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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Truth About Science comic-style.

  

  So the good news is that the series of scientific mishaps I blogged ... this video a while back - I've watched it approximately 20 times since then, haha) My experiments are working! And as a result, I'm about to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  relative, though it seems as though he was a great one to many other people ... only that the second law is hard to teach, as you said, but also kind of ... finally worked up the nerves to ask a question in his class, only to confirm

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Happily ever after I don't believe in fairy tales, but real life isn't bad either.

  

  difference is that now I'm getting paid significantly more to do it. (Ugh, I ... is in the Longwood Medical Area, and the labs I've chosen to rotate in ... things this winter that I did last winter: going to class, reading lots of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Events

  150. We're in the news!

  

  F-I-N-I-S-H-E-D. My last final is over, my boxes are packed, and I need to check in for my flight home in six hours. My one-week-old brass rat is physical proof of my being halfway done with MIT. I can't believe

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 20, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choose my Halloween Costume!

  

  Okay guys, here's the deal...Halloween is quickly approaching, and I have no idea what to dress up as. In fact, I haven't actually dressed up as anything in the past few years, and this is truly sad. So, I need

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Having Trouble Reaching Your EC? Some advice on getting in touch with your interviewer.

  

  are on this topic, a good thing to keep in mind is that when you do call ... have heard from some students that when they contact their EC, it sometimes takes a while to hear a response. Some of this may be attributed to

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 31, 2006
• Blog / Events

  HST Forum 2006… for real The real thing.

  

  -- held its 2006 Forum last Thursday, and my friend Veena '06 invited me to ... address at last week's forum. "David D. Ho, M.D. (HST '87) is the ... is also the Irene Diamond Professor at The Rockefeller University. "Dr

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students: MyMIT Updated Important and cool new information on MyMIT: check it out now.

  

  , learn about your classmates, find out who else is from your area and who ... students admitted to the Class of 2010, as soon as this Saturday! Check out the schedule so you can find out when the meeting in your area is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Lunch

  

  those of you looking for that information, here it is: The MIT Office of ... and guests from 2:30 to 4pm on Thursday (May 12th) at Majerle's Grill ... are excited to provide their yummy lunch for the ISEF finalists and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Laser Graffiti I found something cool on the way home.

  

  A Cosi smore-eating fest is a French House orientation tradition; we ... home, we passed the Green Building. You may know it as the tallest ... building: When we passed it, around 10pm, it was dark outside and most

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  Instructables, I have to mention howstuffworks.com, since it is another favorite ... "I like to build things. What can I do to show my stuff?" I get this question from time to time. Many students know that math students can do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Friends, Carafes, and the Infinite Corridor What a week! Watch Tim play his instrument after a morning of camaraderie and cheap…

  

  to the Z Center with nothing to show for it, I headed up Mass Ave to ... .) It's important to keep in mind the loud harmony of Tim's pipe as ... is ecstatic! Apparently the statue was cold and it felt interesting on

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  , before that summer, I still had to make it through second semester with Toy ... dyed, it was starting to fade, but still looked decent. The second ... managed to get a picture of the entire display, check it out. But wait

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge, CPW, and YOU! A welcome from a couple of MIT Quest Scholars to our newly admitted Quest Scholars

  

  is Quynh Nguyen and I’ve always wanted to be an admissions blogger ... in the past year and a half, I’ve come to realize that it’s truly the ... all the Ivies? Well, for one, CPW. Go to CPW if you get the chance, it

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • April 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  student, you sort of get used to being one of the youngest. Everyone else is ... Hotel Pennsylvania and it was amazing. Most of the people I talked to were ... online reputation, BrandYourself is definitely the way to go. Romain Vak

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  before showing up to pre-season. The journey is not the same for everyone ... process. If I had to do it all over again, I personally would do the tips I ... . Really see what’s behind that door before you decide to close it. To be 100

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  really sad, I saw it as an opportunity to experience something new, maybe ... would've made it through another Spring semester (which for some reason is ... have its wonderful things as well! I enjoy that I have more time to sit

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  The Last Day at Gymnasium Untergriesbach as part of the MIT-Germany Global Teaching Labs Program

  

  , number 15, is possibly the most important thing I will miss. It's the ... able to remember it all and I don't really want to bore you (my ... is the only day that I haven't been able to smile through every

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Things that make you go hmmmm……. Obama’s transformative presidency………for geeks????

  

  expertise to the challenge. TIM has been taking some courses at Sloan and is ... lot depends on definition of geek, which to Wired is more a compliment ... University, said calling Obama a geek is unfair both to the president-elect and

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • December 30, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

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