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• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  my partner Eric and I measured the brightness temperature of the sun at ... celebrate. I failed at blowing out the candles, and Sam made fun of my limited ... , two of the others, arrived at the hospital, having woken up their GRT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  won't be long now until we get to meet you in the Class of 2030 Discord or at CPW, and we’ll have some additional, cylindrical information for ... Filled with mystery and people I can loveI know out there on the road of life, I

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  positioning was most effective when directed at the plume of hot gases above the ... one of our weekly fire jams. I've been fire spinning since freshman fall ... teach fire techniques as they are to learn them together. One of my

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 18, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  th at 4:30p, I breathed a sigh of relief alongside my study buddies ... few weeks of every semester is chaotic, nerve-wracking, and stressful. As I took my last midterms, handed in my last rounds of psets, and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: the app is live for freshman

  

  The MIT freshman application for the prospective Class of 2022 is now available at     > > > my.mit.edu < < <      You know what to do. Be yourself. Be good to others. Take care of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience

  

  met on Facebook over the summer, arrived at the end of the week, just ... cardboard). One of the others was holding up a picture of my high school ... of my soon-to-be home: Simmons. Let's talk a bit about this lovable

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Real, live MIT students * IN HD* A look inside the world of MIT Admissions Interns

  

  you like to have a glimpse into the life of current, MIT students and ... interested in working at the Admissions Office Randomness Seriously, though, check out the page. They work on a lot of great projects in the office

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Live from the Glass Lab! it's...tuesday afternoon??

  

  One of my favorite MIT organizations is the Glass Lab, where students ... for the holidays at MIT. I'm on their mailing list, and this morning they sent out the following blast: Dear Glass Lab followers, One of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Engineers Assemble! It's not a double-post, it's a franchise

  

  's golf ball plan to stop the oil leak off the coast of Louisiana? He said ... assistance. Chu, in turn, has assembled a team of five “extraordinarily ... Slocum, MIT Professor of Mechanical Engineering (and 2.007 Design and

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW on the Web CPW comes to you...ON THE INTERNET

  

  attendees novel-length directories of the events and important stuff at CPW ... spent most of the last week working on stuff for Campus Preview Weekend ... well over 600 events over the course of a few days, and the prefrosh add

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 2, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  We’re Linux! "Aha, Linux beats paper!"

  

  video, Challenges at the Office, was produced by a alum friend of mine ... Congratulations to the future class of 2013! I'm looking forward to meeting you over the coming weeks through the blogs and, of course, CPW

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  , and all sorts of MIT's lesser known tidbits. Sometimes I get yelled at ... bumped me out of the running. This year, however, I applied and after about a week of waiting the finalists were announced. With five times as

  • by Snively '11
  • November 7, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Woot! My t-shirt is funnier than your t-shirt.

  

  ordered for myself online, I really do love getting mail. At this point ... of getting mail. Well, for one, I wanted something to take my mind off of linear algebra and eigenvalues for a little bit by blogging. And

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Telethon Live Blog Where we call you --

  

  pretty much every aspect of freshman life at MIT. I love this school and ... be going well at this point, all of the phones are still filled, and we ... roll your eyes at us. In all actuality, I am really excited to call you

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat, RETREAT!! A weekend vacation.

  

  So this weekend my 61 of my fraternity brothers and I drove several ... goodness for GPS and my 4 co-pilots. So amidst a weekend of planning for the semester ahead, we took a break to look at the stars (which you

  • by Bryan
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Thanksgiving! Holiday wishes and fun stuff.

  

  's artistic and culinary adventures at leftunattended.com. Looking for a little ... project of the MIT-alumni company Squid Labs), where there's a DIY ... ? recirculating fountains of food seemed like the obvious escalation. a custom

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See your name among the stars… Forget having your name written in lights, get it written on a spacecraft!

  

  unmanned spacecraft in 2010. "Choose a location on the outside of the spacecraft and get pictures of your content photographed in space. Choose a ... 'll return to you the actual piece of spacecraft hardware which carried your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Uh Oh Joke: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice…

  

  I think I missed one of the most important holidays of the summer ... question is however, do I celebrate at: A) Toscanini's B) JP Lick's C ... distance of the 'Tute. Get the Scoop here. Joke answer: Pi a'la mode.

  • by Bryan
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Thursday

  

  defense of Phil '05 5:30-6:30 -- piano drop at Baker House (in honor of Drop Date) 6:30-9:00 -- "Three tongues of the Muse" -- A tricultural poetry

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happy Pi Day

  

  Two groups are hosting pi celebrations: This **Tuesday, 3/14, at 6pm ... holding the following festivities in honor of pi day: Pie baking contest Pi ... -related prizes. ----------- In honor of Pi Day, the UA Dining Committee invites

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 14, 2006