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• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  even better from here. Really, words fail me. I almost feel like a pre ... would have thought I could be envious of a pre-frosh?), because Dr. Weinberg - who was my professor for 7.012 last fall - is a brilliant

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  lucky to live in a city that had 24/7-accessible rental cars. We were ... the beautiful is one I can't pass on. [caption id="attachment_100807 ... solar geeks are on this list I thought I should share… it’s a [Kp9] night

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  petro-diesel to create a blended fuel that can be used in MIT’s ... and administrators in the MIT community is a clear indicator of the ... sundresses, flip-flops and shorts. Today, we are in the midst of a winter storm

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 4

  

  . Tonight, I took a break from the work I'm continuing to do with the ... them in one photo!): After that random encounter, our subcommittee ... subcommittee was Ben and another student, a great team. The three of us worked

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tattoo ideas No, I'm not getting a tattoo. But I do need your tattoo advice.

  

  No, I'm not getting a tattoo. But I do need your tattoo advice. As a ... be small -- say, 2 inches square. What I need are your ideas for a temporary tattoo, from MIT, that you would find fun

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  book. I concentrated, reviewing the sounds and images in my mind so that ... . My favorite author spoke in the same manner that he wrote. I wondered ... Boston Book Festival brochure to him for a signature. I felt small in his

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Snow-bama Snow? Obama? At MIT? AHH.

  

  snow-that-can-barely-be-called-snow deigns to appear about once in ten years, it was understandably a big deal for me when last Sunday, in the ... exciting is that??! They TALKED to us. And we didn't get arrested! Or shot by

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Quick Update My neighbors are celebrating by firing guns in the air which is not conducive to…

  

  New year's eve here in Karachi. Assault rifle fire is really loud. I ... electricity is flowing and the guns are shooting, I'll be awake in the basement ... , good luck, and feel free to email me at the address in the banner. Have a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.

  

  costume. So, here I am as a duke: Note the plume in my hat. Hats with ... 's Sandman) in the background, which is one of my favorites, out of all the many murals on campus. :) I'd also like to give a quick shout out to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Like Never Before Kevin Rustagi '11 talks about the MIT LMC and then some.

  

  LMC (Live Music Connection). To be brief, the MIT LMC is basically a ... various other events. They have a (FREE!) CD out that's available on their website, as well as iTunes. Kevin gave me a copy of the CD, titled Like

  • by Celena C. '12
  • August 30, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  Procrastination For Finals ...so I cooked dinner instead.

  

  take that long; i don't usually cook dinner during term just because i'm too lazy when there's a lot of assignments and exams - i really only ... into the process, a lot of water will come out from the mushrooms that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  E-mails in French House "Seriously, people, what's going on here?"

  

  , but in the past I have acquired both a pair of jeans and a Snuggie ... kitchen, there is a "sacrificial table" - "sac tab" for short. Any item ... 's a loaf of cinnamon bread in the frigo de boissons) - Il y a des

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  , one of the MIT students who in September launched a $150 camera balloon ... out and begin mapping, we'll have that data at a later date -- when we ... How are you planning to spend the day? Jeffrey Warren, a Media Arts

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Math = Broken Whatchu know about math?

  

  finished most of a Diff Eq. PSET (I started at 10:45 PM, it's been a long day ... Mathematica could do it." Jon: "I know, the same thing happened to me. I think I figured out how to do it though." Me: "How?" Jon: "Here, look what I did

  • by Snively '11
  • February 22, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

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  MIT doesn't provide names or contact information for current students. To learn more about MIT from a student's perspective, please spend time on our site learning about academics and life at MIT. Through our
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Sunday Everyone Go read Marilee's post... NOW.

  

  desperately to get my kids to remember who I am, I logged in to publish an "I'm excited for everyone to get their mail this week!" post. In my in-box was ... have done so, and have decided not to do a post of my own, because you

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  two wonderful Protofrosh (that is, applying seniors), who were matched ... infinities of different sizes. Another, we showed that a single sphere of ... proved that computers are incapable of solving all problems (in fact, they

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Square Root Day Your daily dose of nerd humor.

  

  Did any of you notice today was a square root day? I didn't, until I ... ." This is part of why I love MIT - people here actually appreciate this kind of joke. (In related news, Pi Day is only eleven days away. Get

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Introduction To MIT World ...and my blog's first feature: Akamai, Clever and Cool!

  

  lectures at MIT. MIT World has been in operation since 2001 and today has a ... source of unmediated content reflects a wide range of ideas that are ... , peacemakers, and scientists - and even a physicist who is a poet — Frank Wilczek

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Rachel was at SF Pride with Facebook

  

  -- on the bus there, I ran into a flock of Google interns wearing this ... really impressive. I mean, I don't even bother registering for classes that ... Whole Foods float. Much, much later, we got a closer look and realized it

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 1, 2011