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  2026 ring premiere! and what led up to it!

  

  , walked on stage to kick us off with the Hacker’s Map, the decibel levels in ... example, the Cambridge Skyline, which is usually depicted in the daytime ... -Premiere. This year, our Delivery is going to be on May 5th, at the top of the

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Application is now available! You can now access the MIT freshman application at MyMIT.

  

  You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application for freshman ... MIT recommendation forms and cover sheets, and the ability to track the ... your are ready to schedule the interview, but well before the application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flame War A play-by-play of the Class of 2012's first flame war.

  

  course, this did not happen. I wrote a message in the blank space to the ... . He dissented to the entire class of 2012 in a very politely worded ... the one that was chosen. In sending that design to the class of 2012, I

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  , and in general how have you experiences been with the classes at MIT ... at MIT take this class. The textbook is fascinating; it's something I would actually read for pleasure as well as work. The material is

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  defect in the game: The visible numbers turned out to reveal essential ... ." Maybe there's something to be said for the old saying, "The Lottery is a ... own consulting company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. One day, the story

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Secret Life Of Marilee Jones Sam is the funniest, though... BOTB and CPW Feedback.

  

  Marilee Jones's singing voice when she sang to the students who had ... variable is responsible for the fact that we sold out Lobdell Food Court: 1 ... . Raffle of Guitar Hero An aside, if you will: Guitar Hero is one of the

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  #9 Dream Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse! Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Stonehenge is not in Scotland. Okay, another cop-out entry in the midst of studying for finals. Go read Mollie's blog; she's a ... huge championship boxing match, and I was in the control room where they

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  explore the field is to get a UROP in one of the many labs that do nanotech ... UROP was in the BioInstrumentation Lab and there is nanotech research ... department, researchers in the Lang Lab use a laser “tractor-beam” to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  was warned about them. 1. The weather in Boston is mildly ridiculous ... 've ever wanted to get out of the wind more in my life. While my thick, wooly ... the best purchase I've made in the last year is a wind-proof jacket from

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  everyone in the entire office is reading thousands of applications and ... , going to a formal, and then maybe some stuff about playing in the snow. I ... much easier to skip the niceties and jump straight to the nerdy pick

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Renewable Energy in Spain

  

  detection of inefficiencies, which is important in the manufacturing process ... system into a photoluminescence imaging system to analyze the benefits of ... renewable energy is still something I want to pursue and taught me to always

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  Saturday, which is usually the day I dedicate to doing pretty much 0 work ... would've churned this out in no time, but writing The Words turned out to ... paper in over a year, so it was nice to revisit the HASS part of me that

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  much or as little of the $10 to the other student, whom he does not see ... I have had the good fortune to hear several excellent guest speakers ... founder of the Grameen Phone program) spoke to our D-Lab class a few weeks

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  :                                                                                           View from the second floor:     Splash is a day-long event in which ... pretending to be becoming the master of a new kind of swing/slide-jazzy dance ... the individual. Passionate people don't lock themselves up to do what

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  …or is it Seattle? Anyway, grab your umbrella just in case. While the ... ’s pretty much the pivotal element to many Orientation events. Believe it or ... I think the last time I saw the sun was Saturday. In a strange turn

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m still reading applications 5 years later...

  

  most about reading season is how it robs me of the ability to read for pleasure. After spending all day consuming what is (mostly) non-fiction in ... sleep, I gladly accept the trade. What a privilege it is to resist

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  ) and fortunately made it to the hostel without too much difficulty. Our ... we were impatient to explore Quito's Old Town. Quito is the capital of ... someone speaking to us in English (there isn't much English spoken here) and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  after you solve the puzzle. Flavor Text: Lost in the jungle, Joe is ... this series of directions to follow to find the train home. Discussion: Sometimes the text included with the puzzle gives you hints as to how to solve

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly ... of applications I still have to read. The other work (yes, other work) I have to do for the office. My silly notion that when I blog, it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  , the one who pulls the rope that the sail is attached to. (Now, in ... the dock. In order to get away from the dock, you have to get the boat ... away and pulling the sail in to bring it over to the other side, and then

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010