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  Please Read This Regarding the mail screw up.

  

  too. In fact I do. I know this doesn't make it any better, but we really ... . The first thing my colleague did when Mail Services called him was to say "post it in Ben's blog so they know." As soon as he told me I moved

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home is Where the Heart is In which I speak only in trite cliches.

  

  things at MIT? Where to live is a subject that is frequently touched on in ... another perspective to the mix. I'm fortunate enough to live in a place I ... to live in a hovel so foul it makes The Road sound like utopia, but

  • by Tom R. '14
  • December 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial aid news & more MIT announces costs & aid for the 2007-2008 school year.

  

  noted. Earlier today, I had a chance to (briefly) visit the kind folks in ... budget to $68 million, President Susan Hockfield announced. "The world ... innovative ways to enhance our strong, entirely need-based financial aid

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  from the MIT homepage yesterday, the final day of voting. According to ... honored in the strip." The strip has not yet run, but as of 12:58am this ... who wrote scripts (computer programs) to "stuff" the ballot box. It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Jebby Awards 2024: See All the Winners Here having fun with hyperlinks

  

  -called important people in the show business pass out little men and women to those who they think did a good job at making movies and TV shows in the year before. I decided to do the same thing for all the movies/shows I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  , and another is reportedly on the run in Watertown, a city that borders ... local ABC affiliate, boston.com, and Reddit. In light of these events, MIT has cancelled classes today, and is urging employees to stay home

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week of work

  

  .311 is the continuous version). In this class, the tests are deliberately made very difficult, but we can earn back up to half the points we lost ... -10 page (it ended up being 8 pages) paper due in 17.405, which is Politics

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Discuss Disqus launching our new commenting system

  

  Engine development company, hoping to invest in our own, custom-made comment system. We ... for admissions officers and current students to share their stories. It's also a place for y'all to carry on a conversation with us and amongst

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  a pi day (decision) story 3/14/21 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  14 at 6:28 PM ET. To check your decision, visit apply.mitadmissions.org/apply and go to your Application Status Page. That’s the same place that you ... . If you still need help after that, feel free to email us at

  • by Tim
  • March 8, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ancient Chinese secret, eh? MIT researchers discover an uncommon cure for the common cold.

  

  !) of dissolving salt in hot water to make a solution strong enough to taste, then snorting said solution up your nose. Fortunately, prior to ... a friend from high school, who happens to be a pre-med (DING!) at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 18, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What programs fall under the School of Architecture & Planning?

  discipline, the department has long contributed to learning in the arts and ... was the first signal that MIT would not be narrowly defined in science ... Program in Media Arts and Sciences; the Program in Art, Culture, and
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Chasing Roots, Part One During an overnight stay in Milan, I traversed several generations to explore musical history in…

  

  s, Arrigo Boito, my great-great uncle, was involved heavily in opera. During my overnight stay in Milan, I travelled the roads of time to meet ... and Emilia-Romagna regions. Interestingly enough, a deep foundation in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Television Show Decisions Three hours is about as much time as I'm willing to waste on television each…

  

  ;   Ugly Betty I had no interest in this show but my mom told me to ... So here's the story. Each year I allow myself to faithfully follow ... Tivo, bless you) means I can watch these four shows in about three hours

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)

  

  interested in connecting the two, mostly because I wanted to respect some ... besides MITAdmissions.org in case you want to read about science and cats ... Nearly five years ago I added a Facebook share button to the blogs

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  The future of, well, pretty much everything seems to be coming to us ... visited prior to this summer -- received a huge boost from 3D printing. As evidence, witness the burritob0t, one man's attempt to use technology and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruminations and room-inations Written on the anniversary of one year ago.

  

  The past year in retrospect is a telescoping compression of proper time, collapsed into a high-speed parody of months that used to stretch ... orientation events that turned out to be either unrequired or just plain

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 30, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  skating rink. Students got to ice skate for free in their creative Halloween costumes. In my freshman year, the “best costume” award was given to a guy ... ’m sorry to say that I took a more conventional route, as I stayed in lab

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-med, Everybody’s Best Friend If you are considering a career in medicine -- and not as a pharmacist.

  

  "pre-med" track, so you can major in anything at all and have access to ... mine is majoring in architecture in and is planning on going to med ... career in medicine. Also, there are some minors that may be of interest to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LIGHTS. pretty pretty

  

  Light Drift (Those orbs in the river actually correspond to orbs on ... flood of celebrations - all to commemorate MIT’s 150th year. These ... Art, special library archives, etc.) Well I’m here to share some photos

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: the app is live for freshman

  

  ;   You know what to do. Be yourself. Be good to others. Take care of your business, but try not to worry too much. Remember the difference ... 'll go is not who you'll be. Most of all, try to enjoy your senior year; it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2017