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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PrimeShooter An addictive factoring game.

  

  My friend Shefali '04 sent me a link to an addictive math nerd video game which actually relates to the name of this very blog. It's like ... are a few other good math opportunities and resources: Art of Problem

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection continues Regular Action domestic selection is underway.

  

  . While students had a three-day weekend this weekend, we worked straight ... in Turin. And last week, after a snowstorm, The Tech captured some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Is Found! The Mystery Hunt ends after 36 hours.

  

  Sunday, 12:31 AM: The coin was found by The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight in a refridgerator in the basement of E18. It was a great 36 hours of hunting! I'll post some fun puzzles in my next

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection: Day Three A beautiful snowy Sunday...

  

  It's a beautiful snowy Sunday in Cambridge, and we're hard at work selecting the Class of 2010. While working on a subcommittee with Jenny and Mike '07, we spied out the window some folks playing in the snow in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  at a civil engineering company. She was able to travel around Italy on the weekends and spent a week at the end of her internship traveling to ... bridges, the Ponte Celestia and the Portanuova, for a military area of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

  More free stuff Free sneak previews of films and how to beat the casino.

  

  ) on campus, there's a free sneak preview of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride ... readers may remember that last year around this time I attended a free sneak ... they're good ones. It's a pretty sweet deal. Next week, LSC will present

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins Putnam math competition

  

  were from MIT (including a student I had dinner with on Friday!). The Putnam exam is a difficult set of 12 questions, each worth 10 points for a ... only problems I can write without special characters). A1. Basketball

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.

  

  Folks, it is a sad, sad day in the MIT Admissions Office. Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor. His face is as smooth as a baby's, as they say. Which leaves yours truly as

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Events

  President Susan Hockfield

  

    To: "All Members of the MIT Community" From: "Kathryn A. Willmore" Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:06:22 -0500 Subject: Welcome Reception ... ; You are cordially invited to a community reception to welcome Susan

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2004
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Weekend Immersion in Science & Engineering?

  WISE (Weekend Immersion in Science and Engineering) is a three-day experience for rising seniors to learn what it is like to be an MIT student ... socioeconomic means, live in a rural area, or might be the first in their family
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can anyone join the Experimental Study Group (ESG)?

  their education. Instruction takes place in a 14-room suite on the top ... supplemented by a variety of community activities, including weekly luncheons
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  Ben Jones, The Blogfather, started the MIT Blogs in 2004. The idea behind the blogs was to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what ... , uncensored posts reveal a lot about MIT students, academics, and life at MIT
• FAQ / First-year application

  When are decisions announced?

  determined. Applicants will receive the email about a week prior to the release ... the release of admissions decisions, however, you may receive a package
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I study Global Change Science/Climate?

  The MIT Center for Global Change Science (CGCS) at MIT was founded to address fundamental questions about climate processes with a ... predict changes in the global environment. Additionally, a variety of
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does the MIT admissions process work?

  After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel as though your application has entered a black hole. So what really happens between when you ... the details can add a lot of stress to the waiting period, so we
• Blog / Challenges

  sunset/sunrise swiftly flow the days

  

  , and, for the most part, I have been[annotation note='I promise that a ... and learning psychology, but this feels a little like the zone of ... are not a breeze, but not totally impossible; in particular, they are

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  I spent the beginning of this week in the company of a select group ... that they provide a reminder that the vast majority of those who do this ... to the whims of a transactional public who view education solely as a

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  . Selected approach is to go for a long run in sub-zero weather and the sort of ... approaches zero. Recent themes of mine have been the 250% Vitamin A Study Break ... one. Once, I also took a study break from studying biology by studying

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of ... symposium that I attended on Friday was quite a different assembly. Held at ... students of a wide range of ages and backgrounds. The event officially began

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  Where in the world is Melis? Clues: laundry is free, my room is a ... on that later. But first, a State of the Institvte address. The school year ended with a fizzle. I must admit, I love rolling out of bed on the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006