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  A Weekend of Hacking three events, one weekend

  

  alike compete to think up and build innovative software and hardware projects over the span of 24 hours. Throughout the week leading up to Hack ... opportunities for artists, engineers, business people, and entrepreneurs alike to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 24, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  end up will be good for me, and I will be valuable to it. That place ... ’t get to see her much afterwards, except for the occasional "get togethers ... ways, and if you end up at another school, who knows what values you will

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  was 3 years old. I’ve lived in Georgia for practically my whole life ... the reason, I grew up as a creative “do-er.” I kept busy whether it was ... applying to). Ultimately, I ended up applying to MIT during regular decision

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flat Ryan’s Adventures at MIT! There are more exclamation points in this entry than there are days of classes left…

  

  a picture with Flat Ryan, naturally he was all up for it. Also, fun ... Sharp, the one who won the Nobel for discovering introns and exons??" Yes ... weeks, 'cause we're gonna be holed up studying our booties off! My

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 5, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  RainbowFloor@MIT Because at MIT, if it doesn’t have a mailing list, it doesn’t exist. Fact.

  

  first place, all for the sake of coolness or whathaveyou. Therefore, it ... pictures, I got up on a ledge bordering the entire atrium. Cool. That is ... expect giant floor art before zombies, or the ceiling opening up to reveal

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  't yet shown up on the tracking system. We're still processing lots and ... for Secondary School Reports. The day after the document is entered into the system, it will show up in the online tracking system. But the fun

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  . In Round 1, people came up with 7,783 ideas. Only 87 (about 1%) made it ... The proposed wiki would describe the following for every pressing global ... recognition for their work. This proposal is doubtless ambitious, and it's an

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come Together What do you believe in?

  

  accepted. The event filled up 10-250, our second (third?) largest lecture ... sure you back up your assertions with reliable sources. Me on the ... awareness and send prayers for peace in Burma. The event was held on October 3

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If the roots are imaginary, then the dots will be blue… Diff EQ what now?

  

  for over 40 years!) These quotes have peppered my notebook all term, so ... instinct comes into play when B<0. So up here in the first quadrant we ... don't know, it's like when Jennifer gets fed up with Charlie and dumps

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Everything in moderation…even moderation. How many places can you go on a four-day weekend?

  

  weekends guarantee an endless amount of free-time to catch up on problem sets, papers, and reading, but for most, they degenerate into a remarkably fun ... recommend it. c. A fraternity, Zeta Beta Tau: Hung out and caught up on Grey

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Have Your Cake & Drop Date Too The Baker House Piano Drop, and the Spring Weekend Concert.

  

  , where a national musical act performs on campus. The headliners for this ... can be dropped from your schedule up to 10 weeks into term. A tradition ... up on some of your MIT jargon... Bruno - A unit of volume resulting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  . Unfortunately, with term starting up again, I've been preoccupied with classes. I ... next few days, I will have another entry up. With photographs. I even ... -chemical basis for the structures of nucleic acids, proteins, and carbohydrates

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Kick to the limit! The Korean Flying Tigers! What could possibly sound more exciting than that?

  

  be sitting next to the sports editor for The Tech, and through a bit of ... they'd set up like 15 people holding 6 boards and you'd have to wonder ... of them, then he'd just calmly walk up, jump 4 feet in the air, do a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  Okay, I'll admit that it's been a slow week for me, so I'm going to blog about some MIT references. First up, the book Freakonomics by ... year. Not too shabby, eh? Anyway, I bring up Freakonomics in the first

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Fair Season

  

  night, I took a Zipcar up to a college fair in New Hampshire. I'd say the ... year -- he may have admitted you! I had a few tough follow-up questions ... . For good measure, I'll throw in links to the arts@MIT - Dance site as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  . The reason that we don't have a separate form for EA is that the form ... different people, and thus, so many different communities at MIT - but for me, a quirky, uber-creative guy who likes to stay up late every night and

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  ; Planning, Jeff is now a city planner for the city of Cambridge, MA) watching ... colleagues who have their blogs up and running now. Ben Jones is my rock star ... will come up with the mad cash after you're admitted. Check them both out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  's true for yourself. So sometimes I like to shake up the class that way ... .02 (Electricity and Magnetism) subjects that most all MIT students take to giving up ... of the transcription for clarity and/or space saving Introductions

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  , being the head chef for the “Night at the Art Gallery” pop-up was ... ” of coming to the US for college, getting disappointed by MIT dining ... way I do. I cook because it is the perfect hobby for a busy lifestyle

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  half-explain/half-give advice on academic preparation for your freshman ... . This means that if you get a passing grade (70-100) it will show up on your transcript as simply a P for pass. No it doesn't matter if you got a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025