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  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  Close up shot of Pluto. (Image Credit: NASA) On Jan 19, 2006, the New ... pick out details on Pluto as small as the ponds in New York City ... went over New Zealand on June 29 to catch the stellar occultation of of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  the day. Better yet, I had two weeks of days like this before helping at ... .05 (biochemistry) final. This was my only test of finals week, so I spent every ... it got to the point that, by reading the first sentence of a practice

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  Public Policy, arguably the most useful Political Science class offered at ... new subjects. “Essay season” replaces “midterm season.” Instead of a ... con of such a lifestyle at MIT is loneliness. I am the only humanities

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  Hi, everyone! My name is Emiko, and I am one of the new bloggers :) I ... at MIT… When you think of competitions at MIT, the first thing that ... at a specific type of competition — athletics.  We have 33 varsity

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  hallways. He tells us about one of his musician friends living in New York at ... , Maine; Washington, D.C.; and New York City. I’ve taken hundreds of photos ... in other environments. five. At the last rehearsal of the program, Bill

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  Graduate." It's full of cool ideas about things to do at MIT and the Boston ... much, then how can we say no? So seven of us met at the T stop in Kendall ... 's nothing wrong with New House - plenty of great people live there. It just

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  received other great offers of admissions from very good colleges. So you too ... As you probably know by now, MIT has completed the process of admitting the class of 2010. I am very proud of the Admissions professionals

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  lot of my "perfect" days in New York are just this: my boyfriend, my dog ... Hunter, New York. Was kind of crazy to see it. HOBBIES, WORK, and ME I don ... moments of my life. I actually look back at my blogs pretty often - then

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  Ever wonder how a Formula 1 car can reach speeds of 210 mph and pull ... compete against 130 other vehicles from universities across the country? If ... UROP, offers an exceptional opportunity to apply concepts taught in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  friends at other universities have to stay in the college they applied to ... , I realized that almost every higher-level science class offered at my ... hit me in the face. Not a light caress, not a brief reminder of the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  July 17, 2006 BY DEBORAH KOLBEN / The New York Sun If you've ever walked ... with a case of the shakes. At 50, Belinda, who wears her black hair tied ... bedroom with her 80-year-old grandmother, Josefina, who moved to New York

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  bible of all the classes offered at MIT in the fall. personally, i've got ... at sipb that's working on the new ... and nothing more or less. it is the epitome of what online university

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  here at MIT.  We’re both active members of the dance community; we joined ... cultural art that this group aims to celebrate; the team performs at lots of ... started my journey as a dancer at MIT!   What groups are you a part of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  's best universities better. In 1970, Dean of Institute Relations at MIT ... the end of the year. The university is made up of some 30 colleges which ... if you decided to dump a bad class. Although some of my friends at MIT

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  dean of students at Yeshiva University and associate professor of ... Kay is professor and chair of the psychiatry at Wright State University’s ... this year -- a number of suicides at "famous" schools made the news

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy V-Day

  

  . At MIT, we celebrate the holiday in various fun ways. Of course ... group, to serenade some guy in the first row. At the end of the serenade ... of my favorite serenades aren't traditional serenades at all. I once

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 14, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  Union, Harvey Mudd, Olin College, RPI, and the University of Chicago. For ... send in a whole new version of my application, or all new essays? No. You ... it all over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  . 1), RPI (Jan. 15), and the University of Chicago (Jan. 2). For those ... whole new version of my application, or all new essays? No. You do not ... over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection." Your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  nghi wrote, "can you write about the new management minor offered at ... 's a snippet: ...while many universities offer management majors or ... Boston-area community, and our university administrators being, as at most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  insignificance whenever I might be at risk of feeling too hopeful. After all, “If a ... tournament, the results of which will be released at an event next week. There ... vacation to New Hampshire with the freshmen of Conner 3. We journey deep into

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015