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  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  I had lunch at Harvard today, on the stone steps of a building like ... School of the Museum of Fine Arts) appealed to me when I applied here, and ... “The Poetics of Place” at the Harvard Graduate School of Design as a last

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Speaking of mu…

  

  I love MIT, because starting a sentence with "Speaking of mu..." doesn't get you looked at funny. A quick rundown of tonight's activities ... home countries of rock bands the Scorpions ("Rock You Like a Hurricane

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  Fridays are sneaky. Theoretically, as the last day of the week and the only thing standing between you and two glorious days of freedom and relaxation, Friday is the greatest day of the week. But as the last day of the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  Over the last year, I've had the pleasure of being the Undergraduate Association Vice-President, or UAVP, of MIT. In March, I ran for president, with ... well, do I? All of us at the debate. From left to right: Dwight, Chris

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  pictures of home

  

      a concert / jazz and reggae / late night conversations / pizza / checking checklists / days so warm and restless and impatient / writing and finding poetry

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 30, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  importance of having many cultures and learning from them. Today, I would like to share a bit of my own culture with you. It is, in fact, my home state of New Hampshire's greatest, and most revered, cultural practice

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  This post is almost entirely devoid of content except to point out a particularly funny exchange in the comments of a recent post. It's a constant ... commenting is acceptable behavior or not. I'm guilty of being one of those

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Funny pictures of me I wear a New Year's party hat. That's funny, right?

  

  's like impossible to think of some clever 4 word phrase to encapsulate your ... and watching Season 2 of Veronica Mars on DVD with my sister while consuming large amounts of junk food. Well, that was the plan, and we did in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  As I write, our terrific Records Office team is processing the largest volume of mail you've ever seen. There is a lot of mail to be opened ... period of time. More updates soon...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  One of the great things about living in Boston is the close promixity to all sorts of cool places to visit. And one of the great things about ... Street, passing Senior House (another undergrad dorm). A couple of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  In my last entry, I mentioned that I had a bunch of things I wanted ... at Mike's Pastry. Mike's Pastry is one of many bakeries and cafes in ... course of my time at MIT, I've had many treats from Mike's Pastry - but, as

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 Numbers

  

  had expected. More news on the yield and makeup of the class soon ... Class of 2009 14% admit rate. We received 10,443 applications and admitted 1495 of those students, making this the most selective year ever in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The State of Things Deflated, that about sums it up.

  

  exploring of campus, I'm not sure my body can handle much more of this. Let me ... . I'm not really laying on my bed, I'm kind of shoved into it, feet ... prefrosh, Chris Mills, and told that he's leaving. I stumble out of bed

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  Today was the first day of classes at MIT. Once again, the Infinite Corridor was abuzz with activity, people excited for the new year of classes. For the Class of 2011, these are their very first MIT classes. I only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  While the period known as "End of term" certainly brings finals ... conclusion of a great semester. You've probably already heard about many of these, including the last 3.091 lecture (described here by Kevin), all of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  have gone on. Everyone’s so passionate about their posts, and all of us do a great job of describing life at MIT. They’re all creatively ... aspects of MIT. Then I noticed something that I had missed in my post

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  a hack! For those of you just tuning in, a "hack" at MIT is clever, elegant, and anonymous prank, designed to amuse and catch the attention of ... 'd expect, hacking is one of MIT's most celebrated traditions, and the actual

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Invasion of the Stikmen Another invasion of MIT?

  

  Some of you that frequent the blogs may remember that last year ... . At first, I thought it was just a random piece of trash.... but upon ... over the US! It's pretty awesome that we can find a set of these around

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 14, 2012
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  , a soiree if you will. I think the only crazy part of this party might ... semester, our chef, Karen, who is a trained pastry chef, makes some of the most delectable desserts on this side of the country including chocolate

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  Kappa Late Night, a fall talent show for charity sponsored by one of MIT ... awards, one of the sisters announced: "Okay, and the next winner is number 1024!" Did you just think, "Hey, that's a power of 2!"? So did I! So did

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005