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  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  sliver of the voices at MIT, and yet we capture many of the experiences ... campus and college. The following is an unordered list of some of our top and most widely viewed blog posts of 2015. Within them you'll find the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  established Davidson Academy, coming to Nevada residents courtesy of the folks ... some of the nation's most successful magnet schools -- but I am glad that the news of its opening gave the Times an excuse to write about gifted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  on its way to those who replied to us before the deadline. One of the coolest parts of the NBM is the Athena Account Coupon. The coupon will allow ... . Back in the fall of 1996 (we had to wait until we were on campus to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  The fourth Thursday of November and the few days before and after are ... just watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, another staple of the ... in the 20s because a large number of Macy's employees were new

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  A Collection of Creative Questions A collage of some of my silliest assignments

  

  I think a lot of MIT professors have a humorous side, and most of them do their best to demonstrate this through the context of the ... I thought this abbreviation of the word "Methods" was a very

  • by Richard O. '28
  • February 28, 2026
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  2 types of games. Finite games where the goal is to win on a ... contributing to the indefinite play of the game itself. For example, art ... – that the finite often comes clamping down on ideas of infinity

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  the topics that seemed to be the easiest to write about was a recap of ... aspects of the fall semester for the most part.  Going into the fall ... part of my first semester at the institute: 7 classes passed Somehow

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Tried to Ford the River Are you even old enough to remember this?

  

  So I just got this email: Don Rawitsch, one of the original inventors of the Oregon Trail computer game is coming to MIT and giving a talk about the game: When: 5:30 pm this Friday (4/21) Where: Dining room of

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  I've had my fair share of time with roommates and friends in the past ... townhouse in the suburbs of northern Virginia. There were five of us in total ... luxurious apartment in Somerville, Massachusetts, two of those friends the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  Campus Preview Weekend (CPW), MIT hosted the inaugural "Taste of SHASS ... opportunities. The goal of the event was to help survey the kind of work done at ... fields with MIT; our co-identification with STEM is a core strength of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Boston’s 3rd of July It's almost a holiday, but not quite.

  

  the awesome company they are, decided to pay all of the interns and ... Boston Pops concert the night before the 4th and I figured the 3rd of July ... beautiful prose and various other forms of media. I left the dorm at 5:30 PM

  • by Snively '11
  • July 4, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2010! By now many of the Early Action admitted students have received "Da' Tube".

  

  By now many of the Early Action admitted students have received "Da' Tube". Let me hear from you! Are you excited? Are we your number one choice? Do you have reservations? Are you still in shock? Drop the Nance

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Special Edition! Speaking of Valentine's Cards . . .

  

  Hey, so as Shannon just mentioned, all of the EA admits got V ... , and perhaps some of the other bloggers, took some time to make some "Special Edition" cards, adding a little something extra to a few of the

  • by Snively '11
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  And if I had a million dollars Solve this problem and win a million dollars, SERIOUSLY.

  

  . The distribution of such prime numbers among all natural numbers does ... .F.B. Riemann (1826 - 1866) observed that the frequency of prime numbers is very closely related to the behavior of an elaborate function ζ(s) = 1 + 1/2s

  • by Bryan
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lost in the Pages of the Institute are we out of the woods yet, are we in the clear yet

  

  two-month period in fifth grade and the culmination of every wistful ... dexterity. There’s a ton of people in MIT who play the piano (and everything ... of Alpha Delta Phi brothers will often slide behind the grand piano in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  I have always been proud of the fact that there is a star and a minor ... result of a $54 check to the International Star Registry. Rather, Emily has gained international recognition for discovering three of the largest known

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  moped alone. During this period, I decided that the responsible course of ... January 4, when I returned to campus after winter break. *The TA of the ... first of two very profound e-mail moments. Out of the blue, I got a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  may not have heard, the Class of 1997 is throwing a "e^2" Reunion to commemorate the 7.4-year mark of our graduation, and we're doing it in grand style by throwing a "get out of the cold" party in South Beach the weekend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I get a copy of MIT Facts?

  MIT Facts is a pocket-sized compendium of essential facts about the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Unfortunately, we don't mail the booklets, but you can find it online!
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  So, it's the middle of January and although it was an unseasonably ... around campus mid-afternoon today. I went by some of my favorite spots, the most important of which is the Great Court. That's the place I head

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010