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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Round 2 less shirts and more interviews.

  

  to me. 2) I was serious about getting an internship.   See ... brushed it right back off thinking to myself "Oh, no one get internships ... was ready to start forming more concrete plans about my future at MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Deadline where I attempt to reason through an approaching all-nighter

  

  , have coordinated their Problem Sets to be due in almost symmetrical time ... freshman Orientation, although that seems too far removed to tell. Challenges come in bursts and send an electrifying signal to the brain. "12

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  university president. My favorite example of such continues to be MIT President ... sclerosis, aka Lou Gherig's disease. The challenge is to dump ice water on yourself, donate $100 to the ALS Association, or do both, and then publish

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Laser Graffiti I found something cool on the way home.

  

  leapt onto a bench for a better view, trying to figure out which room in ... : before disappearing again. Back to blank wall. We figured that someone ... , climbed up to the top floor (we figured out where the source was) and found

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  in a very mural-happy dorm, I can't paint to save my life. But I do like to photograph a lot, and in fact I've done quite a lot of it in the ... , if you ever take the elevator in the Student Center up to the fourth

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-India student interns at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

  

  /Math/Computers to the novice monks, and some local school children, and participating ... , postdocs, visitors, etc. from all over the world. I was exposed to big ideas ... real feel for academic culture in India. The freedom to pursue topics

  • by MISTI Program
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Resolved: MIT Rocks Even the Senate thinks so

  

  to: S. Res. 195 Whereas when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (referred to in this preamble as ``MIT'') was founded by William Barton Rogers, on April 10, 1861, the doors to a powerful new institution

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 28, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gustavo Dudamel Conducts MITSO! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Because we are THAT good.

  

  , visited MIT last Friday to receive the 2010 Eugene McDermott Award in the ... was able to teach us so much about the music that we did not know. He ... to sculpt phrases ever so beautifully. Our playing went from

  • by ARTalk
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Tracking now available You can check the status of your application components now on MyMIT.

  

  . MyMIT Application Tracking This is a good time for you to check up on ... wait a while longer before having it evaluated to give you time to send along another copy. There are still many more weeks of reading to be done

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Tracking update All EA application mail has been processed; check your MyMIT Tracking.

  

  for EA applicants. This is a good time for you to check your application ... evaluated to give you time to send along another copy. There are still more weeks of reading to be done, so as long as you get us the copies in a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger selection 2008 results We have completed the selection of this year's bloggers!

  

  12.5% "blogger admit rate," it was almost as hard to be selected as a blogger as it was to be selected for MIT this year (11.9%)! Before we reveal this year's new bloggers, I'd like to share with you some of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  be rectified continued for a number of days, and due to finals and ... Campus representation, and after much deliberation, we have decided to add a 13th member to the Ring Committee. This additional member will be

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  eighty semi-hours Ten thousand thirty-two hundred emails to read Ten ... Something called BCC It's time now, to sing out Though the spamming never ... spam (oh you got to, you got to remember the spam) Remember the spam (I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  to the spring of 1929. C. Brigham Allen, President of the Class of 1929 ... , 1931, and 1932. Their mission was to design a ring to be used as the Standard Technology Ring. The committee's first decision was whether to use

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  . No, really. To all of the recently admitted, and any other hopefuls who ... you get to choose where you live and stay with something like a family ... hate how the living groups work here because I have to live with the same

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Little Snails SciFi movie marathons rock my socks!

  

  to do all the classic MIT things before graduating. Accordingly, LSC's movie marathon was one such event I had to attend. Slated for viewing for ... brought by the giant Traags to the Traags' home planet, where they are kept

  • by Bryan
  • January 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  , as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone ... journalists to spend nine months immersed in MIT science classes) - Gita Dayal ... science journalist. I went there just to get a feel for what a career in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Spending the F.A.T. with Arthur Ganson A missed opportunity to build kinetic sculptures with artist Arthur Ganson.

  

  Friday, Nov. 24.” I can’t believe I missed an opportunity to build ... joined MIT’s Hobby Shop to try my hand at kinetic sculpture, but I haven ... a golf ball moving 1" to start your link and ends by pulling a string

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  couple of weeks ago putting their creative minds to use designing and ... use to trace with) on construction paper. 4.) Cut along the lines. 5 ... sat down to eat like a big ol' happy family. Our lovely and gracious

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  "I like to build things. What can I do to show my stuff?" I get this question from time to time. Many students know that math students can do ... "intro" material -- trebuchets, computers, etc. What's next? Where to look

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006