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• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  wedding ring on his desk, trying to see for how long he can get it to spin ... airing without the benefit of writers, due to the strike (soon to be ... resorted to some fairly ridiculous ways to kill time, including an ongoing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  advances faster than our ability to apprehend it, it produces progress but ... engineering shaped the last. It is important for everyone to the opportunity to ... -on learning projects, I am really excited to see Amino launch; I feel like it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some reflections Post decisions, a few thoughts.

  

  need today, and the determination to take full advantage of it. Through ... education, there remains the anxiety over how to pay for it. I know that for many families, it will be a stretch. To help, this year we have increased

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Shoulder Season Treat A little something for rising seniors to jump-start their exploration of MIT

  

  I have heard the term “Shoulder Season” to characterize the time ... vice versa). I am, however, going to co-op the term to also apply to the ... group of rising seniors (and other underclass students) who are anxious to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2020 Wait List Decisions We're sending out wait list decisions today.

  

  did (even though it wasn't somewhere I really thought I wanted to go ... It's been over a week since the May 2 reply deadline, and we know ... , we've been waiting for all our admitted students to submit their

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 11, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  , and what should the United States do to solve it?" Two fellow bloggers ... producer at the History Channel happened to read it, contacted Zahir, and ... World: MIT Speaks, that showcases 25 undergraduates' responses to the

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  St. George’s Day England's National Day

  

  When I came back to England from Easter vacation, I was greeted by ... . I whipped out my camera and we agreed that whatever it was, it would ... than that. If anyone has anything to add, feel free to enlighten the rest

  • by Cambridge
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  trafficked, but wouldn't it make more sense to have the chainsaw in building 46 ... Hackers don't waste any time hacking CPW this year. It's the first ... , doesn't see the zombies as a threat, forcing hackers to help protect the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  classes. It was a good entry, and this was going to be a comment on it, but ... younger Asian and Indian kids (I hate to specify race/ethnicity, but it was ... trying to finish high school a year early?" "How do you do it?" "Are you

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  September Equinox Appreciation A Cambridge Autumn

  

  me and I’m looking forward to experience it all over again! This post ... had just moved to Cambridge not even 3 months before, and was adjusting to a place radically different from home. In these first few months, I

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  it's good enough to take the place of all your future gifts. :-) I was ... hand, it was time to resurrect my life once again and continue along its ... forward to what is still to do. -- Goethe So I spent the Thanksgiving

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Updated MIT Groceries Guide (guest post) A requiem for Stata.

  

  market closed this IAP. I refreshed the web page regularly to check its ... always having baked goods to offer. She studies Course 6-3 at MIT, but in her free time, she blogs at FoodParsed, where she shares easy-to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 4, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  CRACKED [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Part art-support group, part studio, part community, and part activist.

  

  part activist. We called our first meeting "Bring it to the Table." We ... dull, we decided to spice it up. Jenny Romaine and two members of Lesser ... ’d like to tell you a little more about Cracked. Cracked is a student

  • by ARTalk
  • May 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my last first day every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

  

  . It feels weird to be doing things for the last time when I already sort ... my last fall beginnings: in the adult world, it’s up to you to choose ... [annotation note="The day before classes start, everyone meets with their advisor to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  i love this f*cking place "say this to my face when you're a junior." ~an upperclassman

  

  okay, it’s a bit early to proclaim my love for this place, especially ... Friends™! and wow it was a lot to handle. and for someone like me, who was ... Chinese, and spending an obscene amount of time on Facebook talking to my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My first real internship

  

  as it turns out is the perfect place to build top secret atomic weapons ... battle, and hiking have to do with each other? hmmm... If you guessed ... resistance and thus being able to maintain a current without a voltage. The

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  popped, it's been feeling pretty starchy as of late. Going to Harvard as a ... convince me of how easy it was to cross-register, since she had a pretty good ... a Go-Gurt (portable breakfast food FTW). As easy as it was to register

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The MySpace Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part two.

  

  mutt 015. Your fears? death, it sucks 016. Goal you would like to achieve ... 't always have to do it for him 017. Most overused phrase on an instant ... . How old are you? 32 003. What is the link to your website, blog, or

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

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  check it out – they’re a great opportunity to meet some ... ’re excited to meet other new MIT admits so we want to let you know about some ... and other great alumni to put together admitted student gatherings to

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember, Remember, the 17th of December… things that happened

  

  perhaps it is an appeal to something which happened on a historically significant December 17th. I am going to continue to keep our reasons a deep ... according to Wikipedia: 546 – Gothic War: The Ostrogoths of King Totila

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2011