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• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does the Office of the First Year do?

  . The mission of the office is to provide excellent services and programs to catalyze student exploration and access to opportunity, and promote ... The Office of the First Year supports a number of programs that
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  perhaps to come from the verb alo, to feed, nourish, and develop. This is ... . Aulus and his growth, or lack thereof, occupied[annotation note="this is a good thing, since there is not a lot else enjoyable to think about right

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome 2014s!! :) See you in the fall!

  

  So we're almost an hour past May 3, which means you SHOULD have finally made the decision on matriculation! For all of those that replied in the affirmative, congratulations! You're in for one heck of a ride

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  .) On top of that, moving to a big city for college ended up giving me the ... 't a "normal path" to MIT. I dreamt of becoming an entomologist and herpetologist from third to ninth grade (and admittedly, I still secretly dream of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Uh Oh Joke: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice…

  

  I think I missed one of the most important holidays of the summer. National Ice Cream Day was on July 16, 2006. Even though I did not go get ice cream on Sunday, I will celebrate this holiday belatedly. The

  • by Bryan
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  group of us prefrosh sat down on some couches and tried to have a ... was one of the last ones to check out on Sunday. I had to take the ... , dumping the gajillions of photos I shot before 3:30pm on Saturday. I can

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A suite surprise My suitemates find out I'm a blogger

  

  , “Wait, it gets even better!” and pointed to my bed. So I walked over and ... walked back to my suite lounge after another round of classes and a meal at ... the suite lounge, one with a phone playing “Chariots of Fire” on full

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 19, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  ... aren't you supposed to be in school?" which is totally a legitimate ... ' stuff I want to tell you guys about (including a video of the Simmons ... Hello folks of the blogosphere! Greetings from Columbia, MO. Now I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT’s Once-a-Century Party

  

  rehearsing the lights for MIT's 100-year-anniversary of its move to Cambridge ... on the seal playfully arguing about the merits of theory vs. practice:   ...or giant bobblehead figures of esteemed MIT alumni brawling in

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Story Oh goody!

  

  "pretends" to cook. Sara's menu consists of two items, soup and cereal, both of which she fills too full. People on the floor who do cook, however ... across the hall. Sara '12 is also a resident of Conner 2. You may remember

  • by Snively '11
  • July 19, 2009
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  apparently the class of 1999 was the first to have the Hacker's Map on the ... references! On the Bezel's sidewalk is a footprint, commemorating the life of ... was/is hard to contain.The hard work and ups and downs of a year and a

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Varsity Pistol Team Wins National Championship

  

  play on the MIT Alumni Club of Boston team. As I like to say in my ... yesterday's math competition win by MIT was unsurprising to some of you, but ... , theater, and, yes, sports. MIT is a member of NCAA Division I in Crew

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Splash 2018 Learn about anything and everything!

  

  pumpkins to gain health and stop moving. Here is a video of it in action ... 'm focusing on is Splash. If you don't know, Splash is basically MIT students teaching high schoolers about any topic they want. To give you a sense of the

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 4, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: A Quick Roundup Snively and his homepage dominance must be stopped!

  

  to you.). There is one reason that wasn't clearly explained beforehand ... be as good.) The point is, IAP is great, you get a chance to explore ... do I mean by that exactly? Well since you asked, here is a list of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Vindicated! And the summer of FREEdom begins. (Pictures added)

  

  an "answers to your questions" entry on Friday, so if you have any ... I'm in Boston until the end of next week for some meetings for the Committee on Academic Performance, but guess what, NO PROBLEM SETS! And thus

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not Much Has Changed except a lot has changed

  

  Do you know what day it is? Well, one year ago, on September 17th ... talking about what his first year at MIT is going to be like. That post was ... changed during my first year of MIT. I'm smarter now, or at least I hope I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  realize that students in the U.S. have a huge array of extracurriculars to ... other countries may not have access to such a diverse range of options. Remember that your application is reviewed in context, and that we look to
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Post-finals stress? Oh, it happens. Trust me.

  

  I was lucky enough this semester to have only one final exam, which I ... that you only have one day to bid on Ben's autographed business card ... 're up to over ten bucks! How crazy is that?! Ben, I think you really are a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unfold I met my blog muse while doing the laundry, and then came this entry.

  

  study break is over. Now to investigate the Hodgkin-Huxley Model. So the goal now is to graduate with a month's worth of MIT t-shirts, and I think ... 've acquired a number of t-shirts in some shape related to MIT. I then realized

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I study Global Change Science/Climate?

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