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  When Disaster Strikes About how we'll be flexible with applications, and a couple of benefit events.

  

  and Rita and the earthquake in Pakistan still very much on all of our minds, and the early action deadline about a week away, I figure this is a ... your situation, please call the office at (617) 253-4791, Monday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  So, we had this great idea of going to Shakespeare on the Common, a ... Common. It's a scenic walk about thirty minutes from MIT, the sun was shining, birds were chirping, the Red Sox were winning, so, I figured, sure

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for the Class of 2013 The "Next Big Mailing" is on its way out, and with it lots of goodies…

  

  The Next Big Mailing (NBM) is on its way out the door. Formally known as the "A60" for historical reasons we can no longer remember, the NBM represents the transition of the newly admitted class from the Admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  the Houses of Parliament on November 5, 1605. Though their plot was foiled at the twelfth hour, the conspirators nonetheless secured a place in the history of England, largely thanks to the catchy verses that were

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Melis and the AXO Chocolate Factory AXO Fondue was last night!

  

  the same event, you know it's the place to be and be seen =) Last night ... we had the opportunity to open our house to the MIT community. The event was particularly special for me because I was one of the four

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  students would rather do calculus than succumb to the byproducts of rampant ... to talk about things that they write at the bottom of lists. In ... holding heart shaped candies and frilly pink cards jams itself into the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  .) I’m mildly obsessed with the internet. Actually, mildly is putting it mildly. I’m overwhelmingly obsessed with the internet. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that for almost my entire life I’ve had to deal

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  one. For the past two weeks, I’ve been spending my evenings singing in a choir. The Boston Conservatory is running a program for high-school students interested in pursuing singing in the future, and the choir director

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] give us your words you have words. we want your words.

  

  our poetry. Fatima: For the past semester, Alan and I have been reading ... invariably in some new form, as the class requires. Every Sunday, I bring a ... of six sestets, having the same six end words in each of the stanzas

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  fun facts about random stuff sometimes i just like learning new things

  

  I’ve potatoed so much over the past few weeks of break — lounging in ... , the reason why I feel like this is a "break", even though objectively it is studying, is that it's the opposite of the kind of learning that MIT

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 5, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Celeste the best video game i've played in months

  

  the first video game I've picked up in months, mostly because my friends ... , and the biggest threat of all: herself. Celeste makes it with a limited ... the eight cardinal and intercardinal directions, and the dash recharges

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 13, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  7 Rings actually just one but ya know

  

  , so so so many blog posts that talk about the tradition of the MIT brass rat, the ring design and what happens at ring delivery, I'm going to ... adventure here at MIT.  Looking back at it all now, a lot has happened in the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 23, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  extraordinary and everyday beauty the city in fall is my city

  

  I got up a little early this morning thanks to the time change and ... nearby, but the slightly closer one, at about 25 minutes' walk, is the "world's smallest" Trader Joe's across the river in Boston (which I would

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 4, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  It’s been four days since the beginning of sophomore year. That means ... two, summer is officially over. And with that, it is time to bid the 8 ... -style hall that the idea for 8,726,400 SOS first sparked. Since then, seeing it

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  to the great and wonderful institutions that are Princeton and Yale. Without further ado, I present my expression of feelings for the first ... the hard way that it’s really not like high school. Surrounded by the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  It's been a stressful last few weeks. The weekend before Thanksgiving, though, was another one of those IHTFP, !!! IHTFP !!!, weeks. The same day I left for the 2017 Eastern Sectional Figure Skating Championships in

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  2020 Admitted Student Gatherings Get a vision of your future at MIT

  

  the MIT community. Newly admitted students have received their ... admissions officers are celebrating the end of application season. Also, this year it looks like the lingering winter weather has finally left us

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Attention local high school students interested science and engineering! Have you heard about BeaverDash?

  

  WIth CPW 2012 just a few days away, the whole school is getting ready to invite new friends from all over the world onto our campus. But in ... students to explore the Institute through an engineering competition

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Econ Prof Wins Nobel Prize (with video) A pretty exciting week as Peter Diamond PhD '63 is the latest MIT professor to…

  

  D '63 was awarded the Nobel memorial prize in Economics. For MIT, this ... Robert Solow) and 9 alumni (including Diamond and Merton) who have won the ... are the highlights: You can watch the full press conference at MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  keeping up with her inbox, she is naturally well-informed about the goings-on in the MIT community - so much so that I generally find out about ... find MIT's Great Dome shrouded in white wrappings and the hubbub of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009