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  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  fans. My friends and I shoved cameras at each other and posed: Neil looked around the crowd, and my hand went up first. He made eye contact and ... one that is very near to my heart." Random astronomer: "Can you repeat

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT campus lost power! Updates from a blacked-out physics colloquium.

  

  + physicists in the room went "oooooooh!" My laptop screen glowed at me and I ... of Thanksgiving break studying those. They're one of my favorite topics ... would do if there was a blackout during one of my Splash classes. Another

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! REX! Politics! Science! (Vlog and a Riddle) You have 2012 jars of 1-kg mollusks, with 2012 1-kg mollusks in each jar....

  

  Hello Friends! I am back with my biweekly vlog update, quite late because I am lazy have been preoccupied with my schedule. I've been ... anymore because I'm not at my laptop enough. Isn't that astonishing? Here is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

   is my personal guide to thinking about writing. The theoretical foundation ... next to my desk always: Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure ... southeastern Connecticut. They were composed of billowing clouds of "my global

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Ode to the Institute Better late than never.

  

  than ourselves. *hackers--my apologies for the horrid made-up name, but in my defense, almost nothing else rhymes with ourselves!* ( Many thanks to Lourdes '15 [who filmed it] Kirsten [my TA] and of course the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Everyday I’m Trufflin’ But not really since it takes 4 hours

  

  , my plans are greatly dictated by what weather Mother Nature decides she ... a beautiful thing. One of my favorite things that I've done over IAP ... .... BUT my partner in crime Preeti '15 managed to grab a nice shot of our

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to MIT! blogging guilt eased...

  

  final exams. I’m peeking out from underneath my rock (with some prodding ... my teammates this morning mentioned that we only have 9 days of school ... fest, attend my living group’s formal, get a haircut, race against Boston

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  AgeLab I've seen troubles...

  

  it isn't any fun. My bones creak and ache and I can tell when the weather is changing in my knees. Also I'm cranky and like to talk about the ... the economy   As my grandfather always says - old age ain't for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  Throughout my 5-ish months as a blogger for the Institvte, I ... for science. However, it also stands apart from my other classes as the ... a lot of fun with the people at my table (yeah table 12!), it was

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / Events

  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  face the truth...about engineering leadership. As I hinted at in my last ... , over IAP! Photo by Sam Range '13. At 2:25, I then recall my first ... an activity where I led my ELL group, including Tiffany '11. Photo by

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  from my class, who is a double biological engineering (20) and music (21M ... , at that point, it wasn't really my decision, and there were a lot of times when I felt pressure from my parents to practice piano. In the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Regular Action Decisions: Sunday 3/14 How to receive your MIT admissions decision.

  

  to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you ... ;ve forgotten your MyMIT password, you may use our automated system to reset it. Simply visit my.mit.edu and click on the lost password link

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer? click me! click me!

  

  After reading my last blog, Jola from Poland also wanted to let me ... 'll post it on my next blog! What: A picture that's somehow related to your ... MB each. kthx. :P My email's up there on the banner. Will post once I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  *waves goodbye* Homeward bound

  

  , more than I probably realize. So, while I may not think of my self as a ... as the final song on the soundtrack of my "My Time at MIT" video. As I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Inherent Asymmetry Around.

  

  ; 3 hours last night to drastically shift my sleep schedule into ... a classroom in building 66, parked my butt down for 3 hours and took a full length exam. I got up to leave at about 3am, gathered my stuff

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  On the most excellent advice of my blog-readers, I have added D-Lab to my schedule. This involved dropping a few other activities of minor ... cheap and easy to use and produce strong, perfect bricks. My group is

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  Well, my two weeks of no IAP agenda have come to a close and I've started my class. If you're a mechanical engineer, attend MIT, and are a ... introduce students to the tools they'll be using for 2.007. Today was my

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Extended to January 3 We have extended the RA deadline. Happy Holidays!

  

  admission to January 3. The freshman application can be submitted through My ... School Report, can also be downloaded from MyMIT. The deadline extension ... problems accessing MyMIT, please be patient; we are facing unusually heavy

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 3, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  little lead pellets as ammunition. My pellets sitting on top of my freshly photoshopped hand turkey (courtesy of my awesome new pen and my tablet) My gun ... my "I," they grouped there for some reason. Haven't you wanted your

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  you can see in my bio, I'm a senior at MIT this year. I'm taking a lot ... play music from my laptop through a lab speaker! Now that I've finished ... lab -- how exciting! I've also been working on assignments for my other

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008