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• Blog / MIT Life

  New kid on the block

  

  many additions I have made to my vocabulary since I commenced my study at ... of DNA was discovered (I am a biology major, I have to throw that in ... past 10 years (CME) and I am proud to be one of the students on the

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year in Review blogs, bhangra, and a baby monkey

  

  for its signal of the year coming to an end and the promise of the new one to begin. I prefer the days right after the holidays, taking ornaments off the tree to pack them away while drinking cocoa and listening to

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: EA Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of ... open forum for you to talk. We understand that this may be a difficult

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cancer on my mind Wait, shouldn’t that be Carolina?

  

  Cancer is on my mind lately. I know how to have fun, huh? But maybe ... place of its kind trying to come at diagnosis, treatment and prevention of ... definitely worth a visit. It was established to connect the community in

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 18, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  went absolutely nuts over, and I'm so glad to finally have enough time to blog about it. If, for some reason, you don't like following links to ... 's as good a measure as any of geekiness, at least with respect to the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  L@@K at the Class of 2015 profiles in greatness? a great profile? or both?

  

  to the newest data from this past year's admissions cycle. We always try to provide as much data as we can to make our process as transparent as possible. But before you get to the numbers, here are just a few of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snowpeople & a hammershark more post-blizzard sights around campus --

  

  : -- <3! (full credit to whoever built these!) -- P.S. I'm currently scrambling to finish the Sketchbook Project (introduced in this post), and this

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 15, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Early Action: Not Admitted A forum.

  

  There were a record number of applications for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a great number of ... open forum for you to talk. We understand that this may be a difficult

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unedited notes on gravity, etc. Brief thoughts on gravity, science, and consciousness that I plan to elaborate later when I…

  

  and walked home under soft, acidic streetlights to an empty house with ... .] consciousness at the scale of gravity, if neurons could tune to the fine geometric ... to the new coordinates aware of the slowing of time due to the ripples

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the Colbert Bump MIT's Riley Crane talks DARPA Challenge on ''The Colbert Report''

  

  Remember when MIT beat out teams from around the world to be the first to find all 10 hidden red balloons in DARPA's balloon challenge? Well Dr. Riley Crane, the team leader, was interviewed on "The Colbert

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 9, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Quick update from SB Where it is not below zero.

  

  IAP, but this break I really wanted to just chill out. Just wanted to

  • by Celena C. '12
  • January 8, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Removing a hack This is too cool

  

  Ok, this is cool. Schmiedl was invited up to film the hack removal team actually removing the Apollo Lunar Lander from the great dome. This ... . Thanks Schmiedl, let me know how to get invitations like this!

  • by Snively '11
  • May 22, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  One Giant Leap For beaver kind

  

  , it's because I woke up . . . to go study. Finals are coming up! You see ... , that gives me 1.5 more days to learn everything. The good part? I think I ... , just because the dome is so visible and I'm more likely to see a hack in

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tattoo ideas No, I'm not getting a tattoo. But I do need your tattoo advice.

  

  /funny/interesting/amusing/cool/awesome. Here are a few ideas to stir the imagination: What are your ideas? What would you like to see?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Calm Before the Storm After 6+ months of planning, over 2,000 prefrosh and parents are headed toward Cambridge, Mass...

  

  -before" craziness today, I thought I'd take a little break to relax and write a shameless plug for the event I'm running! You all should definitely come to ... to the online CPW schedule entry There are going to be 8 really

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  in Internet Explorer. I'll try to fix this soon, but in the meantime, I suggest converting to Firefox.] [EDIT RELOADED: Manually fixed. My ... *, I suggest hauling your personal belongings over to the South Station

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Today is a Super Important Day This is kind of a big deal.

  

  one. I know that I, personally, have been counting down to this day for ... big, in fact, that the following email was sent out to the MIT community from Chancellor Clay last week: Dear MIT Community, In response to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 20, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Quick Update My neighbors are celebrating by firing guns in the air which is not conducive to…

  

  and away from windows ready to answer your questions with the new and ... , good luck, and feel free to email me at the address in the banner. Have a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  Oftentimes the best way to learn something is to teach it. I've decided to try this approach to study for my 2.003 test coming up. WARNING ... problem as its posed to us: A wheel of diameter R, consisting of a thin

  • by Snively '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13 ... students than last year: an increase of 1 student, to 1554. Thus, our admit rate fell nearly a percentage point, from 12.5% to 11.6%. This year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008