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  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  from high school are starting to come back to Boston for the summer, and ... rest of this worse. Before I get fired for writing a blog post ... ) light bulb; 12 to play with the iPad (sigh), a few hundred for the fanfare

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Cultured C-Show 2011

  

  , and years for what is essentially one big showcase of music and dance. I ... found here; thanks to Jeanne '13 for uploading them! Mad props to SAAS board for putting on an awesome show last night: Enjoy the video (soon

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action: Decisions Now Available An announcement.

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the class of 2015 are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu. decisions.mit.edu You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log into your My

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a rose is a rose is a rose ...is a rose

  

  So I haven’t blogged for a while - again... I’m not going to lie ... much learning going on - that's what we're going for right??? Haha ... ) (credits to Evie'13 for the titles of these masterpieces - and for the whole

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to “Teach” Leadership Please find the probability that Shakespeare diffuses into my GEL classes given that my schedule…

  

  ’s schedule. Luckily for me, my classes are unique enough that I don’t spend ... , and two classes for the GEL Program. Mine just might be the most random ... , my classes for the GEL program are relatively free of curveballs when

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Econ Prof Wins Nobel Prize (with video) A pretty exciting week as Peter Diamond PhD '63 is the latest MIT professor to…

  

  D '63 was awarded the Nobel memorial prize in Economics. For MIT, this ... Nobel Prize in Economics (more have won for Medicine, Physics, and ... room for the press conference and posed for pictures with Diamond. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  secretly longed for the day when he would not have to spend 3.5 hours of his ... just a mess for me to get back to the job from lunch. Eventually, I made ... for the annual...... .....pachyderm parade! When I found out that

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women Rock All sorts of folk, and folk songs too.

  

  that there are all sorts of folks at MIT. For example, there is no ... have terrific gender diversity for a science and engineering school. The ... 'll see numbers like 20% for women, if even that. MIT women rock. (This you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday! 1 in 365 readers are really pleased that I remembered their birthday! ...or creeped out…

  

  blogger is honoring them for their birthday, not to mention a little creeped ... her a cake. She was in one of the dorms in West Campus studying for most ... , continuously, for several minutes. According to some of them, people are actually

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  aforementioned features for the apple of my childhood-reliving eye, the glory of ... internet handles. But for the sake of tradition, year, and, I suppose ... the sun for my first four days here because OH GOD POURING RAIN. But

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  3-D Blog!! ...I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES!!!

  

  blog EVER! * waits for the “Welcome to the Blogging World” song * I am ... jumble of sounds that only I would have any reason for using or even dare ... for anything. The great thing about our campus is, you have the option

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  -solutions into one more refined package. It's a great job for me, as it's goal ... Rumney in New Hampshire. The MIT Outdoors Club (or MITOC for short) has a ton of outdoors equipment for doing practically anything you could want

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  right place for you and leave without a degree. In that situation, you ... to GRADUATE from a college. I know that this is hard for you, but you ... people with two different sets of talents, abilities, interests, goals for

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  . I have a Macbook Pro for goodness' sakes!!" ANGER: "What do you mean you can't fix it? Do you really work for the Apple Store?" BARGAINING ... computer for so long (except non-working vacations or trips). ACCEPTANCE

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Admissions Update Updates about application numbers, application tracking, and more.

  

  has been reported that applications to MIT for this year have increased ... blog entry. Application tracking: This is the big update for today. The Records Office has processed all application components received for Regular

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  chem class for the fall semester, Professor Schrock gave a lecture ... : I knew it was a good idea to ask for a camera for my 18th birthday :) I only wish studying for the final were as entertaining as class

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Three MIT students win Rhodes Scholarships In case you're wondering, yes, that's a lot of Rhodes Scholarships.

  

  as "the oldest and best known award for international study," includes ... Kesem, a student-run and free camp for the children of cancer patients ... associated with reading, with applications to dyslexia. She also interned for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Operabots with Personality Ahhhhh.....music to my ears

  

  enrolled at MIT. So for all of you who are looking to merge your talents in the arts with your passion for all things techie, look no further, you ... and Media Tod Machover has been getting quite a bit of exposure for

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tattoo ideas No, I'm not getting a tattoo. But I do need your tattoo advice.

  

  No, I'm not getting a tattoo. But I do need your tattoo advice. As a cheap yet fun giveaway, we are considering temporary tattoos. They would be small -- say, 2 inches square. What I need are your ideas for a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW roundup Meet the Bloggers, dinner with a physics professor, and a photography contest for those of…

  

  Factoid of the Day: I've never paid for food from the MIT Student ... consists of at least 40% actual humans, leaving an estimated 58% for spambots and 2% for MIT faculty members*. *Disclaimer: this statistical

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 20, 2009