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• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  the tough semester is that between having my time tied up in school and ... , hastily labeled "Ideas for Later". And in this box I keep, surprise, ideas ... down. Then I'll throw it in the box, and whenever I get antsy about

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maker Faire 2011 cool people who make cool things

  

  one of my hometown crew from back in NH, but he now lives out in the bay ... Earth Solar. I've been out to Palo Alto / San Mateo in the past, but never ... used to build terrific things back in high school - incredibly elegant

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Maker) Women Rock We are what we celebrate

  

  an issue I've written about before in other venues on the subject of ... engineers. I agree with him. And I agree especially in the case of women. I ... here studying in fields - especially STEM - in which women have been

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 23, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread For Those Not Admitted

  

  This year well over 17,000 students applied for admission to MIT in the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute ... yourselves. As always, please keep the conversation civil and friendly in our

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT = The American Dream As usual...we procrastinate like mad before finals.

  

  My 5.60 Final is tomorrow at 9:00. In just about 18 hours, I will be ... , I think I'm in plenty good company :P) Anyways, one of my favorite ... you want to be...we talking a bus driver, a secretary, two kids in MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Live from the Glass Lab! it's...tuesday afternoon??

  

  in the MIT Glass Lab this week. Since space is so tight and so tightly ... 3 webcams in the lab. Feel free to tune in. Live, from the Lino

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Engineers Assemble! It's not a double-post, it's a franchise

  

  PGA." Well apparently that's exactly what President Obama had in mind ... assistance. Chu, in turn, has assembled a team of five “extraordinarily ... Business Week. I think Viggo Mortensen should play him in the inevitable Jon

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome 2014s!! :) See you in the fall!

  

  finally made the decision on matriculation! For all of those that replied in the affirmative, congratulations! You're in for one heck of a ride. ^______^V but don't worry, you'll be in with some of the best company you will

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2010
• 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 Arts (i.e. $75,000 cash prize and on-campus residency). In addition, he conducted the MIT Symphony Orchestra in an open rehearsal and the following

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

  MIT Admitted Student Spring Meetings… ...the event when I decided MIT was for me.

  

  awesome CPW weekend. In fact, CPW didn't even exist...What did exist however, was a meeting held in the home of an alumni volunteer named George Keller '48. He lived in the Bay Area, was chairman of Chevron Oil at the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Sunrise If a picture is worth a thousand words (minus inflation), that makes this post much…

  

  IAP, for those who are just tuning in, is one of the greatest times to be at MIT. It's all the geek-culture, learning cool things, without ... have a test over in 5 hours". IAP in fact stands for "It's Awesome

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t Read This if you Already Go to MIT My life is good and I get plenty of sleep. Please don't hate me.

  

  be going my way. Case in point number 1: As I was returning to Boston ... optics and the water droplets in the cloud and the angle of the sun and whatnot. Nonetheless, what are the odds? Case in point number 2: I was

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  now know almost everyone who sent a picture in, and ironically one kid ... , bad joke.) who may or may not like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain, I didn't ask. He maintains that he is in fact NOT making a

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students FAQs for students deferred from Early Action.

  

  MIT application into your other applications. Should I send in extra materials? The only thing we ask that you send in is the midyear grade report ... keep us up-to-date with any news in your life. This is not required nor

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  staff, I want to say thank you for your interest in MIT, and for sharing ... your applications brought back some memories for me. When I was in high ... displayed in a museum, nor led a group of students through a rainy trek up

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  In mid-December a friend of mine, Jared '10, asked if I'd be interested in being on a team with him for a LEGO robot competition during IAP ... $50 registration fee later I was enrolled in 6.270 for IAP. The

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Travels Winter break is here!

  

  home in California for the rest of the break. I know, lame, but I spend the whole summer in Germany through this awesome program called MISTI ... long travel trips for me. Besides, traveling in Europe during winter?

  • by Cambridge
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See your name among the stars… Forget having your name written in lights, get it written on a spacecraft!

  

  unmanned spacecraft in 2010. "Choose a location on the outside of the spacecraft and get pictures of your content photographed in space. Choose a location inside the return vehicle, and after five weeks in orbit we

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  In response to this blog entry: (As a reminder) Don't hesitate to ... ' classes you attend, I'm interested in what you do between classes, any ... difference in lecture with students wanting to do different things?" Hey

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Bay Area wrap-up The scoop from MIT meetings in San Jose, San Francisco, and Lafayette, CA.

  

  Great meetings this week in San Jose, San Francisco, and Lafayette ... a meeting in San Jose on Sunday. It was an exciting meeting, with over 600 people in attendance! Of our 70+ meetings that we'll so this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 17, 2006