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  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  Arthur Dent: You know, it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a ... in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young. Ford Prefect: Why, what did she tell you? Arthur

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  Communications and Special Projects — I am doing more writing than ever, but the ... like [annotation note='In fact, now that I think of it, many aspects of working at MIT are like playing Elden Ring. When I started working here 15

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  Cue Monday afternoon. I'm hungry because I decided to not spend money for lunch and just wait for dinner. -Minutes later- I was walkin' through the Stata Center, when out the corner of my eye, I saw this pretty

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  know how many times I got recognized during that weekend? Zero. Once ... flooded the Student Center and Infinite. I'd almost forgotten what a pre-teen looked like until I saw them navigating the cooridors and poking around

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  -over study guides, that I asked aloud, “What is 7 times 47?” In the space of ... , procrastinatory research project that I adopted in the dwindling time before my ... three methods: *i.e., everyone likewise procrastinating in one of Random

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  do MIT students do with one month of freedom? I’ll be working on my ... Before Graduating From MIT” list. I e-mailed my sorority and asked to hear about their plans. Here’s what they said: “This IAP I was selected to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Madonna is 48 years old. Seriously. Guys, I need a ... tomorrow. I've forgotten to do it for nine of the past ten quarters. Yes ... during their Freshman year." That must make me a failure. Good thing I have

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  It's been so long since I've last posted! Sorry! Things have been ... charity banquet called Grains of Rice This year's featured band was Cake! I loveee Cake and was super, super excited. In all my excitement, I brought

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about pandemics and plagues in history 21H.000: History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics

  

  Last week, I blogged about 7.00: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the ... transnationally and across discipline at how plagues and pandemics have made an ... available upon request. I've embedded a copy of the syllabus (PDF link) below

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2012

  

  As the May 1st reply date has passed, I know many people on the ... students this year for the Class of 2016. I know many of you have been ... letting us know how much you love MIT, and we thank you for your patience

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers, Perfect and Imperfect Math geeking, and a guessing game.

  

  A quick entry, before returning to reading applications... I am ... Mersenne primes. Also, I expect that the number of applications we received ... 'll play this as a guessing game: how many freshman applications do you think

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 4, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  I was thinking recently about the mixed messages that come through ... change the world. With that in mind I started thinking about The Universe ... "how is it possible to construct heavy objects out of things that don

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holmstrom, et al.

  

  On Friday, I attended a Undergraduate Economics Association ... to take in life, and how we should do things that we like, not ... years ago." Heh. While googling Holmstrom for this entry, I found this

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Latino Cultural Center It's Mes Latino!

  

  LCC board for a semester, it's become that place where I go in between ... , meet Franky '15. I met him during CPW a number of years ago that I won ... towards the end. (No, I am not responsible.) But hey, at least even if you

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020

  

  the betterment of humankind. How have you improved the lives of others ... , or town. How has that world shaped your dreams and aspirations ... something important that didn’t go according to plan. How did you manage

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Donate for Eric and Ann Whalley Please give to support the parents of a 2010 alumni, both victims of the bombing,…

  

   http://bit.ly/whalleyrecovery. My name is Jess Kim, and I'm a 2010 alum. I've tried to make sense of ... support. Anything you could give would be greatly appreciated, and please

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember, Remember, the 17th of December… things that happened

  

  significant December 17th. I am going to continue to keep our reasons a deep ... sparked protests in several other Arab countries. Some of these events I ... dark ages tomorrow, anyone). Others would not be bad examples to follow

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  that approximately one-third of all of the students we admitted would ... choice for yourself. This isn't the end of the road, and I hope you'll feel ... going to be an awesome person. I truly and honestly wish you all the best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  world would come to a screeching halt. I think of all this tonight ... , last summer, talking to my friend Alicia '06, I found that Parafilm is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching

  

  , how do I do that? If you need to update your application after you ... from the applicant. I’m taking tests in January, will these count ... interview report. I sent things in on time, but I don’t see it on My

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 27, 2015