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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  Valley and the headquarters of such companies like Apple, Google, HP, and e ... STEM occupations - and if you think about it, Boston is right across the ... geeky awesome? There must be something in the water. That might also

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Kendra

  

  " competition, which was held at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on May 16 and 17. To win the P3, a project had to demonstrate how it would ... of the chemistry department and Jamie Lewis Keith of the Environmental

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  semester wrap-up snaps and snippets

  

  for the aero/astro degree. here is a part of that airplane (i worked on ... about race in education and the school-to-prison pipeline, called notes ... knocked on doors and reminded people to vote and got more comfortable

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 29, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  Comics for IAP Doonesbury takes on the 6.270 Autonomous Robot Design Competition.

  

  , and Charm School). Read on... (and if you like comics, or movies ... A few weeks back, MIT's most famous fictitious current student, Alex Doonesbury '10, had an exciting IAP, doing the 6.270 Autonomous Robot Design

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s alive! I built a little car.

  

  cool as Melis's, but it will do. Pictures and reflection about the design process tomorrow, once I actually finish designing and building it ... , in lab, Professor Blanco helped me on my car! Thus, it's still not done

  • by Bryan
  • May 9, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT prefer public school or private school?

  through that context and admit those students who are the best matched with ... MIT receives diverse and interesting applications from students in every type of school: public, private, religious, charter, and home school
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  creativity, cleverness, and difficulty of execution. A 1958 prank in which the ... unique sense of humor, as expressed in the arena of hacking. Hacks at the Institute are elaborate—but benign—practical jokes perpetrated anonymously on
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are Psets?

  psets. Problem sets are the backbone of our teaching in many subjects; for many, problem-solving is the essence of the MIT education. Faculty vary as to the portion of course credit derived from psets. In some cases, the
• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  crumbled, you doubled your dosage / you wanna go, said the inhibitor blocking the passage" and "got so hooked on a feeling, i started dealing / in a ... whiteout conditions is a song by the new pornographers, and it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published! MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at…

  

  research going on at MIT and around the world. We publish four types of ... have your work published for all to see!!! I'm on the editorial board and ... -Level Programs on Waste Reduction and Increased Recycling (by Matthew V. Brooks

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Alia Burton ‘05 Name: Alia Burton; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

  

  : interesting and brilliant people; students of every major can take nearly any class and do research in any department; "nerdiness" and quirkiness aren ... things about Boston: Museum of Fine Arts; the T (subway) is cheap and clean

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Intermission Summer job: just kickin' it. And working at Pixar, too.

  

  've been spending hours in used bookstores and swimming and taking deep breaths, and it's been.. really nice. That doesn't mean I've forgotten about ... ! Lots of good stuff coming your way from the studio - at the end of this

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  puzzled again? a little puzzle for the class of '09

  

  So this week, each day of Orientation, the students have been getting a group of scavenger hunt questions to solve, and today they get to solve mine. This blog is supposed to have a question on it, so I'll make

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Wish I Was an Astronaut I was a nerd even back in 3rd grade.

  

  my name, Planes and space is my game, First American on the moon, that ... grade, just thought I'd share. Mollie, maybe Adam wants to make this the ... biographies about individuals, and I chose Neil Armstrong, and furthermore, I

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  ADITL My wednesday.

  

  modelling of a new version of the device I'm working on in lab. 10:05 - 10 ... 's equations. 2:45 - 3:30 PM: Chilling on the 2nd floor of the student center ... Watching with Mitra and Sam for the first third. TV watching with Sam while

  • by Bryan
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA see alan's post

  

  https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/we-visited-every-station-on-the-mbta/

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer restaurant recommendations Some of my favorite restaurants.

  

  jazz brunches on the weekends, and half-price (cheap!) dinners before 6pm ... A few weeks back, I ran into my friend Andre '08 on the T (that is, the Boston subway). Andre, who is on campus this summer working on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mattress Dominoes! One of many reasons why my summer is better than yours.

  

  I've got for you today. Back to the living and the learning and all ... 'm spending the summer as an RTA for the Center for Talent Development at ... students. There are two sessions each summer; I was the TA for Neuroscience

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  E-mails in French House "Seriously, people, what's going on here?"

  

  placed on the sac tab is automatically up for grabs. This is usually food, but in the past I have acquired both a pair of jeans and a Snuggie ... -mail, you're encouraged to write the body in both English and French. Now

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  you spent last Friday and Saturday eagerly awaiting the unveiling of the ... United States and the former head of Google[x]. It's been called MIT's most famous class, and is certainly among the most infuential. Last week, Mech

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016