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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  being rationed) and will argue for how to resolve the life allocation ... able to account for differing intuitions in variants of the life ... decides to grab a healthy patient who shows up for a checkup. He takes the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  weeks ago, our dedicated staff has worked tirelessly for weeks to ensure ... . If you are deferred, you are not expected to send us any new ... recognize it's a lot of effort for all of you to apply to MIT. It's an

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  is by far the coolest toy in the inventory. So when I heard we were getting a fly-in for Marine Week Boston, I had to go see. The weather was actually gorgeous yesterday, except for the 10 minutes at the proposed

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  , there's no time for puzzlemaking in MIT usually). Then, I returned to ... ) ride from Berkeley to Oakland, getting to work at 8.59. During lunch, I ... located strategically to get maximal sunshine exposure in the afternoon =p

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what i drew this summer i took an art class

  

  new perspective on what it means to put something down on the page. It ... that this is supposed to be an art class for fun and nobody else was ... make[/caption] For our first extensive assignment, Timmy asked us to do

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  that I would have had to wait half an hour to get in. Seeing a smaller ... . “This line is for the Melancholia film screening. It’s by ... instead of seeing, for example, how the president will react to these

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Think Happy Thoughts D-Lab Memories >> Graphing With Matlab

  

  I'm generating graphs, and have been since 8pm. They tend to start ... completely unrelated note, I recently learned a great mnemonic for the stock market types: Bulls attack by thrusting their horns up in the air and bears

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  to qualify for the Championship Event in Atlanta. But the competition ... need to go to a regional event and see for yourself. FIRST might just be the best opportunity for aspiring techies to learn not just how to wield

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  the two: fight (by studying hard for two weeks), then flight (home for the holidays!) Many students will come back to MIT around January 7 for ... Wonderful Time of the Year”* During IAP, students get to enjoy MIT without

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  occasionally law school, looking for places to live in their new found location ... , my degree will say 2020, and for the most parts my day to day ... matter before I apply to graduate school. I am taking five classes for the

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  It's been a while since I've had time to sit down for a long period ... to get sucked into the MIT mindset (or as I like to think of it, the ... . Enjoy the little things in life. Whether that be getting to the T stop

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7:15PM ET!

  

  (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products ... work in large teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and build

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Did you know about this? This is big.

  

  to this system by an Interstate Compact. Hawaii, New Jersey, Maryland ... the night, by flashlight, for some reason, after the stragglers have ... presidential debate bingos and register to vote parties. Well, I've been getting

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Gluten-free at MIT Oh hey, that rhymes!

  

  Trader Joe's every one to two weeks, both of which have tons of options for ... . These dorms also all have one kitchen open to all residents (for example ... hall: "I live in Baker now and I have to pay for preferred dining, so I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things You Shouldn’t Do And something I did

  

  upon, Winnie has agreed to take over for now and help all of bloggers ... mentioning a brand new feature for the MIT bloggers: Locker Space! We're not ... for other important things. I decided to just bite the bullet, move

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions & Coca-Cola Check-in Last-minute questions, and Coca-Cola Scholars check-in.

  

  With CPW less than a day away, I'd like to use the comments for this ... do this in Mollie's latest entry). Students who have to miss CPW for ... there get a chance to connect!).

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

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  class (MAS.110) or for just getting "lost" in the many halls of the labs ... I love going to the MIT Media Lab. Being part of the MAS Freshman ... with the Men In Black Headquarters, except without aliens (for now

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  P(Happy Chanukah)

  

  asked of late. I'll address a couple quickly now, and get to some others ... , music, or art, at least as far as I've seen to date. For those of you who ... one in. Finally, I know that another deadline is about to pass for some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  'm getting kindof hairy, much to the chagrin of my wife. There's a story behind ... have the official form that you'll need to sign and send back by May 1 ... campus. I'll get to work on that next week, no problem. EC. Matt and I

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  go for delayed gratification; it's easier to work work work for a few ... actually a very good case for an entry with the title "How to do everything ... you need a set of perfect test scores and grades to get into this joint. :)

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 2005