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Blog / Events
Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.
you never end up participating in the program, I hope you remember not ... frustration in a compassionate, fatherly way. It can be the feeling that one is ... shoulder in the way that says, I believe in you — unconditionally. It is when -
Blog / IAP
I(t)A(ly)P trippin in the off season
allowed us to take this impromptu little trip to the North End's motherland. I didn't do anything educational whatsoever, but I sure did enjoy the non-freezing temperatures. Also, the food was gr9. Whenever I plan a -
FAQ / First-year application
How does MIT consider extracurriculars?
realize that students in the U.S. have a huge array of extracurriculars to ... other countries may not have access to such a diverse range of options. Remember that your application is reviewed in context, and that we look to -
FAQ / Life and culture
What is MIT’s mascot/school colors?
Our mascot is a beaver—nature's original engineer. Perfect, right? Tim the Beaver has been a member of the MIT community for 100 years. MIT's school colors are cardinal red and silver gray. -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.
have to relax,” she told him, not for the first time. Ted favored her an ... months, but you know how the calls have been going. And dad, well, is still ... cats liquefy my mom’s heart.” “I think it’s the bacon not the cats,” she -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…
not pretend that I love everything about it. The truth is, there exists ... there is indeed something else keeping me up: Tonight is the last night ... as is my house back in California. I remember being gently startled the -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
[joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center
Welcome Center. The new center is going to be the starting point for ... augmented reality to their tunnel murals, and four years later the club is ... ! The final story wall is incredible. You can truly see the range of -
Blog / Academics & Research
Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.
spike (because you've found it, the probability that the particle is ... , and to the best of my knowledge its true nature is still a mystery). A ... Mechanics is a "deeper" theory of reality than classical mechanics, yet in the -
Blog / Academics & Research
72 Hours Three days can be a long time.
Navy. The good news is that I now know what I'm doing after I graduate ... design course. The idea is simple, and I think it's a good one. ICE is a ... . For the project to be successful, we had to beat them. ICE is fairly -
Blog / Academics & Research
A lot about course 9
-D humanities class, so lots of people take it, course 9 or not. In the student ... .00 is an introduction to the mind. 9.07, Statistical ... MIT's BCS program is for med school?" Not being premed, I won't try to -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…
business is not an option for most people, though it is a convenient way to ... repercussions on the job market. First of all, it is very competitive to find a ... think that ending their careers is the only way to give their children -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Mattress Dominoes! One of many reasons why my summer is better than yours.
is awesome and all, but that's not what I'm here for right now. Neither ... 'm spending the summer as an RTA for the Center for Talent Development at ... students. There are two sessions each summer; I was the TA for Neuroscience -
Blog / Admissions
MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in Texas and Arizona Learn about three great schools at once in the American Southwest.
, visiting 70+ cities across the country. So if we're not in your area now ... Beginning a week from Saturday, MIT will be going on the road with ... opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors (that is, rising juniors and -
Blog / Events
Happy Pi Day!!! 3.14159!
UMA is celebrating our favorite constant in style with the following ... ? ------------------------------------------ Update (PI/2007 5:35 PM) So this year, the Undergraduate Math Association sponsored a Pi Day Celebration of sorts. This was the email I received -
Blog / Admissions
Preparing for CPW
Campus Preview Weekend is fast approaching, and I'm sure many of you ... not writing a whole lot this evening -- I'm still on Stockholm time, and I'm really exhausted :-) I'm working the CPW registration desk during -
Blog / Announcements
Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship
classroom to inspire your students, Gisel is probably the person who put it in ... the morning.[/annotation] Gisel's kindness towards others was not ... the last two decades would not have been possible without her. She was -
Blog / MISTI
Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior
at the student center. Emmanuel is also highly active in the African ... the value in this. “I am a firm believer in the quote, ‘as the twig is ... ’s surprise, not one but three other MIT students expressed interest, though the -
Blog / MIT Life
Balancing Act… ...or not
getting a bus to Lechmere from right outside the station. We both have not ... in the wrong direction and almost end up in Tufts. No, we did not make ... concerned hall members to the kitchen. Small advising meeting is held. Hall -
Blog / About Decisions
Next Steps for EA Deferred what to do next
. What new stuff should I send? The only "new" thing you need to send in is ... , but the FUN form is the best way to update us. The FUN form is due by ... in EA. That's a small number, but to be honest so is the number of RA