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  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  pick out details on Pluto as small as the ponds in New York City's Central Park.   Photos of Pluto in 1930, 1996, and 2015 pic.twitter.com/Nfw63iQBjG — John D. Cook (@JohnDCook) July 14, 2015   Richard

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m so ill. like, in the bad way

  

  year, I somehow managed to come down with a strain of the flu that left ... such an incredible resource that I'm always surprised we even have it ... look forward to, but I passed. But I've had the incredible good fortune

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our FAPnomenol Start of Sophomore Year! where we recount the tale of our first week back on campus

  

  following: Are you guys twins? Who’s older? How can I tell you guys apart? And ... conversation she said, “… when I was in high school…” and continued talking for a ... Hello! Wow, we can’t believe we’re actually writing this thing that

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  my first all-nighter of the fall term. Well, I don't really believe in ... West Side Story, released in 1961. I'm a huge West Side Story fan, and I ... another reaction. Well, I went in at 3 AM, purified my product, broke into

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The best picture we took in Paris Slightly delayed for some slightly successful attempts at photo editing.

  

  Science, and Applied Biological Sciences", existed in the MIT Course ... graduate student lost all contact with the department. Starting in the Fall ... . This is all chronicled in my favorite Tech article of all time

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Picked My First Apple apples, part 1

  

  MIT sponsors an annual trip to an apple orchard in Stow, MA for undergraduates living in the dorms. I went on that trip for the first time today ... 're triploid."]Mutsu[/annotation] thrown in there. I like a tart apple. They had

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  Game is a revolutionary breakthrough in admissions technology. Designed ... -dozen current students in a room with a bunch of pizza and soda for 48 and let ... slivers of time that drop between the cracks in his schedule and has built

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life as a Talent Scout I could be the next Randy Jackson.

  

  Battle of the Bands 2007? I guess you'll have to wait and see ;-) In other ... week, in preparation for a CPW event that my fraternity hosts every year, Battle of the Bands, I went to check out a potential band for the

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Preparations First my birthday, then halloween!

  

  celebrations in New York City. I returned to Boston last Sunday (which happened to be my birthday), and what do you know? My train broke down! I spent ... Yes, it's been a while since my last entry...much has happened. I am

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  A Continuing Experiment in Cooperative Eating or, every food picture I have ever posted from pika

  

  , strange instrument concerts, and sitting in a dark room listening to music ... pika.) In honor of this especially pika week, here is every pika food picture I have ever Instagrammed. sushi last spring   something

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Events

  DATA FOR BLACK LIVES this weekend at the media lab

  

  visceral. human rights abuses happen in silence; technology can help us break ... within cities built by the sweat of their brow. Can you see them walking in ...  https://www.facebook.com/data4blacklives * * * i'm sad i won't be able to attend most of the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 18, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  scary, a smile in a different context from what we are used to can really ... ="aligncenter" width="600"] a graphical representation[/caption] What I’ve noticed is ... appear creepy. So as any self respecting artist would do, I sought to

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Undergraduates by Major AND Professor Auroux. Don't miss it.

  

  : Sometimes, it seems like MIT people only speak in numbers. You'll hear sentences like "I have 6.001 in 10-250 at 2:30, then my Course 9 UROP in ... Auroux, who is a simply outstanding professor. I was actually IN THE SAME

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 28, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  About a year ago, in the midst of job recruiting season, I wrote a ... about something relatively trivial in the scope of things. I was really ... for Girls in various combinations, I totally bombed the last AMC I ever

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  are curious on a more in-depth treatment of the topic) Since I've been ... dominate the classes that I'm in now...(spent too much time on ... detail in future blogs (like for MUN I'm going to do a big post that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  My new job @ admissions like nick saban, but for nerds

  

  achievements. I'm new to the position, but the role it plays in our office is ... I was rewriting my profile this morning - the first substantive update in five years - to reflect my new role and responsibilities in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  ." If only I were to get in, I thought, I'd be set. My life would be made ... , you probably aren't. For well over a year, from my rural roost, I sort of idealized MIT. The more I read, the more I learned, the more I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  . But I do think that there is a bit of a stigma about such plans in many ... As I do each year about this time, I'd like to talk a bit about ... can send a letter outlining your plans to our office: Office of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This is it. the last "what classes I'm taking" blog

  

  , I still have to get through all of the following classes in order to ... break is in 4 weeks and graduation is looming on the horizon and real life is about to catch up to me (just kidding, I'll most likely still be a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 20, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate: Latke vs. Hamentashen The post-coverage.

  

  , representing the Hamentashen team. In order to understand his slides, I’ll ... fried potato pancake (can you detect my bias?) What makes this debate ... their position. The three professors in favor of the hamentashen were

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 6, 2008