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  2 AM Destiny An early evening snapshot of an MIT kitchen

  

  . Phillip is photographing apples he picked at Random Hall’s annual apple picking trip to Honey Pot Hill Orchard. Here’s his photograph of the apples ... you with a photo of Erons’s angry bird in a chair:   Everyone’s

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT Open House Well, come on in y'all!

  

  expecting tens of thousands of visitors to MIT’s campus. The jam ... a quick taste of the program’s effectiveness. With 407 and 10 hours ... coinciding with my experience of moving out of Texas. It’s exciting to be the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT = The American Dream As usual...we procrastinate like mad before finals.

  

  My 5.60 Final is tomorrow at 9:00. In just about 18 hours, I will be DONE with my seventh semester at MIT! (I am currently trying to study for it…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  Rubik’s cubes 4 decks of cards 1 poker set, with 4 colors of chips ... the floor space in my room. It’s now in cups on the desk, hanging from a ... upperclassmen indicated that for freshmen, there’s not much point other than swag

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  GEL-ing Gordon Engineering Leadership program, that is

  

  Arts minor because there’s no combination more perfect than spike tape ... for MIT’s newspaper, The Tech. Some people will try to tell you ... beyond the Institute’s “Ivory Tower.” While I just got accepted to GEL, I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  (ABC’s) for the 2nd semester. I'm going to grade my IAP. The following is a hypothetical but unembellished report card. ‚ò∫ *click Let’s see – 3 F’s and 2 C’s? What!!! Second-semester can’t be like this! Okay

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Results from the Photo Scavenger Hunt On the bright side, there's alt-text!

  

  scavenger hunt! Enjoy the fame and glory that comes with it. P.S. I'm trying

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 27, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A Burton Jew Thanksgiving Because I'm game for any excuse to eat stuffing.

  

  Jewish? Whoa, okay, it’s offish, I’ve had too much 5.112.) Why does this ... morning and everyone’s happy. But let’s think about this. Every year, we ... - there’s not much else to give thanks for. Happy Thanksgiving from MIT!

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  master’s at UMD and now I’m a Terrapin If anything, I can say that this ... University of Maryland, College Park for a master’s degree, Morehouse College for a bachelor’s degree, Piscataway High School for my high school

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends Tonight, It Ends Tonight On this evening / I give the final blow...

  

  It all ends tonight. Last 8.02 exam. Last 14.01 pset. Last 5.111 pset. One all-nighter. Wish me luck. ;) The semester is really coming to an end! Freshman year is…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  food. Some standout dishes included cannoli from Mike’s Pastries, the obligatory liquid nitrogen ice cream, and professional chef Gerry’s world ... the mascot is the beaver, “nature’s engineer.” I know the social Baker

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Mystery Hunt Puzzle A Taste of Things to Come...

  

  It is 2:45 AM. You have just finished your 5.111 pset. The handwritten solutions took you 10 pages, and you’re very fed up with drawing molecular orbital diagrams. You still…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Ali Khademhosseini: Building tissues, cell-by-cell Khademhosseini, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the joint MIT-Harvard Health Sciences and Technology Program,…

  

  Review’s Top 35 Young Innovators of 2007 for his inventive tissue ... living tissue, but Khademhosseini’s work is unique in its “ ... . As MIT’s Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor in 2004

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  reserves are drying out, glaciers are melting, and the world’s supply ... calamities: pretend it’s not happening, accept defeat, or try to make ... petro-diesel to create a blended fuel that can be used in MIT’s

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  . Where is theta, and is the component mgsin(theta) or mgcos(theta)? That’s ... Mohr’s circle, which is this amazing shorthand way to solve these kinds ... student cookbook, and it’s just mashed potatoes. But still! Awesome! Then I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Sneak Preview

  

  evening while s/he was on a date.

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2009!

  

  ! In the meantime, all of you '09s should check out the Firstyear site

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 2, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  At the very least, we recommend you have one full year of both calculus (or higher level of math, whichever meets your ability level) and calculus-based physics. It’s rare that an applicant is admitted without
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the Infinite Corridor?

  The Infinite Corridor is MIT’s spinal cord. Many of our departments, classrooms, and labs radiate from here. Whatever you do, stay to the right when traveling the corridor and note that pedestrian speed increases dramatically
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What programs does Office of Minority Education offer?

  society. Matriculation to one of the world’s top schools of science and