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  Hartford meeting wrap-up Giving a better answer to a question I was asked in my Hartford meeting.

  

  meeting did it occur to me that he could have been asking about some of our ... % of its solar array, and yet still the MIT team was able to finish in ... seemed to find the session helpful and informative. I did get one question

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  City Strangers a comic

  

  mediocre): I’m living in New York City this summer. Oh stranger, it’s … a lot ... , but I'll try to find my peace in this sprawling city, in you.  You ... from the fire escape. We listen to a drag queen read children’s books in

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  to students in, say China, it’s a big change from MIT where our ... Easter). So what does this mean? It means that we’re supposed to ... really motivated to get a lot of stuff done. But then Christmas came. And

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  2018 is turning out to be quite the adventurous year. I kicked off the year by packing up all my stuff in Boston, hauling most to storage ... mattress pad, cooking utensils, etc.), and the rest to bring with me on a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Of Orange Juice and Animal Hats. How the Flintstones failed me.

  

  to be ridiculously sick on several major holidays throughout my life ... to a single white blood cell, lovingly known as Theodore. (Actual text ... ’s Theo doing? Does he need more orange juice or soup or anything?) To put

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 Numbers

  

  , "Hmm...I know you can't tell us yet, but when you do, can you let ... highest overall yield (the percentage of admitted students who decide to ... % international citizens. Many thanks to the International Students Association for

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

  Women’s Week 2005 Learn about both the mission and events associated with this year's week-long promotion.

  

  and spend it! Come watch two back to back entertaining and informative ... , other MIT offices, and various corporations to organize and fund this year ... 's Week 2005 November 5th-10th "To promote a model of femininity that

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  ) to me (in the comments or via email). I hope you can join us! MIT ISEF ... Thursday, May 17th, from 3:00pm to 4:30pm at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque ... international students at ISEF, I will be presenting a shoptalk: Admission to US

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Toy Story Hack! And Other Hacks from Fall 2015

  

   installation appeared on the bridge between buildings 56 and 18. For three days, it brought smiles to all those who passed by. To share the happiness, here are ... @ MIT (with links to images): 12/3: Swinging Piñatas 11/22: Up the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 4, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  ¡Vámonos! An introduction to GRTs and the support system at MIT

  

  school year, and I thought it would be interesting to hear their insight as ... Residential life is a big part of going to college, and the unique ... GRTs on my floor - hereon refered to as B1 (Burton 1, first floor of the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  ). * The time it took for Billy Mitchell, father of three and president of a hot sauce manufacturing company, to obtain a perfect score on Pacman ... Schoenfeld told ref Don Koharski to "eat another dougnut, you fat pig!" and was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Biking the bridge I biked across the Golden Gate bridge to Sausalito

  

  On Sunday, a coworker and I decided to be tourists in our own city ... of San Francisco do this every weekend, but do they do it on bikes they ... to walk our bikes down a steep set of stairs, across a path underneath

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trouble staying focused Finals. And about a zillion questions.

  

  calendar, which says that it's five days until Christmas and I deserve to be ... Ohhhh, finals week. This year, I have the distinct pleasure to only ... . You would sort of think that kind of time would inspire me to study 5

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Psycho kitten, que’st-ce que c’est? Settling a long-standing question in the midst of finals week.

  

  , at least it's not as bad as the freshmen on the floor who, thanks to ... big screen in our floor lounge. Anyway, thanks to the apparent lack of ... time to do, including mural painting, knitting, and now... apparently

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ritual & Ceremony I'll be out of contact the next two weeks as I celebrate a big event.

  

  -- applying to and going off to college -- I, too, have been preparing for ... day, I certainly find myself empathizing with your situation -- it ... colleagues in Admissions will be happy to help you. And not 24 hours after I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  . Summer program mentors and job supervisors can also be great choices to ... take advantage of their less constrained educational environment to take ... addition to evaluation of the homeschooling portfolio, are very helpful. Some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gustavo Dudamel Conducts MITSO! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Because we are THAT good.

  

  excellent. It demonstrated, to audience members, the importance of a conductor ... , visited MIT last Friday to receive the 2010 Eugene McDermott Award in the ... was able to teach us so much about the music that we did not know. He

  • by ARTalk
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  It might seem like you've been doing nothing but filling out forms ... applications to fill out. Then, of course, there are regular applications to complete. And finally, there's the scrambling to apply for scholarships

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Dinner With Goobers Yeah food! Yeah people!

  

  . But come to think of it, the only thing lamer* than my parents' rule ... to the family... but eating dinner all together as a family. I wasn't even allowed to read, which is lame because my little brother is allowed

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack or Treat A time for tricks.

  

  this morning on my way to class and it absolutely made my day - although, sadly, it had made like a ghost and vanished by early afternoon ... To celebrate the spirit of All Hallow's Eve, MIT hackers left a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 31, 2008