for me, I'll be spending about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  biodiesel that can fuel MIT's shuttle buses. The money will be used to ... petro-diesel to create a blended fuel that can be used in MIT’s ... On Wednesday, 70 degree weather spurred MIT students to sport cute

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  application should be sufficient to answer the questions. You may have noted ... systems do their best to accurately and completely fill this out. Be sure to ... changes in your coursework. You will also be able to provide information

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  would be fun to do something else. I spent a few years in the MIT Alumni ... Csikszentmihalyi, which was recommended to me by my former professor Woodie Flowers ... , to experience, "flow," or to be in the "zone." It is in these times

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  on a test that had not yet been shown to be a good indicator of a ... to a speech by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas ... writing director, Les Perelman, was troubled by the correlation between

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Not so FAST heading to MIT on Saturday for some FAST Thinking

  

  to hear the Language of Music by the Lontano Ensemble in the Kresge ... place to be. I”m looking forward to this Saturday at the FAST festival ... reception in the MIT Museum celebrating the kick-off to MIT”s 150 Celebration

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A White Christmas Escaping Boston to go to more snow

  

  packed up our winter clothing and headed to Colorado to spend a week in the snowy mountains. (I always find it funny that I look forward to going home over break to escape the Boston weather, but spend half of the break in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Two Sides Of The Coin… For Us Too Watching the people who didn't get in receive their letters is as heartbreaking for me…

  

  /she doesn't make it. In no way am I comparing my feelings to those of a ... decided to blog it here as a real entry so that more folks would see it. I ... 've finished selecting the class, man - you should be happy, you should go

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  '10 to disseminate low cost water testing devices that were developed by ... developing countries. We hope to bring the tests to chlorinators set up by a ... before, and I've traveled to areas after they've been hit by natural

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: CrowdMath, by Art of Problem Solving and MIT PRIMES, is a thing now a brief note in between committee breaks

  

  school students, run by our math department) are partnering for a new initiative called CrowdMath. Richard sez: ...inspired by Terry Tao's Polymath ... problems for the students to tackle together. If the students reach

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2016