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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  When MIT Gets Tough, CAAAATTTT Everything was terrible, and then I cat

  

  me, we cooked a bunch of food so I wouldn't starve, and we went on an ... stuffed animals on the giant bean bag chair I sleep on each night ... about a test that I ended up not being in the right state of mind (let

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 7, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Contest Continues Contest wrapup.

  

  So in response to the death of Pluto as a planet, I am undertaking a campaign to revise the mnemonic and change history books with YOUR HELP Here ... Numerals. Winner will be determined on Friday.

  • by Bryan
  • September 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection: Day Three A beautiful snowy Sunday...

  

  It's a beautiful snowy Sunday in Cambridge, and we're hard at work selecting the Class of 2010. While working on a subcommittee with Jenny and Mike '07, we spied out the window some folks playing in the snow in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did an MIT grad start Khan Academy?

  cousin, Nadia, in math over the internet. By the end of 2006, more ... posting tutorials on YouTube. Three years later Sal left his job as a hedge
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Hello from Palo Alto My California not-so-vacation.

  

  students give presentations on their research and the chair of the admissions committee gives an overview of the program. Recruits go on San Francisco tours ... interview. Berkeley puts the 35 of us who are also interviewing at Stanford on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  last minute application panic for the procrastinators

  

  working on your college applications instead. But since you’re already here, please watch this calming .gif of a cat: Take a deep breath. Mmm, embrace serenity with 21% oxygen, 78% nitrogen, and small amounts of argon

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 22, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  some background on recent happenings at MIT, so please bear with me: An art installation went up recently on "Walker Lawn", also known as the small strip of grass between Walker Memorial and Building 14. It was

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  February(ish) Updates and Notes aka my life in photos and haikus

  

  #5 (out of 7), and played games on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday. In ... photos that accurately summarize my current state of existence: The ... -students. The top photo is a week in the life of Junior spring. I’m currently in 5

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Engineer, Blogger… Rhodes Scholar (!) Melis wins the Rhodes Scholarship!

  

  On Saturday, the Rhodes Trust announced the 32 Americans who have won ... Institute of Technology, where she majors in mechanical engineering and minors ... institute. Her senior thesis is in the use of micro-electro-mechanical devises

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2007
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  My ML model finished training right after I finished this post technically i *am* doing work right now

  

  code to run on my computer for my UROP project this summer, which is ... would be doing this kind of stuff in college, she would be excited and (hopefully) proud of me. But, it's definitely not what she would've imagined it

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Food No Context blogging no context

  

  10:00AM bottle of soylent on the go for breakfast.   12:59PM free lunch after accidentally walking into a Joi Ito (Director of the MIT Media Lab) talk at the Martin Trust Center.   1:08PM our

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my day in pictures

  

  : ...still in lab       it's been one of those days. we have ... sounds some sirens if you leave the "doors" of the "car" open too long (where the doors are just buttons and switches on this circuit board

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Disaster Relief .

  

  I haven't been able to focus at all today. I didn't really understand the scope of it til this afternoon. Times Report on the Earthquake ... beautiful region of the world.

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  MITHenge Blinded by the light.

  

  Every June 21st, thousands of people flock to Stonehenge to watch a very special sunrise. On this day, the summer solstice, the sun is ... , people popped their heads out of their offices and labs to see this special

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals! Finals are here!

  

  : A toughie, but I managed to answer most of the problems =) If you ... 'll be studying for most of the time until Wednesday, I will take a break for Jack Bauer on Monday night, season finale!!! For all you 24 fans

  • by Bryan
  • May 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred? Shameless thievery from a colleague's blog topic (sorry Matt).

  

  are a great many more of you that were deferred that admitted. I'm sure ... say the least) to all of you. Please take heart in knowing that you ... you respond to me, be sure to read the post by Dean Marilee Jones on the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  During our Independent Activities Period (IAP), essentially most of ... semester -- numerous for-credit classes are on offer. The full first semester of several language classes is available in condensed form: three hours

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  . And if you can handle putting all of your life-changing moments down on ... Once, when I was younger, I poured the entire contents of a carton of milk down the drain because it was past the "Sell By" date listed on the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  I'm often asked about supplemental material. None of the below is ... this is helpful and answers lots of questions... Music. If you play music and would like to be a part of the music community at MIT, you may

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Decisions 2013 Is it supposed to be waitlist, wait list, or wait-list? Oh never mind...

  

  know many of you have been anxiously awaiting news about our wait list ... on admitting students from the wait list. However, this year, we saw an unprecedented, record-breaking percentage of admitted students choosing to enroll

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 13, 2013