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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Random notes A little bit of this, a little bit of that.

  

  'll be reading them this week and posting some of them next week. Good news for Heroes fans at MIT: Masi Oka, who plays the lovable and awesome ... Chairman of the American Conference on Diversity. I'll be answering more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What MIT Grads Do With Their Free Time Want to see the fireworks up close? Simply turn an old car into a boat…

  

  My friend Amrys (MIT '02) and a bunch of her fellow MIT-grad friends ... idea being to get as close as possible to the fireworks on the 4th of July (and have the coolest boat on the Charles River). Seriously, you

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Summary

  

  that you want on a 3D CAD program like Solidworks (see image below of a ... engines and ran them at the same time: [] Here are some examples of pretty ... : [] LEDs mounted on the flywheel with a battery: [] Below are examples of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  here's just one example of a) how hands on the class is, and b) how it ... ; eventually, we will pull it out and have a nice column of space for the fire ... , grate it, eat it? Prop the barrel up on bricks and light the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  passively take on the role of “hardened and unfeeling and purely objective ... “My name is Paige, and I'm a bit of an optimist. Or at least, I try ... ’d respond. There was some part of me that thought he’d turn around and say

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  Meet the baby bloggers! you have to read that to the tune of meet the flintstones

  

  on if she'll do it again) Ana R. S. '22 of California (and a lot of ... hours arguing about how great they all were, and finally settled on this wonderful group of people. And now you, like us, get to laugh, cry, and lose

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we ... can also be full of unexpected growth. We adapt and continue onward ... . Some of you may have complicated feelings; that’s okay too, and this is

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Decisions

  

  . The whole college application process is one of back-and-forth decisions ... your talents to go on to do wonderful things with the education and ... We've come to the time of year when many of you readers will find out

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Koch Institute?

  Institute (NCI) designated Cancer Center, is a state-of-the-art cancer research facility as well as the hub of cancer research on the MIT campus. The Koch Institute brings together biologists and chemists along with
• Blog / MIT Life

  Prof. Acemoglu’s Clark Medal On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe, there's a story…

  

  On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe ... contribution to economic thought and knowledge. Of the 29 Clark medalists to date ... during a tumultuous period of economic crises and political unrest, when

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  hey hey HAYMARKET slicing and dicing all over the place.

  

  a room on the second floor of Building Four where they were casting ... shop and $14 later, we had enough fruit for all of us. Select photos ... some fresh fish and cook it for dinner. A few minutes later, we were on

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Let it snow What I did today instead of sleep for 29 straight hours.

  

  class of the week, and in so doing I would catch up on all of the sleep ... it snowed. So of course I had to get up and open the shade above my ... ), "Hey, you can blog about this now! And tell all of the prospective

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  incomprehensible names, like “Intersectionality and the Ethics of Transnational Surrogacy.” There are readings on the history of education methods and ... narratives of public figures. The class is 17.309 Science, Technology, and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... socioeconomically diverse. 2. There is a quota on the number of international ... experiences and countries. You can get a sense of our current international (and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were ... love to have on campus. For those of you whom were not admitted, know

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread For Those Not Admitted

  

  the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were ... love to have on campus. For those of you whom were not admitted, know

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Party in the MIT This is some scary stuff.

  

  admissions website. The link has been sent to a couple of dorm lists and is popping up here and there on Facebook. My guess would be that this doesn ... Tell the truth, how many current MIT students read the title of this

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  of teaching opportunities here to make an impact on their peers and the ... reflecting on how I've spent my time outside of class. Of the various ... has consistently inspired me and given me a sense of fulfillment

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• Blog / Events

  What now suckas!? That's right. I have a brass rat. What.

  

  night on May 8th. I think I speak for a lot of us when I say that was a ... and you see somebody with a brass rat on then you know they went to MIT ... and fancily caption all of my pictures, all 35+ of them. So, without

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  , and she is an absolutely fascinating speaker. She has done decades of research on colonial United States up to the Declaration of Independence and ... her treatise on the formation of the Constitution of United States

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010