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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Truth About Science comic-style.

  

  So the good news is that the series of scientific mishaps I blogged about last week no longer exist. Yay, happy dance: (Devin ’13 showed me this video a while back…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  150. We're in the news!

  

  F-I-N-I-S-H-E-D. My last final is over, my boxes are packed, and I need to check in for my flight home in six hours. My one-week-old brass rat is physical proof…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  During my freshman orientation many, many months ago, I came across a girl named Anjali Thakkar: My first thought when I met her was, “Whatttt. How can one person be…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Like Never Before Kevin Rustagi '11 talks about the MIT LMC and then some.

  

  Hey you guys! I recently had the pleasure of meeting Kevin Rustagi ’11 and interviewing him at the Guitar Center about his club: the MIT LMC (Live Music Connection). To…

  • by Celena C. '12
  • August 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  Do you know what it’s like to only have two classes left to graduate? There’s a feeling that goes something like “ugh, if only I’d taken more classes in previous…

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Class Projects

  Watch our robot grow up! Grow robot grow!

  

  -ball-nomming beasty. http://twitter.com/c2bot Definitely be tuned in to the feed on

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  From today’s edition of the Tech: Caltech Students Pull Part of a Hack at MIT I managed to snag one of the fake papers that, as the article mentioned, were…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tunnel Adventures We didn't get lost, in case you were wondering.

  

  Aside from classrooms and auditoriums and dorms, MIT also plays host to an elaborate system of tunnels that wind under and in between the various buildings that make up the…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  As the MIT EA deadline approached last year, I remember reading over my essays obsessively, fine-tuning my sentences, changing words, and asking others for advice. It got to the point…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  You should live in EAsT camPUS A few of the basic things to know.

  

  What sets MIT’s East Campus apart from other dorms of the college type? 1. You can learn how to cook. What better way to learn how than to live in…

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • July 31, 2009
• Blog / Events

  July 4th Pictorial FIREWORKS!

  

  So where did I decide to watch the fireworks from? C! The MIT Sailing Pavillion Now I'll tell you why, after I show you everything else. Generic picture of the boats lined up on the Charles River for the fireworks

  • by Bryan
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  I saw fireworks from the freeway… Happy 4th!

  

  famous for Smoots. C. MIT Sailing Pavillion Which would you pick

  • by Bryan
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  World Cup Challenge Results The answers and winners of the World CUp Challenge of MIT international admissions.

  

  Group C: Argentina, Cote d'Ivoire, Netherlands, Serbia and Montenegro

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Challenge A little admissions fun during the World Cup.

  

  Group B: England, Paraguay, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago Group C

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dies Irae Quantus tremor est futurus!

  

  have my allegiance." C3PO: "To a splendid counterpart!" R2D2: "You can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Other summer programs A further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors…

  

  Camp (SUMaC) Women's programs SEARCHSummer Science and Engineering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On Tour Goin' each and every place with the mic in their hand.

  

  We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man Goin' each and every place with the mic in their hand New York, NJ, N.C., VA We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man Goin' each and every place with the mic in their hand Oaktown

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  !" "Gimme a C!" "C!" "Gimme an H!" "H!" "Gimme a U!" "U!" "Gimme an S!" "S ... space!" "Spaaaace!" "Gimme an T!" "T!" "Gimme an E!" "E!" "Gimme an C!" "C

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey Sam's Mom dubs me Sami-stop-spleening-me!, because I am always spleening her.

  

  Very shortly, Sam's Mom and I will be on the road to Cambridge. So, I'll finish up this entry when I'm safely and comfortably back in room 224C. While we're travelling, you can check this out: Everything is Illuminated

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  a pot, grind it up, heat it up to 250 C and 40 atmospheres, dehydrate it, then heat it up to about 500 C, and BAM! distill off some usable ... grotesque biological slurry of turkey carcasses (left) to 250 C, you get the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005