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  Cool UROP position UROP opportunity: helping people fight obesity using robots

  

  Just a reminder...there are a lot of new UROP opportunities for IAP, here's an example of a cool project: "Sociable Robot Applications -- Hardware The Robotic Life group in the Media Lab is looking for a UROP to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Hackapult Sieges The Dome

  

  . One of the lovely things about my office is that I have a window under the Great Dome, overlooking Killian Court. It's a beautiful view ... river to — past the giant catapult.    Yes, there was a hack - a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Conclusion Rock the vote!

  

  , to the point that I sound like a drowning male frog through a voice ... that I've decided to live my life as a boy, and will be getting a court ... much to report (besides my first oral exam in Japanese). There'll be

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 27, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a school profile?

  School Report and transcript. Most counselors also attach a letter of recommendation and a School Profile, describing your school's curriculum and community. Many international schools don't have a school profile. If your
• Blog / Hacks

  Fall Hits MIT… in the form of a Giant Spider! I promise I'm not a blog-hog, this is just too good!

  

  Let's cut right to the chase: THERE'S A HACK IN 6C! Natanya's already told you about 6C, but I'll bet it didn't feature a giant spider on a web! I've decided to name him Lucifer. He's huge! He has the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  . We [annotation note="I know this looks like a large number, and it is ... with care, and it is final. I know this can be a difficult decision to ... admission to MIT. This is an unprecedented increase of approximately 62% from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Don’t feed the squirrels In which I work with gifted children.

  

  actually happened a few years ago, which is why the rule was implemented in ... Pain for a post-On The Air engineer training (me)/post-radio show (her ... word about my job until mid-May.) "Be a camp counselor!" said Peach. "I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  As I mentioned in my last entry, Change.org is running a competition ... to Round 2, and the idea to "Establish a 'Global Challenges Wikipedia ... a message, loud and clear, that we don't need to rely on dishonest

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If the roots are imaginary, then the dots will be blue… Diff EQ what now?

  

  As it's been nearly a month since I posted (yeah. I've been hosed. I ... old joke, which I will not tell you." "If I give you a colossal drug ... entire class on won't apply anymore." "You can tell this is an integral

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 4 U What you should do at CPW, assuming you like exactly the same things that I…

  

  ) -- The marching band is supposedly going to kick off the festival, although ... feel bad something fierce that I'm not working the CPW desks as much as ... :00, 2:30, 3:00 or 3:30 for a fun-filled tour of the Tester Lab, down in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A White Christmas Escaping Boston to go to more snow

  

  me that the world is a beautiful place. It's easy to forget that when ... holidays because a lot of our extended family doesn't live within a drivable distance. However, the one tradition that my family does have is our annual

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 25, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT What?!? The Long and Illustrious History of the MITMB, as far as Kim knows.

  

  ="http://www.youtube.com/user/MITmarchingband">YouTube Channel</a>.</p> <p>This is, in fact, the 30th anniversary ... , gimme an A, gimme an S...' cheer," which is a personal favorite of mine ... exactly your traditional marching band; the picture above is from a water

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Themed Online Distractors (for EA Decision Day) to the 2020 MIT Protofrosh

  

  timezone, you will access a special message on decisions.mit.edu. You're probably nervous, which is normal. No one is certain they'll get in. That's a ... , here is a list of Themed Online Distractors for MIT Decision Day: Pre

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Events

  1 Month, 0 Classes IAP tomorrow and an opportunity to mystery hunt!

  

  because everything is pretty much optional. MIT with no class?!?!?! SCORE. During January, a lot of people do externships, some go to Zambia, some ... into a policy experience or career. This seminar is cosponsored by MIT

  • by Bryan
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Cheat Sheet This amazed me when I first saw it.

  

  Mystery Hunt is a yearly tradition at MIT, but this isn't an entry about Mystery Hunt. This is an entry about one of the tools our team has ... on this PDF is awesome! If you even have a slight bit of geekiness

  • by Snively '11
  • August 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  essay(Mitra) Clarification on what exactly a "good match" is (Matt) But ... -curriculars, either in an essay or on the application form, try to make it more than a ... gained from it, how it has changed you, etc. Another piece of advice I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Tips for the EA deferred send us your FUN form by February 15th

  

  (EA) applicants. There was a definitive resolution for those students ... to wait a little longer as we reconsider their cases in Regular Action (RA). Many of you may still have questions so I'm posting a quick entry

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  . note: Yes, he is a boy. And he is a boy who gets to hang out with ... (Building 37) Details: I'm working with a group that is involved in the physics behind a new radio telescope array that is to be built in the radio

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  on a full stomach is that it compacts all of your food down into your ... a group picture or two to remember just how awesome this all was ... close knit and tend to spend a lot of time with themselves. Burton

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Always Rooting for the Anti-Hero it's me! hi! i'm [the problem?], it's me

  

  age, people feel a lot more tolerable. The world is a lot more colorful ... , maybe this is still just projection) is Korra's need to learn how to ... though I don't know whether this truly is just a phase or not, I'm happy to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 29, 2022