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  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country ... nationwide. The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a concert venue on the ... Cambridge and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the middle of the Charles

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  -year academic experience at MIT. The initiative, which is ongoing, has been considering many aspects of the early MIT education, including not only ... , there has been a special focus on the substance and purpose of the General

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  step at a time, with a lot of help and a lot of strength. And one of ... Last year, I made a HUGE decision. I decided to move off of MIT ... it was his home.  I wrote plenty of times about how it was my home

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  Campus to the Z-Center one day when my favorite song of the musical theatre genre came on ("Seasons of Love" from Rent). As I belted out the ways they ... first quantity that came to mind was distance and the easiest unit of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  easy to multi-task. I am one of said desk workers at Baker, and early last month I made the terrible mistake of taking one of the 8am-10am ... Probably one of the most lucrative jobs on campus is that of the dorm

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Teatro ZinZanni Another trip to the circus -- is my boss trying to imply something?!

  

  On Thursday, I attended Teatro ZinZanni, "a bewitching evening of ... live music and a gourmet five-course dinner - set in the nightclub of ... . The "nightclub of [my] dreams" is along the Embarcadero in San Francisco

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  project I've got due at the end of the week. My group hasn't even met yet." Suddenly, out of nowhere: "Oh, and I just added a UROP, so I'm now at 72 ... taste of all the layers of MIT, together, at the same time. I'll try to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  . "Wait...you mean...there are things I'm good at?" After 3 years of MIT, I know there are lots of things I'm not good at. Like differential ... When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  /photography, theater, and visual arts. All of these disciplines are well represented at ... Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest! This week, the MIT Class of 2010 ... begins on Sunday, but for half of the class, they are already getting to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I know my calculus… and U2. Bono takes on global poverty, fashion, and Course 18.

  

  opportunity and artistic statement. Think of it like that classic episode of ... same story is told, in turn, from the perspective of Rob, Laura, and ... , economic analysis of Bono's visit, my entry is about rock concerts and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anna Teytelman: Japanese Hip-Hop Extraordinaire! Anna Teytelman studies Japanese hip-hop and culture at MIT's Hyperstudio.

  

  them sitting at a lab bench while wearing a white lab coat, safety ... at her and possibly send her to MIT Medical. Anna has every music lover ... . Anna's research is in the area of Japanese popular culture and is focused

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  bumpers a revelation i had while bowling

  

  only stay here for one night. I got up at the crack! of! dawn! to catch ... access, a badge I did not have. At the end of the work day, our team went ... . photo courtesy of iStock[/caption] I'm terrible at bowling. I was not

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  children and families of the MIT community. If you are not at MIT you can get ... ;   This semester I will catch none of these lovely bugs, because I ... efficient. When I showed up at the student center this afternoon there was no

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  little hazy on the distinction of what makes an engineering leader, so at ... little more important. I’m at the phase of my life where I’m deciding ... time at MIT or if I want to jump into a career straight out of college

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  , staring at a drawing one of my campers gave me, and craving only the company ... layer of a human pyramid. We cheered as, at the end of our skit, our group ... 'mores-making partner. I think that was the first of many times my heart melted at camp

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pixar Pi

  

  way you want them to, it's easy to feel down. Look at all of the good ... Waiting for decisions sometimes made us feel like kids, scared of the monsters in our closet ready to jump out at us. If you’re feeling like

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 12, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  I Wrote A Thing media and articles and no punctuation

  

  picture of me at the top of the article - it's slightly overwhelming But ... particular, the hospitalization of my friend - she is named Emily in the ... people - again, talking about stress at MIT Is MIT too hard? Is MIT too

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 3, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Nothing beats a wet beaver! Except, in this case, a wet Iona. Pictures!

  

  Hahn 1999) of hardcore text, I thought you'd like to look at some pictures of the band too. These were taken at last Saturday's men's water polo game against Iona. I mean, it's kind of hard to take pictures at 1

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Open Thread: The Final Countdown a noble tradition of posting all day on the internet

  

  As you probably remember, we are launching the new MITAdmissions.org soon! As in: this Thursday, midmorning. Right now, we are finishing up ...  noble tradition of infinitely long, rambling, nothing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SpringFest 2014! Just a quick post about the 2014 SpringFest Concert featuring Capital Cities and Flosstradamus!

  

  It's that time of year again - SpringFest!  This past weekend was filled with fun events like the McCormick Hall picnic and lots of energy ... Scavenger Hunt, and they were really awesome! I got to test out my new camera

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 27, 2014