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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Thanksgiving! Holiday wishes and fun stuff.

  

  Happy Thanksgiving! My friend Jennifer (MIT '01) is an artist/baker extraordinaire. This week I got her annual Thanksgiving comic in my inbox: Dear ... family, friends, food, and fun! You can learn more about Jennifer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Get Your Wii On. A Dome Hack!!!

  

  In honor of the release of the Nintendo Wii the Great Dome found itself hacked. Photo Credit: Eric Schmiedl More photos can be found here ... back to one of my favorite video games from when I was a kid, Zelda! The

  • by Bryan
  • November 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  ZigZag Episode 7 A new episode features Commencement highlights and an interview with the party button guys.

  

  hosts this episode, and it features some interviews I conducted with graduating students (you can frequently see my thumb). Marsha is broadcasting ... working on a Masters in Fine Arts degree full time for the next year; Zig

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  respectability politics. Why can’t I just be respected? I’ve loved watching as our ... can’t we just be respected. I know drag queens who moonlight as field ... brilliant content, and I can’t help but wonder when their families will be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Quidditch: The Best Thing EVER? Yes.

  

  Today. I. Joined. Quidditch. The awesomeness is still sinking in ... for a while. I bike year-round, but today was the first time since fall that I went on a bike ride for fun, instead of just to get to class

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics Kickoff Things go into Overdrive at a reception at Dean Kamen's house.

  

  ...Heliport? Heliport? Did I read that correctly? Yes, Kamen has, in addition to a garage ... applications, I grabbed a Zipcar Prius and set a course for New Hampshire. After battling traffic caused by the likes of Barack Obama and Ron Paul, I arrived

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  experience. (As some others of you may also be dimly aware, I was in the ... about this, since (as stated above) I was in band in high school. The band ... I realized the other day that, despite the fact that most of you are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Show In Town [by David Freilach, Guest Blogger/Assistant Director, LVAC] ARTalk guest blogger David Freilach checks out the…

  

  entrance to the new Central Square Theater. (Photo by CST) I had the chance ... weeks before it opened. I suppose as a member of the MIT community and a museum administrator, I could claim I went for professional interests, but

  • by ARTalk
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  2026 ring premiere! and what led up to it!

  

  . It has an extensive history (that I won’t go into but you can read ... more and more people filed in. At some point, I poked my head out to ... your class all gathered in one place, and I knew this, but it was still

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  projects in the Maker Portfolio (we think she said yes, as long as you ... some variation of “What did you do in high school to get into MIT ... rising seniors in high school, so we will use it’s format as inspiration

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots Here's how I spent my summer.

  

  about my UROP   ^_^ It all started back in March, when I began poking ... Computer Science), with a heavy interest in biology.  I had intended to get a ... engaged.  Thus, bottle rockets! In July, I started mentoring at my school

  • by Piper '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Things got poopy in Beijing and edible.

  

  mango juice in a turd mug. I ordered a House of Poo Poo variation of ... , done that" …and I would probably do it again, but only if in a ... This past weekend, I went to dinner with a group of MIT and Johns

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 28, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  foundation for much of the social science research I love best. In his article ... is so difficult to answer is because of the problems I discussed in the ... announcing the signs we've read in the application's entrails? I don't think

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 2 TableTop, Net Neutrality, Complexity Theory And More

  

  series of TableTop and I fell in love. Every week Wil Wheaton would gather ... Role-Playing Game show. I can't wait! Youtubers Fighting For Net ... players fare in an ancient world?" "What if Afghanistan was never invaded

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  . I can't help but be excited. International selection. Choosing ... inactivity ever since I began this blog. What's been keeping me so busy ... -qualified applicants is a daunting task. I'm excited about the choices we've made, while

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  simple it is. I make it every week or so for my family in the evenings and ... process. I guess that can also be what it feels like to go through personal ... . But in and of itself, little bits of fruit are nice too. I wouldn't hate

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  . In the email, please include your full name, date of birth, and the ... begin a first-year application in our application portal until you have ... , along with the QB supplement, in place of our first-year application
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Look At Stagecraft [by Susan Shepherd '11] And axes!

  

  human boy up on her own, as best she can; Oberon is furious at her refusal ... Oberon's orders. In addition, the words of the play haven't been changed except for a few brief instances where the actors have added in

  • by ARTalk
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  up going in very interesting directions. I almost wish I’d had an older ... This past March, a few days after my birthday, I spent a Saturday ... Covert Operations in Deep Cover and The Game Mechanics of Pokémon. There

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  worn beauty of the halls. Even between West or East Campus dorms, I can ... FSILGs tend to locate themselves in whatever nice house they can acquire ... cultures. You see, I have this theory that for MIT dorms, function follows

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005