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• Blog / Admissions

  Hartford meeting wrap-up Giving a better answer to a question I was asked in my Hartford meeting.

  

  student that likes to build things for fun, enjoys racing, or wants to learn ... for Ghana, India, and Lesotho, with more to come. Of course, this is ... seemed to find the session helpful and informative. I did get one question

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Reunion Weekend MIT alumni return to campus.

  

  This past weekend, thousands of MIT alumni returned to campus to ... . Instead, take this time to read up on a few MIT alumni that I have ... Vice President for Alternative Programming, Specials and Late Night at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rejoicing A few things worth celebrating.

  

  hopefully no one is looking for a grand unified theme. First, I would like to ... It is 2:30 and I already stained my neurons and nail-polished them to ... Center for Biomedical Research. So I'm a) alleviating boredom, b) avoiding

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 7, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What programs does Office of Minority Education offer?

  The MIT Office of Minority Education (OME) provides a home base for many of MIT's underrepresented minority students. OME's mission is to ... society. Matriculation to one of the world’s top schools of science and
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I test out of some classes by taking Advanced Standing Exams?

  Advanced Standing Examinations are one way to earn credit for MIT ... 've already mastered introductory coursework at MIT, then you can take an ASE to ... begins. If you do well you get to keep your grade on the ASE as your
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How many students play sports at MIT?

  their time at MIT. For students who want to stay active but who don't wish to participate in varsity athletics, there are also more than 30 ... frisbee, you'll have an opportunity to exercise your body and mind at MIT
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are Psets?

  If you're interested in MIT, you have to learn a little bit about ... ; for many, problem-solving is the essence of the MIT education. Faculty vary as to the portion of course credit derived from psets. In some cases
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  close to winning.) When I started blogging for Admissions, I was dating a ... ’s inevitable that you’ll have a lot to catch up on. I’ll start here: Hi, I ... first to graduate — I graduated with degrees in biology and brain and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  want, but not how to get there." For them, I weep frozen tears of ... capacity for deceit while hooked up to a polygraph, human dog sledding ... psychopomp? The answer is about to be served implicitly atop an egocentric

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  the party so that I could pretend to sleep for half an hour before ... , Caltech's cannon appeared at MIT for CPW, complete with intricately machined ring around the barrel. Of course, it was not going to stay forever, and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  , not three, but FOUR times since I last did, it is clearly time for me to ... about the Red Sox. Because had it not been for the MIT Blogs, I'm not ... allowed to say that on here?) I do, however, care whether YOU win or lose

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  We’re So Back a collage of preseason

  

  1. Welcome Back to Campus Preseason Kickoff Preseason for fall sports ... , field hockey, and all the other fall sports come back to campus to prepare for the fall season. This period of time is when the hyphenated word of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  /bio/chem till my brain feels like it's dying. And then I go to lab and do things ... . Starbucks works during various hours of the day. For instance: 1. The busiest ... stretches all the way to and sometimes out of the door. 2. At any given time

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Complementary in Kinetic Typography Posted with permission from the author. Meet Rishi '14!

  

  When I saw this video back in late April, it was instantly copied to a ton of MIT internal email lists that I am on. I proceeded to get ... most creative stories I've heard. Just gotta share this. :) "MIT, for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 23, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  GEL-ing Gordon Engineering Leadership program, that is

  

  for MIT’s newspaper, The Tech. Some people will try to tell you ... selected for GEL learn how to best tackle working in a group and take ... the campus life center, gently harassed a staff member to let me use his

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  should I do in order to know MIT better?" A great starting point for how you can get to know MIT better are these very blogs. Actually, Blogger Emeritus Mollie posted this helpful and interesting post to a discussion

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  that police say involved butyl alcohol and compressed air. According to ... 13 inches in diameter, was reportedly forced to climb stairs built at a grade too steep for its small hinged legs, causing six of its pneumatic

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spectacle I was going to title this entry "Spectacle of Light," because I mention MIThenge. Then…

  

  routine for the past 7 years, and I'm not about to stop now. (Although ... a month that I get my act together and cook real food for myself, even ... . I don't want you guys to go getting the wrong impression about me

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Tofu corndogs and low-fat ice cream

  

  low-fat Cool Whip to satisfy my sweet tooth. I am lucky for two things. First, we have the ability to cook for ourselves, and that gives us a lot ... Convenience is closed for the summer. If I want cookies, I have to purposely

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Painting and a trip into Boston

  

  th East alum who just moved to California and was back in town for the ... campus, we went to Chicago Pizza, just a few blocks away, for dinner. ... Yesterday evening I came back from work to discover my friend Kim, a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 7, 2005