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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.

  

  perspective on things. A horrible situation is what happened in New Orleans. How ... understand the situation this is somewhat a result of more people going to ... opportunity to just say "No" if they are not interested. Allot a certain number

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  character, and a strong match with MIT's mission to use science, technology, and the useful arts to make the world a better place. We can't wait to ... , and it is. As a matter of philosophy, we have typically preferred to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  academics, high character, and a strong match with MIT's mission to use science, technology, and the useful arts to make the world a better place ... typically preferred to defer, rather than deny, a majority of our early

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  I was not seated on a jury today at the Middlesex Superior Court, so I'm back to work tomorrow, hopefully posting a new Questions Omnibus ... plenty of time to read both the New York Times and the Boston Globe. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  you get on the plane (through a gate next to the line of people that was ... think about all the new people you're going to meet in the next five hours ... 're a concert pianist working on her third novel. (They'll never know

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Dating Research A news story today looks at Media Lab research on dating.

  

  patterns and voice tones to rate people -- on a scale of 0 to 100 percent ... There's a story on the AP wire today (look for it in your local paper tomorrow) on a bit of Media Lab research called the Jerk-O-Meter (?!), which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Augmented Reality in Action one step before holograms

  

  of this New Yorker issue), a digital object is overlaid on the screen ... camera over it and a digital gecko popped up to life on his wrist. His ... first time. Above is a short demo of me using the Meta 2. On the computer

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 26, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  pleasantly under a big orange parachute :) The radio on my chest crackled to ... are!  How to skydive: just go do it!  A bunch of prefrosh on the MIT ... and the freedom to do whatever you want on a whim is a freedom you

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  to reach that place has come through on here. I hope that if you're a ... after I comMITted; four years and eleven months after I applied to be a ... , compassion, curiosity and a desire to grow -- but no idea what to do with them

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.

  

  year (Burton-Conner has a free rental movie collection) to brush up on ... drafts leading up to A New Hope show a vast improement in quality ... doubles up unable to continue. Vader raises his arm and a flask on the table

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  Vicennial wikipedia says this means 20th

  

  for new experiences, which seemed to be cropping up everywhere on the ... 't write "become a blogger" on my goals, because I knew it wasn't up to me ... the pages of a book I last picked up in middle school, on a certain

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 9, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  and you've all either thoroughly trampled on capitalism or come to the ... uncomfortable as you reevaluate your perspectives on a plethora of social issues ... about my friends and have grown so much closer to them within a few hours

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  The other day I was walking back to Next House when a leaf literally ... 't just a leaf.) It was something out there trying to tell me that I need to ... didn't have a bachelor's degree, she could apply, get in, and come to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  , Kyle Arrington to make a terrific pick on one set of downs before failing ... Patriots would make a stop, and then have to punt; then, they would score ... something awesome or horrific on any given play (it's a loaded die) (and it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  where is home? leaving your home is easy / it's keeping this one that's a struggle

  

  . since moving in to simmons, i went on a subway trip with alan, which was ... being on the writing team means i have a lot to be excited about. but it ... leaving home. here's a hint: as hard as it is to find a new place to call

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 27, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  for a class of about 1,130 students this year. Based on our estimates of ... -900 applicants -- fewer than 5% of applicants -- a spot on the waitlist. Not all of those students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  article about New Coke (a development that led a pregnant Sam's Mom to ... have stuff to do at work. Unless you're working 16 hours a day plus ... there once, crouching in the Devil's Den and pretending to be a famous

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You don’t know what a robot is? I dig Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert digs MIT. Thus, I dig MIT.

  

  is practical or not for a robot to walk on three legs? Ultimately, it ... : All of this is just a way of leading up to the gut reaction I had all ... featured on the cover of Wired magazine. I guess that advising a film critic

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  Upon entering MIT, every freshman gets a list of "101 Things To Do ... : 2011 and 2008.) On the Class of 2016's list, number 82 tells you to Hack ... all exercise some common sense. And so, walking back to my new dorm

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  . losing the files on my laptop and having to pay a good amount of money for ... deliberating on where exactly to place it on my laptop since it's such a weird ... over a free tank top since i was so eager to put it on my laptop

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020