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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  instead of seeing, for example, how the president will react to these ... : pretty to look at and nice to listen to (the tagline says it all), 5 out of 5 stars! The whole shebang: I had originally intended to write this

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Jebby Awards 2024: See All the Winners Here having fun with hyperlinks

  

  "] Both movies are about a young man who want to be the best at what they do ... Better Than I Thought It Would Be Bar-Be as the Lady with a Lot of Money ... I Have Ever Completed To Be Mad At Someone (or, The Stuff Inside the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Times

  

  origami mathematics, the formal study of what can be done with a folded ... . The intricately pleated sail-like form swooshes gracefully in a compound ... . Demaine, an assistant professor of computer science at the Massachusetts

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Ultimate Showdown Making important college purchase #1

  

  tools you'll need for classes, but the hike in the snow can be a ... which can be interpreted as both good and bad. The good: I was limited in ... The Ultimate Showdown The Laptop vs. The Desktop So you

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 that's .0093 more than 18.S097!

  

  , simply, might be that the class is just so abstract. The classic "we aren ... consistently, under serving some subset of the class, whether that be students ... be the same. Reflexive: For all x,y, d(x,y)=d(y,x). This is saying

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  New ZigZag video podcast & behind the scenes An inside look at the new video.

  

  , but a lot of really cool stuff had to be left on the cutting room floor ... ... check it out! Let us know what you think, either in the comments section below or at the ZigZag comments box. The idea for this episode actually

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  'll be trying to atone throughout April. In the meanwhile, here's a story ... events, and the hope was that they'd soon be able to decide whether there ... concluded the recitation by mentioning that there would be both excitement and

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer plans

  

  , I take the train to Lausanne, and find the boarding house that I'll be ... , in the Laboratory for Neural Microcircuitry. I'll be helping with the ... I've spent the last two weeks enjoying a nice vacation at my mom

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  Tomorrow, I expect MIT's student newspaper, The Tech, will publish ... of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13 ... (1 in 6). MIT has traditionally been among the more conservative

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Match Game

  

  be autonomous. The competition is so popular, they hold it in the 1200 ... 'll start with the question that seems to be most prominent: what does it mean ... applications. Unfortunately, I missed another classic IAP event last night: the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  ’ll still be involved of course (especially in the transition) but it was ... , and all the fun stuff I’ll be up to the rest of this year! Hope you ... for some logistical reasons, and then the start of the semester was

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  , you may be wondering why this is the story of the 5 Wits. Well, there ... were sad on the ride home that they wouldn't be returning for a while ... Once upon an IAP, there were 5 externs* who were lucky enough to be

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of The Bands takes over Bryan’s Blog Hostile takeover of Bryan's blog for the night.

  

  : Shouldn't we be telling these people about Battle of the Bands? Shaye: yeah! BATTLE OF THE BANDS!!!!! It's gonna be awesome! W00000T!!! It's gonna ... ! Dean Jones of the Admissions Office? Shaye: She'll be singing with the

  • by Bryan
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  the blogs turn twenty 👴🏻 the posts start coming and they don't stop coming

  

  them, do not be alarmed! Treat them kindly, help them cross the street ... It is a venerable tradition of the blogs to begin a post by apologizing for being late, and whom am I to reject tradition? So let me first

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 20, 2025
• 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…

  

  is nothing like actually being there... Another secret of the Boston 4 ... Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the

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

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  the stress level on campus would be pretty high right now, most of my ... the Media Lab. Could it possibly be another hack? Yes, it was ... . The four-square Brain and Cognitive Science logo was begging to be

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Return of QBert Whack-a-mole, a piano player, and a whole lot of fun. All in 24 hours or…

  

  describing to you the journey would be a faux-pas on my part, so here it begins ... I decided to stay the night, and it turned out to be the right ... were reunited. Where you might ask? Only at the Classic Arcade Museum in

  • by Bryan
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pick My Halloween Costume! Mm, crowdsourcing.

  

  things on my closet that I could use as costumes (blame the Assassins ... ! Prospective MIT students and blog readers of the world, your mission (if you choose to accept it) is to pick my Halloween costume. Voting will last

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  to see who will donate the most money. I dropped by their table in ... This blog post is about the following picture: In particular ... got them at the COOP on Monday after coveting them for a year. I had

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Way We Live Saunas make me think

  

  of IAP in Korea. South Korea may be the Starcraft capital in the world ... showed me...it might be time to pencil in some downtime. Although the ... to the jimjilbang, happy to be sheltered from the brutal winds of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012