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  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  men are out of sight, and I am laughing in the street.   I make ... lovely faces: Pri and Mira, '16, with the creator of Khan Academy. Khan talks about how he started out, what he thinks of MIT, and why Khan

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer Decisions to be Released Today

  

  prepared to be part of an dynamic MIT community next fall.   ... the experience is ultimately what you'll get out of it. ** End

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • May 7, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Walter Lewin ESG Lecture Oh, you know, only one of the most famous Physics Professors of all time

  

  Earlier this year I had the pleasure to meet Walter Lewin at an ESG Friday Luncheon. A close friend of ESG's 8.012/8.022 Professor Paola, he ... minutes of glory. After time was up he surprised us all with signed

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Pics or it didn’t happen? It happened!

  

  Wancura, "The Gas Gauge" // Anisha Gururaj, "Gems of Humanity" // Maggie ... ; Photos and videos courtesy of Tony Eng!

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Math Women Rock k + 8 = awesome

  

  Happy International Women's Day! I've talked before about how MIT Women Rock, but let's broaden the pool of rockstars a bit. The Math Prize ... in the United States. Over 200 of the top young women mathematicians in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got this video. Or rather, this sad excuse of one...

  

  is Peter Reddien, seriously the boy-wonder of Course 7 (biology). Apparently he was one of the most brilliant course 7 grad students the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Like Never Before Kevin Rustagi '11 talks about the MIT LMC and then some.

  

  Hey you guys! I recently had the pleasure of meeting Kevin Rustagi '11 and interviewing him at the Guitar Center about his club: the MIT ... website, as well as iTunes. Kevin gave me a copy of the CD, titled Like

  • by Celena C. '12
  • August 30, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You’re Still Our No.1 :) less than 2 days left!

  

  decisions, everyone! :D --- WHY ART HISTORY IS AWESOME LIST OF ALL ... !) --- While we are on the subject of speeches - for all to-be valedictorians

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 12, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  On any given day, you'll totally forget how awesome it is that you're an MIT student, and that there are people outside of MIT who ... the moon is a planet or not. me: well, the moon is a satellite of the

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITwitter That's possible the worst portmanteau I've ever made.

  

  that aren't worthy of a full blog post (like, for instance, announcing that I now have a twitter account), plus there's a lot of corporate and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 19, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Commencement Webcast MIT gives me a diploma in T-3 hours...

  

  the last time, I put my Brass Rat on facing up. In a couple of hours, I ... days I'll have had enough time to process all of this, and write

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  application tracking system. We are receiving buckets and buckets and buckets of ... required standardized tests. There are a number of options to fulfill the ... January test, you must list MIT as a school to receive your scores. And, of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tips from Me to You 15% is standard most places, but my tips are 100%! (awesome that is)

  

  This is more of a mini-entry, a blogget if you will. I know that for a good portion of you, the pressure is on, as there's officially ... backs guys, if you've done your best walk away from it now. It's out of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack or Treat A time for tricks.

  

  To celebrate the spirit of All Hallow's Eve, MIT hackers left a special treat (or perhaps a trick) near the Great Dome. I saw the hack ... administrators) dressed up. Walking around campus, I spotted a member of the USS

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 31, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Wrap-Up 2008

  

  was an extraordinary year across the admissions landscape, with some of ... schools for the fall. To those of you who stuck with us on the waitlist

  • by Decisions
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Funnies An Appetizer

  

  at least four entries that are in various stages of being writ. I don't have a whole ton of time for an awesome entry right now, but I do have some time to share some MIT funnies. These are examples of things that

  • by Snively '11
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT TechFair THINK Competition A national science competition "intended to motivate high school students to think about problems related…

  

  Competition! MIT Technology Fair - a group of undergraduates dedicated to ... we are inviting YOU to be a part of it! THINK (Technology for Humanity

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  anecdote about my first encounter with technology or science. Most of my ... (gasp!) and spent the better part of a year not always understanding what ... ... Anyway, I had a lot of time to think about ways to spend my life that

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  case you didn't know, the GC is the guardian and gatekeeper of the ... ? Outside of your parents and teachers, your GC is one of the most important ... for you and your parents. Write letters of recommendation for you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Benzene Back Take it to the lab!

  

  'm actually officially no longer a freshman (woo!). The amount of things I have to say, though, is inversely proportional to the amount of energy I ... day of 5.12 (organic chemistry) our professor offered a free t-shirt to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 24, 2007