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• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  Yo, I've been getting a lot of questions lately in the comments and I ... my head. "MIT's music program is like the fugacity of water in a water ... done this weekend instead of studying for finals, exactly? Well, what I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  of offering ''universal access to human knowledge," and, in pursuit of ... plenty of time to read both the New York Times and the Boston Globe. The ... Brewster Kahle '82 (right, courtesy Library of Congress) and the Internet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  Just got back from the inauguration of MIT's sixteenth president, Susan Hockfield. Both of the office cameras were checked out by others, so ... was fairly packed, with much of the MIT community representing, as well

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  Thursday a feeling: walked home in 24-degree weather after ... fear: spending my life like i am this month, in a bubble of people who ... overlooks a city but is not quite part of the city a thought: my capacity to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  you use, but at the end of the day you're arguing over degrees of ... wrote our responses so that you can get several points-of-view on the same ... the culture. From the hackers scaling buildings under cover of night to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pottermania hits MIT Excitement for the release of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.

  

  answer," he says. Fan websites offer plot summaries of all the books, and ... the release of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series ... time around, but on the morning of July 16, 2005 -- when the sixth book

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  IAP externship offer for the month of January and had the opportunity ... to think of myself as someone who asks the tough questions and is not afraid to get to the heart of issues. So in the spirit of Charlie Rose

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  .013 and 7.014 are offered in the spring.  All of these classes cover the ... Congratulations to the incoming Class of 2018!  Each and every one of ... . Some of them already know where they are living, and maybe they even

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds like home Quarantine songs, from my home to yours

  

  communications. I offered the idea to make our own MIT version of Chilled ... with my computer screen for 12 hours a day, now seemed as good of a time as any to save this post from the crowded purgatory of [annotation note

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  -campus dining options; there's a huge cooking culture in many of the dorms, as ... still think MIT's the place that can't be beat; the majority of my ... ; Michelle, do you remember?) year of high school, when my friend Michelle

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Food, Folks, and Fun…..but definitely not mcdonald’s Quinton makes friends at the Muslim Student Association

  

  , attended the dinner and offered words of introduction. He has been a member ... community. Over the past couple of months, I have been exploring this wild and ... , and staff as humanly possible in order to get a full taste of the true

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I'd known it would come to ... concentration, sitting through an hour and a half of lecture without being ... that about 30% of us were going to be kicked out of the class by the end

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  -time photography, and holds the distinction as one of the greatest think tanks in the world. You would think that access to millions of dollars of lab space and ... privilege is mostly a result of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  will be "Pulsars"...Please confirm acceptance of this offer by 5:00 PM ... offer you an appointment to The NRAO Summer Student Research Assistantship ... than that, and spent all of Thursday grinning like a crazy person. The

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the Class of 2012 and would like to request a one-year (or sometimes two ... choose one of September, 2009 (1 gap/deferral year) September, 2010 (2

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Remaking MITadmissions.org we are psychic vampires, please give us your ideas

  

  We're closing in on Pi Day and still in the midst of making decisions, which I know many of you await with varying degrees of anxiety. But while ... complete overhaul, probably exceeding in terms of potential transformation

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the Class of 2014 and would like to request a one-year (or sometimes two ... of September, 2011 (1 gap/deferral year) September, 2012 (2 gap

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  place a stick of incense in the incense pot at a temple festival. Now ... and today, and I thought I would post some of the good things that came ... of coping with being away from home. My only good advice for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... categories you see at the top of the site. I decided this afternoon that I ... 'd been getting a lot of questions lately. Lo and behold, while looking for

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

  

  i'm currently in the midst of my second week of online school. things ... May 4th, which means that i won't see him or any of my friends for a while. i'm kind of emo about it, but have decided to take advantage of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 7, 2020