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  MIT wins Putnam math competition

  

  were from MIT (including a student I had dinner with on Friday!). The Putnam exam is a difficult set of 12 questions, each worth 10 points for a ... score is 0 (meaning that more than half of the test takers earned no

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  Santa Fe is elevated 7,260 feet above sea level. It is not overcast ... the mountains with their shadows. I'm sitting on the porch of a coffeehouse in the railyard with a spoonful of melted ice cream, accidentally

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  I’ve recently had a number of startling revelations: I’m almost ... was a no-brainer. My anticipation was compounded by the fact that I had a list of 14 colleges that I was planning on applying to, but I had

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  lights of Black Bemis and talked, which is a popular quiet-night activity ... history and perspective. Lex is one of our more active "cruft" (a term ... (Undergraduate Association Vice-President - everything at MIT is a number

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Play hard…and then work hard! There's no excuse not to have an AWESOME time this weekend!

  

  a "reading week," but apparently a "reading day" is enough for MIT ... -250. Sunday: 8:00 PM: The Logs (another MIT a cappella group, this one is all ... right is a picture from the concert) and it was awessssomeeee. Ok, so

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Refactored

  

  was a huge mail day. The records staff is currently working through 14 ... knew me from this blog -- perhaps this is making a difference (feel free ... , which I think is a bit more clever and less Fox News-y. For the history of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Amsterdesk Time is on my side, it's on my side now.

  

  because it gives me a captive environment in which I basically have nothing to do except homework. This is especially useful since almost all of my ... looking for a challenge. So, anyway, I'm working desk from 12-2 AM tonight

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick update

  

  . Q. If selection is over, can I have my decision? A. The selection committee is over, but there are still many more steps until decisions are ... midyear report. Q. Can I still send in extra materials? A. While it is too

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  tote bag tour i have so many things to carry

  

  I don’t know how it started exactly–a nice lug of canvas here, a ... of a place or event I've been to. I think it's nice how they come with ... ’s the perfect size for my A5 notebook, and that one’s big enough to hold

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  40 Hours Left! The time is 0500 EST, 12/15. I am studying for finals. You are waiting for…

  

  suerte! :) ---- Some things I learned this semester: Here's a fun experiment. How do we perceive emotion? The faces pictured below are either ... -205. Taken from Hood, Clifton. 722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  3:30 on Patriot's Day Morning and rode off into a quiet, misty land ... before 6 am, and a huge crowd had already gathered. There were three tiers ... /ladder constructions, and those in the trees. Niki '09 and I grabbed a bench. She

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My first real internship

  

  Quick, what does an atom bomb, the plural form of a famous Texas ... community center, well then you creep me out a little bit. BUT restraining ... comic book about a crime-fighting band instructor, then you should know

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  at/around mit i've been --

  

          i've been spending a lot of time ... twice a week (running experiments for my aeroastro capstone). i've been going to wellesley a lot (for toons rehearsals and for the open fields and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  BEST WEEK OF 2007 ...a self-rewarded happiness.

  

  't blogged in a while. Life, we'll say has been a little exciting lately, and by a little I mean a ton. I was invited to interview for my PhD at my top two choice schools!!! Needless to say, I did a happy dance. Still

  • by Bryan
  • January 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cultura MIT students use online collaboration with their French counterparts to learn about each other's cultures.

  

  Gilberte Furstenberg (teacher of French III, a class we're both taking). The homework I'm doing right now is part of a unit called Cultura, where we ... things that come to mind when we think of a "good job," for example, in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Making your college decision May 1st! Have you decided?

  

  "[In many ways, picking a college is a lot like marriage: the ... between MIT, a state-school that is giving you nearly a free ride, an Ivy ... with a quote: "There is no value in life except what you choose to place

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Some CPW Thoughts The latest on CPW planning from the Admissions Office.

  

  matching you with an MIT student host for CPW. With a record number of you expected for CPW, and a large portion of the campus hoping to serve as a host for you, you can imagine how time consuming this can be. Even daylight

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  , although I may be a little gullible, their sign is so well written that I ... called Futurity Island: essentially, a very very tall honeycomb stack of ... that the pipes (a "symbol of the Anthropocene") are drawing our attention

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  list is just a subset of the many parties going on) Saturday Reno, Nevada ... it out -- it's a great opportunity to meet some potential future ... happen later. See your MyMIT portal for a list of locations and times for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  the Stata Center. "The Student Mural Project is a competition open to ... , is reproduced as a high-quality wall-sized print and displayed on the ... : Literature. The event (which occurs weekly!) is open to everyone, so even if

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006