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  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  7 spent less than $1 million and 8 spent nothing. "For a nation, I ... country's brightest children and calls the lack of more programs for them "a ... American excellence." This is a topic we could talk about for hours on end...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  If I had a dollar for every body pillow I’ve purchased in the past six months, I would have four dollars. For a net decrease of ... , getting a dollar for each body pillow I purchase is a rather inefficient way

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2007 Dancing and dining with 950 engineers; candids of Bryan and Sam included (~25 pics)

  

  practical During dinner, we had a jazz band play And then a DJ for post ... The 2007 Senior Ball was last Saturday night, and as a member of the ... event secrets. Seniors took a break from their theses to celebrate, among

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 11, 2007
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the HASS Requirement?

  essential—for educating young engineers, scientists, thinkers, and citizens; for meeting the world's great challenges; and for sustaining the Institute's capacity for innovation.  MIT SHASS is home to research that has
• Blog / How to MIT

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  classes. I don't want to fork over cash for an electric scooter or a bike, neither do I want to pay for a Bluebike ride for an ~8 minute walk every time. We as a society have settled for suboptimal modes of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  application deadlines for this year remain unchanged: November 1 for Early Action (EA), and January 1 for Regular Action (RA). While there are still a few weeks before our application opens, there are some things you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  University of Maryland, College Park for a master’s degree, Morehouse College for a bachelor’s degree, Piscataway High School for my high school diploma, and Theodore Schor Middle School for fun (We had a ceremony, but no

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics Kickoff Things go into Overdrive at a reception at Dean Kamen's house.

  

  applications, I grabbed a Zipcar Prius and set a course for New Hampshire. After ... chess-playing robot and a steam-powered computer. As I looked for a ... (for his cars), a heliport (for his two helicopters). In addition to a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…

  

  .31 (Topics in Mammalian Biology), five for 21A.260 (Embodiment and the Senses), and a book for 21A.100 (Intro to Anthropology)... also material from the ... ; Made a formula sheet for my 5.60 test on Friday. Crazy anal

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doodles: Career Fair Edition A non-tech major takes on the career fair with the help of mechanical pencil illustrations

  

  major works takes up all of the time allotted for a standard ... handful of companies looking for marketers (and a local, book-based tech ... are a senior. (If you're younger, they may or may not want to give you

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Events

  TMI WRT MIT TLA’s Wonderful things happen that I can organize around a coherent theme. Also, I didn't lose…

  

  This was a great day. Take my word for it. What, do you want me to ... opporunity to see War of the Worlds for free--a premium discount on the already ... was no TKD, though. Nightmarket is fantastic. For two dollars, I got a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  ... apparently I'm not very good at applying for stuff, a deficiency I am trying to ... was too scared to ask any MIT profs for favors (I am a huge chicken ... 't get a job; about 4000 people apply annually for 1000 spots). The NIH

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  , and Sam is awesomely posting this for me. My group has been here for just under a day, and we are staying in a guesthouse near the capital for ... humidity are minor concerns. Last night, I ate dinner at a fast food

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  'll have a small reception for any students visiting MIT. The reception will ... visiting MIT on what is a vacation week for some students across the country ... that there will be many students around tomorrow for several reasons

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 3 A recap, with pictures.

  

  ... Got to MIT early, worked the help desk for a couple of hours. Headed ... ) where I got to meet a bunch of cool MIT alums (some of whom actually read these blogs!). Back to the help desk for most of the afternoon. At 5PM, I

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Complementary Post Canvas, balance, lanterns.

  

  , and sat by the Charles River with a group of forty-odd students for a ... Clif bars today. Oops. 5) I got up at 9 today to buy groceries for a club event and also for the co-op (a cooking rotation, basically) on my

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  . Originally I had planned to just take one class a semester for a really long time while continuing to work in the office. But for a variety of reasons ... , even if only for a year. In the three years I have worked in this office

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  graduation requirement), I'm taking 6.UAT, a preparation class for 6.UAP, the ... . Although, notably, one student intuited a possible explanation for the ... ) - ...I've been putting this off for a long, long time. 6.815 (Digital &

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  Oregon for an outdoor-sy family vacation. Anything else? I've run into a ... Manchester, TN for Bonnaroo, a 4-day music & arts festival. Think Woodstock ... working for Lockheed Martin as an engineer and project planner when i get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat

  

  this image for a while -- I'm a huge knitter, and this was my desktop ... 's painted on for a while, too: earlier in my senior year I'd stripped a off ... about it. In a single day, I had a base coat up, went shopping for paint

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014