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Blog / MIT Life
Photo of the Day – Installment #1 Photo of the day #1
While I try go get in the swing of things with the start of the ... availability of interesting enough photos. Here's the first one and I think it's appropriate given the start of the term. Is this a good or a bad sign? -
Blog / About Decisions
Required Reading An article by Dean Marilee Jones.
"Post-Early-Action Thoughts," by Marilee Jones, Dean Of Admissions at MIT -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today
of 1929 when senior class president C. Brigham Allen brought together a member from each of the Classes of 1930, 1931, and 1932 to design a ring ... bezel of ring. The Committee looked to the original discussion over the -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Theme I've been looking at too many de-motivational posters!
Because it seems to be the theme of Paul's blog. -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.
To go along with Chris' entry about excitement for the unveiling of the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at ... , for the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in -
FAQ / Academics and research
What’s the School of Science like?
The six departments in the MIT School of Science are consistently ... ; Mathematics; and Physics. Members of our community study deep philosophical questions: What is the nature of dark matter and dark energy, which make up 95 -
Blog / About Decisions
Decisions Are Beginning To Arrive Some thoughts for everyone.
A few of you are starting to receive your decisions. To those of you ... very, very proud of your accomplishment. To those of you who didn't get ... the vast majority of applicants, most of whom were qualified to be here -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."
Following up on JKim's entry about excitement for the unveiling of the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at MIT ... the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in freshman -
FAQ / Academics and research
What is CSAIL?
When people think of MIT, they think of computers, robots, and internet—CSAIL is all of those things. The Computer Science and Artificial ... of the world’s most important centers of information technology -
Blog / Hacks
A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters
Another CPW has come and gone, and with it the throes of prefrosh ... for me, seeing all you guys excited to be here and the prospect of ... down in your work day in and day out. Of course, CPW brings out the best -
Blog / Personal Travel
Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums
of marching bands and crowded cheering. A large marshmallowy Boeing ... seems to be some sort of parade or festival every other week. And they ... cannon blast and the faint smell of gunpowder. Because in Seattle, these -
Blog / MIT Life
Class of 2009 note #2
Many of you have already received it, but for those of you anxiously ... The i3 project features all 11 of MIT's dorms. The preliminary housing ... funding for the very first i3 project, and several of my very close friends -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Happy 4th of July! Glorious red, white, and blue
Ah, glorious government holidays! Happy Fourth of July! Enjoy the day off, free street parking, copious amounts of barbequed meat, and beautiful displays of explosives. That is... as long as your weather report -
Blog / Hacks
Mario Institute of Technology hack Laura's entry on an awesome hack.
Laura ’09 captured today’s awesome hack… check it out! -
Blog / Challenges
Anatomy of a Late Night There are some problems caffeine can't solve. But only a few.
2 liters of Mountain Dew: $2.75 Mint Milanos: $3.39 Artichoke Spinach Hummus: $2.99 Wheat Thins: $2.29 Getting all your work done... priceless And now, I sleep, perchance to dream... -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Happy Year of the Pig Photoshop fun for the lunar new year.
Happy Lunar New Year from Peggy and the Office of Admissions! Here are the results of this year's new year mini-contest! (Remember, this will have no impact on admissions) "The source of inspiration was the -
Blog / MIT Life
Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…
Amidst a Dali-esque landscape of finals-related drudgery and holiday travel rushes (think The Persistence of Memory, but imagine unfinished exams underneath the melting clocks), there resides a species of creative -
Blog / Admissions
In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family
killed in the line of duty by the Tsarnaev brothers on April 18th, 2013. Sean was a beloved campus police officer, a member of the MIT Outing Club, and part of the MIT family. It is not the first memorial dedicated to -
Blog / Admissions
Welcome MIT Class of 2009!
about the Class of 2009. I'm very excited to see who the class will be! In the meantime, all of you '09s should check out the Firstyear site ... ... yes, we're now thinking about the MIT Class of 2010 (and beyond!). I