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• Blog / Events

  A Faculty Dinner We invited our favorite faculty and staff to our hall for an awesome dinner!

  

  , he didn't get to eat any Angel Food Cake. He only got to look at six ... the GRT apartment. The Faculty  Once the faculty started to arrive, we had a greeter at the door to welcome them to our hall. Most of us

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  danger!awesome firin' mah lazers...at basically any(every)thing

  

  went to danger!awesome. danger!awesome is a laser engraving and cutting ... simple: they will use lasers to burn anything into anything. As you can see ... , metal, and wood. Of course, it is not necessarily limited to these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Y U NO HAVE ROLLERCOASTER this is why

  

  time, that EC had to get a licensed structural engineer to sign off all of its construction plans in order to obtain Cambridge building permits ... If you weren't aware, REX (Residence EXploration) is going to be in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 27, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs

  

  was rather impressive. How did hackers manage to get a 600 pound ... Hacking at MIT is steeped in tradition and still occurs to this day. Hackers deploying any hack always subscribe to a strict code of ethics. This

  • by Snively '11
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  THIS. IS. 18.02. "We will wield our triple integrals as one!"

  

  In case you haven’t been able to tell by the lack of bloggage across ... . WHY DID I COME TO THIS SCHOOL.”), and with classes wrapping up today, a ... sort of wandered around the floor for a while trying to work some of it

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing the MIT Application Essays Hurgh. I know.

  

  lil' bit about me 0:36 Why you DON'T need to stress out 1:21 What "being ... you want to study?" essay 5:17 The "how do you improve the lives of others?" essay 6:38 The "describe your world" essay 8:38 The "challenge you

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle A prize will go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  

  applications and I promise you that no one will be harmed! Take a moment to ... he's building. Hint # 1: Put on your math-based thinking cap. Hint ... go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts

  

  Yesterday, I got back to MIT, and my bedroom's view this year rivals my summer office's view. Evidence is below In case you're not convinced, check ... ! It is going to be an excellent year... I can see it already

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT wins the gold

  

  Oh look, how interesting. MIT seems to have won an Olympic gold medal at Torino. All photo credits go to Matt Peddie '09. A pretty nighttime ... stayed in place despite its best efforts to escape. MIT's victory

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faster than a speeding locomotive. E=MC^2 serving up the most delicious physics problems since 1905.

  

  cleaning spam from my inbox. Join your fellow Student Pugwash members in the ... of Student Pugwash. Pugwash exists to address the effects of science ... Revolution) and STS.310 (Introduction to the History of Science). If I had the

  • by Bryan
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First Blogiversary One year ago today, "McGann's Factors" began.

  

  blogs up and running, I feel very proud of what we've been able to do. Over the past year, I've learned a lot about blogging and how to best serve your needs. I hope that this second year of blogging will be even

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Matt McGann ‘00 Name: Matt McGann; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY

  

  idealism & commitment to the mission of helping the world Favorite things ... character: Nekobasu? Advice about applying to college/MIT: be open and honest about yourself and your life's circumstances, choose recommenders who can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?

  MIT is proud to offer Army, Air Force, and Naval ROTC programs on ... MIT provide unparalleled leadership training and practice to cultivate ... 'll have earned not only your degree, but a commission as an officer and
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  Wow. So this is what official blagging* is like. It’s nice to meet ... admissions blogs myself, and so now I feel like I’m obligated to post something ... everyone was posting about first coming/coming back to college, and all the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  While I read Paradise Lost, I think about astronomy. I know what you're ... means by "magnitude." In astronomy, we use the word "magnitude" to ... and somewhere near the bigness of a star. There's no golden chain to be

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  might crash your browser. :) For even more photos, feel free to check out ... lab to the tennis courts on the other side of campus to play a quick ... " beneath the Green Building - one of MIT's academic buildings, home to the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  Delivery, from its initial conception to its pandemic cancellation to its surprising revival. I’ll also share my experience going to two different classes’ Ring Deliveries (2022 and 2023), which I had the opportunity to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  to how the human eye works, how images are stored on your computer, how ... Sudan, etc. While reading an article, I happened to sit up straight, so that my line of sight was no longer perpendicular to the laptop screen; I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  : An issue or two of a journal devoted to your proof is useful ... my approach to MIT (more on that later), I've finally figured out my ... . Actually, I didn't expect it to be this great at all. Even though I loved

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sigma ChIgloo MIT Fraternity brothers engineer a 10 foot igloo while relaxing in Maine

  

  ideas for how to approximate better. Now that the math is out of the way, let's move on to the pictures... John '11 gets serious with the ... Brothers of MIT Sigma Chi retreat to Maine from Thursday -> Sunday

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • March 6, 2012