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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  Modern Healthcare Magazine.  During the 2008 he was a consultant to the ... come to MIT? A. I chose to come to MIT twice - in 1983 as a student, and ... and you end up with a wonderful place to study economics as an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  decide to go and do it all over again. What were we thinking?!? :-) I'll be out for most of June on paternity leave, but will still try to blog when I can find time. Hope you guys are having a great start to your

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  be able to admit you during Early Action (just a few weeks later) if ... complete and you did not match to a binding school. If you take MIT off your ... transcript? A: You can fax it to us at 617-687-9184 or mail it to MIT Office of

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  from the Boston Symphony Hall audience. He went on to explain that as a child he saw a priest make that hand gesture to a congregation, and was so ... Courage-Custer. That got a lot of whoops. It was impossible not to hear

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Watch this! An MIT blogger alum deservedly gets a moment in the spotlight.

  

  will not link to here.) The folks at PBS's Nova have been producing a ... & Engineers. A now, the producers have shown the good sense to ... in it. Mollie was a blog legend; her entries are still as relevant

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  5E Rush Photos

  

  decided, for some reason, to leave a bunch of boxes stacked in our bathroom ... and head-scratching, because we were able to put them to good use. Also, Sarah '08 had a lot of fun climbing them. Getting up was one thing, but

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd A different kind of pumpkin drop (by Lauren H. '16!)

  

  Tiger Moth taxiing back ahead of the Fleet Finch. We then got to see a ... -than-air craft to cross the English Channel; a 1910 Hanriot; and a Curtiss Pusher ... the frustrated farmer steals a Piper Cub to fly himself home. The plane

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  . there's just a couple things that make it confusing to use at the moment ... courseroad also has a beautiful, nostalgic layout and color scheme to it that ... down to a heading 4, but i think it'll just keep getting better so i

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  'm heading home to South Bend for a week to recover and recharge before ... than a few Greek guys who choose to live in the dorms - like Alan '09 ... 's a lot. ;) Some things, though, I'll be donating to StuffFest. What

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  go to, and where the bus stops are, and there are a couple ... pie. a few weeks ago we went to see a musical at the paramount ... . somebody always finds things to do together on weekends. this is a nice

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Robot Competition 2016 robots dump (replica) tea bags in the (replica) Boston harbor

  

  like ejecting a mini robot to complete a subtask. Aside from the ... early 1970s. His approach to a hands-on mechanical engineering curriculum ... "No innovation without fabrication!" This is the motto of 2.007, a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  hot sauce manufacturing company, to obtain a perfect score on Pacman ... . (Okay, not really, but I feel like a childhood with his name had to have ... regime in Czechoslovakia. * Sub Pop Records, a Seattle record label known

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  "! Ring delivery is such a milestone for underclassmen that I decided to ... toughest schools in the U.S., and a reminder to take a second and recognize ... the next two years, and for a long while after that. If you want to see

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  little more training than a stapler) to put two new holes in my ears. A few ... point came when last weekend my friend Ami ’14 decided to get a cartilage ... wonderful it would be to wear it alongside my green studs. A little green

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Admitted Students Welcome, Class of 2013!

  

  be coming soon to a postbox near you. :) 5,897. Let any of us know if ... easy for awhile. Spend some time with your parents, go out to a movie ... tell you that it's a crazy experience that you don't want to miss if you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  many pink dresses come to 2.009 :D

  

  crop top originally purchased for Barbie, and a t-shirt given to me by 2 ... -- and we've each come up with a unique product, and have spent the last several weeks building them in lab. We're so excited to launch (and to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 5, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2010

  

  school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist ... waitlist. Within the next few days, we plan to admit approximately 60 ... with aid packages. Admitted students can then choose to accept our offer

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 13, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  to our name, we wear all black, and have a somewhat-prepared, sometimes ... to take out the thrower, or deflect a thrown ball with a ball to keep ... -sets. Sweet. Here’s a quick video to visualize the mayhem. P.S. At 8:30 PM

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Events

  ZigZag 10 A new episode of MIT's video podcast, hosted by me. And there's mariachi.

  

  Tunes Podcast. If you'd like to subscribe and use a podcatcher other than i ... contains a piece about the annual Freshman Photograph, the Kendall Square Bio ... Orientation Activities Midway; I loved getting to talk to students and hear all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 2 The Boston skyline at night.

  

  just prior to an annual event we call the Sodium Drop (I'll leave the details to your imagination, for now at least). The picture was taken from the Longfellow Bridge over the Charles River (if you panned a bit more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2006