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  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  After a not-so-brief hiatus, I'm back at the Institute! Over the break, I took large bites out of the Big Apple on my two visits to New ... first environmentally advanced apartment building in the US. The Solaire

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship Opportunity: Davidson Fellows A look at a scholarship worth up to $50,000, and some past MIT winners.

  

  Having read MIT applications for a long time now, I know that MIT applicants and students are quite a talented bunch. As such, I try to look out for good opportunities, and when one recently appeared in my inbox, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  147 classes have graduated from MIT in its history; today, the Class ... Storify, or via #MIT2014 on your social media system of choice. I must admit I'm a bit sentimental about this particular commencement. The Class

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  -worker were mingling in front of another Nestle frozen novelty dispenser as I ... basement in the middle of the night, I moved to the side and acted like I was ... forgot dinner and are in fact pining for a cold drink, hot sandwich, or

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  feud with Stephen Colbert (resolved in a battle royale), a German disco light shows, a visit to the doctor, a turtle race, and ring spinning. In ... wedding ring on his desk, trying to see for how long he can get it to spin

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  -thorasic surgeon like Dr. Burke or Chief of Surgery like Dr. Webber? (do NOT, I ... out with McDreamy...there are plenty of Patrick Dempseys in the business world, I'm sure.) A lot of MIT students enter their senior year without a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  What now suckas!? That's right. I have a brass rat. What.

  

  're talking ages ago, so long that I almost forgot it even happened. Before we ... with some visual cues. Remember now? This was all back in February ... night on May 8th. I think I speak for a lot of us when I say that was a

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  overwhelmedness – but I also find a lot of solace in kind, honest words. So that ... , or maybe I'm more apathetic than the average person in the face of ... you to apply to MIT in the first place – wherever you go. And I believe

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  this in a single semester. However, I can honestly say that it was the ... eyes closed for this part so I didn't really see it in action, but the ... course reviews. ~150 Number of students in the class. 1,200 The number of

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MIT and other summer programs Juniors may want to start thinking about summer programs including MITES, RSI, and WTP.

  

  do these programs. As I've said in previous entries, a summer of ... in studying and exploring careers in science, engineering, and ... Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous academic program which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  If You Wish To Receive Your Decision Online… ...please read this entry!

  

  reason, I will announce it here, but I do not foresee that happening at ... designated in your MyMIT account) is 2007. ----------------------------------- What is the process for receiving my admissions decision online? In order

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  in California. * The first mass demonstration against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. * Sub Pop Records, a Seattle record label known ... Weigel's two silver medals in the summer Olympics for speed walking

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Live from MYSTERY HUNT Live from Mystery Hunt

  

  Now blogging live from Mystery Hunt: FRIDAY [12:17 PM] Meet in Lobby 7 to begin the hunt [12:48 PM] Now in Baker starting to solve the ... Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight at 12:31am Sunday in a refridgerator

  • by Bryan
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So done Midterm week = loss of Mollie's mind

  

  . I am never savvy about picking classes. Adam is disdainful, for ... interesting rather than what's easiest. So, of course, since I exhibit ... what I had due this week: Monday -- nothing Tuesday -- 21A.260 paper on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 3, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT Mystery Hunt is happening! watch the kickoff at 12 PM EDT today, 1/15

  

  ! I will probably write more about this later."]participating in hunt ... Hello! I'm writing this very, very smol post to tell you that the MIT ... Hunt is a time-honored tradition, which you can learn more about in CJ

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  community what it is!   Hey there MIT Blogs! I’m Taylor, and I work in ... One of the coolest parts of my job is that I actually get to spend a ... calls) getting to know staff members who work at MIT in different roles

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  new nature. I make skeletons that walk on the wind so they don't have to ... surviving the elements such as storm and water and eventually I want to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 16, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Sunsical The sunshine of May 12th

  

  ;   ♫Feels something like summertime Classe are over in a matter of time ... little something more than this at the bottom of my Verde's cup♪   ♫I keep a postcard from home in my pocket it has sunshine and a picture of a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 12, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery 2021 meet me halfway

  

  Delivery typically happens in your sophomore spring, to mark not only the ... result of the pandemic, we weren't able to have a ring delivery in the ... students in your class year that works on designing the brass rat as well as

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: CrowdMath, by Art of Problem Solving and MIT PRIMES, is a thing now a brief note in between committee breaks

  

  A few weeks ago I got an email from Richard Rusczyk. Richard is the ... people who love math, and we occasionally talk about what's going on in the ... 're interested in math research (or are interested in becoming interested in math

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2016