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  MIT ‘10: Another Fab Four Sarah Dupuis '10, Zachary Bjornson-Hooper '10 Emily Houston '10, and Renaldo Webb '10.

  

  will change the world. Hailing from Moraga, Calif., Bjornson-Hooper is ... , is the first person in his family to attend college. A graduate of MIT ... chose MIT, is 67 percent, the same as last year. When decisions come back

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  relaxing. The reason I wanted to write this entry is to show you all that ... MIT students love to make change happen. This could be in the form of ... Fellowship and join "the next generation of tech visionaries." Perhaps this

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA

  

  is the second year that MIT has observed it as Indigenous Peoples' Day ... the MIT community regarding the day: Indigenous Peoples’ Day is our ... / Pueblo) is a father of two from Tohatchi, NM on the Navajo Nation. He is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  It's Q&A time! Ajit asked: "who is the person in the 5th picture ... picture you mention- the girl painting is April, my roommate. The guy sitting on the bed is Ace, April's friend who came to watch us do all of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  -year-old brother play the saxophone. On January 2nd, I was sitting at our dining room table, planning out my year. 2017 is the year that I ... not in a rush to try out the latest gadget. I thought that I was going

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting from 10,439 applications and a dozen ties.

  

  . Today, I'm wearing a tie, which is my custom for days on which the ... committee, as we have during the entire process. Today's tie is: grey with red ... We received 10,439 applications this year, about the same as last

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Useful items to bring for dorm room

  

  them at the COOP -- everything there is grossly overpriced. :-( Do you ... useful for their room. I'm not a subscriber to the whiteboard ... which to furnish their (or their student's) dorm room. While I am not

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  giants--like, people over 6'6"--hit them over the head, and put them in his ... until November. No no, today I felt I like a freshman, hosed for the very first time. Last night I woke up at 5:30 to put the finishing touches on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  Professor Tom Malone's book The Future of Work. The title alone is enough for ... through the 20th century. Now as the first decade of the 21st century is more than half over, just what is the future of work? Malone spoke at

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET (because I got a press pass to SpringFest 2013, of course. photos inside!)

  

  that the MIT Admissions Office does not endorse the use of dope.  Unless ... Admissions Office does not endorse the use of weed. Unless we're talking about ... Lewis!  The star showing of the night, and the reason why this Spring

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Solar Car Pulled Over The MIT Solar Car Team got in a little trouble.

  

  . ``Obviously it's not built for the road,'' he said.   I don't know if they ... Yesterday's Boston Herald had a story about the MIT Solar Electric ... students were taking out the Tesseract - a solar powered car that took third

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 2 A recap, with pictures.

  

  my fellow admissions peeps. Not bound to the Reg Desk today, I made the most of my time attending events and meeting prefrosh. Started with the ... , the right people. Not that I know anything about this. What? What note

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Gingerbread Gone Horribly Right "run, run, as fast as you can..."

  

  around here. This post is a photographic journey through the gingerbread ... ("The" is essential), organized a second gingerbread decorating party ... Caution: this post is probably NSFW. Two Decembers ago, when I was

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / How to MIT

  Best Free Software for College Students must haves for productivity, security, and more

  

  list of programs (not including the ones you get from MIT for free) that ... Storing all your files on the cloud is beneficial in two ways. 1) Your files ... While not as powerful as paid Microsoft Office (which is given to MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Residential Life

  meet the simmons elevators! aka me thinking wayyy too much about elevators

  

  during midterms season. In fact, he is so reliably unreliable that the ... . She’s the first elevator you see as you enter Simmons, and as such, is ... Things always seem to come in threes. The Three Musketeers. The Holy

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 12, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Shoulder Season Treat A little something for rising seniors to jump-start their exploration of MIT

  

  current crop of graduating seniors but is also engaged with the the next ... the horizon of the college admissions landscape. It is definitely worth ... I have heard the term “Shoulder Season” to characterize the time

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update The title says it all.

  

  week. The thrill of solving a puzzle is just awesome. Obviously, I can ... all of sudden is crystal clear. We solved the puzzle and the next thing ... Well, Mystery Hunt is in full swing, and let me tell you, it is quite

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fold, Throw, Recycle I used to get in trouble for doing things like this.

  

  In kindergarten, I used to get in trouble for throwing paper airplanes in class, but apparently, that's not the case at MIT. I received ... more on MIT AIAA, check this out. Photos from the event to follow.

  • by Bryan
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  class is split up into houses—recitations—named after the houses in the ... you. Here is the audio: Type I and Type II proteins, which are ... inside of the cell. A Type II protein is the reverse: the carboxyl group

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Love Affair: 11.027 & New Orleans [by Janet Li '12] Spring break in NOLA.

  

  one of the smaller majors at MIT, and it is an absolutely awesome field. MIT’s planning department is one of the best in the nation and ... with the field work we did in New Orleans this past week. New Orleans is

  • by ARTalk
  • March 27, 2011