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  MIT Commencement On Friday, the MIT Class of 2005 graduated! It was a beautiful day on Killian…

  

  On Friday, the MIT Class of 2005 graduated! It was a beautiful day on Killian Court for the MIT Commencement ceremonies. For the curious, here ... don't begin until 10am. In the meantime, there's a "pre-game show." This

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 6, 2005
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Year of the HASS thoughts on single-tasking, cheese slicers, and the tyranny of the mind

  

  then for the remainder of the semester, you and your team build a fully ... links for this. The Internet is a dangerous black hole, kids ... readings are even in English, a welcome break for my brain. One of the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  A few updates before the weekend... First, let me answer two FAQs ... in on all of the details soon. Relatedly, I will also be doing a small ... anywhere. Also in the right-hand navbar, at the bottom there's a section

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  ://web.mit.edu/mitir/! -- Forum on American Progress will be releasing a booklet, America in the ... , Paul and Karen, are among the authors. Here's a picture of the cover so ... congratulations is in order for Zahir Dossa, who I profiled in my first blog. A

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  robot that will play in a competition at the end of January. The goal for ... ball for now. As you can see, robot A is in charge of scoring in the ... field, a rotating turret, going for the skunk, flipping the opponent over

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up

  

  before the spring semester started, I heard there was an opening for a ... beginning of the ELL, we asked for a volunteer. We didn’t give any background information or any hints about what the volunteer would do. We just asked for a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  While you guys are waiting for decisions to be released, here's a ... about the teacher in Colorado who was suspended for his remarks in the ... your age group and the journey towards college. As you guys are among the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  subject line? Will he show a can of the eponymous meat-like substance (now ... ’ve been getting more than usual on the blogs lately, and it’s a trend that ... for a few days. For those unfamiliar with anti-SPAM technology, Re

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2011 MIT Class of 2015 waitlist decisions will be released today, via email, at approximately 3pm…

  

  For the sixth consecutive year, we will admit students from our ... applied for aid, the Financial Aid Office will follow up shortly thereafter ... waitlist offer) or decline it. For all other students on the waitlist, we

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Math Women Rock k + 8 = awesome

  

  Women Rock, but let's broaden the pool of rockstars a bit. The Math Prize for Girls is the country's preëminent math competition for young women ... the country come together to compete for $49,000 in prize money

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  slow burn you and the void

  

  machine will go. You set a probe in the machine, a thin stick with a ... machine to measure the distance between the two. The void reduces to a ... , crowded now with people. You find a different basement lab — the forge

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 6, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a few new things is it too late to talk about the spring semester?

  

  spring, I registered for a math seminar, one of the higher-level math ... a higher priority. So, for the first time at MIT, after a ... 8 PM. For fifty-five minutes, we sat in the dark, and watched a story

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  TGIF! After a long week comes...a FEAST!

  

  Sorry for being MIA you guys! I've had a tough couple of weeks, but I ... out to dinner on Friday night as a reward for working hard all week ... yummy. ! P.S-- Sorry for the video quality, I've been trying to fiddle

  • by Celena C. '12
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  for the show I had to wear stilettos and a backless slinky gown and sing ... everyone always come to you for help, expect the best from you, etc ... to get a driver's permit a few weeks ago, and the lady said, "You have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II Relax! Take it eee-aaa-sy!

  

  life decisions, but I can suggest a couple things to ease the pain. It's the big sequel to last year's Things To Do While Waiting For Decisions ... . Think up really horrible names for this sequel list. (Return of the Blog

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  Harvard. The answer is yes. People usually go to Harvard for language ... opportunities for cross-registration at Wellesley (yes, even boys), the ... morning as I was riding the T to that other school I take a class at, I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round what do you get when you cross the flinstones with public transportation?

  

  [] and a little art? If the hints aren't helping, I guess I can give you ... was a little snippet about an event at the Enormous Room, a hip ... Busycle. The Busycle is a public art/community building/environment project

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  serve as a force for the betterment of society. The key for Thresher is ... the Public Interest. It's a longstanding handbook of the admissions ... of print for decades, but for our new website, the College Board agreed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Events

  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  things off with a lesson from ESD.950, the Engineering Leadership class the ... The Tech, went on a field trip to MassWeb, the newspaper's publisher ... -night adventure in the MIT tunnels in which he surprisingly relied on a lot of

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  A Running Journey ft. running 13 miles in the middle of nowhere with petey

  

  waited for the right day, and in the middle of a snowstorm in early May ... . I think I maybe had a brief stint with it in the summer before? 9th ... my lungs and not a singular one of the runs I did there were enjoyable

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 19, 2020