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  Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  much or as little of the $10 to the other student, whom he does not see ... I have had the good fortune to hear several excellent guest speakers ... founder of the Grameen Phone program) spoke to our D-Lab class a few weeks

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  :                                                                                           View from the second floor:     Splash is a day-long event in which ... pretending to be becoming the master of a new kind of swing/slide-jazzy dance ... the individual. Passionate people don't lock themselves up to do what

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  …or is it Seattle? Anyway, grab your umbrella just in case. While the ... ’s pretty much the pivotal element to many Orientation events. Believe it or ... I think the last time I saw the sun was Saturday. In a strange turn

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly ... of applications I still have to read. The other work (yes, other work) I have to do for the office. My silly notion that when I blog, it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  ) and fortunately made it to the hostel without too much difficulty. Our ... we were impatient to explore Quito's Old Town. Quito is the capital of ... someone speaking to us in English (there isn't much English spoken here) and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  after you solve the puzzle. Flavor Text: Lost in the jungle, Joe is ... this series of directions to follow to find the train home. Discussion: Sometimes the text included with the puzzle gives you hints as to how to solve

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A Faculty Dinner We invited our favorite faculty and staff to our hall for an awesome dinner!

  

  , we had a greeter at the door to welcome them to our hall. Most of us ... lounge for the occasion, and we spent the whole day cooking in the kitchen ... Marie Our most honored guest was the 1 1/2 year-old baby Marie, the child

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2012

  

  ). Unfortunately, this means that we will not be able to admit anyone off the waitlist this year. This is the first time in the last seven years that we ... you have submitted. We appreciate the time and effort you have put in to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  , the one who pulls the rope that the sail is attached to. (Now, in ... the dock. In order to get away from the dock, you have to get the boat ... away and pulling the sail in to bring it over to the other side, and then

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questions and Answers Evan Broder is taking over my job.

  

  mentioned that. Also, BC's policy is kind of a policy in name only. If the ... paint job the way it is. And most people agree, because who wouldn't like ... one of the admissions officers, who might be able to put you in touch

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  . Bioengineering is going to drive the next century in the same way electrical ... One of the most mindblowingly awesome people I've met in my six years ... low cost ways of carrying out lab-like procedures in the home and is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The [REDACTED] Family Dinner 🥟 family matters. very tasty family matters.

  

  undergraduates with my last name. Through ~careful analysis~ of the cuisine in the ... swimmingly. The food is delicious. We talk about a variety of things: our different stations at MIT, summer plans, how much Chinese we each know. At the

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 blogging scholarship ... : Professor Hudson: When the flux due to a magnetic field is decreasing, the inductor tries to compensate and produce more flux. If instead the flux is

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

  Google

  

  pair of socks) but I came just in time to hear one of the Google ... the twenty minutes or so prior to the first call. I was in my room ... live in the Mountain View headquarters, and streams to other Google

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  proofread what Sam had sent me. The last task on my list was to add in ... tried to make it more casual and went back in and updated the draft over ... The writing process is different for every one of your favorite

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  to include the people you're trying to help in the design process ... as any to remind everyone that MIT's ranked top three in the world for ... Is this what it's like to be an upperclassman and only take classes

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  so kind in helping me learn to use the control board. On Wednesday, I ... , hello. WMBR.'" I think I can fairly say that I took the most pledges. To ... like $1100, which is pretty awesome. In fact, the entire fundraising

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of Class Sick.

  

  somewhere in between trying to figure out why the little birds on my ceiling ... some reason the idea of spending five hours in lecture sent me into a ... -register for fall classes at the end of spring term, and pre-registration is open

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Walter Lewin ESG Lecture Oh, you know, only one of the most famous Physics Professors of all time

  

  Earlier this year I had the pleasure to meet Walter Lewin at an ESG ... sat with us and answered any question we threw his way. Taking the most ... lucky enough to video tape. Covering topics from why he majored in physics

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline November 1 is the Early Action deadline.

  

  , it can take a week or more to complete all of these steps. The mail is ... application piece is mailed to the time that it appears on your tracking system. It is also important to note that we do not need to have your scores in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2006