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  Speaking of mu…

  

  I love MIT, because starting a sentence with "Speaking of mu..." doesn't get you looked at funny. A quick rundown of tonight's activities ... home countries of rock bands the Scorpions ("Rock You Like a Hurricane

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds of Summer What've you been listening to lately?

  

  still have four glorious days of summer break left, so I will continue to ... Company of Thieves - This is the kind of song that you enthusiastically sing ... . This is completely uncharacteristic of the rest of their material, just

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  Fridays are sneaky. Theoretically, as the last day of the week and the only thing standing between you and two glorious days of freedom and relaxation, Friday is the greatest day of the week. But as the last day of the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  Over the last year, I've had the pleasure of being the Undergraduate Association Vice-President, or UAVP, of MIT. In March, I ran for president, with ... well, do I? All of us at the debate. From left to right: Dwight, Chris

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tidbits of IAP a scrapbook of a sort

  

                             

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  pictures of home

  

      a concert / jazz and reggae / late night conversations / pizza / checking checklists / days so warm and restless and impatient / writing and finding poetry

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 30, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  importance of having many cultures and learning from them. Today, I would like to share a bit of my own culture with you. It is, in fact, my home state of New Hampshire's greatest, and most revered, cultural practice

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  This post is almost entirely devoid of content except to point out a particularly funny exchange in the comments of a recent post. It's a constant ... commenting is acceptable behavior or not. I'm guilty of being one of those

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Funny pictures of me I wear a New Year's party hat. That's funny, right?

  

  's like impossible to think of some clever 4 word phrase to encapsulate your ... and watching Season 2 of Veronica Mars on DVD with my sister while consuming large amounts of junk food. Well, that was the plan, and we did in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hogwarts Institute of Technology Except we have 11 houses instead of 4.

  

  EXCITED WHEN I SAW THIS HACK YESTERDAY. For those of you who may not have known, I am a *gigantic* Harry Potter nerd. I am one of those people who can name quite a few of the hundreds of really unimportant characters

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  As I write, our terrific Records Office team is processing the largest volume of mail you've ever seen. There is a lot of mail to be opened ... period of time. More updates soon...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  One of the great things about living in Boston is the close promixity to all sorts of cool places to visit. And one of the great things about ... Street, passing Senior House (another undergrad dorm). A couple of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  School of Dreams (a case study of Whitney High School in Los Angeles ... , and could only admit ~1600 students. But most of the students to whom we ... . Often students or parents of students who were not admitted will call to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  In my last entry, I mentioned that I had a bunch of things I wanted ... at Mike's Pastry. Mike's Pastry is one of many bakeries and cafes in ... course of my time at MIT, I've had many treats from Mike's Pastry - but, as

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 Numbers

  

  had expected. More news on the yield and makeup of the class soon ... Class of 2009 14% admit rate. We received 10,443 applications and admitted 1495 of those students, making this the most selective year ever in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The State of Things Deflated, that about sums it up.

  

  exploring of campus, I'm not sure my body can handle much more of this. Let me ... . I'm not really laying on my bed, I'm kind of shoved into it, feet ... prefrosh, Chris Mills, and told that he's leaving. I stumble out of bed

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  Today was the first day of classes at MIT. Once again, the Infinite Corridor was abuzz with activity, people excited for the new year of classes. For the Class of 2011, these are their very first MIT classes. I only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  While the period known as "End of term" certainly brings finals ... conclusion of a great semester. You've probably already heard about many of these, including the last 3.091 lecture (described here by Kevin), all of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  have gone on. Everyone’s so passionate about their posts, and all of us do a great job of describing life at MIT. They’re all creatively ... aspects of MIT. Then I noticed something that I had missed in my post

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  a hack! For those of you just tuning in, a "hack" at MIT is clever, elegant, and anonymous prank, designed to amuse and catch the attention of ... 'd expect, hacking is one of MIT's most celebrated traditions, and the actual

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008