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• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  sort of math and science. Walking through the new Center for Theoretical ... completely different. My sophomore year I took up writing. First writing about ... work of Erik Satie. So what does this mean for you? Basically, don

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

  What’s This Mystery Hunt Thing?

  

  addition, the Operator is responsible for "calling in" answers. When you ... pretty rarely, for the record—we're averaging less than one an hour). So I ... focusing on doing that. Every day since Friday, I've shown up at noon, sat

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Home Warning: Graphics Intensive.

  

  couple of days, and it's time to take a break. As you wrap up your ... perhaps who you harangued for your recommendations), and let your friends ... throughout the years. For me, that's what made my last semester of high school

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  relationships over the course of doing problem sets together. That's cool, but for ... -- alums come back and recruit for their employers; everyone looks better ... -- I have been here exactly twice, junior year for a Clay Aiken concert

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  , came at an important time for our culture, and is one that resonated ... for more than fifty years, stretching over the tenures of half a dozen deans and directors. And while we are always striving for improvement, we

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  MIT, all smushed up into one tiny weekend package for you to sample and ... sense that, I believe, for the most part, the MIT culture is well conveyed ... when we get a chance, but for now, here are the rest of my CPW photos

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  using parts of our class discussion as research for a follow-up to his ... indispensable instrument for representing modern life, in the hands of such ... 18th and 19th century topics, and may be repeated for credit with

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  -field-hockey-season-rest I had allocated for myself was officially over, so I should get my ... dying to do for years- I went to a kickboxing class! (MIT has kickboxing as a club sport.) So I showed up at the session feeling all super

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  'm not sure who came up with the idea of a windowless brick cylinder for a ... as the "international symbol for Frank O. Gehry architecture." This is ... ?" Yes, MIT is infamous for accumulating a collection of unusual and (dare

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  much a lot of the stuff written in the MIT forum (and elsewhere, for that matter) makes me want to throw up or strangle the writers, it doesn't do ... Lausanne, Switzerland, where I've been living for the past 10 days. I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “The Flying Luxury Hotel of Tomorrow” The luxury cruise of tomorrow is sweet!

  

  up or ease its descent. This two-football-fields-long concept airship ... cruise ship companies have expressed interest in the project, and for good ... -management system will serve the same purpose as trim on an airplane, allowing for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rejoicing A few things worth celebrating.

  

  Center for Biomedical Research. So I'm a) alleviating boredom, b) avoiding ... which are probably consumed by watching for your friendly neighborhood ... hopefully no one is looking for a grand unified theme. First, I would like to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  flakes became pretty big and fell for a couple of hours. Unfortunately, it ... a fireplace (even if it is boarded up and non-functional, as are most ... month, yay for IAP). - The record low for November is 8 degrees and the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  as the grad students in my lab for probably a tenth of the salary). Well, as far as MIT goes, I don't think that's true. For one thing, we ... recitation is not the person lecturing. For instance, I have 5.60 lecture three

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…

  

  idea was that??) (Note: to look up the link for 5.60, I had to go to the ... find Chemistry in the C's rather than the F's -- for five, the chemistry ... -- sort of. They've been on hiatus for the past few years, and they

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  ) Classes MIT Geocache Photo Exhibit Food for Thought Beyond the Library ... complete list) come and set up booths in Johnson, and students can choose ... companies are looking for students in your major, and for what kind of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  off for mental health -- from school. (To be honest, Mom likes to play ... expensive ($48? for a throw pillow?), and c) Adam would hate. I headed back ... reminded me that I needed to come pick up my cute new cheerleading t

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  gained international recognition for discovering three of the largest known ... for Undergraduates, Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy ... and the atmosphere, cleaned up the data, and then compared the stars

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  than for some young researcher to be tagged "the new Einstein," so don ... do with his own achievements than the media's need for heroes. But maybe it's more than the media's need for heroes. Perhaps it is the next

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  egalitarian in that way. We really want to do our best for the students and parents who attend these meetings, to really make them worthwile. For ... lot!) and/or those that are members of the National Consortium for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004