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  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  looking at a presidential election quiz; a long discussion about the ... still red, etc. What the heck? The obvious next step: look at the screen ... 't become different colors. For example, what looked pinkish face-on became a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Summer

  Short Story from Last Summer

  

  summer air. For a while, the heat is relentless and then, all at once, it ... , and for a little while, the river. When I reach home, the heat comes ... the full-body collapse. Colors dim until they all look the same. There

  • by Sara N. '28
  • June 11, 2026
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Explanation I always end up writing about underwear!

  

  , I'm not graduating. Yes, I'm in the dorm for the summer. Yes, I'm in ... ? Undergraduate What color underwear do you have on right now? [For the record, it ... , towards the end of this student's senior year, a small skirmish took place

  • by Snively '11
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  61 Photos from my Time at MIT from freshman to senior year

  

  On the day before my non-senior friends left for home, we went out on ... wonderful way to say goodbye for the summer. Speaking of friends, my best ... Meet the Bloggers, a glorious event for which we are required to wear t

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  as the "international symbol for Frank O. Gehry architecture." This is what the actual building looks like. ...not entirely unlike the much ... 'm not sure who came up with the idea of a windowless brick cylinder for a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  neuroscience research, who was looking for an assistant that summer. Life lesson ... . It was scary. The morning I left home for Albuquerque was the same morning I left home for college: at the end of the summer, I would fly

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  USA Wins 2nd in International Math Olympiad Three MIT '09s won Gold Medals.

  

  them look deceptively simple. Take, for example, one of this year ... team members are tallied for a country team score. This year, the top ... international olympiads, and not just for the US but also international students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  position I think of as a dream job. For the previous six years, I had been ... not easy to give up a great job, but for me the chance to be Chancellor ... the classroom of 2020 look like? Should there be classrooms in 2020

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Holy Cow No birthday card can beat this.

  

  The front cover: The inside: Thank you for the best card ever.

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  facebook group you all know and love) helps me make signs for the dorm. Go ... something and did a double take. "Why does the milk look so funny?" I thought ... why did it look so...yellow? It turns out that when the fridge had been

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  around the U.S. and it's entrepreneurs, will be premiering next year. I always liked the idea of reality TV - capturing real moments with real ... something different. We want to take over the medium of reality TV and use it

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a week of class notes airplanes, ethnography, and some bonus doodles

  

  .06 - Principles of Automatic Control this is a required class for the course 16 ... of the capstone options for the aeroastro degree. in true mens ... class in space systems engineering) have led to real systems for the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 11, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  A Battle Scene to Remember Construction zones are the perfect playgrounds for epic battles

  

  time of the year.  Flags for classes are being handed out for those of us ... work at the loss of self-care and health.  However, amidst the chaos of classes and ridiculous amount of stress bestowed among the students here at

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW on the Web CPW comes to you...ON THE INTERNET

  

  spent most of the last week working on stuff for Campus Preview Weekend, including how to make it more accessible for the students who attend. One ... 25% to the undergraduate population for the weekend they're here. The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 2, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  take care of the boy from story who was put in water as a baby i am back to talk about moving the body again

  

  . part of this was because i was not walking in the best way, for several ... first and roll over to the front of the foot. this is still true (for most ... for many days the back of the foot and the lower leg will wear down over

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading.

  

  harder for air. It's the first time I've been that scared for one of my ... the IDENTICAL, word-for-word, paragraph-for-paragraph recommendation for ... for your indiscretion, but it makes you look pretty lame. Sincerely

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  essays for our awards applications, was on the drive team at the regionals ... semifinals for the first time in our team's history. And I realize, only now ... friend says that at the beginning of a program, he looks at the awards they

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Little Rectangles Thoughts from Junior spring

  

  would be like my time at MIT prepared me for the wrong thing and then when ... my progress on a day-to-day basis. I was looking at the Big Rectangles. I was looking at my Little Rectangle. I was looking far, far down the

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  the shelf because it looks kind of cool" library trips. Linguistics is ... element- more specifically, an auxiliary verb. For example, the sentence "I'm going to buy that book" is a perfect candidate for the use of the word

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is the Sloan School of Management for undergrads, too?

  prepares you for your next step, equipping you with the tools you need to ... . Fueled by the groundbreaking work of our faculty in such critical areas as ... to the next level.