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  Cool Classes

  

  Nicole R. asked: "What have been some of your favorite classes at MIT ... ?" Good question! First part first. Some of my favorite classes at MIT, from ... brains and look at the neurons, study the resonance frequency of whiskers

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT recruit athletes?

  interested in playing varsity sports at MIT, you should contact the coach of ... MIT is one of the top Division III athletic programs in the country. MIT is always looking for students-athletes. Almost 20 percent of
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 2 A recap of three incredible days

  

  panel discussion at the U.N. and also took a tour: In front of the U ... , they were all venues of festivities to celebrate the Glamour Top 10 ... Martha Stewart), in addition to visiting all of the above locales. We not

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Subtle Art of Being Unhosed what i've learned and what i'm still working on

  

  weekends either. I kind of feel like I’m back at MIT in that regard. Part of ... I’ve been spending most of my writing ability and brain power working on a bunch of applications for something that I’m not ready to announce

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  year and wear the beaver "sitting" on them until graduation. At ... 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

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two Cool Projects

  

  In this second-to-last entry, I want to encourage all of you to check out two projects: (1) Sacha Yaku ("Jungle Water") The brainchild of Kendra Johnson '09, Sacha Yaku aims to empower the women of Santa Ana

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  . I couldn't bear the feeling of my room anymore. I was ready to be at ... proud of me for getting help. Which at first felt really patronizing. Why ... . This sort of behemoth of an aquarium, simply doesn't exist at the New

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  . They've been doing a heck of a job. Abigail told me that attendance at ... at MIT, a member of G@MIT, and a prospective political science / math ... some firsthand experience of how well everyone at the Rainbow Lounge got

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  the noodles, pulling the noodles, etc., but at the end of the day, we ... lot of fun. Admittedly, I'm really good at [annotation note="I mean, it ... ="72269" /] We moved into our performance space at the end of IAP, so here's a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  out to a group chat, and we all drooled at the thought of spending ... . The Head of the Student Exchange office at ETH was also present to ... and the path of least resistance to stay at MIT, take the classes I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / Events

  MIT PUMPKIN DROP 2012! chucking pumpkins off the highest building in cambridge. that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial.

  

  .  Or because of reasons.  Whatever.  You can't really have a holiday at ... Saturday before Halloween - they watch hundreds of pumpkins get tossed off the highest building in Cambridge! Or, more accurately, they do that at

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  After three CPWs and nearly two years of study here at MIT, I've gotten used to a lot of things about the Institute. And sometimes, when I have a lot of work to do (as has been the case for, quite honestly, the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  ridiculousness that tends to be the story of my life, though, the ride should at ... . I’m from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Furniture Capital of the World and proud birthplace of both the Holland Tulip Time Festival and the Christian

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Former MIT Students on TV Two in a flattering way, one in a potentially embarassing way.

  

  was cast: At the end of last summer, the WB recruited heavily from MIT ... , made a duct tape bow tie, and arrived at the audition with a couple of ... interested in catching up on some TV. This month, you can see (at least) three

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  classes, and some of you are probably curious about the classes offered at ... 'm doing a bad job at this regular updating thing. I promise that within the ... .05 (Biochemistry) Contributions of biochemistry toward an understanding of the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  ; the weird social environment of people at so many different skill levels ... time; the feeling of having your forearms puffed up at the end of a ... more deeply than you ever have before the feeling of looking at a problem

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  dorkiest parts of myself, I'll say this: simply living at MIT is a huge ... One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook and pen wherever I go. It's kind of like a journal, but I don't exactly

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  treasury of comedic novelty photoshoot experience to pieing the bloggers in ... on the harsh overhead lights of an interrogation room, illuminating a lone blogger; perhaps a meat hook swings out of focus as we pan across

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  Glamorous moments, in the traditional sense, are fleeting at MIT ... the night before, or knowing that you will be spending the rest of the ... Whitney-Johnson (’08) and I are among the Top 10 College Women of 2007

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  fireworks, and devouring a variety of delectable treats. Here at MIT, a few ... Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament on November 5, 1605. Though their plot was

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007