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  Notes From Atlanta I heart Exploding Bacon

  

  I said then, ...FIRST (which stands for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was founded by inventor Dean Kamen and ... inspire students towards a lifelong devotion to science, technology, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  someone’s gotta do it, but not me is it cool not to care?

  

  existence, to make sure they kept going another year, and for more years after ... . i wanted to give middle school and high school students a chance to go to programs and take silly hour-long classes about fandoms or quantum

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 16, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  in this year's regional and state tournaments, which are in February ... 's student drag show. With over 30 student and professional performers, and an ... significant name recognition for the event at MIT, both in the LBGT and allies

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Quad Life four girls become roommates, hilarity ensues

  

  any point in time, someone in our room was rustling and some degree of ... roundabout way, and the third I approached awkwardly when everyone had already ... ?" "Yeah, sure." Liz and I filled out our rooming forms together -- single

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Flies And I lose track of it

  

  school who also ended up on the East Coast for university, see Big Fish and ... It’s nearly the end of October, and autumn has finally begun coloring ... Skate yesterday night, and the annual pumpkin drop from the Green Building

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  year 2 of the course 2 how do you become a mechanical engineer, anyway?

  

  's my blog and I get to put words in your mouth if I want. That's a good ... advisor)'s office on Tuesday in search for the answers to life, the universe, and also how to navigate the Course 2 roadmap, littered with numbers

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  All the 2026 i3 videos megapost see the dorms!

  

  , everything from classes to buildings are numbered, and maybe more unexpectedly ... , there are no special "honors" dorms, and [annotation note ... -knit and well-defined community. Undergrads take part in [annotation note

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 5, 2026
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  the middle of Killian Court. Alerted to the hack by email and word of ... of higher learning and crawled out of their rooms to stand in awe of ... running out of battery!), I prevailed against all odds and secured a photo

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.

  

  in, from my lab-mates, from my friends...and so on. Maybe it's not as ... , it's convenient - and at MIT, everyone checks it. They don't call this the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for nothing, after all

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  Institute millenium problems and won the Fields Medal for it, and now may ... . The question was "1024?" and if you immediately responded "Hey, that's a ... , I don't know if I should even bother applying to MIT, it's so hard and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  complete. And finally, there's the scrambling to apply for scholarships ... recognizing you for your accomplishments. Look for scholarships, and try hard ... points are Sallie Mae's College Answer and FastWeb. Unfortunately, many

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  State House, and went to some local art museums. The highlight of the ... and looking at the pretty leaves, love MIT's fall-themed events, love baking cozy desserts, love comfy sweaters, and generally love all of the

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  , Leeward Community College, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa, I had ... university, and how MIT aligns with your goals.” The best advice I got about ... -time, military veterans, my fellow public university and community college students

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  An MIT wedding Paper airplanes instead of rice and a reception at a science museum... what's not to…

  

  2006 with degrees in brain and cognitive sciences and biology, and I ... 's government, and was the captain of the cheerleading squad. When I was a ... engineering major named Adam, and we dated for the rest of our years at MIT. In

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?

  

  you'll go to an information session at an ivy league university, or maybe you'll be watching something on television, or Weird Al's White and ... your parents having frank and open discussions of your future and college

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  dance that happens between students and colleges where the power dynamic shifts back and forth several times; one courts the other, then the other courts the first, and so on. We spend time and money trying to identify

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  public policy class (in my major), an accounting class (in Sloan), and a language class (French III). I’m also getting an Institute requirement out of ... ) has a couple of excellent professors, Judy Layzer and Gary Mc

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  semesters, and are doing that this semester (more on this in the next blog ... , but it said it will involve AI and art! That was enough to sell us, so ... are lots of cool things on campus during IAP that Danny would do, and 2

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  on about “third-degree burns”, I gazed around the room and crafted a ... – it’s 8 pm, and you’ve been blowing glass for four hours straight. You forgot to bring food in a green take-out box from Maseeh lunch, and

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  orientation was from Alaska. While in Paris this weekend, Ling '07 and I went ... who built giant marble and stained-glass memorials that have long since fallen into disrepair, and yet probably ninety percent of its visitors just

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006