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Blog / Academics & Research
2.007 Competition Tomorrow Better than Battlebots! 2.007 competition tomorrow!
:00 pm will be the finals! If you're around, I'd highly recommend coming, it's going to be insaneeeely exciting. -
Blog / Classes
checkboxes this semester in a list
in on 6.006 I dropped 6.006 to Listener mid semester but continued ... . participated in a quiz bowl tournament some people on our floor were going to ... for a couple of the showings but we got to watch it together on opening -
Blog / Challenges
MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast
to the community: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT, we ... , we must attend to some newly uncovered facts from our past. A ... leading authority on how the emergence and growth of American colleges and -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
I’m studying poetry to be a better engineer, and this is why
powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.” I’m not going to make ... ability to deliver a message, whether it’s on the 2.009 stage or in a ... hours in class analyzing those poems, and written 5000 words on a few -
Blog / Academics & Research
It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes
things through her. Things like hacks :) It was a matter of some dismay to my fellow freshmen and I when we arrived on campus in August, only to ... keeping up with her inbox, she is naturally well-informed about the goings-on -
Blog / Academics & Research
MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition
published on the MIT Office of Digital Learning blog here. One way to ... been said. There was much to reflect on—in one hour, Professor Flowers ... , mechanics, etc. On the other side are topics humans ought to learn, in fields -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST
If you hang around MIT long enough you'll begin to notice some ... best not written about on the blogs. Some of these phenomena can be written about on the blogs, though, and this is one of them. The central -
Blog / Admissions
Selecting from 10,439 applications and a dozen ties.
year's 10,466. Down the line, the statistics are nearly identical to last ... . Today, I'm wearing a tie, which is my custom for days on which the ... respect and care with which we will treat your application during selection -
Blog / Academics & Research
We even learn stuff here! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...
with a focus on (what else?) genetics. What I really want to talk about ... interesting to say about it. Not to burst anyone's bubble about MIT or anything ... school, and you still have to go to classes, and I still don't really like -
Blog / Admissions
Open Thread: Not Admitted Early
There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk -
Blog / Admissions
Open Thread: Not Admitted Early
There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk -
Blog / MISTI
Renewable Energy in Spain
system into a photoluminescence imaging system to analyze the benefits of ... renewable energy is still something I want to pursue and taught me to always keep your mind, eyes, and heart open. -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Happy Thanksgiving! Holiday wishes and fun stuff.
friends, May your Thanksgiving holiday be a *smashing* success, filled with ... assistance this Thanksgiving? One place to check out is Instructables (a ... Thanksgiving group, including how to fry a turkey. But the awesomest Thanksgiving -
Blog / Admissions
A few quick answers The skinny.
Selection has been busy enough that I haven't had time to do a full Questions Omnibus, I do have enough time to steal an idea from Ben and quickly ... , you're currently doing regular action selection for domestic applicants -
FAQ / Academics and research
What are Psets?
If you're interested in MIT, you have to learn a little bit about ... . Faculty vary as to the portion of course credit derived from psets. In some cases ... their best: A love letter to P-sets Michael C, '16 and Psets from hell -
Blog / Uncategorized
Cleaning A psychoanalysis of the recently deleted folder in my notes app
Story to Recite to My Mom on FaceTime This was from when I took the ... .091 Part II This is, again, something I typed to memorize on the way to a ... 'm willing to disclose on the internet. Happy cleaning! -
Blog / Admissions
The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?
tries to remember my blogging username/password. So then, where have I ... applications. It's been hard to find time for much else (like blogging and email), though I've been sure to take some downtime for Heroes, Veronica Mars -
Blog / Academics & Research
18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!
excellent age for wine, or so I'm told by the sommelier app on my phone. It ... Prize has been awarded to either an MIT alum or MIT faculty! Don ... was awarded to MIT Professor Peter A. Diamond, along with Dale T -
Blog / Academics & Research
My Engineering Hero One of the coolest professors at MIT
spent on the iterative design process and what it takes in order to be ... kid, I've always been intrigued by invention and design to the point of electric shock at times when I tried to power a robot by plugging a wire