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  Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week

  

  off, my friends and I were squished together in the front of a U-Haul truck headed towards a sketchy storage facility somewhere in the middle of Boston. It was a miracle that I ever made it to the airport in time. Then

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT’s Tribute to Boston Lights from the Green Building.

  

  I'll let these pictures speak for themselves, but I thought this was a lovely gesture and wanted to immortalize it on the blogs. Much love to everyone affected by today's bombings. Photo credit to the MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  New Server As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server.

  

  Hi folks, As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server. You'll probably notice better performance in page rendering right away; commenting is still slower than I'd like, but

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 30, 2007
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the School of Science like?

  The six departments in the MIT School of Science are consistently rated among the best in the world. They include: Biology, Brain and ... questions: What is the nature of dark matter and dark energy, which make up 95
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Public Art Projects ...for your amusement.

  

  , where I find this heart (it looks much cooler in person). Click the photo ... am very grateful for these tunnels as I travel from the T to my office ... traveling in circles. :-) Now that I'm more familiar with the tunnels, the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedules are up!

  

  , and 21A.100 is required to concentrate (and let's all connect the dots ... Yesterday was the day that is usually my favorite day of the semester ... favorite day of the semester is actually the day they put up the full

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  's start at the very beginning. (A very good place to start.) 0. Is an ... possible. 5. What will happen in the interview? Every interview is different ... additional information: sign in, click the light green tab "how to APPLY" and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  Nobel!" More power to you, but here's what you're up against: In the category of ... enemy soldiers become sexually irresistible to each other. In the ... eventually cropped down to the final prize winners. I know you're saying to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Birth Of Baby Nance Regular updates from labor through delivery (guest-hosted by Ben).

  

  . Bryan says that anyone who guessed over 8 pounds is going to be in big ... . (Next time, Bry, just stick to the 9AM report unless they're 20 seconds ... thread to make predictions on the exact time and weight. The closest time

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mechanical Sense of Humor My Course 2 lab instructor is amazing.

  

  Underground was running on time, and you all made it to the competition just in ... to do, like read a section in another hand out or show something to the ... about how awesome she is. She's also very heavily involved in WTP, the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  : Last night, LSC hosted the Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie, who came to MIT ... concert. Mythbusters on stage. Now, what you might not know is that the Mythbusters are not foreign to MIT. (Hops into Time Machine) The year was 2005

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  turn the dial to 88.1 hello caller, you're live on the air.

  

  won season passes to Astroworld from a failing radio station back in my ... my season pass the first day I had it; I just never asked to go back ... WMBR, the MIT radio station, invited a few of us to go join him on the

  • by Bryan
  • August 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  the one purchased. Or they could. To paraphrase: "We'll arrive in time ... delayed indefinitely. Even in the rare event that the airline is giving out ... In America Site. The idea is that every throws in their ideas, then

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  bacterial colonies makes me want to shoot myself in the face. (Speaking of my ... class in the morning. I am not one of those people. My name is Keri ... without including the word "I," to compensate for its overuse in this one

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Man of Many Hat(ches) Keyword: Free.

  

  So one of the best aspects of being in Boston for the summer is all ... popular venues for such events is the Hatch Shell. Not only does the Hatch Shell play host to the Boston Pops on July 4th, but it also plays host to

  • by Bryan
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 2

  

  admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is well known in ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... stressful competition to get into an elite school is harming young people

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  applications. One exercise is that we will discuss the same three folders that we ... I must say I'm very excited to be starting the application reading ... serious reading. In the meantime, we'll contnue with our other work

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  week and is open to people of all levels. Jason Ku, the president of the ... the publicity chair (my former TA), Brian Chan, is a graduate student in ... . For instance, two weeks ago, I opened the door to room 3-343 expecting

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  hard kicks in the face. (Remind me to tell you about how I failed my swim ... applied to MIT in the first place. And now that you're in and you've sent ... in the darkroom have carried over to lab classes in my major; sometimes

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Wish I Was an Astronaut I was a nerd even back in 3rd grade.

  

  well. What is the nerdiest creative project you've ever had to do? ... Not really...but I used to. I wrote this little diddy back in 3rd grade, just thought I'd share. Mollie, maybe Adam wants to make this the

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2006