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  Candyland @ MIT Not your average gingerbread houses!

  

  hour. Though they were given the option to build anything they wanted ... should win? The team that built Baker:

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Video: Friendly Robots! Professor Cynthia Breazeal shows off her interactive robots.

  

  The PBS show NOVA scienceNOW had a wonderful story last week on MIT Professor Cynthia Breazeal, Director of the Robotic Life Group. It featured not only her robotic "children" like Leonardo and Kismet but also her

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ides of March Among other things, I now have the power to kill Macbeth.

  

  Day celebrations, but I'd like you to join me in celebrating the birth of the woman from whose womb I was untimely ripped a mere twenty years

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  puzzled again? a little puzzle for the class of '09

  

  So this week, each day of Orientation, the students have been getting a group of scavenger hunt questions to solve, and today they get to ... this one easy. How many entries to date? Please do not post the answer

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT have a first generation community on campus?

  The First Generation and/or Low Income Program (FLI) is committed to building a sense of community among first generation MIT students, faculty ... . Through this network, we enhance the academic success, professional growth
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if my country has a different academic calendar?

  We're aware of the different academic calendar in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, South Africa, and other countries in the southern hemisphere. Students from these countries may apply to MIT before completing
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can my school use Naviance?

  where documents are submitted, recommenders must fill out the MIT-specific recommendation form. On the form, recommenders can indicate if they would like to
• Blog / Challenges

  I Wrote A Thing media and articles and no punctuation

  

  particular, the hospitalization of my friend - she is named Emily in the ... picture of me at the top of the article - it's slightly overwhelming But I like the dress I wore I was also on the radio with some pretty cool

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train(wreck) of Thought

  

  intensive project hence (most of) my absence from the blagosphere. BUT I ... back from working on psets. I walked by the LSC announcement board (LSC is a group that screens movies on campus) and one of the movies was

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  One last bit of advice Before all hell breaks loose

  

  't turn that sadness against the admissions office, the bloggers, or the admitted students. Things don't always work out the way we want, but I ... building something awesome. Don't spend it flaming people on the Internet

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Riddle Me This The return of the puzzles.

  

  The return of the puzzles. Try your hand at this one. An entry about the three day week that should have been ten days long is forthcoming ... ask why the two ladies have such grief. (2) But if life were only

  • by Bryan
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/15, at 12:15 PM EST

  

  ) into their consumption, but the loud mouth-crunching tends to interrupt the rest of the committee's ability to read without annoyance ... knew that by reading the title of this blog. But you also need some

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  cubes in a 3D world...The game is divided into two main modes, Alpha and ... zombies game. But that doesn't really answer the question of what Minecraft ... during the day I run around and kill pigs and chop down trees and run away

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  Life is busy at MIT. Most of the time, our schedules and motivation ... the past few months, I feel like we’ve really gotten to know each other ... finished. I want to hear about how the semester’s been tough. Heck yes I want

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  post-blizzard pics except idk how to use photoshop

  

  during the snowstorm Sunday/Monday, MIT campus was closed Monday and Tuesday. After the brunt of the blizzard passed through on Monday evening, I strolled around to take some photos of the snow while it was still fresh. I

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 28, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  It's the middle of July, and my brain is so fried I'm punting on a ... your questions" posts, where he would just harvest questions from the comments and answer them in the blogs. That was pre-Disqus, and I think

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer Decisions to be Released Today

  

  applicants will be emailed their decisions at 5 pm. Eastern Time to the email address specified on the application. This year (as all years) the process ... college the best they can be. Like most things in life, what you put into

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • May 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Having Trouble Reaching Your EC? Some advice on getting in touch with your interviewer.

  

  [email protected] or call the Admissions Office at 617-253-3400.]   I ... the fact that our ECs are volunteers and have jobs and other commitments that might take them out of the area traveling, or otherwise be

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I Am Not As Lame As I Appear I've just been feverishly at work on the new website...

  

  Really. I've just been feverishly at work on the new website because ... that she'll be able to do the work that I've hired her to do. So everything else has been on the back burner. But I got all of your blog

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trouble staying focused Finals. And about a zillion questions.

  

  Ohhhh, finals week. This year, I have the distinct pleasure to only ... , since I had one on Friday afternoon and the other is Thursday morning ... at the lab (I'm like the USPS -- neither snow, nor sleet, nor final

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 20, 2005