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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  that stayed with me for many years was called Car Hiker, a profile of Al, a man who for thirty years, parked cars in a garage. HIs nickname was ... Professor Tom Malone's book The Future of Work. The title alone is enough for

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  maker — for real-life clients. Over 13 weeks and under intense pressure ... converting kiddie toys into a dragster to creating moving art for a museum and designing a low-cost peanut butter machine for a women's collective in Haiti

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  Hockfield recently wrote an op-ed in the Boston Globe entitled A Model For ... of the energy challenge: Adding to the pressure for multiple approaches to this vast challenge, the time for initiating meaningful steps to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  was delayed for three hours. Sam's Mom has a broken refrigerator. My ... ago Justin Kim wrote: I did this program for a class I'm taking called ... for fall 2007! pfffft!), we offer at least math 10 classes in nonlinear

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  I am notorious for showing up at the right place at the wrong time. For instance, two weeks ago, I opened the door to room 3-343 expecting ... Mechanical Engineering who also went to MIT for undergrad. Every week, they

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Case of the Saturdays This is the true story of 5 mechanical engineers and 1 neuroscientist selected to spend…

  

  make for good song lyrics) Agawam is best known as being the ... did not travel to Agawam for this reason. Instead, I went to an old man ... " YES! So as college students, we're constantly looking for deals, and we

  • by Bryan
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Super Adventure Club In a little while, I'll be gone.

  

  is in Atlanta, Georgia? Hey, if you came here from Google looking for ... ." And what am I doing for Spring Break? Well, I'm not heading east like ... -Conner for South Station by the T. Once there, I'll stop at Au Bon Pain kiosk

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  In my previous entry, Joan Tran from Louisiana asked for some general ... them independently, that's fine too. (For example, if you love baking ... extra-curriculars or achievements it looks for on your application; rather

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Love Potion No. 9 roses are #FF0000violets are #0000FF

  

  imagination, but for those of you interested, here's my take on the lay of the ... conversation I had with my grandpa before I left for MIT: Gramps: "Now don't be a ... . MIT is full of relationships, people who've been dating for days, weeks

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  SMRT Only at MIT could a wholesome, traditional integration bee end up like this.

  

  thoroughly as I had hoped. For one thing, the integrals were incredibly ... 'm not smrt enough to do them, but these were even too difficult for some ... . Which makes for 20 minutes of just not too much fun if you ask me. But

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  Johns Hopkins:"For all the regular decision applicants out there, we ask for your PATIENCE throughout the month of January. Please do not contact ... three weeks for us to process all of these application materials

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  Today is mail day. I'll save my emotional post on this topic for a ... and then call the post office for pickup. So to summarize, we're on ... praying for the 4 inches. :-) ---------------------------------- 9:45AM It

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  go for delayed gratification; it's easier to work work work for a few ... slept for 30.5 hours (and will probably sleep at least 10 tonight ... around in a hooded sweatshirt and enjoyed life. Hooray for laziness! A

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…

  

  model for ulcerative colitis, a type of IBD, through her UROP in the ... created a mouse model for the Th2 form of IBD by creating a Th2 response in ... Research Journal for the past two years and member of the Journal of Young

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins Putnam math competition

  

  The results are out, and for the second consecutive year, MIT has won ... Putnam exam is a difficult set of 12 questions, each worth 10 points for a total of 120 possible points. Nearly 4,000 students sat for the exam

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek

  

  I almost forgot: for you regular action folks, the deadline to ... about this time for early action for things you might want to be doing ... , compared with 22% who choose to have an interview. The reason for this is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  to go to 3.091 (Intro Chemistry, solid state version) today, to see for ... music for the five minutes before the official start of class at 11:05am ... fast pace I had always hoped for in high school, where we weren

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  It's time for another Questions Omnibus! (for even more Q&A, check ... is a good topic for the "completely option" essay about something you ... additional essay on my experiences at a local research lab would be useful for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  to be a junior next fall. My schedule for next fall will not have any A ... be taking alot of electives since I need them for a graduation ... sophomore year I missed the opportunity to sign up for Intel. Later, I went to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  ; cognitive science. (I love telling people that 'i major in 6-9' for shits and ... you to whoever read my application for seeing past my blunder. I swear I ... as an independent inquiry, but later got mentorship for it through MIT

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023