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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  you come to Boston you will see names to a lot of new cities, cities ... you just called your friend a wuss. Now add "ter" to the end. Wuss ... . Snively Advice Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Don't sound like a

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  having to check maybe 10-15 packages on an average morning in the past, but on that one day last month, I had to check in nearly 50 packages of ... . Well, today, Amazon, in probably one of the smartest PR moves, took out a

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  SF AIDS Walk – Part II

  

  generous donations, I qualified as a Star Walker, and was eligible to wear a ... special. I owe a huge thanks to Tiffany '06 (white hat) and Accenture ... an AIDS Walk in Boston, and on the morning of the event, a bunch of us

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 17, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I take a gap year?

  We encourage students to take a gap year to explore and grow. Every year we have a number of students apply to MIT after a gap year and more students who request a gap year after being admitted to MIT. Taking a gap
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: Sign up for SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test registration deadline is April 28.

  

  the Subject Tests be taken in June, but I think it's a pretty good idea ... A message for juniors out there: with the deadline for the June ... advice to the underclassmen! The SAT Subject Tests will be administered for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  acoustic musical instrument design. It’s hard to imagine improving such a ... this by using a microcontroller to amplify the sound, much like an ... jingling in a calm breeze and wish they’d sound more like plates breaking or

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Really, I don’t feel like thinking of a title right now Now there's a title cop-out you can only use once. Good thing I saved it…

  

  didn't have a thesis to do in order to graduate, would you be in LMP at 3 ... ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, May 2. 12:02 PM I'm in D-Lab right now (it occurs to me that I ... found each other online and chatted a little before getting to MIT. By the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 11, 2009
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  peers who are happy to get up at 9 AM on a Saturday in December to solve ... --the median score is frequently 0; in 2015, it was 2 points out of a possible ... Fellows." Each participating university also selects a team of 3 students to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  toy? Our assignment in lab the next day was to build a pull toy. You ... the 3rd floor of building 35 you ask? Well there used to just be a ... that being a blogger obligates me to be, of course took pictures. There

  • by Snively '11
  • March 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YoYoPhones The iPod has nothing on this.

  

  message will self-destruct in a minute. Bye! So that was it and then we were set on our way to make some yo-yos. We could have made a simple yo ... Manufacturing II gave me a taste of the various manufacturing methods including

  • by Bryan
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  , yet)--I'm just going to sit here a while and indulge in nostalgia ... at La Verdes at 3 am and trying to make a pack of four Vienna Fingers ... in Brighton for $25 a person Scoring guest meal passes and eating

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another

  

  towards the end of october, back in 2024, i was walking back to my dorm and i was about to make the turn from the asphalted footpath that ... st., my thoughts still swimming above me in the elation of starry

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • August 6, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  upcoming term. It hurt me to do it; 9.15, only offered in alternate fall ... is exactly what I'll have to do very soon. It'll be a huge comedown ... yet and you're sitting around wondering what in the world a Math

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW, via Video Experience (or relive) Campus Preview Weekend through online videos.

  

  For those of you who couldn't make it to campus for CPW, here is a ... offered activities ranging from 2x4 Jenga to big screen DDR to a liquid ... Paris. Surprise fact: as in this video, Jacob was originally scheduled to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Green Monsters

  

  . If you're applying for regular action, now is also a good time to ... what kinds of things they talk about. A week and a half to the early ... Giant celebrations in Boston/Cambridge last night for the Red Sox

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 21, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tech is Hell we are happy, tech is hell

  

  down in a few moments toward the lower world whence he will have to push ... The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the ... . It would be a mistake to say that happiness necessarily springs from

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  you want to "keep it real" get an "A" in Calculus. That's hot! Never ... giggles. Do not quote Holden Caufield in your essay. (It's a good way to ... :       Don't refer to yourself in the 3rd person. It

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  CPW, making a decision, and saying yes/no The clock to May 1 is ticking.

  

  Now that CPW has come to a close, the Class of 2013 is starting to ... bloggers via hidden messages in the comments was a joke). For those of you ... to request a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  ending, fall in love with a priest, and be inspired to write more of my own ... Boston Book Festival brochure to him for a signature. I felt small in his ... . **** Last fall, my friend and I went to the Boston Book Festival (BBF) in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / Events

  IAP is moving along

  

  , so we get a lot of random alums in far-flung locales who want to play ... references in the name?), a large conglomerate of students and alums of the ... hallmates Brian '08, Ilan '08, and Matt '08. This year, I'm a TA. I'm in the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 14, 2007