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  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  valedictorian at Lucy C. Laney High School. He plans to major in electrical and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fresh Food! Here at last!

  

  Dining is a hot topic here, and rightfully so ’cause a tooling MIT student has got to eat. In fact, all college students need to eat (hopefully that wasn’t surprising…

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

  Valentine’s Day Eve Day. What? Also. BEN FOLDS.

  

  IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE LAZY: You, email me, picture of you + Valentine’s Day card. End memo. First, and most importantly: BEN FOLDS IS COMING TO MIT. So every year…

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  I went to 9-to-5 life in downtown Manhattan. Some of you might have wondered where the rest of us were during IAP, if not building snowmen, solving brain-busting puzzles, and…

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  Technology Class Ring dates back to the spring of 1929. C. Brigham Allen

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The School of Architecture + Planning What happened to "science"? "Engineering"? "Technology"?!

  

  So, there are pretty much five schools at MIT. From most popular onwards, they are Engineering, Management, Science, Architecture+Planning, and Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. (Here are some statistics on…

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  I know I haven’t written anything lately. Portraying MIT feels a bit weird now because my boyfriend, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, has just taken a leave of absence. Taking…

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to visit MIT yet. They may never walk the tunnels before they decide to apply. A brave…

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  Carnegie Endowment, a think tank that's based in D.C, studying

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger selection 2008 results We have completed the selection of this year's bloggers!

  

  are the new student bloggers: Kim D. '09 Cristen C. '10 Ahmed H. '12

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  to the spring of 1929. C. Brigham Allen, President of the Class of 1929

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  You may know Conan O’Brien, host of the popular late night talk show Late Night with Conan O’Brien. For the past month, Conan’s show has been airing without the benefit…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MIT and other summer programs Juniors may want to start thinking about summer programs including MITES, RSI, and WTP.

  

  Ross Program Stanford University Mathematics Camp (SUMaC) Women

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  of you may be saying, "C'mon, MIT is really good at math. They have to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  Simmons Hall community. He currently lives in Washington, D.C. and works as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Everything in moderation…even moderation. How many places can you go on a four-day weekend?

  

  recommend it. c. A fraternity, Zeta Beta Tau: Hung out and caught up on Grey

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

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  C or whatever and it still comes out on your report card as that most

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Big MIT Career Fair Lots of companies are on campus today recruiting MIT students.

  

  Alamos National Laboratory Nokia Darby & Darby, P.C. Rolls

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  around this whole thing of going to College, capital C, I have to wrap my

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer restaurant recommendations Some of my favorite restaurants.

  

  Brookline, MA T: Green Line C train to Coolidge Corner    Rubin

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2006