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• FAQ / Academics and research

  Do most students complete a UROP?

  The opportunity to get involved in research as an undergrad is one of ... student research program is UROP. When you do a UROP, you find a professor who is working on something that you think is awesome. More than 90% of
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  "The mother of all adventures, the Mongol Rally is an 8000 mile dash ... , there is no carefully marked course, there are no professional drivers, fast cars, or even good cars. It's just you, your pants-mobile and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Could Write a Song a Hundred Miles Long I only sing Coldplay because it will help me get girls.

  

  Chamberlain claimed to have slept with almost 20,000 women. Since he was 56 at the time of that statement, this would correspond to Wilt having slept ... for 21M.303: Writing in Tonal Forms 1. The class is traditionally taught

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  is on it. So basically, that's everyone minus newborn infants. Yay. As ... . It would be somewhat forgivable if these minor wounds were a result of ... is coming up in just over a week, I've spent the past few days cycling

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  . First team to find it wins. Winning team writes the puzzles for the ... -fi plots and RPG-inspired tasks that is undoubtedly much cooler than it ... message that led you to the Frontier Airlines website. It turns out that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  Traveler Convention. Got to love the wonderfully hideous modern architecture on campus too! Just the general gestalt of the place is very cool--down-to ... everything "right" to get into MIT or any top school. It's really important

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics Kickoff Things go into Overdrive at a reception at Dean Kamen's house.

  

  Kamen. Today is the kickoff to the FIRST Robotics season. And, as is the ... see a 25-ton, 3-story tall steam engine. It's beautiful. The house is ... ), but you can find pictures on the Internet here. It will be exciting to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2020 blogger wrapped, wrapped

  

  about it. This year, I'm going to be extra and do a bloggers wrapped ... , so I'm honored to be able to take up the mantle for what will be my ... to be pretty satisfying. Bloggers Wrapped, Wrapped First, the basics

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 12, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  -long activity of its own, called "Deliver!" The goal of "Deliver!" is to build ... , washers) it can hold. According to Diane Soderholm, the Education Director ... 've learned over and over in the GEL program. It's our instinct to push the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They’re not just regular artists… ...they're Artists in Residence.

  

  noted artists to campus to work with MIT students. The program is called Artists in Residence, and has been bringing artists to Cambridge for more ... Gomez-Pena. It really is pretty exciting. I write this entry today

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Graduation Some commencement pictures.

  

  of the world", but really, it was more akin to, "Ponchos". We awoke to ominous dark skies today and what was forecasted to be a partly cloudy to overcast day began with a light drizzle. Though simple rain is never enough

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  board recently; it is such a good start to answering your question that I ... written by an MIT blogger, by all means link to it below. Academics Mind ... (Mollie): It's okay not to be the best http

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  weekends when I can. PA is colder than Boston, or it feels that way. In the ... education will be done. I wonder how it will feel to feel that silence when ... I spent this past IAP at home in Central Pennsylvania. This is where

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  get used to it after a couple of sessions. She asked whether anyone had ... entertaining Youtube viewers. It then occurred to me that everyone might feel ... (ExpressionEngine hates me) I decided to hold off on publishing until Wednesday

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  her to know how much I had earned from art commissions. “Is it more ... the bills and counted them one by one. While it hurt just a tinge to see ... one. It adds a little fun to the process.

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Engagement Party Salsa dancing with Benjamin Franklin and Optimus Prime

  

  #6. Notice how much more into the salsa dancing he is, compared to me ... MIT, and at first I was going to spend the weekend in NYC, but then I ... knew I had to attend. I put down "Jane Austen" for my favorite historical

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  You know, that intro stuff

  

  name is Mollie Burgoon. I live in Pickerington, Ohio. I go to Peace U ... any student group that asked us.) Well, I think it's time to open this ... Every journal has to start off with some sort of introduction. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  I have SMASHING news!

  

  ; “People of Beaveria!” said Schmillius, “It is time for us to cease this ... , lengthier message, carved deeply into the rock, as if its creators wanted to ... our automated system to reset it. Visit MyMIT and click on the lost

  • by Sir Nigel Blogberry
  • March 7, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Semester I Played With Chocolate and Ants for a Technical Class Inflatable Chocolate Balloons + Ants as Architects

  

  There is a class here at MIT called How to Design (Almost) Anything ... balloon when the chocolate is set, but I wanted to somehow constrain the ... syrup, which is way hotter than melted chocolate. The trick to keeping the

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  's mom had prepared a late lunch of fish and porridge. It's good to not ... [EDIT: It has been noted that the photos in this entry don't show up in Internet Explorer. I'll try to fix this soon, but in the meantime, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009