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• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on the Paris Metro Our final review was Monday - officials from the Paris public transport authority flew in…

  

  concept could change the direction of the entire term! The professor and ... our first assignment was to perform an "ethnography" of the subway ... who manages all of the information kiosks in the stations), and even a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  Two of my friends from UCLA are visiting, and we have had a busy first day. They both flew in early this morning, and we spent the whole day walking around the area in the glorious warmth and sunlight that

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…

  

  't take the MIT admissions decision as any indication of your potential. You are all superstars, truly. And each of you is going to make the ... I've been thinking about something since I left work today, and felt

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Next Big Mailing is out Choosing your email address, and more.

  

  The first wave of the Next Big Mailing (NBM) has been sent out ... longer remember, the NBM represents the transition of the newly admitted ... ): they're the firstyear and Orientation folks. What does the NBM include

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2005 Economics Nobel MIT's intellectual monopoly over game theory knowledge continues. (~9 pictures)

  

  . Schelling. The Nobel website has a nice summary of their work on "conflict and cooperation through the lens of game theory." Aumann actually is an MIT alum ... -worthy rendering of the E52-383 office cluster. In the first office is Professor

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  management course (each being 1.5 hours long), and the first two were called: 1 ... .[/annotation] And that was the first day!! It’s lights out in two minutes, so I’ll see ... hour break, and about 20 of us headed off to the local ski resort to ski

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  people who you always think of by both first and last name all the time ... a novel and I decided a list would be the best way. I keep lists of ... apple corer and a set of utensils. I've been drinking cereal from the bowl

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  I’m still here. Promise.

  

  -credit class that meets twice a week for an hour and spend the rest of my time ... the Mystery Hunt Website, you can check out all of the puzzles, metapuzzles, and some data about teams involved in the hunt. One of my absolute

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  reminded me of SAD just last Thursday. I was at the Massachusetts Science and ... participate in to take their mind off of the academic aspect of college and focus on the other parts of it! I think a lot of people, and sometimes

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2009 Brass Rat My highly biased and personal opinions about Ring Premiere.

  

  heard me making loud and sometimes sarcastic comments the whole time. Hey ... of the Great Dome and Killian Court, and our design is no different. My ... '09) and the T token (on the left of the inscription, included to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at MIT ... two years at MIT, and drawing upon suggestions and ideas of the entire ... committee decided to adorn the bezel of the ring with the beaver and have a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  part of my first semester at the institute: 7 classes passed Somehow ... Management), and 14.009 (Intro to Economics in Society). At the beginning of ... fortunate to get past the rough start and still take most of the classes I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  top of the page, there's a high-rise (16 floors total) and a low-rise (4 ... day-to-day life than the culture of the dorm as a whole. MacGregor's i3 ... . The dorm as a whole shares several facilities, such as the laundry room

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  LSC – It Doesn’t Suck! Reject digital, return to 35 mm analogue

  

  . We use pairs of cue dots to coordinate them synchronously; the first ... end of the film reel, usually at 0.75 and 8 seconds (18 and 192 frames ... (?), I was distracted at that point of the screening and missed the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

  of the same page, or opening messenger every two and a half minutes in ... span of moments in which you’re not quite ready to accept the fact that ... said, and piecing together the other half based on context, or visual

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  intensity of the admissions process and constant news reports warning how ... and asked whether the young man had a chance of being admitted to MIT ... relations and enrollment at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship for future engineers Chance to win $2,000

  

  Chapter website (ashraeboston.org). They are awarding 14 scholarships in the amount of $2000. The deadline is May 30, 2008. For more information: http ... Are any of you high school seniors who are Massachusetts residents

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt or, how to drive yourself insane by looking at floorplans

  

  identifying some of the locations as a sort of summer project. Alan: And, since ... first twenty or so images in the collection seemed fairly reasonable, and ... first night. We were in the east part of campus, so we started with the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  latest book, The Soul of Anime, examines the notion of "collaborative creativity" in the context of Japanese anime production and propagation through ... 's a creative energy that drives and develops the "universe" of a media

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  , and registered for the conference. The first big event was Freeman ... Harvard Admissions Institute. The first day of NACAC is mostly social. Some ... . Except that I hate the sight of blood. Woke up today and headed to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005