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  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  , East Campus does use the Green Building for its annual Pumpkin Drop. The ... top, and you take the elevator down). You would usually run for a team ... time (silly me), so almost no one was there for the big start. And I kind

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  We open in Venice We next play Firenze, then on to Pisa (lots of laughs in Pisa), our next…

  

  of the inside destroyed, and a lot of the more interesting-looking ... usually use. So don't look at the rest of the entry if you're on a dialup ... -taking fee. As we sat on the roof for about an hour, a sound crew set up for a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  hear. Uh, bookcase? Look closer. Pulsed NMR setup. The magnets for ... LIGO, like at the Yale lab the search for WIMPs (whose facilities we ... the summer I worked for LIGO, with the Burst Team. Summer after

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching

  

  ; For RA students What is the application deadline? The deadline is ... science). We only use the scores that make you look best, and we do abide by ... interview for the near future, you are all set. Don’t worry if your

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  actually played with your feet), and preparation for the holiday season. I ... , the parade ends with the entrance of Santa Claus- the official ringing in of the holiday season. (In fact, before Thanksgiving was officially

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We all campus for iCampus Innovation and Entrepreneurship: We all love iCampus! (~8 pictures)

  

  , "Academics" it is. The MIT Outreach Initiative "seeks to disseminate ... goal, isn't it? The Outreach Initiative with which I am most familiar is ... , graduates, and/or faculty submit proposals for something cool that will

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Boris Alexeev: Solving Graph Theory Problems Boris Alexeev spent five months working on a math UROP with Prof. Daniel Kleitman.

  

  understood where the research topics for math UROPs came from and how these ... week-long program for Intel Science Talent Search finalists. As part of the program, we spent two days presenting our research to a panel of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  signed up for the latter along with half of MIT, because how could anyone ... Lewis/Tolkien, then about his plans for the Chaucer class. I was sold ... the faint-hearted. For each session, we read hundreds of lines of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  it. I was really excited for the conference for a couple of reasons ... there, at the bottom. I feel so official now! Before the presentation ... slide individually and change the font. This is what Ben looks like after

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  MIT officially gathers three times -- once, at the beginning, for the freshman picture; once, at the end, for graduation; and once, halfway through ... To go along with Chris' entry about excitement for the unveiling of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  , and they'll the people you'll have the chance to know for the longest ... ". Although your host is probably a fairly awesome person, they'll be around for ... ). CPW is a chance for you to meet people in your grade and go to once

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Helps the Red Sox’ Keith Foulke Every Sunday ESPN nationally televises one baseball game, and last night they showed the final…

  

  'd walked off campus, right into the center of media attention for the '84 ... my first mentor--and said: 'I like the idea of looking at sports ... night they showed the final game of the three-game set between the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 30, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summertime Science Got that summertime, summertime science...

  

  here we are, me crufting on the blogs, you not knowing who I am. I never officially said goodbye, and I STILL have that post. I'm working on it. Proof: (This is how I brainstorm most of my doodle entries, for those of you who

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?

  

  hours, maybe. But as for this particular piece of the internet, I haven ... for me. There’s the very obvious physical places--the neighborhood we ... be off the meal plan and experience cooking for myself. Simmons has a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  even imagine. The solemn looks that you can’t prepare for. The looks that ... look (maybe they’ve caught a glimpse of the soccer balls). Some are ... fell upon a dusty ground surrounding the orphanage for Syrian refugees

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  will actually trade money for the transient pleasure of drinking it, and ... or other. 2:05 PM It is the second day of Bad Ideas, the weekend that ... scheduled for the remainder of the day: playing chess with pieces made out of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m Still Here (for now) quick reflections on the last ten years

  

  see on the street, laughing at jokes about Corbusier. As I look for ... , writing a blog post for the first time in almost four years. Since I started ... from me, taking the rest of my life with it. For some holidays, my mom

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where have I been for so long?

  

  -state machine. It takes a while for the robots to look like much of anything ... also taught me how to use the necessary tools), the spacers for the caster, and the aluminum mounts for the optical encoders (the little

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  swanky hotel in the early 1900’s, then it was a grad dorm for 70 years, so ... my ID and being trapped in the lobby for all eternity. 2) White walls ... sort of what my room looks like. For being nearly a square, it was way

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  us in addition to the many activities they're planning for Campus ... Hello, everyone. This is probably the first time anyone has heard of ... drawing some Venn diagrams, finally came up with the brand

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008