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• Blog / Challenges

  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  only slightly). Being on the Chinese Students Club exec board has always ... get excited about the Amharic class he’s taking at Harvard. On our way out of the dining hall, I stop to get some coffee and he chats with a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  be scratched off—-the ticket could be cracked if you knew the secret ... ." Maybe there's something to be said for the old saying, "The Lottery is a ... If you enjoyed the story of the MIT Blackjack Team -- the movie "21

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  be a good guess. I first heard about the hack from a few friends ... , elegant, and anonymous prank, designed to amuse and catch the attention of the MIT community (and sometimes the world), while also providing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  what i’m doing this iap 2021 a busy busy house

  

  class she took last semester and will be TA'ing this spring. She hated ... Hi everyone! Apologies for being gone. I have a lot of blogs ... that detects faces. Raymond CADed the parts up and they used Emma's 3D

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  since MIT is a freaking hard school that will likely destroy me sometime in the near future.   but i digress.   i had a strange ... latte with almond milk, being vaguely productive for a couple of hours

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

  Play Labs yay an accelerator for VR startups

  

  first batch in summer 2017. Each of them will get hands-on mentoring as ... additional $80K). Play Labs is run by Bayview Labs and is being hosted by by ... 've been involved with the Game Lab and VR@MIT before, so it was exciting to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 18, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  to keep out the wind and rain but be permeable to radio waves. They ... worst of the damage. (A system like this could be very useful in the case ... , helping everyone in the Cambridge area get their data where it needs to be

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Waitlisted Students

  

  waitlist. We will have more information for waitlisted students in the ... the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Town Cambridge: university and city.

  

  too many pictures of the Cambridge as an actual town in this blog. So I ... in Cambridge. Even though it is the middle of winter, you can see the place is actually still pretty green and pretty. Well, the first picture

  • by Cambridge
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  VSEPR Google News is the best.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? A jurassic beaver once ruled the riverbank. I've had an extraordinarily busy (and short!) week that I will describe to you all in detail soon enough; for now you can check out the awesome article above which

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

  Very, Very Important News That title is written to tantalize your RSS readers.

  

  that has been on my mind for the last half hour and will probably consume ... Hi folks, Today was the 8th day in a row of selection committee ... 're all feeling good about the past week's work. I'll post something longer

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  this is fine some thoughts at the end of the semester

  

  I'll be honest, I lost track of time somewhere around the end of ... surprised at it being April, now, it's the middle of May, and it seems like no ... sight, it feels worse. Or maybe it’s because the novelty of actually being

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • May 17, 2021
• FAQ / International applicants

  Am I domestic or international if I hold dual citizenship?

  Students holding dual citizenship should apply to MIT with their U.S. citizenship status. Students holding non-U.S. dual citizenships may select their preferred country as their application will be listed as
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there really a swim test?

  education courses for undergraduate students to complete the swim requirement and the eight point General Institute Requirement. The swimming requirement can be met by completing a beginner swim course or electing to test
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  A N T S Being off the meal plan has forced me to venture further into ... itself), it felt foreign, nothing like walking through the familiarity of the infinite. Maybe it seems silly, but even grabbing something out of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger

  

  yet to memorize the course numbers) is most likely what I'll be majoring in. I say most likely for the sole reason that it will ... and left for the States at the ripe young age of 1. From there I enjoyed

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  is to please be patient as you watch the application tracking system on ... As I write, our terrific Records Office team is processing the largest volume of mail you've ever seen. There is a lot of mail to be opened

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  ideas related to reincarnation and everyone being the same person, so naturally i’d be attracted to the avatar metaphor on the other hand, i don ... (which might also be bad for the world) and when to do things for other

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Evil Institute of Technology Mystery Hunt, Day 1.

  

  Nth letter to spell the message: CAN BE EATEN. Fourth: Determine that CAN BE EATEN is a clue for EDIBLE. These are the cookies: (C ... Mystery Hunt has begun! Prof. Moriarty from the Evil Institute of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Latest Updates Updates about MyMIT and the EA interview deadline.

  

  at least as normal as things can be less than two weeks before the early action deadline) As Ben has already noted, we have extended the ... , earthquakes, etc. We'll always be flexible in the case of an "act of God

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2006