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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Forth and Measure Casey at the Bat: Science Edition

  

  Upon conferrring me my black belt, my sensei also handed me a ruler ... skills would come in handy until about a week ago when I scrambled to get a ... question, and then use a measurement device to validate our hypothesis. But

  • by Bryan
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s driving me nuts Did I tell you about the time when we hijacked a harbor patrol boat?

  

  of Sufjan Stevens's because Sufjan Stevens is a proper noun as well as an accomplished songwriter. However, if you were to use a common ... apostrophe. So it would be "the abacus's beads." BUT if you have a common

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  Requirements (a.k.a. introductory math, physics, chemistry, biology ... if you get there early you can buy a used copy. Also, it's been my ... shipped online then it's usually not a big deal. Oh...one last thing. A lot

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  't have to explain to all the postdocs what a "blog" is -- but I forgot the camera. Hey, I'm not a morning person, and I can't remember to do ... remember to leave Adam a shopping list, so he could go to the store on his

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  Ruth said: "Seriously, update! A more pictures, less blocks of text ... ? Well, I finally made it home and then spent a lot of time catching up on ... unpacked anything yet. Yeah, I know. I never said I wasn't a slacker. Anyway

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  waitlist became a reality. We worked all day today as a subcommittee to ... decisions for the year, but there were at least a few more. Will we use the waitlist again this year? It is too early to know. In a week or two, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Evil Institute of Technology Mystery Hunt, Day 1.

  

  : The kickoff was a swanky event (formal attire suggested), with ... for the occasion. More swanky formalwear... at left, Dan '03, a team captain, dressed up for the occasion. At right, Chris Morse, a three

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Attack of the Giant Squid Attack of the Giant Squid!

  

  A couple weeks ago, Mitra commented on her CI-M (Communications ... project where we would test a feature of the Hodgkin and Huxley model. My ... project was still a lot of work. We had to collect a lot of data, plot the

  • by Bryan
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  be too spread out? I'm used to a dining hall culture, where you can ... places that bring everyone together?" That's a good question, and one I hear a lot from non-MIT people and prospective students. In order to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  horses (nope, whew) + MIT Send-off Here are a gazillion pictures from Gilroy Garlic Festival 2005: The entrance is flanked by two port-a-potties. A little bird tells me that between 120,000 and 150,000 people attend

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  She came in through the bathroom window. The greatest construction project in the history of MIT--yes, even greater than Simmons Hall.

  

  Infinite like the rest of campus. It's a historic summer at MIT, for ... a construction project in the Infinite Corridor. Formerly the world ... like taking a picture of a bathroom door at 1:30 in the afternoon in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  networking/social periods, and a few other things thrown in. (Check out the ... (the out-of-towners are exploring Boston) so I'm taking a minute to say hello. So what do admissions people talk about for 6 days in a row, 16

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  on a test that had not yet been shown to be a good indicator of a ... to a speech by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas ... Emeritus Charles Vest introduces Friedman. A big crowd shows up for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 4

  

  subcommittee was Ben and another student, a great team. The three of us worked ... Barbecue. At lunch, we had a visitor: Akash, a student admitted to the MIT ... chatting, Akash got a call on his mobile phone from another MIT '09, Anthony

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ

  

  arrived in the Admissions Office. For students for whom midyear grades are a big question, we will set aside the case with a "MYG" (midyear ... , we will make a decision on the case; when the midyear grades later come

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  , working in Professor David Wallace’s lab. Alongside a grad student named Chuck, I helped design underwater robots for students at a university in Portugal. Here’s a quick look at some highlights from the project—and what a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  this class since it's a class I'm obligated to take rather than one I'd like to take. That being said, I did originally apply to MIT as a ... requirements for 6-3 and honestly a class I've been dreading for quite a while

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  . When I entered MIT, I had a different name and went by different pronouns ... least a few years after college graduation. And that’s okay. In fact, I hear it all the time from MIT alumni (I work as a techcaller yipee

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  In review — it’s been a good year. In reverse-chronological order, I… full sent a project, which was cool No one in my life has heard about ... having a complex system in my head, understanding one part of the puzzle so

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  I thought about this post while laying in a fetal position under an oppressively large comforter. A few days ago, my period cramps were as bad as they had ever been, so, after a sleepless night, I took some painkillers

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023