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  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  Currently, I'm in the middle of a week-long Admissions trip to Utah ... Square to see the Mormon Temple. While in Temple Square, I also ate lunch ... , USACO is the best program for high school students interested in pursuing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  10 Fun (and REAL) Facts About MIT! Incredibly Correct Facts about MIT!

  

  alumni club living in the Charles River in an effort to convert MIT students to the "Way of the Beaver," a doctrine created by MIT students in ... with their teeth to construct dams in the river. They have been known to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  on a Likert scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is least awesome and 5 is most ... choices can be demotivating. (You may have seen this research quoted in the ... on her shoes. The voice feedback ("Your average pace is..."") is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More CPW Pix

  

  , as we finally get to put the face with the application. Sometimes, it ... 'd imagine -- and sometimes, that picture in your head is a bit off -- like ... -awesome)! It's also a time to see some folks we haven't seen in a while. It was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  offerings related to International Development. The Fair is also the flagship ... some reason, I waited until senior year to take the mandatory swim test ... International Development Network (IDN) Crafts Fair in Lobby 10 Though today is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  freedom to move in new and better ways. I got hooked. I knew the program ... time while continuing to work in the office. But for a variety of reasons ... thesis, CMS agreed to let me overload and aim to finish in one. The office

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons from Loomis and Whitney a math month post

  

  most we will do is study this in 3-dimensions, which we do now. The proof ... some thoughts about life at MIT :). The math in the first part is some ... good bound on $A$ itself? The answer, in 2-dimensions, is quite immediate

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  the letter contained in the tubes, which I've embedded below.   ... (and other delicious things) they've made to celebrate Pi Day (which is ... (including my first choice, the only real school I was excited to attend

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  interesting is that while everyone has a room to put their stuff in, almost no ... is put on the system causing it to flip over and drift upwards. My ... designers counteract this problem. Most ROVs have the motors places in line

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  thing to note might be the trend in female applicants over the years ... directly corresponds to a nearly 1:1 ratio in the admitted pool. I'll admit ... you can argue and debate the guy until you're blue in the face, but is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  family to France and eventually arrived in the U.S. in 1993. Manolis, his ... what in the genome is important and how organisms might have evolved. For ... camaraderie, and the ability to be in the middle of everything. After all, he

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  members in the service so during the semester, it can be difficult to get ... , working mostly on the 8am-12pm and 12pm-5pm shifts. Being an EMT is one of ... ’ve been spending a lot of time in the bunk room this IAP, trying my best to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Branching out

  

  With two Central Meetings down and two to go in the Bay Area, I ... crowds. If you're in the South Bay, I look forward to seeing you there! ... building a mini-Sukkah (MIT's is currently up on Kresge Oval, thanks to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2004
• 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 ... “settling down”, so to speak, which is sometimes inevitable with time spent in ... scientific thinking, in addition to the emphasis on entrepreneurship. There

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  . The group we admit in the next few days is going to change civilization ... us head over to The Miracle of Science to decompress for a bit. MIT is ... over Route 2 on my way in to MIT. On the way I pick up Nance Nance

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  ridiculous dreams. Like this one dream I had over the summer. I was in Harry Potter, and I had to get Dumbledore’s help because I was hiding in a broom ... organization, and we needed his help to keep Voldemort from getting in because

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate: Latke vs. Hamentashen The post-coverage.

  

  unique is that the professors use their own field of expertise to support ... and is now a teacher in Concourse. (He's on the far left of the Team ... , representing the Hamentashen team. In order to understand his slides, I’ll

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  ="MIT's Writing course/major"]21W[/annotation] classes are HARD to get into. In the ... that this class is going to kick my ass, but in a good way. This class ... ! Staying in shape: One of my goals this semester is to start running on a

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of ... myself back in the auditorium listening to the final round of presentations ... at 8 AM, and the morning was spent listening to medical and graduate

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  company names). Now, I’m a junior, so the Career Fair is starting to get a ... . Both are equally valid career paths. The Career Fair is a great place to ... questions about what the company is looking for in its candidates. Before I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010