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  HST Forum 2006… for real The real thing.

  

  -- held its 2006 Forum last Thursday, and my friend Veena '06 invited me to ... '76 and Martha L. Gray, Ph.D., HST'86, the directors of HST. Read their ... poster session once I can steal them from the MIT News Office. I know for a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  Ideas Weekend. From 9 PM to 1 AM, a total of 86 students representing 11 ... -competition. Antonio wore a Garmin watch, which he used to record his heart rate for all ... , and snacks available to competitors before taking the elevator back down

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  desktops, and that a limited number would be available for resale to staff ... , How I Came To Own and Love A 'Wagon For The Little Old Lady Who Lived In A Shoe' For years, I've been driving a 1999 Hyundai Elantra. It was a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  complex concepts may be difficult for him to grasp (after all, truthiness ... Believe it or not, admissions officers occasionally try to do things besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week in My Life of My Final Week of My Junior Fall i have no finals

  

  final projects. CMS.300 My final project for CMS.300 was to create a 10 ... typically known for having a lot of budget dedicated to it. I chose the game Ori and the Will of the Wisps to evaluate. CMS.616 For CMS.616, we

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 15, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  key to the rest of the site. Each page of the site contains, first and ... student life and culture, for example, you have almost instant access to ... basic introduction to life and academics at MIT. And for the record, this

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  -friendly floatation device on sale, which happened to cost $10.99 and contain a manhole ... oil, unlikely to be mistaken for water." Might I provide an ... to register for PBIE happens to be June 28th; I happened to be making

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  Sacramento, CA) I left Boston on Wednesday last week to head for the West ... and feel it works well for us. One by one I’ve said goodbye to ... to Sacramento for the first central meeting of my California trip. Over

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading That's perhaps the best title I've ever come up with.

  

  aren't really looking for a precise answer; they're just trying to ... that one in. So the answer is something close to 1/370.86 * 1/12ish ... I recently discovered that they also happen to be getting married on

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  available at MIT World. EDIT: Friedman closes his talk: "Go out and export ... their length and score. "We're very data driven here, so we're going to ... admissions at M.I.T., adding that she thought it was unfair to base decisions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  for me when I was a freshman and when I came to work at MIT it became a ... being connected to MIT has provided for me. But most of all, I miss ... well share my advice here for those who won’t get to hear it in the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 Numbers

  

  % international citizens. Many thanks to the International Students Association for ... ...)." This left a few people quite intrigued. For example, Laura commented ... highest overall yield (the percentage of admitted students who decide to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  works for several years. In fact, the trip to Brazil would likely have ... somewhere because the restaurant ran out of food for us, so we had to return ... rainforest, from building rafts for measuring river pH levels to teaching kids

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  current 4 million tons per year to 7 million tons of goods in 2015. Some environmental groups are trying to halt plans for more canal expansions because ... Sometimes, when things just don't go your way, it's easy to get

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  🦆🦆🦆🏳️🏳️🏳️ 🦖🦖🦖 SIMMONS!!! RETREAT!!!

  

  153 minutes before the deadline to sign up for the Simmons Retreat, I ... I couldn’t go—I had promised to go to a Puzzle Club event on Monday ... place over our student holiday, from Saturday, October 12th to Monday

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  , telling me that we're going to school (for some odd reason, I never used an ... managed to get one percent higher than what I needed to get an A for the ... to anything significant (like graduating, for example), I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  forward to lots more puzzles over the next few weeks so thanks for sharing ... warm day in Boston today, I still had applications to read. However, I learned quickly after joining the Admissions Office that it was important to

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  point of these meetings is for us to learn about the things that interest ... are also a good chance for you to learn more about MIT from someone who ... these conversations are a way for you and for us to learn about each other

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings

  

  their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2017. If there's an ... Portland, OR. Wednesday Happen to be in Ontario? Come to Toronto for an ... MIT account for the most up to date information and RSVP if requested. There is

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2018 Spring Welcome Events Come to Your Area Get a head start on meeting other members of the Class of 2018.

  

  MyMIT account for the most up to date information and RSVP if requested ... I hope you’re all getting excited for Campus Preview Weekend coming up in April (sign up now)! Since I know you just can’t wait to meet

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 20, 2014