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  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  not familiar with MIT's grading system, our GPAs are out of 5.0, not 4.0 like most other schools. (This could be where my "inflation" reference ... application details are, but at least the samosas were delicious. Here I am

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  program plumbs cultural depths Students learn where the Pont Neuf meets the ... French-language students at MIT are benefiting from a breakthrough method ... of higher learning in France, the Cambridge students are using Internet

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  forest where people pause momentarily from their PDA to wonder why so many people are jumping into a freezing river in the middle of the afternoon ... for a variety of reasons, the majority of which are related to Sam's Mom

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  where I give props to the folks behind the blogging platform (Movable Type ... rotating list of other props-worthy links, and currently those links are two ... get the word out -- these shows are actually worth watching. [I figure I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  everybody has science/math teachers who are great big dorks. (Although ... this is very cool in and of itself -- there are not too many schools in this country, especially Really Good Ones, where the president of the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Study Break!

  

  week's study break. Study breaks are pretty low-key. Bascally, either our GRTs or the members of a particular suite are given $15 to prepare ... carted it all out to the floor lounge, where lots of people gathered to sit

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Le BBQ

  

  juillet -- Bastille Day! (" 'Bastille.' It's French for 'Why are you ... , where mes amis mingled until our feast was ready. We played this "game" in ... that there are 6, not 5 plates. We originally had 5, then someone who was

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  , especially in a world where leadership, interpersonal, and management skills are required for competitive higher positions in all organizations ... the economy and to educate the leaders the world needs now.” We are no

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Systems and Light [by Miren Bamforth '15] Even MIT's art scene is a little nerdy.

  

  how classes and activities are going. Some of our most recent artistic ... Credit: listart.mit.edu. The 171 light bulbs–which are all orange ... main room of the exhibit, there are half a dozen or so pieces. Inside

  • by ARTalk
  • October 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  from scratch to see where you are now in contrast, in particular what you ... the optional essays are considered optional in that they are not ... tests are not perfect, and should not be used to punish anyone. But, does

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  dance dance dance! a weekend of trying to try everything

  

  Rueda class, and I had free time, so I joined the circle and learned moves ... Team’s team match event, where members of the ballroom dance team were

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  free tickets from MIT Course 6 department to go to the Grace Hopper ... Fest. - SpringFest is MIT's annual concert where we bring in a super cool guest (in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  breaks, where I can catch up on my life, focus on myself, take a moment to ... practice Thursday evening, my short program Friday evening, and my free skate

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  : I have a new blog now. Here it is. and now, here are three thoughts from The Other Side of college: one on where I live, one on what I do on public transportation and in bed, and one on what I do at work. on where I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  reflect on the past year, and look forwards to what's coming next. Where are you going, where have you been? These questions are hard to answer ... walking long distances. It's the subtle things, though, that are hard to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  academics, and midterms haven't even hit me yet...things are rough. I'm taking ... my assignments. My three technicals have psets/labs that are all due on ... turn it in ten minutes before it was due. Like...where is the middle

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  are able make inferences from facts. Wayne Gretzky, a famous hockey player, once said, “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it ... understanding of one field—with tree-shaped education. On one side of the tree are

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  are in the program. You can do the minimum 3 times per week PT (physical ... on FTX’s (Field Training Exercises). These are 3 day long ventures out into the field where we sleep under the stars at night (or under

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  country where it never snows. :) On a equally festive note, my dorm, i ... transition?) Generally, these two Physics courses are 8.01 (Newtonian ... learning [and participation, as those students who are falling asleep cannot

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Residential Life

  Life on Campus? remastered 2021

  

  to Macgregor and rode the elevator up to the B entry main lounge, where ... :30 or 8 instead of 6. Some mornings, I made coffee in my room and read or ... than me, are preparing to move to MIT next weekend. I think of them often

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 8, 2021