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  Comments 3999 & 4000

  

  who, in the 3999th comment, provided a link to this interview with MIT professor Henry Jenkins on Star Wars fandom: Henry Jenkins is perhaps the most prominent scholar in the country devoted to examining pastimes often deemed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting from 10,439 applications and a dozen ties.

  

  We received 10,439 applications this year, about the same as last year's 10,466. Down the line, the statistics are nearly identical to last year. It's another strong applicant class. The reading of domestic (US

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  Reviews: “Eco-chic.” -a freshman critic from Maseeh “The prizes were awesome, and the designers worked super hard all semester, and the ... .” -a sophomore on the Trashion committee “It was all trash! Beautiful

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  To fully appreciate MIT’s location, venture to downtown Boston. The Institute campus combines the chillness of living Cambridge and the proximity ... shop, eat, see a movie, or simply take a walk down the Freedom Trail to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Life, IHTFP, and Everything answer: 42 (and snow!)

  

  The first sentence is always the hardest. At MIT, however, it came easily. On my first full day here, I jumped onto a trapeze, despite the ... , my friend and I crossed the Harvard Bridge for the first time. We had

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Burchard Scholars Program (old time stamp: 11-21-09) - this entry is five months late >___

  

  think it's about time. I've alluded to the Burchards program on and off ... . So here goes: The Burchard Scholars Program is a dinner-seminar program initiated by the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Science at

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  On the first Friday of my last semester, I had a choice between two ... one… I chose both. It’s Week 5 now, and I've gotten used to taking the rushed coffee break in the middle of the 10am-4pm seminar block. I have

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México

  

  While some of us have spent the first week of freedom from classes ... the ground running with meaningful projects such as the one that the brilliant Olivia S. '20 describes below. Enjoy the read

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  Yesterday, the Thiel Foundation announced the first class of the "20 Under 20 Thiel Fellows." Though actually numbering 24, all of the Fellows are indeed under 20 years of age. According to the press release, more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to visit MIT yet. They may never walk the tunnels before they decide to apply ... certainly cannot substitute for the real experience of being on MIT's campus

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  Want a Warhol in your dorm room? This is exhibition week of the Student Loan Art Collection at MIT's List Visual Arts Center. The Student ... for the entire academic year one of more than 400 noted pieces of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Attack! My war diary.

  

  ! Please excuse the lolcat/EECS reference, it was a necessary evil. Surprise and happy New Year! There's a new kid on the blogs, halfway through the ... amounts of snow, snow means fun! For all of the upper-classmen who see snow

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully this post will be quite helpful! How does the waitlist work? We are ... estimates of the percentage of admitted students who will attend (known as the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time passes Someone left the cake out in the rain.

  

  sweat glands. The duck-billed platypus has no nipples. Thus, in order to feed its live-born young, the platypus secretes milk over the entire front half of its body, and the child just kind of licks it off

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  As many of you know, I'm an avid reader of the New York Times. Reading the Sunday paper is a favorite part of my week. During less busy times of the year, I'll do the crossword in the Magazine. Also in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST

  

  off short buildings.  Grumkins who haunt the hallways and who never see ... best not written about on the blogs. Some of these phenomena can be written about on the blogs, though, and this is one of them. The central

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Public MIT panel on the science behind vaccines, and ending the evolving pandemic

  

  A few days ago, President Reif emailed the MIT community to announce a webinar on the science of vaccines, and the role they will play in fighting the pandemic. The webinar is open to the public, and will be hosted

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 4, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  So, it's the middle of January and although it was an unseasonably ... learned quickly after joining the Admissions Office that it was important to ... around campus mid-afternoon today. I went by some of my favorite spots, the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  there are two popular approaches to moving a cart. the first one is to stand behind the cart and push it in the direction you want to go: the second is to stand in front of the cart and pull it such that it

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  puzzles that centered around the best attractions, museums, food, and outdoorsy areas to visit around New England. Here is the first one I completed! Peep the other two puzzle boxes that will be completed and glued in the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017