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  Sometimes we have fun Pictures, pictures, pictures

  

  Winter break is finally over and I'm back at MIT. As much as most ... , maybe I just miss the freedom that comes with being away from home, but I miss being here just the same. There was so much I wanted to tell you

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  to show the student's passion in the sciences? I know many students who ... your AP courses. In many schools, I know, AP courses are the best (and ... admissions officers) want. I think this is what Marilee is trying to say in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun with Legos A photo journal of THE coolest room I've ever seen.

  

  out of Legos. You know, you can get a UROP here? I mean c'mon, who ... happens in there. I've found that it's sometimes easy to forget that this ... sometimes takes place in the form of an advising seminar, where 7 or 8

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  , because only life can kill you." Steer Roast has been held in the spring ... know that Guide to Residences in the NBM? Check out our i3 video in the ... . If your initial reaction to that was "...um, what?", then I'll fill you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for transgender students in light of the military ban and our ROTC program(s)

  

  of uncertainty and consternation. I write today, as I have in the past ... In late August, the Trump Administration issued an executive order ... eventually serve in the military or in the MIT ROTC program. MIT has a long

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!

  

  excellent age for wine, or so I'm told by the sommelier app on my phone. It ... ago now (goodness, I'm old). And it's the age of many of our excellent ... MIT. Howso? Well, 18 is the number of years in a row that the Nobel

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITwitter That's possible the worst portmanteau I've ever made.

  

  opposed to all things apple, I've shared my dislike and disinterest in the ... Hello Interwebs, it's me Chris. As you can probably guess from the title, this has something to do with twitter. It is in fact a historic day

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.270 What's a 6.270?

  

  needed for the webcast. What you can't see in the picture is what I ... before understands what I'm talking about. I don't have much time now, but in the tradition of my last several blog entries, consider this entry

  • by Snively '11
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will host a reception at ISEF in Indianapolis.

  

  required) to Associate Director of Admissions Matt McGann. I hope you can ... in the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) on ... located above the intersection of Washington and Illinois streets in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  For My Fellow Coffee Lovers Out 3 choices will soon be 4.

  

  coming of Anna's. Let's face it, you can't eat burritos every day, but DD coffee - yep, I think I could make that a daily event, especially in the ... new neighbor this summer - a 24-hour Dunkin' Donuts, right in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Scenes From Admissions Round One What's going on in this picture?!?

  

  Occasionally I'll show you a picture and give you some clues to see if you can figure out what's going on in the scene. Often I don't even ... Extraordinaire 7) Matt 8) Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment (And I'm taking the

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Facebook & Google Plus open thread on social media. teach me something.

  

  So I'm currently at NACAC in New Orleans. I'll post more about the ... has changed over the years. When I joined Facebook, in 2005, there were ... ’s mission and role in people’s lives. So that's one thing that I'd like to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  worry about getting run down by bicyclists who are, as far as I can tell ... break, I decided to visit some of my Stanford friends and spend a day in ... the "Claw," the fountain in front of the bookstore). When I started

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT is “Hacked” Ultimatum

  

  slight rivalry between Harvard and MIT. Whenever I'm talking to prospectives or tourists, I explain that the rivalry is kind of a one way rivalry. MIT loves to trash Harvard, tell all sorts of stories about how Harvard

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  a day, Monday through Friday, I'm taking 6.189 - a crash course in ... A couple of days ago, I was working on an entry talking about all the things I was planning on doing during IAP...and then I got distracted by

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  year, however, I didn't notice any special curriculum. In fact, in 2 ... I got in and am doing the work. As long as I try my hardest, work hard ... 't know how it happens, but everything seems to work out in the end. MIT is

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  currently wrestling - is the freedom to work in my underpants. I'm living the high life, man. But despite the fact that I am totally in denial about ... introduction, unless of course you've never heard of him before, in which case I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Blog Action Day Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense?

  

  secondary options? I have some in mind, but none of them seem to match up to ... . I visited MIT last month, and since then (even more than before), it ... apps as I am, that's wonderful. I have to ask, though... (despite not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Springtime I actually had no time to write this entry, which is why I cannot explain…

  

  renewal and other synonyms for “change” that I don't have time to look up in ... changes that have changed my life recently: 1.I declared a major in Physics ... go back to the student services office. “But then I would get stuck in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  I'm in Phoenix for the International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF). I got in yesterday, and last night I decided to take in the ... , coming up in just a few weeks (can you believe it?). The weekend of MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005