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  Photophobic

  

  As I lay face down struggling to move in a puddle of 40 degree water ... otherwise utter blackness surrounding me. I recognized it from somewhere, and ... YOU think was going on?) and I was completely enamored with the thrill

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Varied states of the basement A roundabout trek to an underground level of Building 7 leads me into areas very…

  

  ... and arrive at one of my favorites -- I mean, just look at the pattern on ... , except it was late at night, and the sign was clearly no longer applicable ... through this outdoor driveway area connecting parking lots. Yes! Lo and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cream Tea with the MIT Club of Great Britain Meeting MIT alumni in the UK

  

  eager to tell us what they've done with their MIT degree and also excited ... cream and jam, and drinking tea, of course. For those of you who don't know, there are MIT clubs all over the world and they're basically for

  • by Cambridge
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Onion article about Robot Hazing at MIT Robot hazing at MIT *gasp!*

  

  Tan. They could be charged with first-degree botslaughter and operating ... : 15 CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Several members of the Massachusetts Institute of ... missing and two others are in critical condition with extensive circuitry

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  university, at least with my qualifications. And yet they kept going. And kept ... and I told him that for once in my time at MIT, I want to be good at ... in the mirror and I see my accomplishments. I think of how far I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  selecting for obsession

  

  This morning, I was Googling Chris to find a photo of him, and was ... who represented the United States at the International Chemistry ... —we’ve known each other forever, and he is my best friend, and when we talk, I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  Plus institutions are both collaborators and competitors: the former, in the sense that we work together institutionally/academically, and share some ... years. And while the IvyPlus institutions are comparatively wealthy, they

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  and international students at MIT. The Institute has a long history of ... reported that "few, if any institutions, in the United States have a higher ... students of 1885-1895 and the MIT students of today. By 1895, 38 States, 1

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  thinking about doing for grad school?" ...and the emphatic answer is I DON ... will ever exist in the entire universe--but after three years of problem sets, finals, UROPs, all-nighters, super burritos, Pour House, and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  take the state certification exam in a couple of weeks, so wish me luck. In other news, April and I got a futon, and now our room is supercool ... . Seriously. She's also supercool, and gave a really awesome presentation with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  friends and I traveled to Europe for a different sort of attraction: single ... five different universities. We saw some of the best student ... -level design competition that challenges teams of students to build and race open

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Snow-bama Snow? Obama? At MIT? AHH.

  

  Hailing from the notoriously hot and humid city of Houston, in which ... midst of 30-something-degree weather, it began to snow. Much to the amusement of floormate Swetha '13 and with the full support of my roommate

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Helps the Red Sox’ Keith Foulke Every Sunday ESPN nationally televises one baseball game, and last night they showed the final…

  

  + Nephew Chair of Research at the American Sports Medicine Institute, and ... Every Sunday ESPN nationally televises one baseball game, and last ... archrivals Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. The Red Sox won the rubber game

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  . True story. I'm going through and tagging all of the bloggers' entries ... back and read all of the old entries. There's some good stuff in the ... some question that's already been answered twenty zillion times. And don

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  four day experience for first year students to explore MIT dorms and find ... and pick the place where you fit in best with the culture and residents ... years and upperclassmen, and get a feel for everything MIT has to offer

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Reality is merely an illusion… Ben : The OC :: Sam : ?? . Oh wait, you took the new…

  

  biomimetics at the University of Bath in England and has collaborated with MIT ... television... well, I've declared myself that and nobody has ever contradicted ... Race for three years now. A short twelve-and-one-half months and I will

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  theory and verify the age of the universe. Smoot received B.S. degrees in ... , alumni, and staff. On Monday, Andrew Fire, a professor at Stanford who ... amazing ability to turn genes on and off at their whim. I used RNAi during

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  University for two years and then my degree from Harvard Extension in Art ... things about MIT--the hacks, the zany, nerdy students building (and ... --down-to-earth and yet on the cutting-edge with a hint of a retro sensibility. Favorite

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  what Florida would do. We were in such an intense state of fear. And ... Birthday Dad! And also Happy Muslim Women’s Day! I’ve been toying with the ... questions and answers, these women discuss their passions, their dreams, their

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  -called "peer institutions" have "prettier" campuses than MIT, and I would be ... school senior from India and thereby an international candidate.I am one of ... -material like a letter stating why one wants to study there or the optional

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005