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  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  a ten year old. "Michael, where do you want to go to college?" Say ... ." "Alright, what do you like to do in school?" "I like math. . ." "MIT is a ... wanted to go to MIT, it wasn't just a name anymore. How did I know? A lot

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Castle, a Jack, and a Beanstalk hacking culture @ MIT

  

  hack “refers to a clever, benign, and 'ethical' prank or practical joke ... extended a beanstalk. On it, hung Jack, all packed and ready for adventure ... Once upon a late October, MIT hosted its annual Family Weekend

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 18, 2014
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  Many international applicants don't have a school counselor. The school counselor letter is not a required part of the MIT application; it's only for those who have a school counselor. A principal, headmaster, or
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT in the news MIT research and hacks in Time Magazine & The Economist. (P.S. Bono visits!)

  

  semester, a class I profiled here. Last week, Time Magazine announced ... . In the photo essay that accompanied the article, they showed a picture from Bono's visit to MIT to discuss poverty research. Here's Bono with

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Intense Procrastination There's a difference between procrastination and INTENSE PROCRASTINATION!

  

  ? Instead I listened to the new Muse album (go buy it now) and found a solo in ... Today I had a ton of work to do. To be fair, I did accomplish some of ... in a nice piece of sheet music. I looked around on YouTube to see if

  • by Snively '11
  • September 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP 2006

  

  know they have no power. Uh oh. I fly back to Boston this weekend, where I will promptly get on a bus and go to New York City. The MIT Alumni ... Again, happy 2006 to everyone! Electricity and cable have been

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Bernanke to speak at Commencement!

  

  MIT just announced that Ben Bernanke '79 is going to be the graduation speaker for Commencement 2006. Bernanke has recently been nominated by President Bush to succeed Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Under the Dome A full day of free fun at MIT

  

  seem to have a thing already for free events at MIT. I'll cut to the ... creations. There isn”t much left I can get my teenagers to do with me on a ... buy you a burrito.’ Ok. Hmmm. So maybe Chris has it right after all

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  to work" says Sam '07 Club Passim -- live music Grendel's Den -- the ... Here are some ideas from my limited experience to help you meet, seduce, and hopefully-not-but-maybe-because-people-sometimes-grow-apart-and-that's-just-a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test—Field Experiments in Economics A new class on experimental social science, including: race discrimination, gender differences in behavior, persuasion,…

  

  's some information on what we're going to study: What is 14.11? 14.11 is a ... Social Science to the Test - Field Experiments in Economics. From what I ... and can teach us and how to conduct them. The class has three major

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  apart after a winter is a waste of money. You don't have to #Buy ... ?"   I'm glad you asked!  As a lifelong Californian before I went to ... 'll be well on your way to staying warm on a budget. Maybe you'll even

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  in honor of student exhaustion, and therefore I would like to write a ... go for delayed gratification; it's easier to work work work for a few ... actually a very good case for an entry with the title "How to do everything

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  , sometimes more than once. I felt like a quitter when I left things I loved to ... now I guess I’m ready to attempt bigger gulps from the firehose, Without ... ’m going to love designing toys, experiments, problems without a doubt. I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Me: A Video Tour of Campus in which you get to hang out with my friends and walk around MIT through…

  

  allergies and how to pronounce the word "Stata". If that sounds like a fun way ... they were at the time. It's not meant to be a professional tour of MIT ... a quicker visual tour of campus. Or, just jump around to different

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 23, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hooked on a Feeling High on believing everyone's in love with me.

  

  by. Now, it took me a minute to understand what he said, because the ... I should make good use of the .25 Euro I just spent. So, a blog entry ... with a cliffhanger--Ruth asking about an entry on David Hasselhoff. Well

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT Nightlife, Part II ABC, easy as duct tape, zip ties, Athena headers and packing tape.

  

  - answers to all your questions. Promise. (I say that a lot, don't I?) ... kinds of spam- the actual kind, telling me I need a degree from some on-line university (....hello, why would you send that to an at mit dot edu email

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  laser-powered happiness 6.UAR showcase, part 1

  

  spring, I started talking to a postdoc (Binbin) at MIT's ice rink ... long enough to practice jumps on a public session and decided to just ... 's various paperwork you have to fill out when you want to buy someone else

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 5, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hip-Pop – Konnecting Souls Part of the MIT series "Hip-Pop in French: Contemporary Theater, Film, Dance, Comics and Graphic…

  

  to generate sounds. Fitted with sensors linked to a musical interface ... Technologies: A Talk and Demonstration Part of the series Hip-Pop in French ... Kresge Little Theater, MIT Free and open to the public Co-Sponsored by the

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

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

  

  're going to forget that it's a Frank O. Gehry building." I actually really ... DID YOU KNOW? According to Wikipedia, "An article from The Onion ... , in which students were asked to write an essay analyzing its use of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  schedule to mail today. The bad news: I woke up to a blizzard this morning ... conflicting weather reports - some say 4 inches; others say up to a foot. Start ... . Here's a pic: Have a great weekend everyone. Congrats to the admits, and

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005