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  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  year ago when I spent an entire day writing essays for a number of ... here in Central Standard Time except for the classy new decorations my mom has introduced to the household.   why   To those of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 3 A recap, with pictures.

  

  these blogs!). Back to the help desk for most of the afternoon. At 5PM, I ... fun. Almost all of the below pics were taken at the MTB party. And ... to meet all of you! But before we get to that, the rest of the day

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  ! Here are some of my thoughts. We want you to be yourself throughout this ... an admissions committee, we desire diversity of all sorts, we don't want everyone to be the same -- part of what makes MIT exciting is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Poaching Imagination Just a few more hours.

  

  of spending four years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Yes, that's right. In just a few hours, a simple flick of a cursor, a click of a mouse button. Many childhoods of anticipation will come to an

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 18, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I join a fraternity/sorority?

  MIT community. The purpose of the FSILG Office is to enhance the out-of-class experience for the students at MIT and be a proponent of the shared values that ... principles of leadership, scholarship, and citizenship, the FSILG Office
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  experiment using a pair of CosmicWatches, which measure muon flux. At the end ... ’t have a big learning curve at the start of 8.14 so the class is much more ... >=3 semesters of theory classes. The first few weeks (the Intro

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Going On Some of the 600+ Campus Preview Weekend events.

  

  . Awesome music at ZBT's Battle of the Bands at 8pm Saturday, with special ... Important note: the weather forecast has a 70%+ chance of rain Friday ... the MIT admitted class of 2012. It's going to be a fun weekend. In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Infinite] Quarter Mile quarters + packing tape + sore knees == help cure MS

  

  The Infinite Corridor at MIT is the pulsing spine of central campus. As the artery which connects most of the main academic and ... visits at least once every day. Because it's MIT, the Infinite is also a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Cheat Sheet This amazed me when I first saw it.

  

  Mystery Hunt is a yearly tradition at MIT, but this isn't an entry about Mystery Hunt. This is an entry about one of the tools our team has for Mystery Hunt. We rarely used it, but the sheer amount of information

  • by Snively '11
  • August 2, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Being First is Important There can be many firsts

  

  lot if you would write the names of what's in these pictures down and casually glance at the first letters. You know, just in the spirit of things. : ) ... Sometimes you should stop to identify all of the different pictures

  • by Snively '11
  • May 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The MySpace Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part two.

  

  " 049. Song you've listened to? RHCP, track 9 on CD#1 of the new record ... more hours of sleep" 022. Do you shower daily? yes This Or That? 023 ... . Drank alcohol? yes 032. Gone to a mall? no 033. Eaten a box of Oreos? no

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  been a core course in mechanical engineering at MIT. Our own Dean of ... of what it's like to be a mechanical engineer at MIT, and something of ... If you're like me (and I'm willing to bet a lot of our readers), then

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  crowns. Estimation, who was great at estimating the amount of pizza she ... selected to work at a magical company called 5 Wits Productions, where many adventures awaited them. For you see, engineers at 5 Wits got to bring

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  Recitation: Friday 11 am Professors: H. Ploegh and T. Orr-Weaver Biology of cells of higher organisms: structure, function, and biosynthesis of ... . Commentary: We watched this video the first day of lecture. Possibly one of the

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  tick tock tick tock notes about sunrises and broken doors and unfinished endings

  

  the end of a semester at MIT is a time of juxtaposition. it is a time ... friends, instead of telling their story, drink a cup of soy milk at the ... fewer windows are illuminated at night, until only a handful of weary

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • December 27, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  sliver of the voices at MIT, and yet we capture many of the experiences, hardships, accomplishments, and adversity that can occur inside and outside of ... Journey of Depression at MIT by Rachel D. '16 March 2015 ATHack by

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  ’s observations on climbing plants and the similarity of their strategies to those of climbing animals. There are also new recipes for poisons, thoughts ... afternoon. This is the weekly magazine The Nation. This is the first half of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  One of the things I truly love about MIT is that you never know when you'll learn, stumble-upon and/or be run over by something new. While ... modular design, scalability and the potential and weaknesses of

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  -written. Two of the forthcoming entries will introduce you to two new additions ... Today, I leave for three weeks of vacation in Southeast Asia. Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  ,000 of the "$100 laptops" (currently coming in at closer to $150). One ... (and Ben and Nance) been? Reading applications. Lots and lots of ... 'm really enjoying this year's applications; I know that we have a lot of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006