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  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  . "These are all different ways of getting ideas from one head to another ... As I mentioned earlier, Neil Gaiman is coming to MIT! The lecture he ... still think Neil wins. (No offense to the guv'nor, of course.) Of course

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  entails being able to tread water for ten minutes (hey - you also get to ... high school, I always felt that PE was something tedious to get through ... and best wishes! :) On November 7, I received an email. To be honest, I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  - if you aren't the sh*t, you're not going to get into MIT. Having said ... split into two or three, but I didn't want to dominate the homepage. :-) ------------------------------------------------------- Campus Preview Weekend Registration Deadline The deadline to register for

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  ? Questions from last entry will be answered when I get back to Beantown. Well ... getting used to, but now I feel funny if I don't wear it. After graduation ... I humbly consider to be the most superior Brass Rat ever. (Hee.) My

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  send it to you?" Absolutely! "Are admission interviews available in my ... interviewer in your area. You can always write to [email protected] to ask ... 't have a foreign language requirement, so you don't really need to worry

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  science.  And honestly? My instincts were correct. I was able to get a pulse ... you get to know  Now I’m in a big city. I don’t go out into Boston as ... , surrounded by soggy tourists. I don’t think I could get used to that forever

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  ; two pairs of jeans; just enough socks, shirts, and underwear to get by ... when it is in fact only mid-range cheap.  I get to my room. I’m allergic ... ’t flatter.  All day I am sniffly, and when I get back to my room I cannot

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  friends as much as from my classes, have been things I wouldn’t expect to be ... —and the tools to make our own new beautiful things. This blog post is about ... rest of this post is by someone who, in addition to being an in general

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  The train in Spain is ungainly, take a plane I'm an MITblogger, get me out of here!

  

  there waiting for one of the two or three daily trains to get us into ... beach was made of SAND. I even managed to get a lady to watch our stuff ... ocean. And the third day was not supposed to exist, but I had a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  easily to the strangers i pass on my way home. it's finally warm enough ... windowsill. recently, most people i've talked to have been high-strung and uncertain. recently, it has been hard to see the good in the world. recently

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  changed SO much since then. at MIT, you don't really get time to read unless ... rooms. most public places are shut down, so there's nowhere to go anyway ... amounts of time just so you have to find fewer things to occupy yourself

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  get in touch with them, as it may take them several days to respond to ... ’ve made it this far – congratulations! We’re excited to have you applying to ... your testing by October, do not worry; you do not have to remove MIT from

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Going Home We're halfway through MIT? o____o

  

  - but you gotta do what you gotta do. Maybe I'll get around to writing ... cumin and pepper, and place chicken legs, skin down, on the oil to pan-fry. 5. Once chicken skin begins to change color/aroma begins to develop

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 23, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  during the school year that you didn't quite get to because you were ... . IAP is another name of the month of January. Some people may be quick to ... people who may also like to point out that I haven't blogged in like two

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  to explain why. Thanksgiving is when Americans gather together with their families to take part in a few time-honored traditions: huge, home ... holiday. Apparently (according to Wikipedia, anyway) the parade began back

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  CRACKED [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Part art-support group, part studio, part community, and part activist.

  

  ’d like to tell you a little more about Cracked. Cracked is a student ... part activist. We called our first meeting "Bring it to the Table." We ... well as space in CAVS to meet, and we arrived early in order to prepare

  • by ARTalk
  • May 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  high school counselors signed up to listen to Matt's and Ben's presentation. They asked me to tag along as an example of somebody who's not only ... for another, I was actually interested in what they had to say. It

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  a fearless innovator with “new and insightful ways to tackle ... has tinkered with bacteria to make them produce a petroleum-like fuel ... ’s clear that he can’t get enough of its taste. He arrived at

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “…being a geek works out…” A UROP at the Center for Sports Innovation.

  

  shave his head bald to get rid of aerodynamic drag before the 2004 Tour de ... 's major newspaper. Figuring ways to go faster with the flow By Phil Mc ... clients -- from Tour de France stage winners to some of North America

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  't go to MIT or go on the exchange program, do try to get over to England ... is MIT's flagship junior year abroad program, allowing MIT students to ... , "I would never do a program like that. I would hate to leave MIT for a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005