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  PSA: I’ll be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend and so will other people from MIT

  

  I blog a lot of retrospective trip reports (see, e.g., ISEF 2016, IOI ... than 130,000 ft2 of build/hobby space, about 2.5 football fields, to ... of makerspaces that will support more maker communities, personal

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  don’t know how long my body can sustain this level of non-activity. I do ... thing being a big part of the change. There are amazing places to eat all around me, and I just have all of this freedom and nobody telling me that I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline check your MyMIT account now

  

  our Regular Action applicants a quick update. As of today, we have ... showing up on your MyMIT tracking page, there was likely some kind of issue ... ; sending duplicate copies will only slow the processing of your documents

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  E-mails in French House "Seriously, people, what's going on here?"

  

  To understand most of the e-mails sent to the French House mailing ... , but in the past I have acquired both a pair of jeans and a Snuggie ... an equal chance of partaking before it runs out. 3) When you send an e

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Day Eve Your questions as the May 1 deadline approaches.

  

  concerns? I am available, as are all of the bloggers, to field questions ... MIT Class of 2017!), that you're declining our offer of admission (it ... the fairest treatment of waitlisted students. If you need more time: If

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Getting Back to Normal ...with some help from Macklemore

  

  It has been a rough couple of weeks in Boston and at MIT.  Wednesday ... has hosted some of the biggest bands ever, including the Grateful Dead ... at the annual Steer Roast in 1990), it has quite a list of bands that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  More info for Admitted Students just a few more things to do

  

  Congratulations to all of the admitted students! I hope you are still celebrating, but I also want to remind you of a few things to do now ... preview of all the fun that we’re planning this April. Check your

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  the course of a semester), that day's dinner effectively now costs you ... to a restaurant for dinner instead of eating at the dining hall, you can effectively tack on $12 to the price of your restaurant meal. This

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exploring the Outdoors! In Kresge that is...

  

  At the end of fall semester, I look forward to one thing. No, it ... awesome hands-on class that gives students a taste of what it takes to ... that they design over the course of the semester. It's always amazing

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 14, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Hug Your History Teacher Because it's 9/11

  

  't is because they might think it's outside of the scope of an admissions ... controversy, we just had a blogger deftly navigate an analysis of the Penn State ... - most of the bloggers were 7. Or 8. Maybe 10 max. Wow. Well, I'm old

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t worry, the king lives…

  

  responsibilities in the Admissions office and my assumption of said responsibilities for this period of 12 months.) By the way, my name is Chris too ... might see me in person) is the clever hallway trick of, "I don't remember

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 7, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  danger!awesome firin' mah lazers...at basically any(every)thing

  

  , and Nadeem Mazen '06, proprieter of digital design and consulting firm Serious Business LLC and MIT squash coach. The premise of danger!awesome is ... on their showcase, this commonly includes engraving all manner of glass

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  statement. I've spent an average of 6 hours each day (read: ~ 8 pm - 2 am) for ... 's been an outpouring of overwhelmed-ness amongst the 6.005 student body. This feeling of utter panic manifested itself on the 6.005 Piazza site

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  stuff, but I'm not a huge fan of mayonnaise so I figured I could ... random songs with the names of Pokémon.  Right before ... of Wikipedia golf. I don't know what rules people normally play by

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  settled in the dorms of Jeju National University. Then we went outside ... ! Since then, our Jeju experience has been a mix of Korean kids, Korean food ... X_X..... ... But food was still nice Some kind of bulgogi (beef

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our homework is to go camping on a school night...!

  

  this semester has been especially fun and out-of-the-ordinary. So two ... to be erected on the lawn of the Endicott House - MIT's private mansion ... cover sewn by ourselves - And built 5 sets of double "beds" so that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application now available Apply now at MyMIT.

  

  ability to track the different parts of your application. On your My ... Educational Counselor (EC), within a couple days of registering. You should ... will submit your part of the application online via MyMIT. However, if

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  . I finished just in time to cruise back to Boston for 4th of July ... various other news outlets, all of which contributed greatly to the ... every day. It rained, well, probably just as often as in other parts of

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Challenge I hope Chris Peterson doesn't fire me for too many prefrosh stealing his nametag...

  

  of my favorite place on earth, and there are so many things to find ... Beaver Spell out "MIT" with your new CPW-friends in front of your ... with providing photographic evidence of having done all these things

  • by Kate R. '14
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  AUGUST 10 Update! I'm bumping this to the top of the page (shameless ... have received a lot of entries from y'all (during the time when I visited ... out there! Don't let go of your chance to fame and glory on the MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010