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  π Day

  

  places where you show your stuff such as science fairs. In May, I'll be at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Phoenix, AZ. I ... Happy Pi Day! I'm in Washington DC. Seeing as yesterday (Pi Day, 3

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Little Snails SciFi movie marathons rock my socks!

  

  Last night, I watched an award winning cartoon about snails, "Les Escargots." One of the things I promised myself is that this year I would try ... 's movie marathon was one such event I had to attend. Slated for viewing for

  • by Bryan
  • January 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  This Entry is About (A) Lady Gaga (B) my MIT ID card (C) all of the above

  

  card costs exactly $15. (In case you're curious or vegan, I blocked ... I might as well tell you straight away that this story ends with Lady ... culminating in the unveiling of a 20”x24” Polaroid portrait of Polaroid

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW Weather Machine Strikes Again a frivolous day in the sun and grass

  

  The weather sobered up just in time for CPW, and we celebrated the sunny warmth with a spring picnic. It was a day made for frivolity. I ... sweet potato fries, which I've been wanting to make since I read this MIT

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  among men in the 19th century. Mitra usually does not allow me to take pictures of her, so I do not know how I managed to get this one. I thought it ... apparently I was erroneous. Maybe it's like the wedding episode of I Dream of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  , come to think of it, I can swim across the Charles... My point is: peer ... freshmen to cook with them, or to be in a food co-op with them. (yes, I ... taught “Don't give in to peer pressure!”--an oversimplification of a

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.2050 – Field Programmable Gate Awesomeness Featuring my “aggressive and weird” cat robot

  

  ; these days, you can probably build that in just a few hours because the ... ="95293" /] Although I wrote a lot of code in 6.2050, the whole FPGA engineering process ... around for a while, I discovered it was actually a bug in Manta itself

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  admit two, deny two and waitlist one. I've participated in this exercise ... the video clip, remember those factors that I touched upon earlier in ... Back in the good ol' days (winter of 1983 to be exact) there was a

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  UROP in building 66, so I can drop off that package for you in 56." noun ... any salmonella bacteria that might grow in it. Thus, you can actually ... naked in the Z Center. But yesterday I saw another professor naked in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?

  

  get an email, and I'll post another entry so you can have any ... materials in the admissions process, and those materials can be tracked on My ... . Finally, I hope you'll join me in saying thanks to the entire Records

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Moves and Music(als) Illustrated with tons of images and a video, and not *as* many words

  

  most definitely didn't have a gratuitously-added picture - in which I ... , not-so-involved career. I got my start in the second half of senior year ... venue was where I saw Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind, a dynamic

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  .009 makes me (and how I can't stop thinking about it). Sorry it's been so long ... class in the sequence, 6.0001, because I did a bit of coding in middle school (before getting too busy in high school), so I took the Advanced

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  window in a high rise or a friend or a tree. Would it be the things I can ... , the streets after a day of rain reflecting colors in the sky, and I said ... world today, or I was blind and now suddenly I can see, and everything was

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  up the friend circle I never had in high school. What I didn't realize ... high school community. As a result, I didn't fit in with the other people in my class and I consistently felt like my priorities were at odds

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  I've failed you in the photo department. But I'll try to describe the event for you as best I can. The ceremony took place in Killian Court. It ... the MIT ROTC cadets, but I couldn't see them from where I was sitting

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  Qualified (I can jump from perfectly good aircraft while in flight), in high school I participated in a program called Youth in Government and (to my ... . Finally, I've lived in Queens, NY; Newark, DE; Seattle, WA; Seoul, Republic

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  When I was in kindergarten, I failed dance class. Good thing that ... . Somewhere in between kindergarten and senior year, I realized that dance was ... about this they'd send me packing. Now here I am in college in probably

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  10 Fun (and REAL) Facts About MIT! Incredibly Correct Facts about MIT!

  

  * "this bad boy can fit so many velociraptors in it” – Anonymous MIT ... participate in the program. “Is this the button that opens the door? I really ... alumni club living in the Charles River in an effort to convert MIT

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 1, 2022
• Blog / Events

  APPLE BAKE channeling midterm stress into baking, sculpting, and completely destroying apples for decades

  

  /cobbler/crisp Apple Pie/Cobbler/Crisp Apple Art - can be non-edible, can feature ... traditional ingredient used in your recipe for a healthier choice (you will have ... randomly selected from each floor. There was over $500 in prize money, in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  the petabox. (You can build your own in the basement, since they made ... , where you can see archival versions of your favorite web page, going back ... I was not seated on a jury today at the Middlesex Superior Court, so

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005