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  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  On Friday morning, I walked into Lobby 7 to head up to the Edgerton 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

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

  Newly Admitted Student Events… ...coming to your neighborhood.

  

  Hi! I’m Katie Kelley, one of the Admissions Counselors here at MIT, and now that I have emerged from my first season of reading MIT ... Campus Preview Weekend (sign up now!) I’ve been working with our fantastic

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  , there are some good beaches right in Boston or its neighboring cities. I ... Growing up in the Midwest, my "beach" experiences consisted of the sands of Lake Michigan or small lakes in Wisconsin and Michigan. Living

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2021 Wait List Today, we have closed out the wait list for the Class of 2021.

  

  from our wait list this year, and, if so, room for how many. Each year ... at MIT (also known in admissions parlance as the "yield") of greater ... you have submitted. We appreciate the time and effort you have put in to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what a sunrise sounds like another one for your ears

  

  ) out by the sailing pavilion, there are some benches where you can sit with the road behind you and the river path in front, and watch the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 11, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....

  

  To celebrate the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Google has a new site up: http://moon.google.com. If you zoom in close enough, you can see what the moon is made of ;-) (thanks to diana for pointing

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  May high school juniors apply?

  information on our site about what to do in high school that you'll find helpful. You can fill out our Tell us about yourself! form and you will be added
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A Very McGann Christmas Happy holidays.

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas Eve, Santa visits our annual family gathering, with 40+ McGanns in ... spend some quality time with my family... I hope many of you are taking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Almost Famous You probably think this entry is about me.

  

  lot like "People Are Strange" by The Doors. Hurry up, I think you only ... one... ...and although it's a bit unflattering, I still think it's ultimately better for society that they put a picture with me in it on the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Times

  

  A great article about MIT Professor Erik Demaine in today's New York ... . Erik Demaine, turning in his hands an elaborately folded paper structure. The intricately pleated sail-like form swooshes gracefully in a compound

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  Come one, come all to CPW! I don't know about you guys, but the ... Center are thronging with people - and I know thing are only going to get even better from here. Really, words fail me. I almost feel like a pre

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cultura MIT students use online collaboration with their French counterparts to learn about each other's cultures.

  

  homework I'm doing right now is part of a unit called Cultura, where we ... and l'IUP in Paris. So far, we've done word associations and sentence completions, where we at MIT enter (in English) what first comes to mind when we

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  professor teach? [answer at the end of the entry] I remember sitting in my ... helpful in our math problem set group. Later, I learned that he was the top ... 't really big in that sort of stuff. Rather than be intimidated, I took this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class of 2009 Ring Delivery The '09s get our brass rats. We think this makes us like, so cool.

  

  last Thursday, and while I'm not big on getting dressed up, semiformal attire was "encouraged," so I sucked it up and put on a dress. I left ... . Adelaide sits on the floor in the hallway to strap on her heels. Adelaide is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Events

  101 Things to Do Before You Graduate from MIT What every MIT graduate should have experienced.

  

  Graduate from MIT." I immediately taped it onto my wall and I've been checking off activities ever since. Now that it's my *final* year, I think I ... -lovers), I've included photographic evidence below. (My apologies to those

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  Virginia, the most important city in the world that night for all I cared ... maniacal fervor. By the time I returned to Random at 8:30 PM, puzzling was in ... ice cream parlor in America and I sprinted away into the snowy night

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  Obama's speech in person this afternoon in Kresge Auditorium, you can join ... technology. These lights can be fabricated in a simple molding process ... can watch a live webcast of the speech here: MIT President Obama Live

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tetacats the furry fish of tetazoo

  

  For context, Tetazoo is the name of the cat friendly hall that I live ... .[/annotation] Within on campus dorms, there are a couple of other halls in East Campus ... information session that historically, this hasn't always been the case. Back in

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Food No Context blogging no context

  

  professor gave had free coffee and biscuits for us in class. Love Course 15 ... (I had just one I promise)     1:37AM late night coffee break in between psets.

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 27, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 3

  

  , Oscar the Grouch, Elmo, Ernie, and Bert Today, I worked with Marivel and ... some delicious Thai food. Yummy! After work, I met up with some old friends, including one who was in town because he's coaching a team for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005