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  Quick updates Just a few notes -- that's all we have time for right now!

  

  event this Thursday at 8pm EST / 5pm PST. I hope you'll be there! If you didn't get the email or lost it, let me know in the comments (leave your email address) and I'll get the information to you. It should be fun and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  ate it up. I will be having more turkey on Thursday in Plymouth, MA ... happy, as it will be the first time in my life that I'm not home to help ... work in a short week, professors seem to believe that it is perfectly

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Afternoon Props Props to ten people/committees/inanimate objects that deserve props.

  

  deserve some props, and dare I say mad props at that, for genuinely ... -Conner rooming committee, for doing a fantastic job with the in-house reassignment ... "Sunshowers" by M.I.A. "I bongo with my lingo and I beat it like a wing, yo" 3

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: The 2016 Siemens Competition is now open

  

  As I've blogged before, many students who are interested in MIT are also interested in high school research competitions, including (but not ... volunteer judges to review student projects. All students in grades 9

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  table. So while we're buried in the committee room, here's a topic I ... on the web, as we've been in selection committee since last wednesday. Though it's been a lot of work, I've been having a lot of fun. Selecting

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Multidimensional Showcasing an aspiring physicist with amazing musical talent

  

  Occasionally as I lie in bed at night puzzling over the hecticness that is so typical of life here at MIT, I hear piano chords playing on repeat from the floor above. I always smile. I know the musician, and I

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  When I was in high school one of the most influential non-fiction books that I read was Studs Terkel's "Working" (which was subtitled ... years, Terkel's Working still holds up, it's a great read. I suspect in

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?

  

  .500: Senior Seminar in Music, but since I've never worked in a small ... . Heck, the only time I even spent in lab today was when I snuck over to my ... ) named Seven. I wonder if that makes his name 73000? Dre was also named

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  more to go. 12:05 PM – I head back to the maker lab in building E25 to ... fatigue, I have a lot of fun fielding questions and discussing ways in which ... us don't have any background in designing or making things, I'm quite

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  about the school that I’ll be attending in just a few short months. My ... ;class="photo"> Um… Speaking of pictures, I apologize in advance for the poor quality ... with a few friends, including one I haven’t seen in almost two years

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Some CPW Thoughts The latest on CPW planning from the Admissions Office.

  

  had a dream where I visited Snively at his school. I walked in in the ... CPW hosts This past week, my colleagues and I spent many, many hours ... don't, don't worry -- I assure you we have a host for you. CPW invades

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.

  

  So over in the world of UROP, things were pretty exciting this week. Now here's how the morning started. I'll admit that I don't read the newspaper or the watch the news as often as I should, but that's why I am glad

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  in a place called "Malinckrodt". (I wasn't an Orientation Leader in ... - basically, I'm hoping that in time her intrinsic fashion sense may somehow rub ... glory of Tuesdays, in which I get up at 7 to bus over to Harvard for a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What MIT Is Like for Non-Technology Majors a quirk of the institvte

  

  -rollers in their lounge. The Massachusetts Institute of Trolling: I might minor in this department, but I'm not sure which of the classes I should ... -editing school. As someone who is not that interested in Technology at all, I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two cakes and six cupcakes ...they may or may not resemble astronomical objects.

  

  I mentioned that I'm in the midst of a summer research program at the ... here with me, and one of them turned 21 three weeks ago. I mentioned that ... C-O regions in the Whirlpool Galaxy, using data from the Very Large

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2009!

  

  Happy May 2nd! With the final responses in the mail by today, it will ... about the Class of 2009. I'm very excited to see who the class will be! In the meantime, all of you '09s should check out the Firstyear site

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 2, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stories from Uganda [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Installing an exhibit in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery.

  

  might remember I spent two months in Uganda that summer under a Public Service Center Fellowship. In June 2009, I traveled to Uganda again with ... brings computers to secondary and primary schools in Uganda. I have been a

  • by ARTalk
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  first real snow!! wow so magical

  

  : "where are you right now?" me: "i'm in the green building! what's up ... i woke up this morning and it was COLD. i checked the weather. lo and behold -- snow was finally upon us!!!! at 3 pm i walked to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 11, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Places to Sit at MIT and study

  

  I came to MIT with an ambitious goal: to sit everywhere on campus. Oh yeah, and to get an MIT degree. After four years, I've completed neither goal. Never fear, I'm taking another semester in the fall to finish my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Engineer, Blogger… Rhodes Scholar (!) Melis wins the Rhodes Scholarship!

  

  , she has a perfect academic record at M.I.T. She has done research in ... in tissue engineering. She also is editor-in-chief of the M.I ... University in England. "I'm tremendously excited," Anahtar, 21, a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2007