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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ‘Twas the Night before Finals Likely the highlight of my literary career. And some words of advice to EA.

  

  their chem, Had just settled down for some quick SHM, When out on the ‘net ... ? There’s just no way to tell!” The seniors all clammered, “There’s no need to stress, You’re on pass/no record, and it’s just one test!” (“http

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  application materials. Try to get it done soon so you can have a rockin' New ... , direct them to Daniel, MIT's Director of Financial Aid.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Things We Don’t Remember Enough About each other

  

  relationships we have or can have in our lives should be a means of support rather than an additional stressor. Sometimes, the way we perceive other people can get in the way of relationship-building, but here are three things I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a hell week do not try at home

  

  for the week was half of a 14.121 pset that i'd gotten stuck on. if mit ... behemoth of a homework assignment for 6.867 and trying to catch up on my late ... 'm writing the first draft of this blog post on the tail end of an all

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 27, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Letters Are In The Mail You are an incredible group of people, both academically and personally.

  

  record, I can't believe what an incredible group of people you are, both academically and personally. You are the best of the best. I wish we had enough room in the Institute for all of you, I really do. I'm off to enjoy a

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wake Up Calls because The Big Picture needs you

  

  incoherent pen-markings in every wild direction on their notebooks. You can ... definitely not unnoticeable among the masses of people who obviously slept the ... most hilarious and zombie-affected pages of my physics notes for October

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  's as good a measure as any of geekiness, at least with respect to the ... National Science Foundation released a ton of statistics as part of their "Science and Engineering Indicators" report for 2010. They compiled a lot of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Useful items to bring for dorm room

  

  that can set things on fire if knocked over). There are plenty of power ... get all sorts of things at home before they come, but there are plenty of drug stores in the area, so unless you have a particular surplus of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT DDR Tetris on 6-foot LED Matrix "We did this because we were bored." -- Russell Cohen '13

  

  both, on a 6-foot tall LED display, thanks to three bored MIT students ... -Conner Tetris Battle is the creation of two Course 6 juniors, Russell Cohen '13 ... Andrew Carlson '12. In the comments on Engadget, Russell said, "We did this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool UROP position UROP opportunity: helping people fight obesity using robots

  

  Just a reminder...there are a lot of new UROP opportunities for IAP, here's an example of a cool project: "Sociable Robot Applications ... help with a project applying sociable robots to the real-world problem of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is fixed! The deadline for EA has been extended to November 5 due to the recent MyMIT…

  

  November 5. Good luck to those of you who are finishing up your early apps

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2004
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  is graded on a pass/no record basis: if you pass the class you get a “pass” on your transcript;  if not, there's no record you took it. The ... of A/B/C. As part of the flexible pass/no record grading option, you
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  seemed like a good idea at the time, but the results were sparse. The two ... Summer Glau. Speaking of winning, here are the winners:     So congratulations Elizabeth and Mohammed (respectively) you're the winners of the

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

  Retreat, RETREAT!! A weekend vacation.

  

  goodness for GPS and my 4 co-pilots. So amidst a weekend of planning ... So this weekend my 61 of my fraternity brothers and I drove several ... tomorrow: looking ahead to the semester of TWO classes!!!

  • by Bryan
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  This post is almost entirely devoid of content except to point out a particularly funny exchange in the comments of a recent post. It's a constant ... commenting is acceptable behavior or not. I'm guilty of being one of those

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Piece of my Heart Hey, look, a Turkish internet cafe.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The proliferation of "standing cafes" in Germany was ... working on some important stuff for Bayer CropScience. Anyway, I'm not going ... understanding of the language. For example if somebody at the bank says "blah blah

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  111-year history, in 1918. That was because of World War 1. So it's not ... Susan Hockfield, but I'm sick of hearing about global warming when I check ... 've been much more of lame-o about running outside since I got a MacBook and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  All the advice you’ll need for the next twelve hours not clickbait

  

  letter. That moment, you will split into two versions of yourself: the you ... facets of who you are. Neither can the words "accepted" and "rejected ... rejected because your extracurriculars weren't good enough. The complicated

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  recognized me and asked for a sticker because of something I said a year ago ... weekend and I can give you a sticker, too. It can even have glitter on it ... building up of a structure. Catamorphism: the consumption of a structure

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10s in the news A series of newspaper articles about incoming MIT freshmen.

  

  've collected from across the web (via newsfeeds) about members of the Class of ... link my way). It's nice to read about MIT MMX like celebrities! Today, we ... a week's worth to follow. At the conclusion of this series, I plan to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006