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• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  . GPI is easily one of the most organized and sophisticated initiatives ... ’s history and, if the interest that it’s thus far generated is ... . When you talk with Anne, you recognize that the fight against poverty is

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ

  

  in, we will review them, and the decision will be reviewed if there is ... longer than in others; there is no deadline for receiving the grades other than "as soon as you can." The bottom line is: Please send in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DEATH AND THE POWERS: The Robots’ Opera [by Ken Haggerty '11] An * exclusive sneak peak * of Prof. Machover's exciting new…

  

  matters is more. Forever is not the point.” — Death and the ... Technique) It is far too easy to be taken by the material—one of the ... as the mechanism by which the story is told. Like the OperaBots that

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  East Campus Rush 2014: RAW SCIENCE There shall be no entertainment or amusement in our courtyard, only roller coasters

  

  This Sunday is the infamous East Side Party, which is open to the MIT ... . But it is all in the name of science. All events taking place over the next week can be found in the Daily Confusion, which is actually just a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  , really, this is not the end of the world. I wish I could tell you all that ... could tell you that MIT is not the only place where you can live your ... find out whether or not certain friends of mine - from across the nation

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  graduate from Course XI. is not an impossibility."  The Sanitary Engineers ... ) was described in the yearbooks in the following way: "This Course is ... regard it with more or less favor, as is shown by the fact that each one of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / Residential Life

  water wars, lovecrafting, and 361 other REX events your annotated guide to everything currently unfolding on campus

  

  The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the Class of 2023 is ... about the different parts of campus that you otherwise might not get to experience. For the rest of you, REX is the perfect time to explore MIT's dorms

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet TOFU Warning: post may contain dangerously high amounts of "daaaaaaaawwwwww"

  

  , but it is no different. But before I once again immerse myself in the ... . This thing is TOFU. TOFU is the baby of Ryan Wistort, a grad student ... self: blog entry about the ML at some point this summer) Anyway, here is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  this class. For many there is a perception that the only way to increase diversity is to 'relax the standards'. I can't speak for other Colleges/Universities, but that is not the case at MIT. Everyone had to withstand close

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  college essay is personal. It’s not English class anymore. Let loose your ... use “I” too much? The essay is about you, but it’s also about the people ... every Saturday morning, you may not be on your own. Don’t read the “top

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MITAdmissions.org: Now 100% More Clickable also, report any other bugs you have here

  

  first blog weren't clickable. The upshot is that our CDN was for some ... application information and stuff, which is probably more useful than not being ... toupee" is not a bug, but expected operation. Thank you for your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 21, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston’s 4th of July Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has…

  

  : Okay, so I'm not much with Photoshop, but you can see the barge is right ... separates Boston from Cambridge and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the ... Cormick Hall, and Baker House. The barge is directly across from Senior House

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  the door was shut. While closed doors don't impede the view, it is truly ... 's fantastically loud - the kind of stuff that gets your adrenaline pumping. It's not ... , however, was not going to let myself miss anything. The pilot brought it up

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MITHenge Blinded by the light.

  

  very special sunrise. On this day, the summer solstice, the sun is perfectly positioned to shine through the narrow opening between the heel stones and onto the altar stone. The monument was built about five thousand

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  House of freshmen) is absolutely not acceptable, and I think this is the ... people are talking about it. There is an article in The Tech regarding its ... the plan more depth. As I mentioned, there is an enormous amount of talk

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Mystery Of The Missing Application Tracking Portlet A quick clarification.

  

  Application Tracking portlet in MyMIT. The system is supposed to display a message explaining why the portlet is no longer there, but it's not showing ... . The Application Tracking portlet is gone because it is now definitively

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 3, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  Want a Warhol in your dorm room? This is exhibition week of the ... Each piece in the collection is framed and signed by a leading ... , the online collection is only viewable within the MIT community, but the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  The ‘Game’ Supporting inter-collegiate relations.

  

  to Yale.) And WAIT! This really is not just a rivalry of two schools, MIT is in the mix too. MIT has a long standing tradition of hacking the ... So last week, I made a trek out to the school down the street for The

  • by Bryan
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Is Found! The Mystery Hunt ends after 36 hours.

  

  Hunt! "The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight" is the team ... Sunday, 12:31 AM: The coin was found by The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight in a refridgerator in the basement of E18. It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 15, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Get Home from the Airport for Free For prefrosh who are like me and terrified of entering dank underground tunnels they haven’t…

  

  cabs when travelling alone. The T is not scary. In addition, if you’re on ... that the T is only an option if your plane arrives when the T is actually ... left (or somewhere nearby) is a map of the MBTA subway system. You

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 18, 2014