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  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  members of the MIT community stood on Amherst Alley and Memorial Drive to ... am: Ah, the bond of the brass rat: At 9:45ish, we began to leave the track and the precession began to organize on the artificial turf

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  tendency of opening too many windows so my computer crashed and I had to ... among physicists: They have become the first to create a new type of ... So today at work, I had a little "free time" so I decided to peruse

  • by Bryan
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson and Richard Nixon in it, but at MIT, anything is possible. The MIT ... Hopkins to talk about her work with zebrafish and cancer research that

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life see what we're up to

  

  It's 2am, I'm up reading about plane crashes (more on my classes later), and a cool thing is happening on campus. Technique, MIT ... normal day, and post them on the website. To be honest, I'm not sure how

  • by Piper '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Central Ohio Summer Send-Off Event celebrating the Infinite Connection

  

  The first MIT sign appears on the corner of the gracefully named ... . The marker points to the location of the MIT Club of Central Ohio Summer ... the essential task of refreshing the smoot markings on the Harvard

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Are Beginning To Arrive Some thoughts for everyone.

  

  this world that you are meant to do. For those of you on the waitlist ... A few of you are starting to receive your decisions. To those of you ... very, very proud of your accomplishment. To those of you who didn't get

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  , the underlying question is almost always some variation of “How do I ... to read this blog entry that I wrote a number of years ago sharing some ... themself, including whether MIT is likely to be a good cultural fit.  The

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Florida, complete I'm back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a…

  

  back to Tampa on Thursday to attend and present at the national ... few entries to talk about stuff happenning on campus. On that note, today is the opening day for Overnight Program registration. On your My

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Party!

  

  , which people later eat. It has other food, and bands, and two nights of ... I don't have much to say, I would just like to bring this to your ... narrow victory for Lowell. (Photo credit to Eric Schmiedl '09) Yes, that

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Upside-Down Letters We will get to the bottom of whatever caused this error, that much I can…

  

  To those of you who received your letters printed upside-down on the MIT stationary, I cannot begin to tell you how sorry I am. That is ... . We will get to the bottom of whatever caused this error, that much I

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  ; etc. In short, this is for you to get a sense of some seniors ... today on this blog, I also begin a weeklong celebration of our seniors. I ... final week of excitement at MIT. Events include "Breakfast with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Enrolled 09’s: Watch Your Mailbox I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the…

  

  and will continue to do so over the next week or two. By the middle of ... enormous pile of folders they have waiting to go out. So here's what I can ... I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] GetSimmons! Writing is hard, so here's a video game instead

  

  is not intended to be a ranking (boo), but is instead based on how many ... Combine other dorms to reach the almighty Simmons Hall ... How to play: Use your arrow keys to move the tiles. When two tiles with

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / Events

  It’s not every day… lunch with a celebrity

  

  available to join her as part of the next group on Friday, November 18 at noon ... 'm really grateful that the president of MIT is taking time out of her day to ... ...that you get invited to have lunch with the president of MIT

  • by Bryan
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear Mom, Vol. 1 If I told you my life was a circus, would you believe me?

  

  share with you today's email. It is very reminiscient of the letters I would write back in the days of old at WJ Bryan. To: [email protected] From ... some of these people are supposed to be in class right now, but the

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  "] Me on my actual first day of high school! T-minus two months to the ... climb I fear I'm bound to drown on the Firehose of life  Let alone the ... in on her with this sort of cock-eyed, confused look.   She didn

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Commencement Webcast MIT gives me a diploma in T-3 hours...

  

  Well, here it is- the big day. I have to report to the athletics ... the last time, I put my Brass Rat on facing up. In a couple of hours, I ... days I'll have had enough time to process all of this, and write

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Back to Boston Recommended Orientation events

  

  I am flying back to Boston tonight (why do I always book redeyes?) and can't wait to meet all the new '10s. For the past couple of weeks, I've been getting all sorts of rush/Orientation emails, so I am slightly aware

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tour de Frat house tours of pbe, dke, and sig chi!

  

  this one is gonna be fun. Today we will be going on a tour of three ... to give us a tour is Ethan R. ‘25, a member of the lacrosse team, and ... concept, but what’s even crazier is that we actually have 26 of them in

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 28, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫

  

  see the need to sugar-coat any of this. If this is your first time to ... use all of them. They're just good to have in case of an emergency. That ... and potentially prompting them to not apply to MIT. The truth of the

  • by Snively '11
  • July 2, 2009