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  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  Apparently opening up the new Apple store on Fifth Avenue was only ... paper I read in 14.11: Experimental Economics reports that too many choices can be demotivating. (You may have seen this research quoted in the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  an art exhibit at MIT (in the New York Times!). And for now, off to ... , we are in the process of matching you to an MIT student host. If you ... , it won't be from any evil fraternities like in the episode (non

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Events

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

  

  were made at the Cambridge headquarters of NECCO (the New England ... finest memories of walking to class in the morning from my dorm were on ... Tootsie Roll, Necco Wafers, and Squirrel Nut Zippers) in the city. Sadly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  And if I had a million dollars Solve this problem and win a million dollars, SERIOUSLY.

  

  is Donald Sadoway. He teaches 3.091 in the fall. He is probably the most stylish professor I've had in my life. Not to mention his academic ... enough to teach an old dog a new trick, I'm sure I can teach you my

  • by Bryan
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 Numbers

  

  In a recent post, I wrote, "Our yield was even higher than we ... admitted 1495 of those students, making this the most selective year ever in ... represented state, as usual, is California (12%). Number 2 is New York at about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Highlights From The Past Week A post on birthdays and bad (but oh so good) TV.

  

  last week... the new Alias season began. In general I don't have time to ... to admit this in a public forum but the only other show I make time to ... OC... yeah, I know. Okay this post is over. < slinks away in shame

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 14, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  within the forests and the mountains, I feel safe in the way that I associate with growing up in New England. There's excellent coffee, beautiful ... ="54230" /] I feel very strongly about Seattle in a way that I haven't felt about

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As I Was Saying… My second internship entry AKA "How I copy and pasted my way to a new…

  

  in the middle of my time in the GEL program and contemplating my ... in my last entry, the InternshipPlus is a requirement for GEL students in their second year of the program. Instead of meeting expectations

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  Institute for Basic Research, which is run out of a PO Box in Florida. The new ... fun! Today in 10.37: Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design, we had a pop ... Green stopped in the middle of lecture at 11:22 to administer it, and it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.

  

  perspective on things. A horrible situation is what happened in New Orleans. How ... Concerned Parent brought up an issue in Ben's blog (about halfway ... this would merely require more students to live in uncomfortable living

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  Today, I'm back in the office (but only for a day) after doing three college fairs in New York City this past week. It was a fun week! First was ... /interviewer Mark, who graduated from Bronx Science back in the day, joined me in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  , and actually didn’t know anyone in House 4 of New House. I became ... lately about making friends. People asked me how to make friends in college, in high school, in general, if freshman orientation is clique-y like

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  out of the 48. I returned with new thoughts on my role in STEM outreach ... value). My team's plan is to use the money to promote FIRST Robotics in the UK, by starting new Middle School teams - the idea is that these

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part four) senior trinkets

  

  New York trip in February 3) Come from Away playbills... this musical ... over the school year and that we stored in our memory mushroom. Here are the first, second, and third installments, in case you want to read them

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only

  

  I’ve been stuck in the same dungeon in Metaphor: Refantazio for the ... every time I turn the game on, it’s a new enemy that sends me to my ... the dungeon and fight the final boss in his airship. Then, the credits

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the ... offered early admission to 721. Though they are all different in their own ... reconsidered without prejudice in Regular Action, with decisions released

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  , visiting family in Delaware and New York, and traveling to Cape Cod with some ... those desires in a new way. I can confidently say it's one of the most ... room. We had a fire alarm go off in[annotation note

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  How does one write a first post? This probably isn't the way...

  

  since he’d first stepped foot on this new land. With renewed vigor in his ... —drafts that never made it past the first sentence and exist in a folder on his ... initial goal was a tad ambitious if not dramatic. With this revelation in

  • by kellen manning
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  previous credits to use. 5) You are now in your new major Last spring, my ... , painfully, inch by inch. You will lose yourself. You will become someone new ... 's, and C's do."] ABC/NR. [/annotation] For me, it came in the fall of my

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  visual depictions of my summer i've been a busy, busy bee.

  

  ="aligncenter" width="768"] Part of the President's House in New Delhi[/caption] The ... ="1000"] Badminton[/caption] The Glass Palace in the Lalbagh Botanical Gardens in Bangalore was used to host flower shows in the 19th century

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 3, 2019