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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas with the McGanns

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. Two nights ... from my house (according to Yahoo! Maps) is the famous Big Duck, which always gets all gussied up for the holidays. It's great to be able to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2004
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I study Global Change Science/Climate?

  The MIT Center for Global Change Science (CGCS) at MIT was founded to ... multidisciplinary approach. The Center's goal is to improve the ability to accurately predict changes in the global environment. Additionally, a variety of
• FAQ / First-year application

  Will there be a wait list this year?

  't possible to exactly predict how many students will attend each year. To help ... 't know if we will be able to select students from the wait list until admitted students return their enrollment decisions in early May.
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does the MIT admissions process work?

  the details can add a lot of stress to the waiting period, so we're happy to shed some light into that black hole. In fact, we outline our ... After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel as though your
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How does one attain a Pirate License?

  arrrrrrr! Come to MIT and earn your Pirate Certificate. All MIT undergraduates must complete eight points of physical education classes to graduate—but students that complete courses in archery, pistol shooting, sailing, and
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  Wednesday, I squeezed in some final study time from 10am to 12:30pm before ... .02 exam back in December. It's becoming easy to fall into the trap of ... text and instead to practice more problems. It's funny because 6.042 in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  In an engineering class with a lecture format, you get to learn a lot ... . In the other two sections we learn how to draw and use CAD, and ... to get the creative juices flowing, and in the real world it's really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Put a Ring On It 2013 RING PREMIERE!

  

  . [All photo credit in this entry goes to Jeanne '13 - thank you, Jeanne!] ... most recognized rings in the world but also pretty much the single item with which every MIT student hopes to graduate (aside from a diploma, of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Perspectives from Deutschland Ich bin Anna und ich studiere Astronomie!

  

  University of Marburg. In the morning, I will walk for twenty minutes to my ... this, I’ll move back to the US for graduate school in astronomy at ... ’t forgotten me, but here’s a quick review: I majored in physics and graduated in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MOUT Training Exercise With UNH ROTC [by CDT Vikram Mittal] When UNH asked our battalion to supply people to act as…

  

  were holding five hostages in an abandoned prison, and they were to ... and my buddy. We were then searched and told to wait in a nice warm bus ... outnumbered 4 to 1. However, in the end, they couldn't hold the position. We

  • by ROTC
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Learning about the ABCs Apple Bake Competition, At Burton Conner

  

  useless in the context of Apple Bake, so I decided to try my hand at a few ... peel apples, and we spent about an hour trying to peel some apples in ... for everyone, and we pushed through to get all our dishes in downstairs

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 29, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Senior Haus "find where you thrive"

  

  inside of the building in an effort to preserve the years of artwork ... Drive to the Kendall T stop a lot (back in my PNR daze) and this sign was ... Last Friday night at around 2 am I finally got around to visiting the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  , meeting in the MIT archives. In December, the students presented to me what ... to the community: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT, we ... , we must attend to some newly uncovered facts from our past. A

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITWE Goes Digital We stan Fred in this household 😤

  

  Pad pros to everyone in MITWE and the Festival Jazz Ensemble! That’s right ... With all the WiFi problems in [annotation note="One of the big lecture halls in the Stata Center"]32-123[/annotation] and PE registration

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  . Because it was 6:45 in the morning. And I'd gone to bed sort of later than I ... the cannon, leaving a cute toy one in its place. We weren't supposed to ... sculpture that lives in the East Campus courtyard. We tried really hard to get

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Break and New Year Resolutions In which I try to express how wonderful being home is

  

  IAP, TA-ing a class (blog post to come) and continuing one of my UROPs ... figured it'd be a good time to get back into this regular vlogging routine ... took over break or a timelapse from this afternoon. But it's a start, and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends Tonight, It Ends Tonight On this evening / I give the final blow...

  

  .111 pset. One all-nighter. Wish me luck. ;) The semester is really coming to ... (after I'm done with the exam and the two psets I have to do after the exam) to update this entry with an account of my academic adventures for this

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What I just did You'll never believe it.

  

  10 minutes ago I actually heard myself say "I really need to eat and I also really need to do 2.005 but I only have time to do one, which should I do?"* *Why do I need to do 2.005? Kinda need to try to bring up

  • by Snively '11
  • October 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Eletha Flores The awesome Eletha Flores '10.

  

  Technology in the fall. Eletha Flores' dream always was to attend the ... in its District regional competition. "I always wanted to go to MIT ... categories in which students are recognized from six to nine, she said. "We are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  Thank You for unity and kindness

  

  . Classmates, friends, colleagues came together to offer comfort in their ... . Ten people that stopped in their lives to help a disoriented, highly ... . Confusion. Fear. When I first received news about the tragedy in New Zealand

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 18, 2019