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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘Magic Paint Brush’ This is so much cooler than MS Paint.

  

  can pick up color, texture, and movement of a brushed surface. On the ... their immediate environment. There are many paint/drawing programs on the ... project with. The BBC also did a story on I/O Brush: The MIT researcher took

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  -- spots on campus 18.03 recitation (but don't date your TA until after ... about on your first date Toscanini's -- because I have a free ice cream ... , views of the harbor Teuscher -- chocolates on Newbury Top of the Hub

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  ]. Also on Friday, I emceed the inaugural Gap year Panel. In the below photo ... panelists and Marilyn Wilson from Career Services listen on. For many, the ... dishes on my plate, ready to be tasted: I was very excited when I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Little Snails SciFi movie marathons rock my socks!

  

  word play on the French language word hommes, meaning men), have been ... on the planet? Followed by: Delicatessen From Wikipedia ... knowing, I'M OFFICIALLY GOING TO GRAD SCHOOL. I heard from this school on

  • by Bryan
  • January 28, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  can get it off your mind completely; after all, you're on the MIT ... advertisements on your spam folder page in Gmail.) 5. Write thank-you letters to ... friends on the fourth floor have Guitar Hero II) was part of the reason this

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  Friday (October 20). So, if you haven't yet, go on to MyMIT, get your EC ... institution, on the other hand, asked me what made me special enough to attend ... 's interview advice and Stu's Advice On How To Approach Your Interview.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hartford meeting wrap-up Giving a better answer to a question I was asked in my Hartford meeting.

  

  activities that provide hands-on opportunities. They include, among many others ... Development Initiative, DfC is a student-run group which has worked on projects ... hands-on work isn't done with a formal organization [ref: 1, 2, 3, 4, etc

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  Beginning on Wednesday, the Admissions Staff will go out across North ... deadlines, what makes an applicant "competitive," how we make decisions on ... answer. Getting out on the road to meet you is one of our favorite times of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  Is this thing on? Um, okay. Some of you are probably like me and ... to turn on the computer, change the height of your mom's office chair ... interesting kid with her own sense of style, just content on living life. And I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  be an usher!) that he had a crush on me. Being a boy, Carl promptly ... flirted with each other. I kissed him on the cheek, and after we came home ... later, a bunch of people were sitting in my room gabbing on a Friday night

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  my help," Mr. Conroy recalls. The young man wanted advice on where to ... College in Maryland in the fall. One Saturday morning on a small New ... had not moved on with their lives. The implication was that they should

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  for lunch. It's on TechCash, but since I've graduated, there's no more ... in the City" on my iPod. There is basically nothing better than walking ... of the paper on my project. Adam got home around 5, and we picked up

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  House, and I was on my way to Baker. (pause for information) Just a few ... all of you 2010s on your way to MIT, stay openminded about not just ... degree, this has to be a decision your son or daughter has to make on their

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  Jackman on MSNBC about "the physics of Van Helsing" where he said something ... then he can throw them!" 3. On that note, the bad science didn't bother ... Juggernaut, b****!" Also, there was a preview for Snakes on a Plane. Between

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catching up What's new? Lots of things. I just haven't told you about them yet, because finals…

  

  that I was never going to go on to become some kind of research scientist ... over 100 on all the exams in that class, but I hated physics anyway ... wanted to know what I had been missing out on all this time, so I signed up

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play it again, Sam You wouldn't be saying that if you were in lab with me.

  

  my world record low test score with a 40% on the third 6.002 exam ... and almost blew up an oscilloscope on the first day of lab, and now ... (Abbott and Costello's "Who's On First") and I have absolutely no idea what

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  chance to meet over the weekend when I wasn't slaving in lab, passed out on ... taken to another level with our improvised marching band accompaniment on ... for the trophy, because the little guy kicking on top of it is exactly

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christina Royce: Analyzing Re-entry Systems Christina Royce, a senior double majoring in Mechanical Engineering, with a concentration in Manufacturing through…

  

  Economics, is doing her senior thesis project on re-entry systems through the ... . Stanley Gershwin, who literally wrote the book on manufacturing systems ... calculate the probability that a certain machine will be working on a given

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of The Bands takes over Bryan’s Blog Hostile takeover of Bryan's blog for the night.

  

  the band lineup for this year. Yuan: Sweet! I hope Polski FIAT is on ... radio...the list goes on. Yuan: So are we gonna post the band lineup or ... admission. All proceeds to benefit Children's Hospital Boston. Shaye: Rock on

  • by Bryan
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Melis and the AXO Chocolate Factory AXO Fondue was last night!

  

  a row house on Commonwealth Avenue (two minutes from Fenway Park.) The ... must say I learned a lot! On Friday, all my sisters wore the shirt I ... : Time to study for my tests on Monday and Tuesday!!! Off to the library. I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2006