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• Blog / MIT Life

  Three MIT students win Rhodes Scholarships In case you're wondering, yes, that's a lot of Rhodes Scholarships.

  

  . Huang, Newark [Delaware], is a senior at the Massachusetts Institute of ... Kesem, a student-run and free camp for the children of cancer patients ... Senator Edward Kennedy. At Oxford, she plans to do a doctorate in public

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  home town – or someplace close – in an informal setting like a coffee house or book store. It’s not a test, and your EC won’t throw a Rubik’s Cube at you and start a stopwatch. The interview is a conversation

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iDoor Opening your boyfriend's dorm room door? There's an app for that.

  

  Almost a year ago, I met a kid who tried to convince me to come back ... 's his door in action: A couple notes from someone who has opened and ... door button was right next to a lot of other important buttons on my i

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 8, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Hello, Layover (Part Two) Electric Boog-a-loo.

  

  hell of a lightning storm in Fort Lauderdale, closing the runway for an ... TO CHICAGO RAWR RAWR RAWR.) There's a discussion topic called "Advice ... want to throw a heavy glass object every time I see it, which is often

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 23, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  the fifth day (fifth? What day is it?? Is it really Thursday???) in a row and everything is really getting to me, so when I was taking a break ... answering questions and debunking myths. But I'm a senior this year, and after

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? Prelude.

  

  corner of their heart a little bit from time to time, well, here's my ... the last years, I'm embarking on a multi-part project called "Where are you going, where have you been" named after a rather creepy (but

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  We Want You! Write for us!

  

  this year!). So, here it is, the official "I want to write a guest entry ... (personal peeve, I hate writing that is just a continuous block of text) > ... using the blogging software of your choice and just send a text file

  • by Snively '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nano @ MIT Puppets! Research! Nanotechnology!

  

  Have you seen this adorable video? Patrick Bennett, a Berkeley ... . Relatedly, I've been getting quite a few questions about nanotechnology at MIT ... the more common questions: Is there a nanotechnology major at MIT? Not

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Square Root Day Your daily dose of nerd humor.

  

  Did any of you notice today was a square root day? I didn't, until I got a friendly email reminding me of this rare mathematical oddity: "Today, 3/3/09, is square root day, which only occurs nine times each

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  one thing that strikes me is that there are a lot of MIT applicants who like tennis, both playing and watching it. Thus, I'd guess a lot of the ... Engineering, earning his degree in just three and a half years. After MIT, he

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Quick Update My neighbors are celebrating by firing guns in the air which is not conducive to…

  

  improved application deadline quickly approaching. Here's a picture. Enjoy, good luck, and feel free to email me at the address in the banner. Have a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Final Push Who needs sleep?

  

  the material. I've just woken up from a nap, ran to the store, and am now hidden away to study all night. It's a straight push through till

  • by Snively '11
  • December 17, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Decisions Details for retrieving your EA admissions decision on Monday evening.

  

  . Q. What is the process for receiving my admissions decision? A. When ... . To ensure that you will receive a decision online, please visit ... decision eligibility. Q. What if I've forgotten my MyMIT password? A. You

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  the board, people have been a little hosed here the last week and a half ... . 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 / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  back after Thanksgiving break. And somehow with three problem sets and a ... considering Thanksgiving is usually just the three of us in a big empty house, the commotion was a welcome change and a nice bend toward normalcy for a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Lost, Hosed & Confused I got hacked today.

  

  a brief nap in the student lounge off of the Infinite Corridor. When I ... ; CONFUSED IF FOUND, PLEASE RETURN TO SKULLHOUSE A REWARD MAY BE NEGOTIATED

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  . Parents are usually easy to spot for a couple of reasons. First, they all ... know what's going on and throws a more difficult curriculum at you ... . Last year I thought it was hilarious because each of my classes had a

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am only slightly less boring than usual The title says it all, no?

  

  the blogs- it can be blamed on one of two things: 1) The Shift and A ... side of the keyboard; the A key, however, is another story entirely. It ... just spent an hour making, I'm sitting in a chair listening to Pandora

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  not unduly harsh. The past week or so a dull thudding began at 8am sharp ... days ago a bunch of kids pulled down a big branch from the tree outside ... more than a spattering of sawdust. So these were the events leading up to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  When it Rains It Pours

  

  Just two and a half weeks and freshman year is over. I'll spare you ... like: STRESSFUL! Just like in high school, a favorite strategy of ... .03 test a week ago and an 8.02 test this week. Actually, instead of putting

  • by Snively '11
  • May 6, 2008