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  The Way We Live Saunas make me think

  

  . According to a recent New York Times blog titled "The Rise of the Toilet Texter", 91 percent of people between 28-35 have used their mobile devices ... think of. As our Internet culture continues to mature, words such as

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  Mmm, it's a hot one today (93oF, or 38.9oC for those of you who use a logical degree system)! Days like this make me glad for two things: 1) my ... of things to try this summer -- so Adam rigged up a foam ducting system

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wolfram Alpha Tonight!

  

  want to a ridiculous degree of accuracy and depth. I can't get into too ... search for is information. Any information. It will tell you the GDP of any ... the history of that country's GDP. It can tell you about scales in music

  • by Snively '11
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my ... is one of my favorite television shows. During one recent episode, Stephen Colbert interviewed Richard Hersh, a former university president who

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mattress Dominoes! One of many reasons why my summer is better than yours.

  

  For those of you who don't remember or are new here (or don't care ... Northwestern University, an intensive three-week academic program for gifted ... my argument, too. There's a video on CollegeHumor of some students

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  On Valentine's Day, (boy/girl)friends of MIT students have a unique ... - offered these options: 1. Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Stevie Wonder 2. Can ... Green The Muses - a female a cappella group - offered these options: 1. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  ,312 students applied to join the MIT Class of 2023. As of today (inclusive of Early Action), we have offered admission to 1,410 students. The Class of ... MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2023 are now

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Forbes and MIT there's graphs in this one

  

  Forbes article, MIT was listed as one of the most attended universities of ... , and University of Pennsylvania. Obviously, awards are subjective, and ... On Jan 3rd, Forbes published their annual list of the 30 Under 30 of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 19, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  weights of the top three airplanes at the end of today: University of ... Today was the major flight day for most of the teams at the Design ... possible. We wanted our plane, Corn Dog, to fly all three of our missions

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving and a Small Hack Quick updates from tropical Boston

  

  my hometown - 5 degrees Fahrenheit with 6 inches of snow - puts the ... We’re approaching the end of the semester with remarkable velocity. There are just two more weeks of school before finals, and all of my

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  11 landed on the Moon. And because of MIT's significant role in the ... (!) talking about their experiences. There has been a lot of coverage of the ... that I guess is on a lot of people's minds: Q. So how do you pee in space

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life or something like it Apparently this blog is supposed to be about my life. So here's some stuff about…

  

  I can write some sort of blazingly exotic blog entry full of exclamation points and intruige. But alas, my life is full of the same sorts of ... class here. But it's kind of nice to know that I can until almost three

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2020 Wait List Decisions We're sending out wait list decisions today.

  

  decision. Out of the 437 students on our wait list, 26 were offered admission ... many of you have been awaiting news about our wait list. During this time ... from the wait list. This year, we had a record-high percentage of

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 11, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  final week of excitement at MIT. Events include "Breakfast with the ... today on this blog, I also begin a weeklong celebration of our seniors. I ... representative of the class as a whole. They are not random, but rather students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  Professor Virk teaches 10.301 and I hear he's a fan of Nelly. ------------------------------------------------------- Since you are a member of the MIT Class of 2007, You get to ask a ... much...FREE FOOD. ALL THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH How about this: Get a

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  Fellows." Each participating university also selects a team of 3 students to represent the university; schools are ranked according to the sum of the ranks ... The results of the 2015 Putnam Competition were recently released

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales from the application process Results from the 'mini-contest.'

  

  learned where both of my parents went to college, what their degrees were ... process. Dozens of you wrote in with wonderful, funny, and sometimes ... getting good grades, and one of them is knowing how to cook amazingly simple

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  Onion: MIT Fraternity Accused Of Robot Hazing April 12, 2006 | Issue 42: 15 CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Several members of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology chapter of the Theta Tau fraternity are in campus-police custody

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

  Jargon

  

  Putting the definition of punt at the end of my last entry got me skimming through the glossary of my current edition of How to Get Around MIT (alternatively "How To GAMIT" or "HoToGAMIT"). Since you're reading blogs of MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  practically done everything my school has to offer and am also the president of ... application. Some common supplements we see would include: recording of your music performance; slides/Powerpoint of your artwork; an additional

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005