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  New York Times, New York Times

  

  Marilee was quoted. Here are those paragraphs: The director of undergraduate writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has also raised ... do our own correlation studies," said Marilee Jones, the dean of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The [REDACTED] Family Dinner 🥟 family matters. very tasty family matters.

  

  undergraduates with my last name. Through ~careful analysis~ of the cuisine in the ... restaurant. I give them an estimate of a party of 15, based on the number of ... poll the names of people who were available. (Oops) Cue a second Google

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  students? [answer at the end of the entry] Beginning Sunday until the end of ... to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in ... North Dakota. Of foreign countries, China tops the list. The only one of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  , passionate people. Go figure - I just described the vast majority of the ... competitive applicant pool in the history of MIT, which is arguably the hardest ... issue of class size versus # of applicants - but in the end you have to

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  these chances to meet the Class of '24—they're wonderful and hilarious and ... ! These couple of days have been a testament to how amazing the MIT ... , and even more. The fact that all of these individuals helped replicate

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  For those of you who don’t keep up with the blogs, I’m Sabrina M. ‘19 ... a lot. For the sake of clarity: Senior House is a building. It is ... my room, the smell of rush burgers and cigarettes that I never smoked

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Crew Florida Takeover My last trip to play with the dolphins

  

  So usually in the beginning of January, Boston is under a solid layer of snow and the crew team is stuck inside the boathouse while our ... importantly, the chance to play with dolphins. For me, Florida was a bit of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  -scale method of dismantling prions, the proteins that cause mad cow disease ... spread via the common American practice of feeding rendered animal parts ... ? To see the rest of the article, you'll have to subscribe to Discover

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Le BBQ

  

  BBQ in the history of the universe. I should warn you that I saw Le ... the moment. Here is the location of the BBQ. It reminds me of the ... me souviens. We needed lemons for the greatest marinade this side of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  Burton-Conner is one of the dorms here at MIT. You can check out our ... attend, your next mailing ("The Next Big Mailing") has all of the awesome ... -mail address, financial aid information, a DVD with videos made by each of the

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Calm in Suburban Ohio sunsets, helicopters, and fruit

  

  When I think of suburban Ohio, my family’s current home, I recall the ... family of four. In Bambi times, animals feared humans. Now the mama deer ... and making flowers, so I squeezed a  on top of the cake instead. Then I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 16, 2017
• Blog / Events

  4 comfort songs for your first day shake those jitters!!!

  

  The first day of classes is tomorrow. [annotation note='like, of ... the end of my summer commitments and the start of the school year, so I ... : silence and song. Moments of laying down on my bed, looking at the

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • September 3, 2024
• Blog / Events

  298 Tickets. All for us

  

  following week consists of an orgo exam, and the week after is dead week, and the week after is (ahhh) finals. - I finished my last bag of popcorn ... , especially considering the amount of walking, running, and sweating that was

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To BE or not to BE Bioengineering, it's so hot right now.

  

  was a set of encyclopedias. Then the internet became popular, so HA!) I ... engineering minor instead. Up until the middle of my sophomore year, I still ... . What particularly interests me about bioengineering is in the area of

  • by Bryan
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  brains and look at the neurons, study the resonance frequency of whiskers ... half agreed unanimously that it was one of the best classes they'd taken ... . But I heartily recommend Van Evera as a professor. The name of the class

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  here, but um...that'd just be weird. Because the rest of this entry is SO ... gets the most disproportionate enjoyment out of the most random, absurd ... remember awhile ago, when he blogged about the enjoyment he got out of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  To tell the truth

  

  Hackensack, NJ something that wasn't true. In this neck of the woods, people ... of my meeting I popped open my PowerBook, accessed the score, and ... was true. The problem was, I told this audience of ~230 people that the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  checking the IAP events schedule pretty regularly, but unfortunately, most of ... work hours. But today I was finally able to attend one of the seminars I ... you anonymously suggest at the beginning of the meeting. Facilitators

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s happening with the Digital Currency Initiative developing blockchain technologies here at MIT

  

  the DCI site says: The goal of the Media Lab Digital Currency initiative ... important new area of research. The effort will reach across the MIT campus ... the DCI was established, the Media Lab hired three of the core

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  So, we had this great idea of going to Shakespeare on the Common, a ... . Perhaps Book-A-Minute gives the most insightful analysis of all. The production was pretty good, but not really inspiring. A lot of the soliloquies

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005