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  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  sessions and campus tours are cancelled. You can read more on the MIT ... , and another is reportedly on the run in Watertown, a city that borders ... local ABC affiliate, boston.com, and Reddit. In light of these events

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas the night before the 8.01 final and all through the Haus, everyone was studying like nothing else. Including me. Just not…

  

  explaining: Or you can just watch this, a video of an interesting phone call ... No. Really. Finals week starts tomorrow, and my 8.01 final is in ten ... -than-attractive (in some people's opinions) art pieces located around campus. Don't look

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Forth and Measure Casey at the Bat: Science Edition

  

  intelligent conclusions. In the words of the late Aaliyah, "If at first you don't succeed, you can dust it off and try again." Experiment #2: Testing the ... skills would come in handy until about a week ago when I scrambled to get a

  • by Bryan
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  paper I read in 14.11: Experimental Economics reports that too many choices can be demotivating. (You may have seen this research quoted in the ... summer get me the employee discount. Are you listening, Carter '07

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unfold I met my blog muse while doing the laundry, and then came this entry.

  

  've acquired a number of t-shirts in some shape related to MIT. I then realized ... months at MIT so far. Somehow each morning I can sort through this mess in 3 flat to find something to wear for school. Exhibit A: This

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Events

  ZBT Soiree A part with many desserts and friends... fortunately, I left before the karaoke part. (9…

  

  event.) For dinner, I went to India Quality, in Kenmore Square ... in a group... In the picture below are my friends Elyse '07 (Course ... this is a picture of you, but I'm not sure.) Some of my suitemates

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  we do in admissions, and what we can do to improve our process. One ... : can you name the two buildings on MIT's campus designed by Saarinen? ... mysterious super-humans. Hopefully, these blogs are helping you realize that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  being embraced by Claymates as well. Chocolates in custom-made Clay ... of MIT's Cross Country team, so he can afford the calories, and he UROPed at MIT this summer, so he can afford the price. Our location

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  self care define it or perish

  

  only thing i can do right now. i'm getting enough sleep, but i don ... advantage of it for sure, but wow, being in the middle of the semester and looking back makes me feel like i'm in another universe right now. i mean

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  LuisObispo.com. You can read the story yourself here, but I'll pull out some choice ... sometimes two-year) deferral from starting at MIT, you can send a letter ... can return, and become once again a great symbol of science in this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  to be calmed by a swim in cold water. Mira tells me about her past ... wade in. It’s the coldest water I’ve ever swum in, but it’s not as bad as I imagined for water a few degrees off freezing. We stay in the

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  by the end, you can sit back in your chair and understand how the world works just a bit better. All that work so that you can hold an everyday item in your hands and say, I know how this was made, or so you can look

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  I would concentrate in, having taken three different subjects in three ... concentration in writing in one semester, and it got me thinking - maybe I could minor in this. I love writing - maybe it could be more than a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything is cool tl;dr I want to study too many things

  

  the Star Trek universe. So, you get the picture. Plus, there’s room in ... something to learn more. But also I'm not an engineer, I swear. As you can ... interesting things in the world, and I’m feeling lost and confused in the best

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Lilly Chin The Spiciest Memelord

  

  tracking transaction flow whenever someone covers another in regular mass Beantown outings. So you can imagine how big a deal it was for us when the ... ’s Comparative Media Studies department, where you can listen to her talk about her

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Another week? It's all in the name of pass/no record.

  

  to reddish something-or-other. You can't even make out the sidewalks ... all weekend and wake up late in the day, then stay up late Sunday night ... 's a math recitation. Eh, I can't understand that guy's accent anyway

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  at some subject, then you probably like it a lot, which is important in ... produced "BloomBud" – a plant that can (sort-of) interact with you. Bloom ... clueless is normal. We are beginners in everything we do, from reading, to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  you think that my sort of person can still do well at MIT, that's great ... experience at MIT? If you don't mind, can you tell me a bit about yourself ... 't come off as arrogant - I just wanted to let you know that you can have a

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask A VC Boston 2016 networking with over 20 venture capitalists all over the startup scene

  

  ". But until you can talk to AI bots like a regular person, they won't see ... startups to make returns. As an entrepreneur, being in their good graces and ... Boston, right in the Microsoft Nerd Center. Venture capitalists from all

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  While some of you have spent the last couple nights clutching admission letters to your hearts in a sleepless fervor of joy, I've been ... instruments I was arranging for would sound like in real life. Twelve non

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011