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• Blog / Academics & Research

  year 2 of the course 2 how do you become a mechanical engineer, anyway?

  

  question, which is why I went trekking to Professor Warren Seering (my new ... minutes or so, I was convinced that he not only is the Best Advisor In the ... untangled the unruly tangle of shoelaces that is my life schedule and turned

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline

  

  ***EDIT, 12/31/12 1:49PM: Of course, no sooner than I post this, it looks like the site is back up again! Thanks again for your patience ... news from our friends in IS&T. In the meantime, thanks for your

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 31, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Who WIll Win the Nobel Prize? Vote for your favorite MIT professor!

  

  . Nobel Week is a pretty exciting time on campus, since a current or former ... this year, just for fun, I'm doing a poll.  Which MIT professor is your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Maker Faire 2012 the Dean is going - are you?

  

  Maker Faire 2012 is this weekend. If you read these blogs, you probably already know what Maker Faire is, but if you don't it's basically a huge convention/fair of creative people getting together to show off the

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  plant. Can I just point out that a sense of humor is “essential” for ... to see that humor is valued as much as other "typical" applicant ... that a good sense of humor is important.” And it’s not just engineering

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• 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 ... conclusion that November 5th is unquestionably the best of birthdays. What

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  areas of Western Massachusetts. This kind of snow, which is unusually ... , freezing to them, and then being subjected to 50+ MPH winds is the landlocked ... likely lag behind it. While snow, in moderation, is a cause for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wake Up Calls because The Big Picture needs you

  

  they’re paying attention when in reality all they’re doing is scribbling ... can't understand my notes is not because they are written in some odd ... every single student is a massive super genius. (Proof that I am not is

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  I had accomplished much during the week. I did feel burned out. MIT is ... challenge here is deciding what to do with it. I learned during my first year ... , cooking, and eating food. (I imagine food is less of an issue if you live in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Let’s see those cell phones up in the air” cause every little thing's gonna be alright

  

  Lifehouse is performing for free across the river. I decide to take an ... random Bostonians. (Sorry the video is so shaky but hey, he told me to ... .  Amen to "Time enjoyed is not time wasted". -- While on the note of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  organisms. And I have this guy as my professor, which is handy because he ... : Tissue Interactions Professor Spector is the Chris Kaiser of this year ... he played The Fonz in Happy Days). 20.441 is probably my favorite class

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  What’s on your mind? As for me, my hair feels normal again.

  

  RUSH RUSH RUSH RUSH So much is about to happen!  Electrical-component jewelry-making, seesaw- and small earth-mover-building, truffle ... .  My question is for YOU. Prospective students, curious parents, excited

  • by Piper '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2011! how to be a blogger

  

  forecast for the long weekend: A sun-moon wearing shades? Now that is ... dot edu) by August 1st. Yes, that is not very far away - but neither is ... more easily than do those for whom the experience is entirely foreign

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  150. We're in the news!

  

  F-I-N-I-S-H-E-D. My last final is over, my boxes are packed, and I need to check in for my flight home in six hours. My one-week-old brass rat is physical proof of my being halfway done with MIT. I can't believe

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 20, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2011 MIT Class of 2015 waitlist decisions will be released today, via email, at approximately 3pm…

  

  offer (it is an understood part of admissions that some people will ... other school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Dang Right, We’re Cooler Than You On the eve of Decision Day (D-Day), I bring you three things that adds to…

  

  wanna study chemistry? I wanna study biology." So yeah, basically Shaq is ... post that suggests that MIT is overrun by "socially awkward math geeks

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  ... aren't you supposed to be in school?" which is totally a legitimate ... personal gains hanging out with the kiddo. College is nice and all, but

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  my year is ... CODING. Yeahhh - What the... I’ll be first to say that ... the mechanism of these reactions. The idea is to extract how self ... can tell, it’s quite useful :P This is what I've been playing with in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  NSBE MUSE Colloquium my first video

  

  Last week, I attended the MUSE Colloquium hosted by MIT’s NSBE Chapter at the Black Students Union on campus. NSBE is a wonderful ... ! PS - Please forgive my camera shake. This is my first Iphone video ever

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Most delicious deliverables ever Also, I'm not having a bad hair day. I'm having a bad hair fortnight.

  

  workout that day and gosh darnit all I want is some peanut butter and some ... . Still, serving up two entrees with leftovers each week is mighty ... -day starting lineup switch. This is because I don’t particularly like nutmeg

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 12, 2011