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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Live Kernel Patching System An MIT alum and graduate student just released a system for applying Linux kernel updates…

  

  loaded, can be used to immediately patch vulnerabilities or introduce new ... people on campus rely on. This really has the potential to revolutionize ... developed this as his master's thesis, and today released the system to the

  • by Evan B. '10
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)

  

  From the comments on my last entry, the mean is 3.21748954013248 and ... 't Doonesbury vote-bomb me though! A new class will be offered by the Economics ... believe that the economists might have something useful to say about this

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Ready for CPW Are you?

  

  lot of attention from your host if you get here tomorrow, there are A ... to drop off lights, glowsticks, and popcorn machines, the grass is growing, and the sun is shining. MIT is getting ready for CPW as fast as it

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Only You Have The Power Only YOU have the power to decide your own worth. Don't ever, ever, ever give…

  

  say it simply guys... only YOU have the power to decide your own worth ... your parents, don't give it to your siblings, don't give it to your ... the power to decide your own worth. Part of resiliency is playing the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Stress

  

  any feedback you'd like to provide? Your thoughts are appreciated! ... Two pieces that stressed out parents and students may want to check out... Boston Globe article: College applications add to holiday stress

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT YO Early Admits 2014!

  

  Scottsdale, AZ. Have you run out of frames to frame your MIT certificates yet ... , and your isef shirt is too :P) What's better, a Gummy Choco tube or a ... guys holding beaver plushies? :P Thank you all! :D Welcome to MIT and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  to 5 on her level of eye contact), and then left. I was invited to stay ... time to get stuff done. I'm just glad I'm a freshman- I feel no pressure ... . On Saturday I got some basic instruction on how to use a lathe, which

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  right off, don't panic! A decision on your application will not be made if we do not have enough information. While it is important to file your ... received after that date are accepted and will catch up to your file. Around

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  community is based primarily on what they accomplish, they rarely cease to ... me to fully articulate how I can feel inexplicably connected to and ... . To some degree, the disconnect is easier to explain.  I no longer live

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your ... , here, here, here, and most recently here. Some of you may feel happy to ... feelings that you don't know how to name; that's okay, too. For now, just

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  minuet dance lesson for us to get us more in that baroque mood. 21M.500 ... way of reminding myself that I need to start getting them too. GET TO ... DID YOU KNOW? The German language has two different verbs for "to eat

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Fall 2020 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you

  

  your application account, and you can log in now to check your decision ... : welcome to MIT. For those who weren't: keep on trucking. I transferred, but ... applicants who applied for entry during Fall 2020. You may access your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Lesson Planning When in doubt, get Legos involved

  

  relevant to engineering leadership. After much discussion, we settled on a ... didn’t have enough Legos to make satellites on its own. Some teams had a ... second round, discussions started to get more energetic. Interestingly, two

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a driver, I’m a winner Things are gonna change, I can feel it.

  

  , Spammy, Spamalot, Spamtastic, or Spamalicious... if you're not into the whole brevity thing." This is sure to be one of the prouder moments of my ... and organizing data to send to Andy in Switzerland so he can keep

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  also give talks in class, and get lots of individualized feedback to ... Prof. Kanwisher's speech on Friday -- what questions might you want to ... Auditorium), there will be two prominent faculty keynote speakers. To highlight

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unfold I met my blog muse while doing the laundry, and then came this entry.

  

  I'm well on my way to the goal. ... over the other proves to be a mind-clearing activity. So while stuffing clothes into the drawer this week, I realized that since I've come to MIT, I

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.

  

  Times has an article on the length of the new SAT. Some students and ... : schedule] 800+ students & alums came to Kresge Auditorium last night to ... with a 7-1 record [read more: MITAthletics] So, Summer got a 2300 on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  I’ll procrastinate on doing work if it means getting to spend a couple ... impossible for me to get something to do over the summer. I remember thinking ... experiment, where they could choose to take three of these on Pass/No Record

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  took a week of going to bed at 8PM and getting up at 4AM to shock me back ... to be up to finish homework and go to class at 10AM seems to get me out ... from French homework to sit down and write to you, but I think it's time

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun with Legos A photo journal of THE coolest room I've ever seen.

  

  now the fun begins... If you walk through the door and look to your ... serious.) If you walk through the door and look to your left, you see ... So all freshmen are assigned to a faculty advisor who helps them make

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2005