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• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  building toys (for anybody who is unsure, this is a good way to start the day ... prefrosh (Danny '12) is in town and I decided to go on a campus tour with him ... , not IN the tour. I present to you a glimpse into what the average MIT

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there really a swim test?

  education courses for undergraduate students to complete the swim requirement and the eight point General Institute Requirement. The swimming ... even earn your Pirate's License! (Enter "pirate" into the search field to
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  -long activity of its own, called "Deliver!" The goal of "Deliver!" is to build ... 've learned over and over in the GEL program. It's our instinct to push the ... 's "Under the Dome" Open House. To put that into perspective, hosting this

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  first day. They both flew in early this morning, and we spent the whole day walking around the area in the glorious warmth and sunlight that indicates the MIT Weather Machine is gearing up for Campus Preview Weekend

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Study Abroad Fair Learn about opportunities to study in another country (8 pictures)

  

  can't really read it, but the white banner in this picture is for ... (This is a direct paste from an email.) The Undergraduate Association Committee on Student Life is proud to present MIT's second

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  of the Old English epic Beowulf, and in this class you will learn to ... of unshakable resolve in the face of insurmountable odds. It is, in ... the French language across the channel in 1066. To give you more

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  0 Days Since Last Fire Alarm Oh noes! Simmons Hall on fire!

  

  myself outside in the snow or in the rain, waiting for the strobe lights to ... , waiting to be let back in. You can actually hear the Simmons fire alarm from ... , Simmons Hall has a bazillion little windows in order to make the building

  • by Snively '11
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017: Friends ❤, Food, and Flying Deloreans (Guest Post) Or maybe not quite that last one

  

  HackMIT, in our 2017 theme: Hack to the Future. On social media, the ... all of the puzzle’s components gain automatic admission to HackMIT in ... ’s Back to the Future-themed puzzle involves topics in security, AI, and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  analysis for the 3rd 8.14 lab (Zeeman effect in Hg). My oral presentation is ... light, is definitely by far the fewest number of units I've stood to ... , but losing spring break productivity to vacation in the Virgin Islands

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  finest memories of walking to class in the morning from my dorm were on ... ? Check. And a serenade? Check! Thanks to our secret admirers, the ... on. Right: Mari and Gisele watch the serenade. Also related to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  getting to know each other through some applied meeting of the minds, in a ... is the standard introductory physics course offered to freshmen at MIT ... telephone. The class is new to MIT this year and has less than eighteen

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New MIT Viewbook Is a viewbook as useful to you as it might have been for my (pre-internet)…

  

  from beginning to end. We'll choose a firm in the next few days, and the ... on the current viewbook I would love to hear them. What do you like or ... 'd keep and what you'd change. I'd also love to know what you feel is

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thomas Friedman on Energy & MIT A NY Times article highlights MIT's innovative energy solutions

  

  goal, they explain on their Web site — vds.mit.edu — is “to identify the ... our future. MIT has been very active in developing solutions to energy ... Vehicle Team, and the Solar Decathlon (read more in the Spring 2007 issue of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2014 FAQ

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... your QuestBridge application is being used in place of the MIT ... taking my tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m still alive And I missed entry #2000 by one! Blargh!

  

  the O'Connor Lab, guaranteeing me the shortest commute to work I'll ever have to make. (Yeah, you know I used Paint.) The round trip is less ... needed to be posted on the blogs. Expect a real post from me this weekend

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  Thanks to reader Timur, who sent the bloggers some "holiday ... holidays. Over the last few days, we've been trying to catch up on all the ... I can. I was talking to a guidance counselor over the phone today

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  something all of the time. One thing that's vital to learn how to do is to ... 've been up till 3 AM in the Hayden Library (an awesome place to study, by ... photos ourselves in a darkroom. This is my first print - a shot of the

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Next House Thanksgiving 2016 (sort of a guest post) A (very late) recount of last Thursday’s celebration

  

  about the event and this is what he told me: "The Next House Thanksgiving ... think approximately 85 showed up. The dinner is generously sponsored by ... family. While it is only advertised to Next House, our goal is to give

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • December 1, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  First time in a foreign country - the pace at which new things are ... settled in the dorms of Jeju National University. Then we went outside ... were about to find out how Jeju does New Years'. (I apologize in advance

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  reminding me to brush my teeth; on the bathroom mirror a note would remind me to read the note that would be waiting next to my breakfast. This is ... across in the last few weeks and months: Boston Globe: "And the band is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011