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  Windy city

  

  Boston today, though I missed the day at work. I can tell you, though, that ... Yesterday, I wrote, "I'll be back in the office tomorrow, assisting ... mailed out on Friday!" It seems Mother Nature had other plans for me. I got

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Boston, through the lens of my children Visiting Boston at 37 years of age was ...

  

  required dressing up. Look at these cuties, omg, I can't handle it. The big ... Yesterday (October 14, 2025) I returned home from Boston after 28 ... things I thought I understood well. I attended MIT from 2007 through 2011

  • by Snively '11
  • October 19, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  Jalapeño Bacon Mac and Cheese for the Homeless starting a campaign larger than myself

  

  If you read my last post, I've had a pretty hard October. However ... importantly, we're all here for each other. Well, I decided that regardless of the daily struggle of MIT, I wanted to take time out of my day to do

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photo Scavenger Hunt Let's give this a shot.

  

  By this time I'm sure most of you are finally enjoying summer. (Let ... quite the opposite (except still a whole lot of fun). I've got at least ... too much to try and blog about. So while I'm working on resizing my 3 TB

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  , "Ohmygods I can't wait to watch bouncy balls fall out of the sky and play in a ... 's kind of what going back to MIT feels like. So I visited back in February ... learning Calculus are tied for first - I'm quite serious), and knew

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Impossible Design Project See what it's like to be a Course VI student.

  

  Ok. Well, I've been kind of busy these days. Taking 5 classes (2 CIs and 2 labs will do that). So...I thought I'd take the easy way out, by ... store what you want. My friends and I spent multiple days coming up with

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Ends 522 EA admits, Snively, molecular jewelry, and Evan Broder's holiday card - more random than…

  

  particularly awesome, although I can't afford it. :-( That's About It... We ... Happy New Year! I hope you guys are having a great 2008 so far ... second-semester senior really is pretty awesome; I still remember those

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  So much to do, so little time There's always something exciting going on at MIT.

  

  on optical frequency combs, which she describes as "so cool." Sadly, I can't join in, because I really need to be reading applications. As I ... ," followed by what I'm sure will be a nice reception with the students. Ian

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Secret Life Of Marilee Jones Sam is the funniest, though... BOTB and CPW Feedback.

  

  happening ever since my CPW (I'm getting old? Nah...) Now I wonder which ... coolest Playstation games ever. That's all I really wanted to say. Try it ... you can ask him. 4. We got to rock out to the Joneses: Ben Jones and

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Super Top Secret Spy Action Real Life Experience: Building a car in 2.007

  

  next few weeks, I'll be highlighting one of my classes in each entry. This week, I'll start off with one of my most popular classes, 2.007, Design and Manufacturing I. The basic goal of the class is to design and

  • by Bryan
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun with Legos A photo journal of THE coolest room I've ever seen.

  

  out of Legos. You know, you can get a UROP here? I mean c'mon, who ... -001 is officially the single coolest room I've ever seen. It's so cool, that I've decided to devote an entire entry to it. First things first

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Chasing Roots, Part One During an overnight stay in Milan, I traversed several generations to explore musical history in…

  

  can be heard on tracks of Beck's Odelay album). And during the late 1800 ... . During my overnight stay in Milan, I travelled the roads of time to meet ... idea, I'm 6'3") I met with Stefania, a Casa Verdi resident, who took me

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Beautiful Day

  

  It's really nice in Boston today. I've just returned from a walk ... really miss sailing. Sailing, in my opinion, is the best PE Class you can take; I highly recommend it. MIT, btw, is the "birthplace of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  bubbling up to the surface, which I can certainly understand. I know the ... to wait until the very last minute. While I certainly won’t extol the ... . There are some things about how you complete the application that can

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  3D Ping Pong Quantum Mechanics (Or why the sciences here are even better than you may think)

  

  's acoustics. From one lateral end to the other, all you can see are rows of ... screen, you can tell that it'll be memorable. Now if you were to take a guess, what would you think I was describing? Watching Avatar in IMAX 3D

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  how magnetization is like a covariant vector. Ex: Me: “Hey, can I borrow ... This semester, I'm taking a graduate class in General Relativity that ... sandwiches and phalanx-like carrot sticks at exactly 11:55 AM. Never did I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  Even while I was excited by the thought of MIT, I spent many years ... classmates had learned and done. I’m still intimidated sometimes, now, but I’m also realizing something else -- two something elses, which I think maybe

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can my school counselor find helpful information?

  Thank you for all of the good work you do for our awesome applicants! We understand what a daunting task it is for school counselors to meet all of the…
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  that you can't really read it. I'm sure it's not all entirely appropriate ... 'd probably be able to answer better than I can. And also, what don't you like ... So I suck at life and haven't blogged in FOREVER. =( But! I'm making

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can anyone join the Experimental Study Group (ESG)?

  Experimental Study Group (ESG) offers instruction in the core first-year subjects of biology, chemistry, math, and physics through small, discussion-based classes designed for students who are interested in taking an active…