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  New Year Notes Miscellaneous.

  

  the good folks at Hopkins Insider for the idea): 1. In order, what were the five most popular home states for admitted students? 2. What was the ... Happy 2006, everyone! Before heading back to the office tomorrow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Blogs A quick note on admissions blogging.

  

  This evening, as I sit reviewing some of the first early action applications of the year, I note that I'm getting a lot of new traffic to the ... . This reminds me that we haven't officially announced that all of the MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Out! before and after pics of my MacGregor room, featuring a view of New House

  

  empty, 5/25/19 full, 11/3/18this is a cropped panorama, forgive my shaky hands + the warping at the top

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 27, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran into someone in vienna today… hi nisha

  

  [annotation note="the dark&stormy is an s-tier drink."].[/annotation] [annotation note="believe it or not, us being in vienna at the same time was completely coincidental."].[/annotation]

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  We’re Bringing Snowflakes Back It's finally winter.

  

  IT FINALLY SNOWED!!! Pictures etc coming soon to a blog near you. 3:27 PM - The snow has ceased. There is little to no evidence of the little snowstorm that could. BUMMER.

  • by Bryan
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  ZigZag 10 A new episode of MIT's video podcast, hosted by me. And there's mariachi.

  

  contains a piece about the annual Freshman Photograph, the Kendall Square BioBash, and the fire truck hack. My favorite piece, though, is about the ... about their groups. Check it out! WARNING: The host (me) is wearing a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I get a copy of MIT Facts?

  MIT Facts is a pocket-sized compendium of essential facts about the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Unfortunately, we don't mail the booklets, but you can find it online!
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Postcard From The Green Building postmarked july 5th

  

  Yesterday I took photos from the top of the Green Building. MIT sprawled far below us, the lines of its normally inscrutable architecture recognizable for once as the Hacker's Map. Even Stata finally made visual

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10s in the news A series of newspaper articles about incoming MIT freshmen.

  

  Over the next week (or so), I'll be publishing newspaper articles I've collected from across the web (via newsfeeds) about members of the Class of ... 'll start with an article about the awesome Eletha Flores, and I've got about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Can you patch me through to the blimp? "Can you patch me through to the blimp?"

  

  So I can't take an ounce of credit for this artistic endeavor, but I ... hang from Baker to celebrate the Red Sox. We wanted news coverage, and we know that the blimp always flies over the Charles river so we tried

  • by Bryan
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  How the World Cup Will Conclude Backed by Science

  

  tournament's outcome is basically telling a fortune, I've decided to tell everyone how the World Cup will conclude. Please find the scientifically ... the numbers represent goals scored.    

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 30, 2026
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Bad Haiku What better way to welcome spring than to write some awful haiku? Help me create…

  

  long). Sometimes quiet is good. A lot of the snow melted this past ... Seems very quiet around here today. The students are all on Spring Break, and somehow it feels like the whirlwind that surrounded the mailing

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Trans-Consciousness Messaging Protocol! Of course I can't resist. Who do you think I am?!

  

  For those of you who haven't seen today's xkcd comic, I'm putting it here, because it seems all too fitting for the state of our comment pages. ...what, you don't think it applies? (I do have a huge post coming up. This

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 28, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Learn from my Mistake Aesop's Fables forgot one.

  

  Rule #1: Write legibly. Background: I wrote on a pad of paper that I scheduled my GREs for October 27, or that's what I read. Turns out my 27 actually was a 21. That was my rockstar move for the day. See you Saturday!

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Love Math Snakes on a plane!

  

  Yes, I will be watching this at 10 pm Thursday night. This might be the end of Samuel Jackson's career, and I might as well be there for it. And stay tuned for an entry about my 21st birthday on Friday.

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy New Year! A look back at 2006 and ahead to 2007

  

  the year of YouTube, iPods, gas for $3.50 a gallon, record-high temperature, Wiis and PS3s, the World Cup, penguins and pandas, eight planets ... ://web.mit.edu/spotlight/lookback-2006/ for a look back at the spotlights. So what’s in store for 2007

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick hello from Albuquerque I'm in New Mexico for ISEF.

  

  the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair. (Wikipedia tells me it was in the cartoon "Herr Meets Hare" where Bugs Bunny first talked of making a "left turn at Albuquerque") (No sign of the High School

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Removing a hack This is too cool

  

  Ok, this is cool. Schmiedl was invited up to film the hack removal team actually removing the Apollo Lunar Lander from the great dome. This gives a great look into a machine room right inside, a trench around the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I, Robot "Turn it, leave it, stop- format it. Technologic." IAP Robotics competitions wrap up.

  

  .370: Robocraft Now the one I'm most familiar with is Robocraft since my roommate has been staying up until all hours of the night trying to refine his ... Today, most of the IAP robotics competitions begin to wrap up

  • by Bryan
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Round 2 less shirts and more interviews.

  

  It's been a week since the Career Fair, which still feels like ... yesterday. And September is also pretty much over, which shows just how quickly MIT is zipping on by.   During last year's Career Fair, I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 29, 2014