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• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  failed me! But why? Linear algebra to the… rescue? TL;DR, rotations in 3D ... way to describe a rotation in 3D is with a matrix – a 3x3 grid of ... in true MIT fashion, I leave the proof as an exercise to the reader

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  credit to Mitra Many of you have seen that the MyMIT portal is down. No ... everything in the allotted spaces in the application. To answer your question ... : Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. I have to admit, the Pittsburgh

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another one! The return to campus, round III

  

  mayhem that is Registration Week was the perfect introduction to my Junior ... of a thrill upon seeing the Dome for the first time in months. As soon ... same energy. The streets were full of fraternity vans trying to snag new

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • September 11, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Home Warning: Graphics Intensive.

  

  'll try to blog in Spain! :) ps. This has got to be the most interesting ... taking the time to enjoy your last semester in high school. I don't know ... the time in the last months of your high school life to appreciate the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This entry has a surprise ending While you wait for decisions to come out, I remind you that people at MIT…

  

  doing laundry. (The “Did You Know?” opener is a throwback to the olden ... was, glaring me in the face, the luminescent fact that MIT wants you to ... 's not whether you get in or not that truly matters; the important thing is

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  working together to solve the most critical problems in biomedicine. "> ... metabolism. I’m on a mission to figure out what the heck is going on here, and ... my wedding dress. This might be because I spent the whole winter in

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s FPOPpin’ Whatchu know 'bout me?

  

  ; to the contrary, it is filled to the brim with creativity, as Chris ... awesomeness, in fact, that I decided to experience it the next year as an ... that to begin with. The experience and community last much longer than

  • by Tom R. '14
  • September 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Cancer Research The history and future of cancer research at MIT.

  

  and engineers, all dedicated to bringing the most advanced science and ... -institutional hubs it is establishing to rapidly advance the application of ... research, from the isolation of the first human cancer genes to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  to fund ourselves. The revenue from these pumpkins is a big reason why ... anywhere else! If you’ve ever been to the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch before ... ? Is it someone’s full-time job to churn out pumpkin after pumpkin non

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Your questions & my answers.

  

  the end of the month. As for the online application -- which is how most ... 's the one of the most selective colleges in the US. I know applicants have ... TOEFL mid 50% score range? We only know that the minimum is 570, 600 to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Majors

  

  recruit you to (and inform you about) their majors. Later, in the Spring ... their schedule to take a couple introductory/exploratory classes in the ... exploration at MIT and if MIT has its way to help people find interests and in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins Putnam math competition

  

  playing with it before seeing the answer, do so; the solution is in the ... my degree in Management Science), I can say that the department is ... the William Lowell Putnam Competition, perhaps the most prestigious

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  - which you can see in the photo above. (My house is the third brownstone to ... of the Green Building - which is, incidentally, the tallest building in ... Building (as with most buildings at MIT) is prohibited. But the Green

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  , and karaoke as the night goes on. Most people dress to impress although ... . Team ChemE Some of the most awesome people EVER (pictured from left to ... semester, our chef, Karen, who is a trained pastry chef, makes some of the

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  conspiring, which means that I need to put that to an end. In the next little ... . Starting this year, though, the Course VI department is beginning to migrate ... place in the new curriculum, so this is the last term that it was offered

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  something. As we move onto 2016, I like to think about what in my own life the ... campus and college. The following is an unordered list of some of our top and most widely viewed blog posts of 2015. Within them you'll find the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A quick one, while he’s away I write reviews of things that I know nothing about.

  

  in my head for the last few days. I wonder why. Last night I did some things and I thought I would relate them to you in the form of reviews. I ... toward your GPA at MIT. Therefore, your goal, in general, is to get more

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 16, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  want to mention, which are some of the memorable moments from GIR's in ... , I took 5.111, which is (re)Introduction to Chemistry. The semester ... of the room in order for us to calculate the percent rebound, relating

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  in a tissue and is a rare occurrence that sometimes has to be ... requirement for many of the classes I wanted to take, and as much as the content ... November Sunday: I camped in the Hayden Library to crank out my essay. I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  written to vilify them. To this very day, much of the United Kingdom ... Fawkes masks were everywhere in the Infinite!     This is one ... . Hackers even made some mischief in the Student Center. Some alterations to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007