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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  . Diaz has been doing many interviews since he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, but an appearance on Colbert is always... interesting. For those ... commentator famous for his opposition to illegal immigration, and you may also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  I just returned from a retreat for my sorority, Alpha Chi Omega. We ... Boston suburb used for conferences. It was amazing to hang out with my ... Awareness week, so also took time to prepare for our philanthropic event. All

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lip Sync & Toons Real singers and fake singers ...sort of like Jessica and Ashleey Simpson. (~17 pictures)

  

  divided the lecture hall in half and told us it was time for audience ... fundraiser for the Cambridge YWCA. You may remember an advertisement for this ... COMPETITION! The emcees asked the audience for "rubix cube people" to unscramble

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Dilemma Free (food) for all.

  

  after the debate for a reception with hundreds of latkes and hamentashen ... 's Peter de Florez Fund for Humor, UA Finboard, and ARCADE. For information ... ://web.mit.edu/hillel/www/latke-hamentashen-debate.html Option 2: Tired of Ramen for dinner? Wish you could do something to make

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  Nobel prize for his "for the development of the metathesis method in ... the Nobel committee for being the first to produce an efficient metal-compound catalyst for metathesis--a chemical process wherein two reacting structures

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  a sense of what we look when selecting students for admission. Basically, we're looking for students with broad interests, both academic and ... "look good" on their resume or college application. We look for students
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-January Updates The latest from Cambridge.

  

  Hello! Here's the latest: We have begun reading regular action applications. It looks like application numbers will be up once again this year ... time to follow up on that and make sure we have it as soon as possible

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

  IAP 2006

  

  Association helps set up externships between alums and current students, and you can apply to up to 3 positions in the San Francisco, New York, Los

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  love letter to the ‘tute miss miss miss

  

  London. what this means is that i have been away from MIT for a little over ... for the fall semester. i decided to do this for a lot of different ... that i decided this would be good for me. i am taking four math classes

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 21, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  I went home for about two weeks before IAP started. I went to all the ... was back on a plane to Massachusetts for the beginning of IAP. People were always shocked I had to head back so early for what they presume is

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  imagine, especially considering that our official motto is Latin for "Mind ... Course 2 students (Course 2 is Mechanical Engineering, for those of you ... conference rooms for group design meetings as well as a couple of labs for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Time to Complete the MIT Midyear Report Applicants need to fill out the form on MyMIT by February 15th.

  

  also an option in the Report for students whose schools do not provide ... applying for financial aid on the Student Financial Services website.  The deadline for applying for financial aid is also February 15th. Best wishes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the lying lives of adults by elena ferrante

  

  revealed that he, too, is willing to betray his fiancée for a night ... that analyzed books for having a specific thesis. Back then, I composed ... sun as a metaphor for Meursault’s super-ego to criticize the societal

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  What do you want? the story of college fit and how i stole from jeremy

  

  great place for everyone.” Full disclosure: I heard Jeremy say this once ... source?"]stole it from him.[/annotation] Can you [annotation note="for ... said, a place being objectively great, doesn’t make it the best place for

  • by kellen manning
  • August 19, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  for first-year and transfer admissions (for students entering MIT in ... improve access for students applying to MIT. Below are answers to some ... my scores for your consideration? No: in fairness to all applicants

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / Events

  The REX That Was a review of the most recent confusion

  

  with the (soon-to-be-introduced) new bloggers for the Class of 2020 to ... so saw the Class of 2020 arrive on campus for their orientation, of which one major component is Residential Exploration, or REX for short

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 6, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

  

  ? Let's go on a tour! High School Yearbook For those nostalgic moments. Sketch Book Nondescript black sketch book for Toy Design. Understanding Comics Understanding Comics, one of my books for Toy Design. Nightwork

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

  

  known as MIT Central Meetings. For me, this means: Washington DC ... advisor for the first time. You gotta feel sorry for the three poor saps who ... joined the admissions staff as Assistant Director for Minority Recruitment

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The German language has two different verbs for "to eat ... (fressen). I have also learned the German word for "to strike a deathblow ... classes, and a GIR). You'd assume that at MIT I could register for classes

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  Juggernaut, b****!" Also, there was a preview for Snakes on a Plane. Between ... other way around. 7. Also, for all the hype, I think that Angel was in the film for a grand total of about three minutes, and he coincidentally had

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006