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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  .... Being a second-semester senior in college sure feels different from being ... ? There's a feeling that goes something like "ugh, if only I'd taken more ... in three or three-and-a-half years, four years feels just right to me

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT wins the gold

  

  at Torino. All photo credits go to Matt Peddie '09. A pretty nighttime shot from far away. Note how the medal design has a hole in the middle ... . You can read a decent list of hacks from the last couple of years here

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The New MIT Viewbook! Last week, after a year of intense introspection (and a ton of work) we saw…

  

  Taking a break from reading today, I saw Matt's latest post and had to chuckle. In looking back a year, he references this post, in which I ... - including you guys, who gave some great feedback in the original post from a

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  around on my laptop and I came across a post on my facebook wall from one ... was a suburban mom of two who was recently separated from the man I had ... I don’t watch much TV anymore and I’m a little behind when it comes

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life as a Talent Scout I could be the next Randy Jackson.

  

  week, in preparation for a CPW event that my fraternity hosts every year, Battle of the Bands, I went to check out a potential band for the ... scraped off with that one. I soon arrived at Harper's Ferry to a packed room

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  A Recycled-Material Selfie Stick Engineering and problem solving in developing nations (the most important problems only, of course....)

  

  ; Warwara is a 9-hour bus ride and 4-hour hike (on foot or by horse) from ... sounds like a fun, silly mini-project that an MIT student would do in their ... Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He’s studying Electrical Engineering. He’s a pretty

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  hear about soon from Snively. #4 is about a free A cappella concert ... won't send mail from Germany to the US. Even though I also have a US ... specifically, #10 is a gchat from this morning with my boyfriend, who's far away

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  well-rounded by participating in a variety of activities, from sport ... in general? I have a completely different point of view from those ... , many women consider taking a few years off from work until their child

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  College Fair! v2.0

  

  . I will, however, be at the computer tonight from 8:00PM EST to 10:00PM ... 's going on? At CollegeWeek Live! you all can participate in a real-time, 2 ... as a live version of the MIT blogs. I'm working the MIT booth tonight

  • by Snively '11
  • March 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Surprise! Long time no see!

  

  , and a nice walk back from dinner, we ended up back at the dorm and I checked my mail. A postcard! We read it, I showed it to Laura, and then ... Ruth. Then, on the way back from dinner, we were discussing Sam, Mitra

  • by Snively '11
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fabulous Festivities & Fireworks for the Fourth The annual Boston Pops concert and fireworks show.

  

  while at MIT. 1. From a Couchamaran or Carboat. MIT students and alums ... , and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the ... nationwide (10pm et/pt on CBS). The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MITHenge Blinded by the light.

  

  religious or scientific purposes. Image from the BBC. A similar phenomenon ... Every June 21st, thousands of people flock to Stonehenge to watch a ... from the experience. Missed it this year? No worries, find out when you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  Commencement and MIDAS (a.k.a. the party button). Check it out. Marsha Bolton ... from the beautiful roof deck of McCormick Hall; it's worth watching just to check out the view from up there. Nice work on ZigZag to producer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Have Your Cake & Drop Date Too The Baker House Piano Drop, and the Spring Weekend Concert.

  

  's pretty exciting to have an awesome concert a minute from your dorm ... can be dropped from your schedule up to 10 weeks into term. A tradition ... from a piano falling six stories onto Amherst Alley from the roof of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Everybody’s Reading Applications!

  

  (hence the low post count this week... luckily Mitra has a couple new ... reading application files today at the Diesel Cafe, I realized that a woman several tables over from me also seemed to be reading applications. As it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2005
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  Interviews are conducted from October through November for Early ... held in person whenever possible, however you may coordinate a virtual ... guidelines on what to expect from your interviewer. After you submit your
• Blog / Academics & Research

  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  okay, so, sophomore fall was brutal. it went from manageable to tedious to outright AWFUL and i'm still recovering from struggling through a ... , i got a 12-month lease with six friends from my floor, and being able

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  A hack, for cap 🇺🇸 spoilers-free

  

  their best work in the dark), hackers installed a Captain America shield ... months, which they started planning about a year ago after learning a new ... in the MCU (and is from the Boston suburb of Sudbury), seemed to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  We Saw a Sea Turtle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  sloppy sketch the night we ran away from a sea turtle (aahhh more than 2 ... This summer, we saw (and observed for two hours!) a real live SEA ... with our mom near the shore at night. We saw a dark moving spot in the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  . Unestablished culture and quiet. Lots of nice things, but a bit far from campus ... (West Campus, East Campus, Off-Campus). And from those experiences I think ... housing, which actually means practically nothing. It's mostly just a place

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011