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  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  . ________________________ Imagine: you are a prospective university student in India, 600 BC ... at the gate asks you a question—your entrance test. You are ... him during the morning assembly. But you are determined to get into

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  cpw at pika a continuing experiment in cooperative campus-previewing

  

  to finish off the weekend. If you're a prefrosh, come by! If you're not a prefrosh, come by! The schedule can be found here. This is all

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 15, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Matt McGann ‘00 Name: Matt McGann; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY

  

  about yourself and your life's circumstances, choose recommenders who can provide insight into you as a person, treat the interview as a conversation ... you speak the language, let's try to have a (very basic) conversation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Writer’s Bloc

  

  Birtolo's first novel is now available on Amazon -- all of you fantasy fans (and I know you're out there) can buy it here. Dylan is currently hard

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 20, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  drag you out naked). Unlike most other boarding schools in the country ... him off, he would punch you in the face and split your lips open. Within ... Every day, we began in the same place. The bathroom, where we

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT: Coding over Cookies sights from the hackathon [pictures inside!]

  

  -night "insomnia cookies" to breakfast bagels with half-and-half milk. Toss in a hallway lined with air mattresses for catnappers, and throw in a bunch of ... you've got yourself a hackathon. Insomnia Cookies: honestly some of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  July and Unified O.O and lots of pictures

  

  Spending a lot of time in the Unified Lounge (Unified is a course 16 class ... ;:) In any case, I must return to my summer before winter rolls around ... brainstormed. How was the class to be structured? How do you explain all of the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 14, 2012
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post. NOTE: You needn’t have worked in a lab nor done research to enter. It’s that time of year ... This post comes to you from my friend Iris Xu, '14, a longtime friend

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The return of photos to my blog!

  

  bunk beds from a better angle (in case you were wondering, he survived ... I've been really bad about updating lately. It's that point in term where every week feels like a hell week in some way. It's also been quite

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  (alternatively "How To GAMIT" or "HoToGAMIT"). Since you're reading blogs of MIT students and alums, you should learn a bunch of the jargon that we MIT folks ... Institute Requirement. A class that all undergraduates must pass in order to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  for Tai Shan, the giant panda born at the National Zoo in 2005, whom a ... appointments who live in dorms alongside undergrads or grad students. (Maseeh ... Maseeh and Burton Conner, to have one on the premises. In honor of

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  We have nice things on the walls And I have pictures.

  

  towers in New House), and the top floor of House 5. There are around 27 ... own bubble wrap to it. This is on a wall in the same part of the house (called the Bermuda Triangle, because people get stuck there talking and can

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)

  

  Department in fall, 2006: The Challenge of World Poverty. The class is intended for students interested in the challenge posed by massive and persistent ... help? What can we do about corruption? Should we leave it all to markets

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  can be used as an oscilloscope and waveform generator (in the pink box ... Since the end of August, I've been living on-campus in Simmons in a ... the equipment in this photo is for 2.678, including the soldering iron

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  exciting in them! CPW is in two weeks. I can’t wait to see all the incoming ... same week, and in some cases the same day, and I felt overwhelmed beyond ... break. So, with second semester in full swing, I had about 5 midterms in

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  sheller (this device can shell peanuts, shea nuts, coffee in large ... things in the Hobby Shop, and checking things off of my “101 Things to Do ... participate in the January Scholars in France program, an incredible program for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Awesome Robot Competition? LIVE?? Check out the 2.007 Final Robot Competition! LIVE May 12th/13th!

  

  Do you LOVE robots? Do you LOVE Wicked? Do you LOOOOOVEE FREE BODY DIAGRAMS??   Well then, you’re going to LOVE the 2.007 Manufacturing ... ’t let you all miss out on the BEST PART!! The culmination of 2.007 is the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  i've been drafting and drafting this blog post over and over again in ... old, i live in random hall, and i. am. exhausted. these past two weeks ... 'd probably be under "it's complicated." i first visited mit back in my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  most of it in whatever way you want. There will be something here for ... . When you arrive on campus in the fall, prepare to be hosed. Then plan an ... Tuesday before CPW, caught my attention in particular. In it, Yuliya the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Reliving the good ol’ days Tombs, Smurfs, and Halloween

  

  interactive puzzle adventure that you do in teams where you go from room to room ... Now everyone raise your hands if you used to watch Saturday morning ... ' days of my childhood all in ways related to MIT. Exhibit A: TOMB

  • by Bryan
  • November 3, 2006