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• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  It's been another late night at work, but I wanted to at least post a ... , we are in the process of matching you to an MIT student host. If you ... -Veronica Mars fans are quite confused by now, I'm sure). Trying to figure out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Central Meetings Today, we'll mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the MIT meetings…

  

  Seattle, and many places in between (not to mention Puerto Rico and Hawaii). If you have registered for MyMIT, have replied to a letter/email we ... invitation to our meeting in your neck of the woods (haven't yet signed up for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Saturday

  

  getting ready to play (and sweep) the Coast Guard Academy in an afternoon ... . Afterwards, some students stuck around to ask more questions of MIT student ... way to several brunches hosted by the faculty housemasters. This brunch

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  MIT milestones often have something to do with 3.14159... 7 years ago ... weekend baby!!! Some people may sneer at how MIT folks seem married to ... traditions. And to celebrate--and mentally prepare for this frenzied weekend

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  to pack every minute of the weekend with something awesome. No summer seconds to waste. *Not my own. While I waited for my connecting flight in New York, some guys decided to beat each other up in the main concourse

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  most awkward conversations I'd ever been...well, witness to. There's a ... in social situations with acquaintances. Two women waiting next to me ... outside. They established that coats were, indeed, useful to possess in the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  ), there will be two prominent faculty keynote speakers. To highlight their ... one of 15 scientists nationwide to receive the Presidential Faculty ... elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2005, and in 2006 he received the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  Every so often I am begged to write a blog entry about a specific ... up having to explain how bathrooms work here, so I guess I could give ... for all the dorm bathrooms (which I'll leave to blog readers to describe

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 blogging scholarship competition! Thanks! One of the biggest culture shocks coming to MIT for me, a ... likely to hear things like ". . . at 6 and then head to the game . . ." or

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  ) symmetries of the hydrogen atom, using just symmetry and algebra of groups to ... Schiff's solemn-as-hell-looking Quantum Mechanics book to the Virgin ... close to the waves that time) and sand all between its pages. Aside from

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  several problems with this logic: Not everybody wants to go to grad ... to grad school. You are not the same person you'll be at the end of ... school applications (particularly in getting into my perfect program) to my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unsolicited review of the whitney biennial (not really a review just stuff I liked)

  

  Last weekend, I took a short solo trip up to New York to see the Whitney Biennial! I’ve wanted to go to the Whitney Museum of American Art for years, ever since I learned that they’re host to (almost) all of the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 25, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  purpose of the list is to provide admitted students with a basic roadmap to the SHASSy side of MIT as they try to navigate the Institute and figure ... : Anthropology 21A.00 Introduction to Anthropology: Comparing Human Cultures; HASS

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  2024 has been quite a year for the Sun—in addition to the total solar ... friends and I decided to travel to Iceland!! This was my first time ever ... ! We planned out an itinerary, booked a hotel, found places to eat, and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Zeno’s Paradox halfway there (again)

  

  Kay In high school, when I'd start to get bored of a class, I'd sit and ... through my time at the 'tute. Two years down, and two more to go. Since then, another year has passed, and I have another one to go. Oh my god time is

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 17, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  In The City That Never Sleeps NEEEEEEEEW YORK CIIIIIIIIITY

  

  This IAP, I was originally supposed to take an MIT class called ... ever beautiful Madrid, Spain. However, obviously, due to omicron, I am not in Spain and I was left with effectively nothing to do this IAP

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 17, 2022
• Blog / Events

  APPLE BAKE channeling midterm stress into baking, sculpting, and completely destroying apples for decades

  

  of Burton-Conner compete to create the best apple dishes and apple art ... to note on the entry form what you swapped!) Apple Core of my Floor ... addition to a set of custom-designed Apple Bake mugs for the top five winners

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  university president. My favorite example of such continues to be MIT President ... sclerosis, aka Lou Gherig's disease. The challenge is to dump ice water on yourself, donate $100 to the ALS Association, or do both, and then publish

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Laser Graffiti I found something cool on the way home.

  

  leapt onto a bench for a better view, trying to figure out which room in ... : before disappearing again. Back to blank wall. We figured that someone ... , climbed up to the top floor (we figured out where the source was) and found

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  in a very mural-happy dorm, I can't paint to save my life. But I do like to photograph a lot, and in fact I've done quite a lot of it in the ... , if you ever take the elevator in the Student Center up to the fourth

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012