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  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  On this day celebrating eagles, barbeque, and the adoption of the ... ), the City of Boston is shrouded in fog and a light sprinkle of rain. This ... yesterday and the streets around campus as well as the Harvard Bridge were

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  On Mens et Manus The realizations one has whilst building improvised flotation devices.

  

  Name the first thing that comes to mind when you think “MIT” and ... -building. Taking apart and reconstructing various household appliances. Screwing around with computers, and circuits, and microchips (oh my!). Yeah, I

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 14, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  ="Introduction to Solid State Chemistry. Satisfies the Chemistry GIR."]3.091[/annotation] and [annotation note="Introductory Biology. Satisfies the Biology ... first year at MIT, but I feel less excited and more dissatisfied about the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020

  

  , including essays, letters of recommendation, required tests, interviews, and ... MIT appeals to you and why? At MIT, we seek to develop in each member of our community the ability and passion to work collaboratively for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fashion Design at MIT calling all fashionistos and fashionistas [pictures inside!]

  

  Fashion is, evidently, alive and thriving at MIT (we're not just a bunch of nerds who always wear hoodies and jeans!). Tonight, Kappa Alpha ... both Boston professionals as well as MIT student (and alumni) designers

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  , and left me in a somewhat disheveled state. There's homework, lab ... me. He says 'hi.' lol...) But today, I wanted to make some time and ... grade at MIT. My birthday. And so on. I've cried over some of these

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  . Please sit back, relax, and enjoy the show. Let’s start from the beginning ... , I’m essentially an American because I moved down to the States when I ... ). I, like many (but not all) at MIT, knew I wanted to go into math and

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye Free-Body Diagrams Hello free -

  

  above goodies are complementary with the class, I still need to go out and ... purported “blizzard” that otherwise left 49 of the 50 US states covered ... was the first real session of studio, and we… practiced drawing a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  was really kind of terrible form, I know. But Ben and my mom are ... was taught in 1980 by Hal Abelson and Gerry Sussman, the authors of its companion book Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, which also

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In many ways on average-posting

  

  over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment ... so I would often talk to her about her blogs, and see her post them. It was always an event. Our other roommate, Nora and I would race to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Blogs ...for the price of one! (a.k.a. robots)

  

  offering the course a few years ago, and replaced it with 6.01. 6.01 (six oh ... and gone, though, 6.184 is a course offered over IAP that condenses a ... , but I've been quiet and left you in suspense. This means that you all

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 13, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  sunshine - and that was it. Part of me is still wondering when my next problem set is due and why I'm not stressing out about it. The other part of ... 'm heading home to South Bend for a week to recover and recharge before

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  At 9:50 last night, Lucas ‘14 and I were walking through Building 14 ... strong!” Building 14 is shaped like a square and has a square courtyard ... windows, and one of the windows was flapping around on its hinge. The woman

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  over a week ago, and the last time I blogged was last year, but I never ... so many awesome entries planned, and I have to write them, because then I graduate and don't get to be a rockstar blogger anymore. Ack!) So

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW, via Video Experience (or relive) Campus Preview Weekend through online videos.

  

  video recap of much that occurred! I hope this is helpful =) And for those ... videos, compiled from the great people at MIT TechTV and (of course) You ... Susan Hockfield, and an awesome keynote address by Amy Smith. It's long

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Not in our stars, but in ourselves Or in ourselves not to see our stars... or something.

  

  it a year and a half ago, I knew that the best place to check it out ... (18 minutes early) and headed up to the third floor to check out the ... you would walk down the corridor on the first floor and then go up the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  quad, and I couldn't help but be reminded of last summer. It was my last summer before I came to MIT, my last summer home, and the one thing I remember most is how my friends and I used to play volleyball every week. A

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Get The Scoop The dish on ice cream around MIT.

  

  , milk or yogurt and sometimes ice cream. They're often offered with an ... interesting flavors including Olive Oil and Earl Grey Tea, and from this earlier ... , you can walk down Newbury Street and pass JP Licks, Emack and Bolio

  • by Bryan
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  Brief note: I am currently in Ohio, shopping for wedding dresses. And ... 2007 Brass Rat, and Matt has written briefly about the Brass Rats for the ... opportunity to dine -- they don't serve hamburgers and fries there, you know

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dyslexia at MIT Living with dyslexia, and the current state of dyslexia research, at MIT and otherwise

  

  class I took last semester. Reading the literature and interviewing people ... people’s lives but about which I knew almost nothing when I started, and maybe even more about myself as a writer and a person. I thought you might

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 7, 2012