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  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  This post is almost entirely devoid of content except to point out a particularly funny exchange in the comments of a recent post. It's a constant struggle between bloggers and prefrosh over whether the "FIRST!" approach to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Back Bay 5K Cool running... so cool that my legs were numb. (11 pictures)

  

  As I wrote in a previous entry, I signed up to run the Back Bay 5K last Saturday. Results here. I very intelligently chose to walk across the bridge in flip-flops. For those of you who were not at MIT last

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2006 Day 1 Campus Preview Weekend has begun! [photos]

  

  : Registration began at 9am with a huge influx of people. It was great to see so many familiar faces! Mitra helps to check in one of the first students to arrive. Hundreds of families checked in during the first several hours of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Birth Of Baby Nance Regular updates from labor through delivery (guest-hosted by Ben).

  

  . Bryan says that anyone who guessed over 8 pounds is going to be in big ... in at 9lbs, 14oz (!) and 22 inches long. Congrats to Bryan and Tina! ... 7AM to tell me that his wife's contractions were 20 minutes apart

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why It Pays…

  

  , 'but you have to be a good communicator to be put in charge of large ... Why it Pays to Be a Math Geek (from msn.com) Selected passages ... might just be worth it -- in terms of job outlook and high starting pay

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• 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 ... 's Shawn Estes having a nice pitchers duel in the early innings and a come

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  2024 has been quite a year for the Sun—in addition to the total solar ... progressives made it crime for us to labor in the mines ... geomagnetically active in its 11-year cycle"]solar maximum[/annotation]. In

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Events

  V Storms the Senate One hack is not enough.

  

  , right? Not at MIT. Allow me first to set the scene. As some of you may already know, a little over a month ago, I decided to run for a seat in the ... Association (or the UA for short, because MIT students love acronyms) aims to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming MIT Deadline January 1 is the Regular Action deadline.

  

  . The closer you send in your application to the deadline, the longer it will take our records office to process and for it to appear on your ... applying for regular action admission to MIT. This means that you should have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Hawk Flies High Spontaneous jazz improv at 77 Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  was in the presence of a true artist. He wasn't there to busk or beg, or ... over our footsteps and shouting in an otherwise silent and uneventful night. At first I attributed it to the loudspeakers that blast rock and

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We are artists & writers extracting creative talent around campus

  

  It's important to recognize that while MIT is known for top-notch engineering and science programs, this school actually has the resources to foster all kinds of creative juice. I wanted to introduce one such example

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 12, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Bookends and every time / i leave this place / i'm terrified, terrified

  

  'm attached to: when you graduate from MIT, you die in real life. Implicit is ... went to a retreat with some friends, and I didn't realize we were in ... Five years ago I wore a barong and sablay. In my high school

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two cakes and six cupcakes ...they may or may not resemble astronomical objects.

  

  I mentioned that I'm in the midst of a summer research program at the ... we made an epic cake for him, but didn't have pictures to show until now. Requisite background information: his research project is to model

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  is supposed to cap off your four-year experience in Civil and ... the project. They even said that if we happened to be in Miami during ... set, everyone in the class responds, “What time?” He’s never going to

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FASAP [by Maggie Liu ‘12] T-ride + thought-provoking art piece + yummy free dinner afterwards.

  

  it would be a great way to continue my love for art in a, well, tech ... and attachments to art but everyone in FASAP seems to appreciate art and ... to the window. A few of us exchanged dubious looks before filing in

  • by ARTalk
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DarkMatters, Green and Wild, Chocolate Cake and Raspberries around here lately (with pictures)

  

  months. It heartened me to be in that room, with the coolest collection of ... A few weeks ago, I started seeing Staceyann Chin's face in the ... . She's equally (and differently) impressive in person. The whole night

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 6, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  available (as in trying to drink from a firehose). (context: MIT)” I drank ... my last blog post in a desperate attempt to preserve inspiration, and ... unpredictable times in the evening. I’d immediately sit down to compose frantic

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2020 Hacks Back

  

  As you probably know, we've taken to sending our acceptance letters out in little silver tubes. Every year we enclose something different. A few years ago, for example, we challenged students to hack their tubes

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Sneak Peek A teeny tiny sneak preview of BC REX. I mean really. It's basically useless.

  

  Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, all the way from Madrid, Spain ... to ROCK. I hope you are prepared. =) Also, I found this article today, and can I just say: SO THERE. Study Shows Boys and Girls Equal in Math

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Harvard-MIT Student Debate on Pakistan this Friday

  

  's current state and future prospects: Date: Friday, 2/8 Time: 6:00pm to 7:30pm ... interest in Pakistani politics: Samad Khurram and Aqil Sajjad from Harvard ... . This event is especially important in light of Benazir Bhutto

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • February 5, 2008