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  For Newtown

  

  didn't seem as important as calling Ryan, my 10-year-old brother, up on the phone that night. "I'm about to watch a movie," he hastily answered ... "Whatchoowant?" "Oh, you know, just wanted to say hi." "I miss you. I'm bored

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 18, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  I'm writing today to remind our applicants that we do not give any ... Action. This is a longstanding policy. There is no reason to rush your ... we have received a number of questions from prospective students who

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  conclusion to a CPW entry, it's not something I'm capable of writing, so in its ... Campus Preview Weekend, none is more important than the CPW booklet, a 96 ... even the flame test. No CPW-goer would set out for a day's adventures

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Ebony Affair as a Pre-Frosh A Recap of my Experience from the 49th year of the Program

  

  the Chocolate City community that I’m a part of now. [carousel image1 ... As a pre-frosh, one thing I really appreciated before coming to MIT ... that I continue to interact with and get support from on a daily basis

  • by Richard O. '28
  • March 25, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  As I lay face down struggling to move in a puddle of 40 degree water thinking about the life decisions I've made to lead me there, I noticed a ... could to get a better look at was was so alluring a distraction in the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  that this isn't a project so much as a function of my tidal desires to ... regularly. (I'm at 6 miles right now.) 49. Witness the finishing of a 6000 ... yourself a cup of coffee, and commented “FIRST!” on my blog already. Great

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  /astro is nuclear engineering and even they don't have jet engines. If you're an aero/astro major at MIT you, too, will take a (24-unit) class called ... obscene hours of the morning to attend a 2 hour long double lecture. And you

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  videos! Our favorites are Haven’t You Noticed I’m a Star and Peace and Love ... absolutely painful to write.  Okay, let’s backtrack a bit. We aren’t writing ... . SARAH STILES. S A R A H S T I L E S. sarah. stiles.  Endlessly Watching a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting…the 2008 Brass Rat!!! As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to describe the unveiling…

  

  thought. If I'm misinterpreting the situation, leave a comment. In any case ... played a prank on us this year. Actually, the Brass Rat is one of the most ... process.) Every year, a group of sophomores, formally known as the Ring

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  . Clearly, I’m not a fan of trite platitudes. I got a collection of ... surprisingly artistic! MAS.S66 hasn’t had its first lecture yet, but I’m ... sunshine streaming through the frosted window - I was greeted with a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  everything MIT has to offer from designing a dress to glassblowing, even if I’m ... Reviews: “Eco-chic.” -a freshman critic from Maseeh “The prizes ... lighting was super cool, and I’m really glad it all came together so well

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  the Virgo galaxy cluster, of which the Milky Way is a member. We, of ... , there's Big Science News: we're a huge leap closer to understanding ... street is that this could mean a Nobel Prize for MIT's Prof. Alan Guth

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / Events

  What’s on your mind? As for me, my hair feels normal again.

  

  dorms (assuming Hurricane Irene doesn't get us first).  Freshmen will ... surprise that I plan on spending most of rush hanging out at Random, with a ... questions (maybe ones you think are too silly to ask)?  I'm curious about what

  • by Piper '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Highlights Highlights from the Hunt complete with the first puzzle we solved!

  

  with four sides other than a square, right?" Chris: "Wiki-wiki-wiki-wiki-wiki-forever fresh" Brian: "The answer is shynonymush." Chandra: "I'm reading photon ... -P-E-E-D O-V L-I-G-H-T" Pete: "Hello, I'd like to speak to Agent Chitty Chitty

  • by Bryan
  • January 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Google

  

  usually enter by submitting a resume. I didn’t have a resume, and when I ... backburner. It wasn’t necessarily feeling like I couldn’t land an internship. A ... being a Googler didn’t end when I wrote my last bit of code for the day

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 5, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Flies And I lose track of it

  

  stress from midterms somehow, right? (I’m a little bit sad that no ... , but that kind of failed. I didn’t bring a nice camera, so all the videos ... he was a much nicer guy), and we were given a four-day weekend to catch

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Congrats Jenn Lai ‘11, Rhodes Scholar This blog entry does not contain video of Jenn playing "Rhapsody in Blue" with the…

  

  , Honolulu, Hawaii, is a senior at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she majors in biological engineering, music and theater arts. A ... conservatories, she has a perfect record at MIT in advanced courses across

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  This will be short, because I'm about to start another 2 ... Europe for the summer before going to grad school. You start talking to a group of people in a pub in London, and when they find out you are a

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

  Fabulous Festivities & Fireworks for the Fourth The annual Boston Pops concert and fireworks show.

  

  , and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the ... nationwide (10pm et/pt on CBS). The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a concert venue on the Esplanade, a nice park along the Charles River, which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  and other interested parties for a long time now; this is an early ... ball rolling a bit, I hope. MIT has a long history of admitting ... our community. Over the past 5-10 years, we have seen a surge in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006