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  PumpkiNerd Carving My dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original,…

  

  contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original, and best overall. Can anyone guess which category I entered my pumpkin ... display this masterpiece between the 1996 and 2000 National Medals of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Study Abroad Fair Learn about opportunities to study in another country (8 pictures)

  

  ) Take a look at the countless academic and cultural prospects that over 25 ... country, experience a new culture, and intellectually challenge yourself all ... : MISTI (MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives) CMI

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX continued The rain killed my hawaiian outfit.

  

  , Senior House, and Random Hall all came to Kresge Oval with slingshots, trebuchets, and catapults. Burton-Conner, I believe, was also responsible ... -house rush is going on, and then tomorrow, freshmen will get to use me as free

  • by Bryan
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Matt McGann ‘00 Name: Matt McGann; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY

  

  : the people, the housing system, hacking lore, Mystery Hunt and IAP, the ... character: Nekobasu? Advice about applying to college/MIT: be open and honest about yourself and your life's circumstances, choose recommenders who can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Solar Car Pulled Over The MIT Solar Car Team got in a little trouble.

  

  headlights, no rearview mirror, overly tinted windows and no windshield wipers ... friend and SEVT member Ben Glass '07 had somewhat of an explanation:   ... before finishing July 27th in Calgary, AB. Check out the schedule and best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  Just when my 2-year-old finally starts sleeping through the night, we decide to go and do it all over again. What were we thinking?!? :-) I ... grow up, to learn from each other and to trust each other and to actually

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Lunch

  

  and guests from 2:30 to 4pm on Thursday (May 12th) at Majerle's Grill. Majerle's has been named the "best lunch spot" in downtown Phoenix, and we are excited to provide their yummy lunch for the ISEF finalists and

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

  5 days to May 2

  

  coming up quickly for you, too, and I hope that you've found another school ... 's bonus questions was interesting and challenging, so I thought I'd test you. Q. I'll provide a country and its largest city by population. You

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  here and over at College Confidential. Haven't had much time to hang out ... we offer has grown over time as a result of advancements in science and ... Bio, Computational and Systems Bio, Developmental Bio, Genetics

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New MIT Viewbook Is a viewbook as useful to you as it might have been for my (pre-internet)…

  

  from beginning to end. We'll choose a firm in the next few days, and the ... 'd keep and what you'd change. I'd also love to know what you feel is ... "grow up with" the web and it's a (the?) predominant source of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Normalville

  

  ") for winning this year's Mystery Hunt! I really enjoyed the hunt, and our ... ? The honor and privilege of writing Mystery Hunt 2006. I hope to see you ... schools, a response to Daniel's latest post, and answering some of your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  The blogs are back in town

  

  (aka "Moneyman") has also been updating his Money @ MIT blog and ... taking advantage of IAP being, well, independent, and is elsewhere for the ... promises a great IAP of blog-reading. Plus, Quinton, Allison, and Kevin are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Do most students complete a UROP?

  be credited as co-authors for peer-reviewed publications, and some even ... sustainable technologies and solutions for problems in the developing world MIT Game Lab, a laboratory that conducts research and develops new
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  application anew and without prejudice in Regular Action. Understandably, you ... experiences here, here, here, here, here, here, and most recently here. Some of ... ’s okay, too. For now, remember that you're in the middle of the ride, and

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  't know about. So, I went around campus to get the scoop on how students and ... speaker? FRANK: Yeah, I remember that. And I think there's something about costumes? The flyers didn’t really elaborate on— FRANK AND JOHN: (in unison

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  President Sally Kornbluth’s inauguration party this past weekend – go and give ... scorching hot, and a few of us even pulled out our umbrellas to shield ... exhibits (giant sloth/crocodile skeletons, giant fish, and giant water lilies

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  engineering and robotics because I was also interested in those things. At one ... the NSA and the tour guide I had was really uptight and that kind of killed the vibe"]Mr. Robot.[/annotation] Neuroscience and psychology were

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math

  

  What is a zonotope? Get a sheet of paper and draw some vectors in the ... picture, I drew them all originating from a single point, and with ... our case, zonotopes are polygons that have an even number of sides, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Genshin Impact and a better introduction to me

  

  was a new experience which led to a lot of frustration and more enthusiasm. This blog post will come in two parts: a genshin advertisement, and an introduction to my vibes and what I do on campus! Part 1: What

  • by ana~
  • October 7, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  djent is not a djenre or is it?

  

  ’s not apparent, this is a joke (well this whole blog is a joke) and music ... look at that and conclude that I rarely have the space to express the ... independently spun to two other Halsey songs (“Castle” and “Gasoline”) -- but

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 22, 2023