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• Blog / Events

  Trick or Treat! Smashing pumpkins, and no I don't mean the band.

  

  I begin this entry with a photo of the aftermath of one Saturday evening. Here, try this physics problem on for size. If I have a pumpkin ... : Far. So one of the highlights of this weekend was the annual Pumpkin

  • by Bryan
  • November 2, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  distinguishes itself not only for its seriousness of purpose but also for its unique sense of humor, as expressed in the arena of hacking. Hacks at the Institute are elaborate—but benign—practical jokes perpetrated anonymously on
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  almost all of Wednesday working on the 18.112 pset, and realized that I ... of the missed quiz it doesn’t feel like a reset day; I catch up on ... for the first half of the summer had only one real “deadline”, and that

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Awesome Autobiography in rage comic form

  

  to me, and on to you. It is pretty awesome, and another piece of data ... about the perspective of an 86 year old veteran and videogamer on life in ... Last weekend I posted an entry on my birthday, sharing some things I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Recipe for Fun Learning how to cook is as easy as 1..2..3!

  

  covered in aluminum foil and bake on the top rack of oven for 10 - 15 ... A couple of you asked for the recipe for my plantain crusted salmon ... 350 F. Clean your fish and then squeeze lemon on both sides. Dust both

  • by Bryan
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  picture? Those are zinc oxide nanowires growing on the edge of a silicon ... Research Fellowship (SURF) program at the National Institute of Standards of ... ! My research was on Using Optical Tweezers to Create Nanowire Based

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  - here's one of many examples. By asking you for your opinions on this I ... topic that I think is worthy of discussion. Normally I don't enter this sort of territory with my blog, but I think it's directly relevant to

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Tim Is So Beautiful to me

  

  Earlier this month we launched one of our new admissions videos called MIT Imagination. A lot of work went into that video. Elizabeth and ... , drooly, adorable video is something that we love and are very proud of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  initially deferred; you can read some of their experiences here, here, and here. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know how

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2022
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  , and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was ... . Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know what to call

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  , and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was ... . Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know what to call

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  , and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was ... . Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  The past four weeks, in maps. 3 continents, 4 weeks, 11 planes, made comprehensible.

  

  my absence from the blogosphere explained, using a series of maps. I spent a substantial amount of time at each arrow tip. Where? In order: Purpose of visit: Notable cuisine: More specifically... Pre-IAP: IAP

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Relativity Special (and vice versa) I took a test today that relied on practically everything I have ever learned from…

  

  free copy of Matlab on the formula sheet. No kidding. I opened the test ... , I turned the page, and went on, shuddering in a rising tide of despair ... Today, I felt: angry and heartbroken. Because: the first question on

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 18, 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 ... with Groundhog Day. The next is seven years away, on April 4, 2016

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

  ‘Twas the night before Christmas Happy holidays to everyone!

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas Eve, Santa visits our annual family gathering, with dozens of McGanns in ... traditional decorating of the tree. Just a few miles from my house is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Will there be a wait list this year?

  Each year we aim for a class of approximately 1,100 students. Based on our estimates of the percentage of admitted students who will attend ... with the uncertainties, we also keep a wait list of students. We won
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  slice of my life on a lazy IAP Saturday. 12:40 PM Nature precipitates ... on thesis proposal ♫ one of these things is tougher than the others ... hideously uneventful details of working collaboratively on Ruby on Rails

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  Aiken message boards, and hundreds of dollars on hotel rooms, tickets ... Clay Aiken! I'm not sure how to explain the phenomenon I witnessed on Sunday night. There are many hundreds of thousands of women across the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  their choice of Part D plans and the impact on their well-being. I am also ... talks, I'll feature a mini-interview with each of them. Prof. Jonathan Gruber received his Bachelor Of Science in Course 14 (Economics) from MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010