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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation Lots of fun with picture pages

  

  requires the Flash Player plugin and a web browser with JavaScript enabled. Courtesy of Patrick Gillooly/MIT News ... Wondering what our new freshman are up to this week (aside from the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts

  

  pictures of the view - Treasure Island, above, and Coit Tower, below ... shabby, huh? Check out our immediate view The sign in the bottom of the center of the photograph commands, "Honk if you love free movies

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Rome! Gelato, Saint Peter's Basilica, and Vespas for an entire week.

  

  In about 6 hours, I'll be boarding a plane and going to... ROME! Seeing as I haven't packed or exchanged money yet, this blog entry will have to stay short but look out for entries live from the capitol of the

  • by Bryan
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT Problems – EA Deadline Now 11/4 EA deadline extended to 11/4 - details inside.

  

  It's been a nightmare of a weekend. We are all down in NYC for the College Board Conference, with limited internet access, and the MyMIT server ... this has been... not so fun. Anyway, the site is back and should be

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 30, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is MIT’s mascot/school colors?

  Our mascot is a beaver—nature's original engineer. Perfect, right? Tim the Beaver has been a member of the MIT community for 100 years. MIT's school colors are cardinal red and silver gray.
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT have a Financial Aid Calculator?

  , the Net Price Calculator will help you learn your eligibility for financial aid and estimate your out-of-pocket expenses.   ... We have two calculators. The MyinTuition Quick College Cost Estimator
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  , Thinking Fast and Slow, a renowned tome that delves into the intricacies of ... rateyourmusic.com and Reddit, and pored over dozens of Spotify playlists. the ... thought this would be a good idea because I enjoy the entire process of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2023!

  

  I posting the blogger app and prospective bloggers coming out of the ... today in class, and so forth. The mission of the blogs is to help our ... up and check AirNow to see if more smoke is floating down through the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  mention school and real life), I do need to mention one vital part of the application process that should be at the top of your To Do list: the interview ... ’s Cube at you and start a stopwatch. The interview is a conversation

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Stress Management @ The MITstitvte What's a student to do when school gets rough?

  

  Facebook asking how to deal with stress, and got a massive influx of ... face to the interwebs. I have replaced it with that of the guitarist ... . Climb trees. Race down the hallway. Go outside and feel the cold for 30

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  post a few weeks ago"]birthday[/annotation] today, and one of my ... ’t been in a while, and I’m really into it. I think the time I spent in ... especially when – it’s cold outside. The [annotation note="or is it one of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  If you enjoyed the story of the MIT Blackjack Team -- the movie "21" and/or the book on which it was based, Ben Mezrich's "Bringing Down the ... a gift, and started thinking about how the algorithm behind the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  moving out i'm leaving for a bit

  

  's Out There in the Real World, and also a better sense of What I Don ... -facing window, the sun slanted in past the Green Building in the afternoons and filled the high ceilings with a gentle in-betweenness, half out and half in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  like this one. Photo courtesy of publicdomainpictures.net And of ... and reasoning in the comments... just think about it; no Wikipedia! I ... some class at MIT as an impartial observer and take notes on how the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  the Beta submission of problem set 2 to Sunday 11:59 PM. Armando and Saman" Which in turn resulted in the following i'm-so-relieved-and-in-love-with-freedom-of-speech-and ... tedious and time-consuming" class. The past three weeks have validated that

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• 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 / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  You may know Conan O'Brien, host of the popular late night talk show ... airing without the benefit of writers, due to the strike (soon to be settled?) by the Writers Guild of America. Without writers, the show has

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy Pi Day!!! 3.14159!

  

  sponsored a Pi Day Celebration of sorts. This was the email I received ... : What do you get if you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by ... and pie! - - HKN Social Committee A few pictures and videos from the

  • by Bryan
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding Online Decisions A brief update.

  

  the obvious need for exhaustive testing and the nature of the admissions cycle (and the cycle-dependent status of the MyMIT database), we will not ... and that you'd appreciate the update. All I can say is that we're trying

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  transportation, and this is a problem. Alternative evolutions of the bicycle ... not tricycles, for extra stability and a flair of whimsy? Become the ... break and become friends with the next best pair of limbs on your body

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023