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  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  before. A few weeks ago, I agreed to teach a class with my friend Davie '12 ... ." Every time I re-read that, I wonder what possessed me to agree to do this. To practice, I e-mailed French House to ask for sample prompts. Every

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  in Boston to celebrate gaming, and it is completely free to the public ... around 10am, got my pass and a guidebook around 10:45, and headed over to ... should abandon the biological sciences and devote my time to animation or

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  .  But primary sources are so hard to find, right?  Right? Michael's Knowledge Theorem: if you want to learn more about any topic, there's a world ... offer that expert food, he or she is probably more than happy to talk to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Maker Faire 2012 the Dean is going - are you?

  

  huge convention/fair of creative people getting together to show off the ... to that very exciting sentence above, just go here. Now, here's an another important point to mention: MIT Dean of Admissions, Stu Schmill will

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Tale of 8 Instagrams Low resolution, high flavor

  

  Once upon a time, I developed an Instagramming problem and started to ... retreated, and I woke up to sunshine and a gentle old man painting the Boston ... can change from pleasant to ominous in a matter of minutes. And that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  , suspiciously asking the class to introduce itself and not talking about protein ... hope that biochemistry was that trendy now. The class turned to me. “Hi ... , orange juice, and large coffee from Café Four to my favorite empty

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Awesome Autobiography in rage comic form

  

  a tesseract - an 86 year old man posted his autobiography to reddit in ... to me, and on to you. It is pretty awesome, and another piece of data ... does this have to do with MIT Admissions? Nothing really. Then again

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  's point. Without further ado, allow me to introduce you to... 8.03: Physics ... to some speakers, and turned up the volume (I covered my ears) until it shattered with a bang. *In contrast to "ood", an alien species from Doctor

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  It's August.  Campus is already buzzing to life.  Those friends who went off to distant lands for the summer are finally coming home, and freshmen are just starting to filter in due to FPOPs or international

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  (HA!). The Temporary Housing Assignments. Hard to believe that it was ... it's worth saying that for me at least, where you choose to live can be ... success. Thankfully the MIT Housing system is designed to give everyone the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How the Career Fair saved my summer And forced me to try something new

  

  rented my first apartment; I had to find furniture for said apartment; I have to rely on my kitchen for dinner, not a dining hall; I have to wake up before 5 a.m.; I therefore try to fall asleep before 9 p.m.; I don

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Rachel was at SF Pride with Facebook

  

  signs last Sunday, coming out to downtown San Francisco to support the ... was actually a cupcake. Practically all of the interns managed to roll ... stamps for us to spam irreverently. We proceeded to arrange them in every

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  , "Whatttt. How can one person be so. incredibly. happy?!" I quickly came to ... those things - and a Truman Scholar as well! I got a chance to interview ... questions for Anjali, feel free to contact her at [email protected] - or just

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Date 2011 Decided to announce the announcement of decisions.

  

  to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions.mit.edu. To ensure that you will receive a decision

  • by MITLeaks
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three from MIT! Three MIT Young Futurists

  

  Yesterday morning I was quite surprised and VERY excited to see a ... current students at MIT! <3 it!!!! Click the links to find out about ... . If you want to learn a little more about Dorian, check out his website

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!

  

  Prize has been awarded to either an MIT alum or MIT faculty! Don ... was awarded to MIT Professor Peter A. Diamond, along with Dale T ... ", or the costs attendant to searching for employment in down labor

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  -imagining, too. Professors Ulm and Vandamme have shown how to slow concrete creep ... subjected to load and which eventually causes it to fail. Based on their findings, creep could be reduced to the point where concrete could last for

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  I have confession to make...it's somewhat embarrassing but I think it ... needed. When I came back to MIT to work (three years ago this week, I ... got around to it. Every time I made time to go something came up

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2010

  

  waitlist. Within the next few days, we plan to admit approximately 60 ... with aid packages. Admitted students can then choose to accept our offer ... school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 13, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  Just a few hours to go, and I know you're feeling the stress. We're feeling it too, believe it or not. I have to tell you that the selection ... , wonder and sleep deprivation that MIT students come to embrace. I don

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009