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FAQ / Life and culture
Who was the first woman graduate?
In 1873, shortly after MIT’s opening in 1865, Ellen Swallow Richards became MIT’s first woman graduate (and later its first woman instructor). Richards’ work testing drinking water supplies and water contaminants… -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Square Root Day Your daily dose of nerd humor.
century. The last such day was five years ago, Feb. 2, 2004, which coincided with Groundhog Day. The next is seven years away, on April 4, 2016 -
Blog / Miscellaneous
And here I am!
Well, I'm back in the States. I thoroughly enjoyed everything but I think my soul is still roaming around the south of France. Anyone have five thousand miles of fishing line and a solid hook? :-) I've long -
Blog / Miscellaneous
FIRST SNOW!!! OH MY GOD IT SNOWED
="aligncenter" width="960"] photo from Jeffery L. ’23, he is the best roommate -
Blog / Hacks
Just a little hack… You never know what you'll see on your way to class
Just a quick little footage of a hack I found this morning in Lobby 7. Sorry for the bad quality, I just took out my Blackberry and shot it! -
Blog / Events
RING DELIVERY!!! It's about time.
Last night was ring delivery. A night of pictures, desserts, dressed up classmates, and most importantly...BRASS RATS! As usual, I'll let the video speak for itself. -
Blog / MIT Life
Laptop There should be a special place in hell for laptop thieves.
dammit, my laptop and camera got stolen out of my room. Campus police has been thusfar unhelpful as usual in locating the perpetrators. These entries might take a lot longer than I thought. Gotta start over. Good thing -
Blog / Events
Why no blogs!? I'm busy, ok?
Why no entries lately? Because MIT's Freshman Orientation is in full swing and everybody on campus is crazy busy. With what? Stuff like the East vs. West Water War from yesterday. Photos courtesy of our ever -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Trans-Consciousness Messaging Protocol! Of course I can't resist. Who do you think I am?!
For those of you who haven't seen today's xkcd comic, I'm putting it here, because it seems all too fitting for the state of our comment pages. ...what, you don't think it applies? (I do have a huge post coming up. This -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Learn from my Mistake Aesop's Fables forgot one.
Rule #1: Write legibly. Background: I wrote on a pad of paper that I scheduled my GREs for October 27, or that's what I read. Turns out my 27 actually was a 21. That was my rockstar move for the day. See you Saturday! -
Blog / Admissions
Status Pic, As Promised Still bearded. 4 days to go.
Ask and ye shall receive! Here's a pic taken this morning that will demonstrate the beard in its full glory: 4 days until mail/shave day. :-) NICE -
FAQ / Prepare for MIT
What is MITES Semester (formerly MOSTEC)?
MITES Semester (formerly known as MIT Online Science, Technology, and Engineering Community, MOSTEC) is a six-month hybrid learning STEM and college preparation experience, free of charge, for rising high school seniors. The -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Tag Yourself a tote bag meme
we have many tote bags. our freindos have commented on our many tote bags. they have even called us suburban moms. we don't disagree. we made a meme with them - karen c.'20, katherine c. '19, nia m. '20 -
Blog / MIT Life
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Therefore, this is a REALLY long entry.
Who: Chris M and Snively What: A picture Where: My room When: Last year at the end of CPW Why: We needed a picture together How: How did we end up looking like this? 4 hours of sleep-ish each over about 4 days. -
Blog / Academics & Research
It’s alive! I built a little car.
For better or worse, my 2.007 car actually drives. It's not quite as cool as Melis's, but it will do. Pictures and reflection about the design process tomorrow, once I actually finish designing and building it -
Blog / Admissions
2006 MIT Admissions Statistics Summary statistics from the past year.
past application cycle. These numbers will be posted on MyMIT later this summer. I also hope to post an enrolling class profile and more statistics ... ,370 students deferred to regular action 295 deferred applicants admitted during -
Blog / Extracurriculars
Varsity Blogging As mentioned in a previous entry, I made some end-of-year presents for my bloggers -…
As mentioned in a previous entry, I made some end-of-year presents for my bloggers - but I couldn't show you a picture until they'd been distributed. Now that I'm no longer in danger of ruining the surprise, check -
Blog / How to Human
Batman Picks a Username learn from him.
Trouble thinking up a good Kerberos username? Take some hints from Batman. -
