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• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  , because for the 3 hours I was in line I was technically making $33.33 an ... going for inspirational and life-changing. Here's a gif in case you missed ... in line won a free ring (hint for future years!). So as the rumor went

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  career opportunities! If you’re interested in becoming an engineering ... 12-196): An open house with snacks in the UPOP office. (More free food ... . Throw in some random choices. And remember: go for the free food! Oh, and

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to get around MIT hunger pangs [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Culinary art = delicious art.

  

  ginger as you feel you can handle! Mix in a little cayenne pepper for an ... 't overlap). Stick the tray in an oven on the lowest setting and wait a day ... dehydrator. I thought it was a big deal to use this over an oven until I looked

  • by ARTalk
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  regional with the team. It was so awesome that I even stuck around for an ... does team 97 for letting me act like an idiot (while wearing a Team 97 ... the ramp for some bonus points. Go team! Team 97 in action. FIRST isn

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  In my last entry, Jonathan Foley asked an interesting set of ... 't have to look like an idiot. Everybody wins! Course numbers. Every major ... answered for me: And your teacher is right: unless the MIT class offers an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  the mindsets that I held for granted back in high school. I stopped ... cute, but a fledgling looks like an awkward mashup of both but isn ... the furthest limits that I’ve ever taken myself to. Looking back, I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What do you mean by “MIT Speak”?

  MIT uses numbers for everything. You could be in 10-250 taking 18.03, which is 5-0-7, for 6-2. At MIT, all of your friends would understand exactly what you're saying. (You have to enter "MIT Code" in the ask field
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  South America, but she managed to squeeze in some time for an interview ... space. She did that feat in 1983...She was an astronaut and worked in NASA for a number of years, and then she also started an organization that

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  , and along the way stopped at three different bookstores looking for ... Yesterday was my team's first full day in Zambia, and what a day it ... , where we walked through an open-air produce market and into a large

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  are slowly becoming an adult In part, the fact that so much of your ... an economics PhD, I don’t just want to look at things from an economics ... ’ll find myself in an “economics bubble” in my Ph.D. program. In part because

  • by Phi A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  resaarcher in the media lab has designed an alarm clock that runs away from you ... circulation and increasing synaptic activity in the brain. An hour in my chair ... Posthumous isn't the right word, but it's among my favorite in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Friends, Carafes, and the Infinite Corridor What a week! Watch Tim play his instrument after a morning of camaraderie and cheap…

  

  , basking blondes are no match for pillows in flight. Back on Tetazoo, I ... ventured out onto Killian Court (in front of Building 10) for some outdoor ... your messages! I will reply in detail soon. Thanks!) This has been a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Going On Some of the 600+ Campus Preview Weekend events.

  

  night through Saturday night. Bring an umbrella, raincoat, and/or waterproof footwear! (Thursday looks to be beautiful, though) It's after midnight here on the East Coast, so Campus Preview Weekend begins today for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  most faculty are looking for people to help advance their projects in return for payment. The key is to look for professors who are doing research you yourself are interested in -- my friend Ethan '05, for example

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  . They will also look for evidence that you are involved in activities that ... high school senior asked: I am applying to some schools in the US for ... provides a "broad base" for physics at all. The approaches in the two fields

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  pi look more complicated and are thus better for intimidating people 4 ... , functions that can be roughed up and left in an alleyway. If pi and e had a ... a cap in the absence of an ass? There are at least two things that

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  in the UROP program for three years; I currently have authorship on an ... Spanish I for an easy A, and the Spanish profs figure it out in about 5 ... people I know in various states.) So for the basics. My name is Mollie

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  , practitioners, and students passionate about social enterprise. In our 17th year ... top universities in the world is being right next to another one of the top universities in the world. The conference took place on Saturday

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  from high school are starting to come back to Boston for the summer, and ... rest of this worse. Before I get fired for writing a blog post ... ) light bulb; 12 to play with the iPad (sigh), a few hundred for the fanfare

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  . The scholarship was just the second in a string of good news for Garay ... herself completely so I could get to this point." An appreciation for ... significant for Garay after hearing stories of promising students in prestigious

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009