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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  and there's also some doors that lead to Stata or the Green Building ... last post. Arjun and Vicki C were the first two to solve it, followed by ... /innovative architecture. Stata, Kresge, Building 66, the Green Building, the Brain and Cog

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Comics for IAP Doonesbury takes on the 6.270 Autonomous Robot Design Competition.

  

  Competition (not to mention Palmistry, Advanced Sudoku, a chocolate workshop, and Charm School). Read on... (and if you like comics, or movies

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Video: New Zigzag MIT's podcast takes on athletics on campus, and more.

  

  . Zigzag is produced by Academic Media Production Services (AMPS) and is alternately hosted by Marsha Bolton from the President's Office and myself. To

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  and the difficult decisions we make in selection. This year, we received ... month reading and crafting great summaries of your applications, and now we take those summaries and work from them. We do selection in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What entrepreneurship programs are offered?

  Here are just a few of more than 85 resources dedicated to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship at MIT: Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering ... Development and Entrepreneurship Lemelson-MIT Program MIT InnovationHQ MIT
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fig. 4: Study with me! A semi-productive Sunday afternoon vlog (feat. an hour trying to find a printer)

  

  , offering students the luxury of having the entire summer to revise and giving ... write and 2 exams still in August, I'll have to spend my summer continuing to work and study. The term hasn't quite ended yet! To give you guys a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  should all try and be the last person to comment "LAST" ... bills, don’t make weekend plans, don’t even finish applying to MIT, there ... . Yes boys and girls, the doomsday device built under the guise of solving

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Saying Yes (or No) Decision time is upon the Class of 2014. How to choose?

  

  students admitted to the MIT Class of 2014, and especially for the Class of ... CPW is over. The May 3 reply date is quickly approaching. What to do ... sure about whether or not to attend MIT, please let us know your decision

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  LOLZ CATS In which he creates one of his own to explain his extended absence.

  

  'll get to your questions soon - although most of them are about missing materials, and Matt already did a great job of addressing that topic.) (Thanks to Christina for finding the picture for me.)

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Candyland @ MIT Not your average gingerbread houses!

  

  Contest. Armed with candy, graham crackers, frosting, and ingenuity, seven ... hour. Though they were given the option to build anything they wanted, three teams decided to model MIT buildings. Check it out, who do you think

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Not admitted

  

  open post for you to talk. And, if you haven't already, check out Ben ... This year was the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting fewer than 13% of applicants means we had to turn away many, many

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties

  

  our MIT alumni have thrown in various cities around the country (and around the world)? If so, how was it? I'd love to hear how it went. Also, if anyone took any pictures, I may be able to post a few here on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I’m a first-year college student?

  Yes, because you finished high school and will complete two terms of college by the time you enter MIT in the fall, you are eligible to apply as a transfer applicant. You're not eligible to apply as a first
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What summer programs are available?

  MIT doesn't offer a traditional open-enrollment summer school program where high school students can come to campus to take courses and live in the dorms. There are a number of small, specialized summer programs on
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  'll be away on vacation and unable to post it. I also don't have time to ... totally awesome to write a blog entry that day and encourage people to watch ... to vote! The judges have chosen the six finalists, and the race is on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Computer Timesharing in the 1960’s an extremely influential solution to computer bottlenecks

  

  collaborate, share, and process data without needing to set up heavy ... is stored, accessed, and shared across a network of servers on the Internet rather than on your personal computer. Think "Dropbox" and even

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Events

  PumpkiNerd Carving My dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original,…

  

  contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original, and best overall. Can anyone guess which category I entered my pumpkin ... "vegetabletarian" is more accurate.) Me? Not so much. For the handful of you

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hooked on a Feeling High on believing everyone's in love with me.

  

  , and I almost forgot the best part. Today I was talking to my supervisor ... favorite is Rome, and that one time he went to Rome and saw the Pope walking ... DID YOU KNOW? On keyboards in German internet cafes, the y and z keys

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT salutes Harry Potter ...the best way we know how, with hacks!

  

  , and Snape). Bathrooms were relabeled to be for "Wizards ... in Boston, the two biggest movie theaters, the Boston Common 19 and ... . Some were grand and spectacular, others subtle and fun. Here's a rundown

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Before MIT goes APE, I learn how to eat dumplings FAST. ...or at least learn how to morph into a dumpling eating machine.

  

  I should be studying for my 1.00 and 3.091 exams right now...but I ... footage...but it needs to be edited. So get ready for an entry filled month ... the end of the show...and here is how we kicked off the beginning of the

  • by Celena C. '12
  • March 4, 2010