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  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  's transportation systems]   Or even in the United States, we can use data and ... of 2018, I made a note about the address given by Colin Webb, President ... that the Class of 2018 will change the world for the better. I also know

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  additional copies via Docufide or fax. Envelopes may be addressed to: MIT ... who had an interview (or who had their interview waived) but only 1 ... [email protected] or call the Admissions Office at 617-253-3400.]  

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  first and third Friday every month, the refractor slews to Saturn or the moon or a globular cluster or a double star system. If it's clear outside ... taking her eye from the lens, reach out her right hand as though to close

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  Cambridge ones, will have done as part of their undergraduate degree, or one ... idea is that students in England come out of high school (or Sixth Form ... lateral mobility once they've matriculated. Many undergraduate degrees then

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  Several weeks ago a kid, a sophomore on my floor, contracted a strand of influenza that was tested to be neither A or B. Flu season hasn't actually started, so the verdict? Probably H1N1. Wonderful. MIT Medical gave

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  starting out your semester or school year or whatever and you keep telling ... predict that those late nights you’ll be up doing work till 4 a.m. will ... and you fall asleep in your chair, or at least get pretty sad and decide

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  always somewhat unsatisfactory or a little off. I thought that the best way ... first to create a portrait of a person or a place. Abby showscases this ... on an issue, either showing both sides of an issue or heavily

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Spy vs. Spy The former directors of the US and Saudi intelligence agencies speak at MIT.

  

  "Saudi Arabia and the Global Community" Thursday, February 16, 4pm ... interesting lecture/discussion. The featured speaker will be Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States. The forum will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  . Rhythms were broken, routine thrown for a loop (or many loops), and I spent ... signing up to volunteer, or e-mailing me offering their support. i ... !". At 3pm, it was time for business. Volunteers mobilized - we carried

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  bids for the very lucrative ring contract: 90% of all students will ... of choosing the ring committee, or "RingComm," of 12 class members ... factory for the one week each year of prime MIT ring-buying. Using imagery

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  choosing the ring committee, or "RingComm," of 12 class members. The RingComm next solicits bids for the very lucrative ring contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a typical year; one company actually shuts

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lace, Gourmet Candy and Dorothy an inside look into the most fabulous internship in san francisco

  

  finalizing the user experience using proto.io (silly-fast mobile prototyping ... it doesn't hurt that our pantry is stocked with Sugarpova, the gourmet ... -Ashbury, Ranch 99 (DISCLAIMER: I did not buy the lamb placenta... because the store

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Quantifying Angst the most course 6 thing we've ever done

  

  this data, because that would be the solution to a pset that will ... code a lab called Autocomplete. It was about implementing a data structure called a Trie (pronounced either “try” or “tree” depending on who

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 5, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  I took a long break from blogging. I [annotation note="and will be ... think in general it came down to (1) being hosed and (2) wanting to avoid the perceived finality of writing. 1. Being hosed I was trapped in a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  A Summer in DC what i've been up to this summer!

  

  part of MIT-Washington's orientation. [carousel image1="101766" image2 ... game before, but it was a very chill day :) [carousel image1 ... , Georgetown has a Flea Market with vendors selling a mix of vintage, modern

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • July 30, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  anytime I need just a few minutes of peace and quiet or when I need to clear ... . We get all the pieces when we read it, but we have no idea what it will ... Part I is like the border. That's where you tell us your name, address

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  , but a few departments have letter names or letter modifiers. Students at ... know how to write HTML, more or less, but I didn't feel like it.) FYI ... assigned to each department is a matter of historical contingency, and doesn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  Let me just start by saying that, historically, my sleep habits suck ... . Besides, it gives me a lot of insight into my personal data: when I fall ... me whether I was a morning person or a night owl in high school, I

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  discussing this, but perhaps other Kenyans will leave their email addresses in ... only 1 B everafter. So without counting the D's I probably will have a 3 ... the ACT or the SATI, your lower SATI scores will be ignored

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  states, which have not historically been as well-served by computer science ... data to the schools where the challenge is proctored to help them ... computer science or math teachers, you should consider signing up; if you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017