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

  

  purchase a solar-powered biodiesel station to make their dream of turning ... must pay $1.10 a gallon to get rid of this oil, which is used to deep ... petro-diesel to create a blended fuel that can be used in MIT’s

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

  Let the Rush Begin On Greek Life at MIT.

  

  one at all either. I remember coming to MIT as a freshman and hearing ... . A free meal or an outing to go paintballing is always also fun as well ... LAN party. Wednesday, we went off to mini-golf. Rush is always a

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  remember starting to giggle - and then my eyes were closed and I was in a ... packs strapped to my face. Lovely. Since then, I've been on a ... SPRING BREAK. This is a nice introduction to what I have going on this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you ... Casey ‘18 to build a computer program that plays poker (triplicate sit ... application to computer science. Unlike Tic-Tac-Toe or Chess, poker is a game of

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  head down, marching on highlights of spring semester

  

  ."]dreams.[/annotation] # For about a month I managed to write on the weekends, but classes expand ... trying to run after spending three and a half months in one room. Then ... sometimes frivolous and a grand old time. We walked to JP Licks and got one

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 21, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  hold closest to my heart, my self-described raison d'être, is “being a ... reason to motivate me to expend a little more emotional energy to make sure ... brace for impact and hope for the best. You have to fall with them a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  .01: Introduction to Hacking. A student's grade in 19.01 is based on three components ... 's helpful to note that a semester is roughly four months, or sixteen weeks ... semester, compared to midterms that happen a quarter or three-quarters of the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Dah noo-loo Hey kah ay-ay u-nye

  

  their "talk to people not from MIT" routines. It's funny, MIT is in a ... actually were given a 15 minute talk in the bus about how to behave while not ... hundreds of companies come and court hundreds of students. It's a time when

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Cake-offs, chariot races, and salsa dancing

  

  As you may know, MIT has a strong and vibrant Greek community, made up of 27 fraternities and 5 sororities (with one more coming to campus ... together is during “Greek Week,’ which was held this year from April 27 to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Hosts

  

  at this point, but it'd be nice to know. Here's the scoop: we spent a ... our best to find you a host that matched your personality, interests ... to see many of you in just a few days! CPW Weather Watch: Thursday, 50

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 3, 2005
• Blog / Events

  tEpikazoo Thoughts on cooking and gratuitous prefixes

  

  offered a slice to Li Brunetto '12, who tasted it and replied, very ... battle scenes in Lord of the Rings allow pika to run a meal plan 7 days a ... lost a finger due to some unfortunate chopping accident and ended up

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  temporary room. Don't unpack. (A good strategy is to pack a suitcase with a ... it from talking to a wide variety of current dorm residents. Second, I ... being miserable. It's okay to have a first choice, but make sure you like

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  The college recruiting process can be a confusing world to maneuver ... wanted a top-notch academic school. I went to an [annotation note="An ID ... MIT coach a lot, which made my connection to MIT feel stronger. I kept

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  concentration. Think of it as a flexible version of MechE. I was hoping to do 2A ... being in this major? It would really be a shame to major in something that ... I want to do, which has left me swaying quite a bit between staying in

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  MIT classes are assigned a number of units to roughly scale their ... ), there was a class each term which had the curious tendency to absorb all ... ), I decided that I wanted to try a different approach: below the 48 unit

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House: Where The Sidewalk Ends A tour of Next House!

  

  , solar rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows, a bright dining hall, and a ... freshmen get assigned to not only a regular advisor but a resident advisor ... opportunity to get advice from an adult and a wise upperclassman. Also, the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle A prize will go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  

  applications and I promise you that no one will be harmed! Take a moment to ... stressed-out over the SATs, ACTs, SAT IIs and EIEIO (a test only given by Professor O. McDonald), but you deserve a break today. Listen closely: drop

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  summertime! and the livin's easy?

  

  sent out to my friends, I thought: oh! this would be a cute blog so that ... build a really cool fort, but it's sad to see much of our work be brushed ... the summer and I had to whip up a CAD. It took more time than I had

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  (DMSE), I have the perfect tools to conduct a quantitative analysis of MIT ... , arranged left to right.[/caption] To test these samples, I used a Vickers ... Introduction Before coming to college, I often wondered how hard MIT

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / Events

  DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

  

    It was an epic battle, a tournament to the death. Tens of ... body of water Brad had promised (signed a legally binding contract) to ... setting is a pretty amazing thing to have once the explosion that is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006