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  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  scientific institutes* by eating 12 packs of Jello in one sitting. Eating ... As promised last week, I'm presenting the winning entries of the CPW ... attendees based on their representation of MIT's revelry in unjaded vitality

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  about this time during my senior year of high school and that was really ... state college the next. And I got lots of work here now, but at least I ... Applicant for the Class of 2021, and see how you’re doing. If you

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The REX That Was a review of the most recent confusion

  

  first day of classes, and the first meeting of CMS.614/21W.791 Network ... with the (soon-to-be-introduced) new bloggers for the Class of 2020 to ... so saw the Class of 2020 arrive on campus for their orientation, of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  ) last semester I'm finally able to jump into a couple of the CS classes ... all of my classes.  After genuinely considering changing my major at the end of last semester, it's a nice change of pace. 6.006 Introduction To

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Most of You Will Be Deferred Option three

  

  . Dear Ella,  We have completed our early action review of your ... 't read the rest of the email. I turned the windshield wipers back on. I ... lot of attention to MIT Admissions. I didn't read the blogs. I didn

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 6, 2021
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  the bottom of this blog entry. You may have caught this news item ... . I.B.M. plans to announce Monday that it is in the final stages of ... . If the program beats the humans, the field of artificial intelligence

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions Available Online MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.

  

  admit rate of 10%, or about one of every ten applicants. We have offered a ... together a class. I know I speak for all of the admissions officers when I say that this has been a very difficult admissions process because of

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Entrepreneurship & Innovation

  soul searching at CES 2019 a non-journalist's take

  

  that's the whole point of a technology showcase but let me FEEL!) I'm a ... didn't even know about until a couple of my friends told me to register ... a quarter of the displays. The Las Vegas Convention Center is huge

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  Technology Lab). We spent a few more hours building our model of a house in ... mimicked in a higher-pitched voice and some sort of everlasting smile. It ... , a land of glue, x-acto knives, mounds of paper, pencil and pens

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  had a perfect view of Cambridge and Boston out my window. The plane was ... other bits and pieces of buildings strewn throughout Boston and Cambridge ... , one of the speakers during my Orientation challenged my classmates and

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

  1 Month, 0 Classes IAP tomorrow and an opportunity to mystery hunt!

  

  technology public policy strongly guides the future of science education and ... ...well only if I choose to. Tomorrow marks the beginning of IAP (Independent Activities Period)...It's one of my favorite times of the year

  • by Bryan
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  freshman here at MIT now, although I have no way of proving that. The irony ... terms of competitive college admissions and how we (meaning all colleges ... down a notch - otherwise the lives of high school students are destined

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  Dining is such a fancy word. Think of the different mental pictures ... regardless of what you call it, there are many, many ways to acquire sustenance at MIT. Some of these include: Meal plans 5-star restaurants

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  Ruth said: "Seriously, update! A more pictures, less blocks of text ... , gracefully has her cake and eats it too. And the rest of Conner 2 (plus ... ? Well, I finally made it home and then spent a lot of time catching up on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  past At the beginning of the semester, upon looking at my overloaded ... . Still, though, I’m glad I did it. I learned the limits of how much my ... many finals I would have to take at the beginning of the semester instead

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  Olympics). We entered every event offered. We won most of them, but I think ... Buick Regal — not the whole car but about 200 parts (which is about 1% of ... a great time and had some good crews (was voted EARC coach of the year

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Champagne, pistols, and my new UROP blogging in a power outage. that's hardcore. though anna beat me to it.

  

  's in Langer Lab, of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research ... There are many legendary stories of perseverance in history.  Custer's Last Stand.  The Battle of the Alamo.  That one time those buff Spartan

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  Last day of lab Friday was my last day at my UROP lab after three years of research. I cried. Thankfully, I didn't cry until after I got ... crying in front of people. On Thursday, my postdoc took me out to lunch

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  of technology without considering the ethical consequences of their ... gets hurt. Along the same lines, as consumers of technology we should be ... more context (the "real" story, if you will). One of our close friends

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  I Miss You, Random Hall my love letter to the dorm i got kicked out of too soon

  

  'm unsure whether this is a symptom of the pandemic or a symptom of the dorm ... and devoid of art and light. I hate it. Perhaps hate is too strong a word and some of these unfavorable conditions should be attributed to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 9, 2021