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• Blog / MIT Life

  You know, that intro stuff

  

  rundown of what I considered to be the essential statistics in my life: "My ... for the rest of eternity. There are two things I consider to be the ... intro to the peanut gallery...

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Truth About Science comic-style.

  

  about the realities of science. I've edited out expletives, in order to ... So the good news is that the series of scientific mishaps I blogged ... then, haha) My experiments are working! And as a result, I'm about to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A question for you… No seriously I have a question

  

  to understand? I'm going to try to doodle explain it the best I can (I'll explain why later) in a blog post. Some categories to think about ... to quantum I'll have to rope in my Course 8 suitemate) "Engineery

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  D-Lab Food Fest A week on $2 a day, followed by a meal from around the world

  

  Sorry, I am a bit swamped for the next couple of days with some 14.05: Macroeconomics work. As soon as I can, I will write an entry on the delicious D-Lab Food Fest, and my week of living on $2 a day that preceeded it

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Ask Me Anything go on

  

  closed! at 10:54 EST. so i can go to bed without worrying about whom ... I do a small amount of requisite shopping, I am going to eat an entire ... football until the insulin pouring out of my eyes from all of the carbs sends

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts

  

  Note: I freely admit I am stealing the title "A Room with a Vieux ... coworker, an intern from Stanford) from my summer job. The space isn't too shabby, huh? Check out our immediate view The sign in the bottom of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Want a bike? Get a fairly decent bike at the Next House bike auction

  

  I'm done with the MCAT! Well, at least for now (we'll see once I get the score report in two months.) In other news, I got this email from the Next House facilities chair about the Next House bike auction, for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spotted: A Brass Rat in the Wild? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? I can't tell

  

  minute into the video. I generally listen to Jeremy, so I did. That's when ... attend MIT and decide to wear the ring in the ad? Is this deep-level nerd ... Jeremy R. '16 with a link to a new McDonald's commercial for their new

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2017
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Does MIT offer a pre-med program?

  classes in any department. However, students need to fulfill certain subject requirements to apply to medical, dental or other health-related professional ... -related professions are encouraged to complete a prehealth registration meeting with
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  If you're like me (and I'm willing to bet a lot of our readers), then you spent last Friday and Saturday eagerly awaiting the unveiling of the 2016 FIRST Robotics FRC game at the annual kickoff event. I've blogged

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Blake Ross, who is kind of the inventor of Firefox, is 21 years old. Well, it's been a while. According to MT I started ... microfabricated fuel cell that could be used to power a cell phone. We filled Ruth

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  ’re walking on sunshine (or dancing in the moonlight). We’ll have some additional ... YOU GOT IN!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSWcy-bx_lg Come celebrate with us in the comments and—more importantly—share this

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Cheat Sheet This amazed me when I first saw it.

  

  about Mystery Hunt. This is an entry about one of the tools our team has for Mystery Hunt. We rarely used it, but the sheer amount of information on this PDF is awesome! If you even have a slight bit of geekiness

  • by Snively '11
  • August 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Video: Friendly Robots! Professor Cynthia Breazeal shows off her interactive robots.

  

  The PBS show NOVA scienceNOW had a wonderful story last week on MIT Professor Cynthia Breazeal, Director of the Robotic Life Group. It featured not only her robotic "children" like Leonardo and Kismet but also her

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

  How do I request a fee waiver?

  international applicants, and you can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT practices need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver will not have any negative impact on your chances of
• Blog / Events

  And It’s Over! The end of the madness

  

  Congratulations to the Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight. They found the Mystery Hunt Coin at 8:28 PM tonight. They're a great team of MIT alums; lots of really smart people. They actually won the hunt 2

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American Idol? What's going on with American Idol?

  

  Tomorrow is my last final! Hurray! In the meantime, I was just surfing the web (read: procrastinating) when I came across an American Idol ... 29-year-old, in the finals? Back in the day, Simon criticized 21-year

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 23, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  unique sense of humor, as expressed in the arena of hacking. Hacks at the Institute are elaborate—but benign—practical jokes perpetrated anonymously on ... creativity, cleverness, and difficulty of execution. A 1958 prank in which the
• Blog / Admissions

  International students @ MIT (+life updates) Just a hodge-podge of shtuff.

  

  1. Watch this first: <br> 2. Watch this second: <br /> (Not much text today, because that is my cheap way of making you guys watch my videos instead!)

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women Rock All sorts of folk, and folk songs too.

  

  One thing I like to talk about with prospective students is the fact ... students are the first generation of their family to go to college. We also ... disporportionately male when compared to the college-going population as a whole (in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 7, 2010