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• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are Psets?

  If you're interested in MIT, you have to learn a little bit about ... ; 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
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Onion article about Robot Hazing at MIT Robot hazing at MIT *gasp!*

  

  that police say involved butyl alcohol and compressed air. According to ... 13 inches in diameter, was reportedly forced to climb stairs built at a grade too steep for its small hinged legs, causing six of its pneumatic

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mikey Yang ‘05 Name: Mikey Yang; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Troy, MI

  

  anywhere and there's so much stuff to do for college kids. I love that the ... to be at all! Everyone works hard and studies, but they hang out, party, have fun...the people here are so down to earth. Everyone's got a nerdy

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  $100 Laptop Unveiled Inspiring!

  

  I just took a break from reading to watch some of the webcast of ... so proud to be at MIT. According to the project website, the ... innovative power (including wind-up) and will be able to do most everything

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  excitement for being here, at MIT, with some of the most incredible people in world ‚ô• I haven't quite made it to all the CPW events that have taken place so far, which is okay because I'm a host and not obligated to be

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  +1 for MIT MIT scores again!

  

  I just found this article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Score!

  • by Bryan
  • August 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.

  

  Experimental Chocolate Truffle-Making, Introduction to Special Relativity, Old ... competition at MIT where people team up to solve lots of puzzles (which lead to ... on campus. The only prize for the winning team is the honor of writing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  blog post to concentrate conversation in the open threads for admitted ... MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2018 are now ... ; You may log in using the same username and password that you use to log

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weather Sensitive I know you think that I don't care, but I really do.

  

  , it gets cold in that wet, drippy way that makes you feel like you ... said, I present to you three pictures of the view from my window. Early September: Mid-October: Last week: ...I don't get it. (No, it does not

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  ." Maybe there's something to be said for the old saying, "The Lottery is a ... defect in the game: The visible numbers turned out to reveal essential information about the digits hidden under the latex coating. Nothing needed to

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

  Awesome Robot Competition? LIVE?? Check out the 2.007 Final Robot Competition! LIVE May 12th/13th!

  

  DIAGRAMS??   Well then, you’re going to LOVE the 2.007 Manufacturing ... working tirelessly to create robots to overcome this year’s challenge board ... class and plan to write a longer blog about our experiences, but we couldn

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A White Christmas Escaping Boston to go to more snow

  

  packed up our winter clothing and headed to Colorado to spend a week in the snowy mountains. (I always find it funny that I look forward to going home over break to escape the Boston weather, but spend half of the break in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 25, 2014
• 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 ... committee for domestic applicants (including students deferred from early action) for the MIT Class of 2009! Selection committee will continue for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  February(ish) Updates and Notes aka my life in photos and haikus

  

  bus to Rochester, NY for the first round of the NCAA tournament. If you ... ’s starting to settle down a bit now, but the initial jump from IAP to “SURPRISE ... Are all important for us When we build cool things. 17.395: Innovation

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Jebby Awards 2024: See All the Winners Here having fun with hyperlinks

  

  before. I decided to do the same thing for all the movies/shows I've watched in 2023. Movies Favorite Movie That I Saw for the First Time This ... -called important people in the show business pass out little men and women to those

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy! REALLY don't even think about bringing a car to MIT - sans elephants.

  

  for the day when he would not have to spent 2.5 hours [every day] of his ... This post is sans elephants. Elephant Sans, however, would make for a ... reason why you shouldn't think about bringing a car to MIT! Once upon a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Postcard From The Green Building postmarked july 5th

  

  recognizable for once as the Hacker's Map. Even Stata finally made visual ... metropolises, bent on wreaking destruction. By which I mean fireworks

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  to pursue interests in the humanities at MIT -- I mean, the name of the ... opportunity to meet with Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (HASS) Philip Khoury, to help us talk about and address the quality

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts

  

  ! It is going to be an excellent year... I can see it already. -------------- Edited to add: As requested by Sam '07, here is my 3rd window: ... Yesterday, I got back to MIT, and my bedroom's view this year rivals my summer

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Kendra

  

  and 17. To win the P3, a project had to demonstrate how it would ... Reduction (TUR) in Academic Laboratories," led by Professor Jeffrey Steinfeld ... here Great job to Kendra, who "developed much of the project content

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 11, 2005