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  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  these benefits are not without complications. Astonishing advances in ... what matters and why.’ MIT students are so very lucky. They have choices ... . Belonging to such a tight-knit group has made a huge difference in helping me

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  in the 8.012 section had an exam. Proctor (smiling): "8.012? Are you ... weeks. She told me that the kids are currently busy chopping wood to ... that we were almost knee-deep in snow made it even more of an adventure

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  is, really big snowballs are REALLY heavy, and at the end of it we were ... 't tell how they're made. We took to destroying the snow ramp. Now for ... left are eyes and a Solo cup button. The body of the snowman, however, is

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• 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 ... works in a bakery, so the pies and cookies are always top-notch (and in ... wouldn't have made it through the first few years without the help of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  our online magazine. As we hope you'll find, their interests are ... about catastrophes, natural and human-made, and write stories in specific ... ). In short -- there are some great opportunities here in writing and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  too hosed to see it to completion. We made good progress during IAP, but ... one at Cornell. Synchrotrons are pretty cool, check out this Wikipedia ... because a lot of the equations (MHD, for example) are impossible to solve

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  March and April are so busy around here that even if Paris Hilton did ... , which has made ground-breaking changes in the way that people think about ... developing world and two myths that are preventing us from doing more good. The

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  ; he has single-handedly made the crisis in Darfur one of the MIT ... ) at the Institute. STAND and Amnesty International are hosting two ... Fundraiser Dinner in Walker Memorial on Sunday, December 9th. Both are intended

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  studio audience, who are instructed to all have really creative questions ... that bridge in Norway!" and "If bears are the number one threat to ... for grad school. That would have made this whole decision business a lot

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  . Yes, the ring is known as the Brass Rat. Why? Because it is made of gold ... the Tech [student], but his habits are peculiarly our own. The beaver is noted for his engineering, mechanical skills, and industry. His habits are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in Cambridge I less than three the holidays.

  

  bought a dinosaur sleeper for a girl. And why not? Girls are allowed to think dinosaurs are cool too.) After shopping, Adam's mom needed to get ... moms! So Adam and I came back and made homemade pasta sauce, and now we

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Odds & Ends Concerts (on & off campus), doors (on campus), and lectures (also on campus).

  

  Thursday, including: The Big Question: How and When to Exit Iraq: All are ... Medical School, he has made a career of doing what conventional wisdom held ... Zhang Ga. There are also some interesting lectures in Biological

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in the life

  

  "Coordinating Committee" or CoComm. I think these meetings are pretty torturous ... what they are! Other Things APO Service Project (Saturday afternoon). A ... when he made silly comments). If you go to the link I provided and look

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  made our choices and organized them into a bracket: Allison: I Heart ... all my friends are Jewish. Then we decided to watch Hero instead. I don ... shame. You know what though? My friends are pretty cool, but they really

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  it is made of gold and features a beaver on the front. Why a beaver ... beaver. The beaver not only typifies the Tech [student], but his habits are ... , and industry. His habits are nocturnal. He does his best work in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  an anime fan’s dilemma am I a weeb? please GOD say yes

  

  note="if you think these are rookie stats, please hit me up so we can be ... interests. The people I hung out with before college are so different from ... much about such works is that the way messages are conveyed are so subtle

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  things actually are. Because chances are, you're looking at them under the ... harder and more important than they actually are. Believe in yourself, take ... four years but never actually talked to except when the teacher made you

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  It's time for another Questions Omnibus, where I answer the questions ... about MIT from an MIT student, so if you are willing to help me please e ... to space.i see mit is the best place where i can give shape to my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Riddles, Research, and Nerds with Power Tools My week.

  

  finishing up with research, I fairly ran over to Simmons Hall, where our ... puzzle. Ironically, our biggest hurdle was simply figuring out where to start, since the puzzle instructed one of the teams to start where you can

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MITblogs: The Next Generation Look ma, a hack!

  

  Courtesy of the prospective Class of 2013, I am amused and happy to present eight applicants' humble homage to the MIT admissions website: mymit.info And, of course, where would be without a little help from

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 11, 2009