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  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  Last Tuesday was a big day for MIT's class of 2019. After two years of waiting, we finally got our class rings! The brass rat isn't just any class token--it's one of the most recognizable rings out there. It

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  Good day! One of the many unique and altogether unavoidable aspects of MIT life is the mailing list. Mailing lists are powerful tools that allow people to contact a large number of other people whom all have a

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  (and Ben and Nance) been? Reading applications. Lots and lots of ... 'm really enjoying this year's applications; I know that we have a lot of ... 's been lots of other exciting news, including the production of the first 1

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Break and Study of Cities Abroad Students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning enjoy a subsidized spring break abroad…

  

  As an Urban Studies and Planning major, you can fulfill some of your ... city planners and conduct research on the topics of their choice. These topics are compared and contrasted with characteristics of a U.S. city

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  surprisingly is the number of students applying to MIT that cling to that ... without the help of another living mammal in 1966... less I digress.) In my humble opinion, the world is comprised of two types of students. Student

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  As some of you may know, this summer I'm working at the NIH National ... entire human genome, so that we now know the location of all human genes ... least in my opinion.) Well, Dr. Francis Collins is the director of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Research Fellowship (SURF) program at the National Institute of Standards of ... picture? Those are zinc oxide nanowires growing on the edge of a silicon ... building block of the simple nanoscale world. Nanowires can be used as a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  get a lot of requests from students asking what their chances of admission are. We couldn't do that without a thorough review of an entire ... process. We don't advise any student what their chances of admission may be
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  Three days of Manhattan ended on Monday afternoon beneath a dripping tarp in the dregs of Chinatown, torrents of rain flushing from the sky ... still, a slathering of MSG. We've skillfully missed two buses already. We

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a college student’s life My life consists of library visits and pizza delivery, because I'm totally original and stuff.

  

  So the other day, I was totally out of food. Like, completely. I hadn't been grocery shopping for weeks, and after making a meal out of ... few minutes I had placed an order for Hawaiian pizza and a side of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  Boston Festival of Indie Games! The 2nd annual convention hosted here ... —the company that created one of my favorite arcade games, Castle Crashers ... Dear Esther and Journey. Live video game music is one of my favorite

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gotterdammerung and The Barber of Seville [by Xenia '13] Art Scholars go to the Met!

  

  [by Xenia Antipova '13] The very first time I heard of Richard ... boorish man took the heroine to see a Wagner opera. Being a frilly type of girl though, she did not hear a word of what he was saying about the plot

  • by ARTalk
  • March 20, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Visit to the Museum of Fine Arts There's nothing like a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts to make you realize…

  

  I just checked off #34 on the list of "101 Things To Do Before You Graduate from MIT": Visit the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). The drawing class ... my interest in the arts, so I thought I would make the most of my day

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  This summer, I'm working part-time at the Division of Student Life ... does add up to a substantial amount of time. The commute starts pretty early. For the first leg of the trip, I hitch a ride with my dad to his

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Next Generation Of College Campus Tours? My interview with Michael Epstein '04, covering his MIT experience and the genesis of his…

  

  I'm hoping to make a habit out of occasionally interviewing members of the MIT community who have started companies or created products ... process. (You guys know how I feel about the thousands of vendors who

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2011 arrives… Orientation programs are beginning, and the campus is really starting to come alive.

  

  Today, the Class of 2011 started to arrive! With International ... , hundreds of freshmen are all around campus. Today, I saw Snively '11 from ... the Class of 2012 (!), so don't be offended if we're not around when you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  The Great Dome, Marriage Equality, and a Proud Hack Better yet, all three in one picture!

  

  For those of you who didn't notice, the Supreme Court of the United ... Great Dome is one of the most iconic pieces of architecture on campus, and ... Dome as a medium of art, commentary, and celebration. The Dome has been

  • by Joel G. '18
  • June 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Resolved: MIT Rocks Even the Senate thinks so

  

  Senate Resolution 195. "Mr. BROWN of Massachusetts (for himself and Mr ... to: S. Res. 195 Whereas when the Massachusetts Institute of ... ; Whereas the commitment of MIT to innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 28, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Trick or Treat! Smashing pumpkins, and no I don't mean the band.

  

  I begin this entry with a photo of the aftermath of one Saturday ... : Far. So one of the highlights of this weekend was the annual Pumpkin Drop where students drop pumpkins off the top of the Green Building

  • by Bryan
  • November 2, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  distinguishes itself not only for its seriousness of purpose but also for its unique sense of humor, as expressed in the arena of hacking. Hacks at the ... creativity, cleverness, and difficulty of execution. A 1958 prank in which the