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• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  week of November. 6 others on the MIT Figure Skating team are also going ... finally was on top of everything. I had planned to post this at the end of ... final-round onsite at a startup for a full day of interviews. I arrived on

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  of people had questions my entry on tests and reference sheets. There ... that everyone agrees on is that the actual creation of the review sheet ... of what I thought might be a PES diagram and moved on. It necessarily

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  , each charged with making a new product on a budget of $6500 and a 3-month ... Presents: Verda On the southern edge of Boston is the neighborhood of ... passed and glanced at one or two of these on my way to class at MIT, I can

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MEng (Masters of Engineering) Learn about the masters plans of Phil '05 and Laura '06.

  

  pretty much only based on classes, and most of those classes are ... good to see what other professors are working on, see a new part of the ... ? Consider the stories of Phil '05 and Laura '06. Phil '05 (who got his

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Fall Hits MIT… in the form of a Giant Spider! I promise I'm not a blog-hog, this is just too good!

  

  Let's cut right to the chase: THERE'S A HACK IN 6C! Natanya's already told you about 6C, but I'll bet it didn't feature a giant spider on ... great dome on his belly: Aww, look, Lucifer has a little baby: ...a

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! (Part 2) late post due to usual MIT firehosing

  

  already coding basic functions, as they neared the end of a demanding, fast ... because of the stronger emphasis on competitive individualism.   ... seconds of fame, as our event was featured by the local TV station and a few

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 17, 2018
• Blog / Community Projects

  Set Theory and other Shenanigans *Literal* Set theory

  

  Find a Set: Set is a visual card game. "Sets" in Set consist of 3 cards that, for each of their four characteristics, are either all the same or all different. A set must meet ALL of the following conditions

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  ZigZag Episode 7 A new episode features Commencement highlights and an interview with the party button guys.

  

  Episode 7 of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is out now. Stories include ... hosts this episode, and it features some interviews I conducted with ... from the beautiful roof deck of McCormick Hall; it's worth watching just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published! MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at…

  

  research going on at MIT and around the world. We publish four types of ... results. -Features summaries by undergrads of all ages and research areas ... It's that time of the year again -- MIT's Undergraduate Research

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  He Zigs, He Zags MIT's new video podcast.

  

  featuring stories that capture and communicate the richness and diversity of ... podcast? What kinds of stories and features would you want to see? ... bits on the Cannon Hack and robotics, among other stories; Episode 2

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Decisions Released Today

  

  reading the profile of transfer student Ian McKay featured on the MIT ... applicants. After several rounds of an extremely rigorous transfer committee process, we eventually were able to offer admission to 25 of them. Transfer

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Admissions Released Next Wednesday, 12/21

  

  of transfer student Ian McKay featured on the MIT homepage today. It ... admitting a small number of highly qualified applicants at a rate characteristic of our extremely selective process. Transfer students are some of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hot Dogs Or, how I fail at eating hot dogs.

  

  early sign of defeat? The buns on the hot dogs were actually baguettes ... I've always been a big eater. Part of this may be because my dad is ... of you who are out of the loop, fire fighters cook enough food for an

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  test, and all the math is high school math (actually, that's sort of bad, since I hadn't had to do a lot of the stuff on the test since 10th grade ... things about the GRE (in this order): you can take it any day of the week

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Bad Haiku What better way to welcome spring than to write some awful haiku? Help me create…

  

  Seems very quiet around here today. The students are all on Spring ... of decisions was ages ago (due to the fact that last week felt so very long). Sometimes quiet is good. A lot of the snow melted this past

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  as possible. On weekdays, those of us willing to get up for breakfast ... of a lifetime,” but to only focus on education is selling it short. In ... skills they need through a series of challenging lectures and problem sets

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Events

  1 Month, 0 Classes IAP tomorrow and an opportunity to mystery hunt!

  

  ...well only if I choose to. Tomorrow marks the beginning of IAP (Independent Activities Period)...It's one of my favorite times of the year ... . During January, a lot of people do externships, some go to Zambia, some

  • by Bryan
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Counting On One Hand And this is where Porky Pig says, "That's all folks"

  

  ...the number of semesters completed at MIT. So today, I waved ... going by so fast. Now I must say that I've made the following observations ... fall out of the sky and WEBSIS doesn't let you pick your own grades, you

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2028, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. The comments on this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  , and the heaviness of what's been going on in it. Feelings of scrambling ... spent so much of these last two years focusing on jobs, and people, and ... SciShow people (and one of my most inspiring mentors/friends on her

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016