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• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  I have been at MIT for the past year, and it has been nothing short of an adventure. For instance, I came here straight from the country: had never seen a taxi, had never been on a subway (except for the one at

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  dressed up for the occasion The students have been working on their siege weapons this week in preparation for the pig battle ... majestic setting for the king pig An impressive-looking air cannon, ready

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

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

  

  has affected our view on leadership. For your reference, Joe starts ... conference at the New York stock exchange! Enjoy! For all you prospective ... offers opportunities for students to live out MIT's motto of "Mens et Manus

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  AIDS Walk San Francisco Shameless solicitation -- join the fun

  

  entertainment in Sharon Meadow Official SF AIDS Walk website And now for the ... prolonging some people's lives, they don't work for everyone and there is still ... alarmingly high rates. I want your help. Will you please sponsor me for the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lip Sync & Toons Real singers and fake singers ...sort of like Jessica and Ashleey Simpson. (~17 pictures)

  

  divided the lecture hall in half and told us it was time for audience ... fundraiser for the Cambridge YWCA. You may remember an advertisement for this ... COMPETITION! The emcees asked the audience for "rubix cube people" to unscramble

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  few odds & ends... CPW update: for everyone who has registered ... . For one thing, the weekend is not planned out for you, it's more of a ... what to pack for CPW? Check out the 10 day forecast. Following up on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Dilemma Free (food) for all.

  

  after the debate for a reception with hundreds of latkes and hamentashen ... 's Peter de Florez Fund for Humor, UA Finboard, and ARCADE. For information ... ://web.mit.edu/hillel/www/latke-hamentashen-debate.html Option 2: Tired of Ramen for dinner? Wish you could do something to make

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  'd" banners, festive for the season. The "uncapped" banner will return after the ... tasks we put off during Selection. For me, this meant lots of returning ... from two actual members of the MIT Class of 2010! Thanks for stopping by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  This afternoon, we began early action selection for the Class of 2010. As is my custom, I wore a tie today, out of respect for the applicants ... for in MIT students, we can usually reach consensus after a bit of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  start wearing shoes and socks. To get ready for the winter, this week the ... for the snow because that means snow football and more occasions for hot ... setting up for the event. Rebecca gives pointers on how to eat healthy for

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  Nobel prize for his "for the development of the metathesis method in ... the Nobel committee for being the first to produce an efficient metal-compound catalyst for metathesis--a chemical process wherein two reacting structures

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  a sense of what we look when selecting students for admission. Basically, we're looking for students with broad interests, both academic and ... "look good" on their resume or college application. We look for students
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  of. Unfortunately, by far the most common scientific test for silk is ... tools for characterizing materials. What if I just used one of those tools ... ago so that undergrads like me can use these tools for this exact

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  prepare for my 4-year journey that will probably include a lot of late ... preparedness for this next stage of my life. More specifically, the independence ... yourself - at least it did for me.    Probably like most of my peers

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  love letter to the ‘tute miss miss miss

  

  London. what this means is that i have been away from MIT for a little over ... for the fall semester. i decided to do this for a lot of different ... that i decided this would be good for me. i am taking four math classes

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 21, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updates i'm still here.

  

  precise. There are all sorts of random reasons I could give for my ... family for going three weeks before replying to a text. ‘School is crazy ... means for me; trying to get seven hours of sleep, eat at least two healthy

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • January 20, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  -or-treating and mooch candy from all your GRTs? Aww yes. I, for one, opted for ... intended for females. That's actually one of the best definitions I've seen ... teaches fundamental values (the tagline is "Friendship is Magic," for

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  program for his junior year that would allow him to merge the arts with his ... the academics that he doesn”t feel much affinity for otherwise. It was a ... humanities focus for these brilliant mathematical and scientific young minds

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  presentation in the same week, I'd never been so behind on work. For Thanksgiving ... , the commotion was a welcome change and a nice bend toward normalcy for a ... winter clothes and all manners of sustenance for the finals and final weeks

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  this comes as a surprise you may have been looking for that other Institute of Technology......) But one of the largest challenges, at least for ... psetted, whilst having plenty of time for movie-thons and Guitar Hero on a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008