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• Blog / Academics & Research

  YoYoPhones The iPod has nothing on this.

  

  were set on our way to make some yo-yos. We could have made a simple yo ... Before you get all "zomg" on me. This is *not* the iPhone v2. MIT ... Manufacturing II gave me a taste of the various manufacturing methods including

  • by Bryan
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Boston’s college mascots, placed into a Tree of Life a project that nobody asked for

  

  to make a weight chart at first, and then I changed my mind to a height ... Wierum)[/caption] As it turns out, relying on measurements was going to be ... mascots were going to have varying levels of accuracy based on the data

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 18, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  This is the way…to check your decisions

  

  decisions.mit.edu. In order to verify that you will receive a decision on the ... blog post — want to let you know that MIT Regular Action decisions will ... decisions are made available, you will need to access decisions.mit.edu and

  • by The BlogChild
  • March 10, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Remembrance Another year of old people remembering things

  

  late for my work-study bookbinding job, but managed to get there a little after 9. My "hi" to my coworkers died on my lips as I looked at their ... realize that the news was playing on the radio. We pulled up a news site on

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  to do a great job at their internship, but *sometimes* they lack the ... Teaching Assistant (TA) who is in industry/research, to complete a series of ... in 2 years, in order to reduce the financial hardship on his family. As

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  to upperclassmen as a warning not to mack on the frosh, Newton's Third ... ' experiences with freshman fall lie on the scale of "it was a little rough to adjust to" to "it was a nuclear disaster", and anybody not on that scale is

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  model everyone wants to emulate. This is a hit with the audience. On ... 2:50 PM, Wednesday, May 8 I am in a café on Mass Ave, waiting for a roast chicken-mashed avocado-jicama sandwich and talking to my sister on

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Into the Sunset [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] My fascination with color guard, and participation in a colonel's…

  

  to us later on, "Sure is a lot of brass in here isn't there?" When I finally saw a shoulder with a pair of shiny stars on it, I giddily tapped ... has a lot to do with my appreciation for the tradition and dignity of

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!

  

  was awarded to MIT Professor Peter A. Diamond, along with Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides, for their work on "Search Frictions ... committee are mysteries to me, but if I had to hazard a guess, it'd be to Tim

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  receive the most votes will be presented to Barack Obama on Inauguration Day ... to do is go here and click on the "Vote" icon in the top left ... appreciate your taking a few seconds to cast your vote and bring my idea closer

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  ?'” (DFW went on to deliver a timeless and celebrated address that is well ... available to them.”  A corollary is that “…we may look just as favorably on ... . How’s the water?’ And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  admission today, we have placed a modest number on our waitlist and informed ... is more than a job: it is a privilege and an honor. We are grateful to ... to remind you success is not always a straight line. Your future isn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  Maybe my favorite part of course 2A is sitting next to my friend in 2.001 and jointly scrolling through MIT Confessions. 2.001, a core class on ... construct amplifiers, radios, a light theremin. I’m always running on fewer

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  ) in Phoenix next month (more on that to come). This weekend is a four ... ) thanks to a rather obscure Massachusetts holiday called Patriots Day. The ... Asian Culture Show, always a great and huge event, a great place to check

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  contained a number of pictures, which I am more than happy to pass on to you ... Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up ... of our number decided to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day in a uniquely

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  . Anyone know where to find info on that?) At the same time, no matter how ... directly corresponds to a nearly 1:1 ratio in the admitted pool. I'll admit ... point I'm getting to here is that this argument is clearly a far cry from

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  shudder every time I look back on [annotation note="Intro to Probability"]6 ... "smarter", I've just become used to working on assignments for longer periods ... 'm not looking forward to! Which is also a first for me. There was always at least

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Red Balloons Gotta catch 'em all!

  

  ASSEMBLE! Prefrosh, undergrads, alums, this is a call to action! It is time for us, all of us, to band together under a common dome and ... to win this than a team from MIT? Register/Report Located Balloons

  • by Snively '11
  • December 4, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Caltech, Bring IT on Just some harmless rivalry...

  

  From the Caltech homepage: Caltech Pranked by MIT Today MIT pulled one over on Caltech today. MIT students stole a 130-year-old, 1.7-ton cannon that has been on the Caltech campus since 1972. It now sits in a

  • by Bryan
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  on Microsoft Word to proofread your essay -- you'll want to take a keen ... thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most ... misspelled words I see on applications. And, thanks to GoogleBattle, I'll tell

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008