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• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  not be the most effective allies. It can be tough to feel comfortable in ... hobbies. I feel like I can grow more as a person." In an effort to make this ... Rainbow Lounge or GLBT@MIT events! In particular, on Saturday 5-6pm, GLBT

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving and a Small Hack Quick updates from tropical Boston

  

  lecture before break. In other Thanksgiving-related news, Conner 3 had an ... together in the Porter room, an ancient ex-dining-hall-turned-common-space on ... snowfall of the year, just in time for Thanksgiving Day. Wednesday’s weather

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Weekend of Hacking three events, one weekend

  

  to compete in these three hackathons: HackMIT, Hacking Arts, and MIT ... extensively by Ceri in her excellent post MIT Mini Maker Faire, I won't go into ... , which my friend John P. '17 placed first in. You can view more photos

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 24, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 2 TableTop, Net Neutrality, Complexity Theory And More

  

  players fare in an ancient world?" "What if Afghanistan was never invaded ... series of TableTop and I fell in love. Every week Wil Wheaton would gather ... in about a week or two and word on the street was that they were going

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Flies And I lose track of it

  

  random leaves ended up in this picture. It’s really cool to see the wind ... , to dress in cosplay and geek out with other fans, to go to a city where ... were taken on a phone camera… and are cropped in a thin rectangle… Nice

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 26, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  three best restaurants in the Cambridge/Boston area but I love them all ... . While you may get more authentic Chinese food in Chinatown Teriyaki House ... over two hours without a reservation. Tune in next Monday to learn my

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  On the other side of CPW Being an MIT undergrad during CPW is definitely an interesting experience

  

  Peterson's picture of the green building lit up in remembrance of those who ... creation?  In the outside indent between buildings 6 and 8, there was a giant ... were interested in becoming bloggers or at least really excited to meet

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Exploring Boston Frozen yogurt quests into Boston

  

  Avenue (living in East Campus, the closest dorm to classes, we have a ... is an orchestra playing pieces from Fantasia in early May at the hall ... things. So all in all, it was a nice trip on a nice day. On a rather

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  Schrödinger's cat, or a box of chocolate Schrödinger's cats, in you never know ... transform me in ways that I never expected, expose me to people I never would ... lags and is measured in carrier pigeons per second ***let it be known to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  Center, where I work most mornings. As usual, I looked up in Lobby 7, more ... actually was a hack there! Floating in the center of Lobby 7's dome was a ... water war (in the middle of the snow), and a Nutella eating contest. Only

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  I didn't include a lot of biographical detail in my biography ... fraternity men are both diverse and intellectual, respect women (at least in my ... heuristic get to you. MIT fraternities are very different from fraternities in

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  with someone in Chinese. Directly across from me, there are two men and two women conversing in Spanish. And I generally throw in a bit of Tamil

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  mit.wikipedia.org The best dang hack there ever was [citation needed]

  

  In honor of Wikipedia's 10th birthday (January 15th), MIT celebrated ... at MIT in the first place. Personally, my school career - and perhaps ... . (Oh, and it's got facts and stuff on it.) With that in mind, here's to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT XC, looking sharp In which Maggie unveils the most awesome flowchart ever!

  

  a hard day in the dust and sun (August) or mud and rain (November) or ... ’s flowchart comes in-it takes all the worry out of pre-meet packing. You can sleep soundly the night before a race, knowing you will always be in style

  • by Alina G. '11
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Application question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions? Answering FAQs about the awards section in the MIT application.

  

  . In an attempt to alleviate confusion, I sat down with my colleague Mc ... about putting an award in the "wrong" section, as there really is no best ... , concerto competitions, All County, Interlochen) Art (e.g. placing in a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for the Class of 2013 The "Next Big Mailing" is on its way out, and with it lots of goodies…

  

  . For many students, it doesn't really set in that they're an MIT student ... username that you won't be embarrassed sharing with your professors.In some ... when I can. In the meantime, admissions questions are always welcome here

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  , Johnson. This is, in my opinion, one of the most valuable events of CPW ... MIT, or your college choices in general, feel free shoot me an email me at the address in the banner.

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Admitted Students Welcome, Class of 2013!

  

  Weekend! (CPW) So I never got to come to CPW when I got in, but after going ... 'll probably get more information about this in the package with your official admission certificate that you will get soon in the mail =p) If you don

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  , so as long as you get us the copies in a timely manner, there will be ... for most students, we do not expect that most students have sent in the Mid-Year Grade Report. You should send this in as soon as possible after

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  months now. One thing I've noticed about this site in the past year is that ... changed about MIT in the past four years - but many things haven't, and I ... in the comments!

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008