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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An American Idol Math Question You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one.

  

  You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one. My mom pointed this out last night, and unless I'm missing something, I agree with ... it was a 3-way tie. Let's do the math, and please correct me if I

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  well-organized spreadsheet. I'm always looking for ways I can improve ... to avoid doing this in the future. For a while, I've been trying to ... rarely find in "real" life, except maybe in start-ups. And in a sense, I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Graduations

  

  I'm on my way now to my brother's graduation in Pennsylvania. I'm not really sure how it will go, or how it will compare to MIT's Commencement, but I'm sure it will be a great time. This year's MIT Commencement

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  eclipse on April 8th. I had happened to see the total eclipse in 2017 in ... eclipse. In these images you can see ruby-colored solar prominences, planet ... location, which saw about 93% coverage. I'll be using this in my classes in a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Honse. Nnnyeeeeeeiiiiiigghhhghhhghhhhhh!!!!! 🐎

  

  fluffy manes/tails. But because I am so cool and talented, I can easily ... says she has never seen glass ponies like this before, which I can only ... ). Headstrong and optimistic, nothing can get in Kyle's way – not even his mild

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Venturing to far living groups

  

  so fast that I could barely keep them in the picture. Dan '08 presses ... !" Dan and I in fierce concentration, swords locked together, as Andrea '07 ... all freshmen to live in dorms (as has been done since 2002), I want to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  that I would see them in five years when they would all come back to ... . I read their files, took part in deciding to admit them and welcomed ... them would return in the fall as freshmen and I was thrilled that I would

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Struggles Starring a broken scanner and the Urban Dictionary

  

  , but that’s beside the point) I found myself sitting in front of my desk ... the scanner in CopyTech and my belated post could finally be uploaded. I ... in a puffy jacket minding her own business. Anyway, I was in high

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 2, 2013
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have letter grades for some of my coursework or have chosen to take a class pass/fail?

  school can make available to us and consider them in the context of your ... assessments, or something else. In some cases, you may have the ability to ... help us get a better understanding of your mastery in a subject. We
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2019 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live

  

  application. You will log in using the same email and password used to create your application account, and you can log in now to check your decision ... we could not. As a former transfer student myself (not to MIT), I know

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Discovering Product Design through Photography Beautiful photos taken by DPD 2013 freshmen

  

  at the beginning of the year, I think the photographs that our freshmen ... is a freshman preorientation program (FPOP) at MIT, which I participated in as a freshman... and now help coordinate! During the short

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 17, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come to MIT Get a free haircut!

  

  tonight cutting hair at Random. I was her third customer this evening, and I think she did a fabulous job. She started learning in the fall on ... interested in learning to cut hair; anyone can email and ask for a cut, but

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Past Enrollment On A Map [updated as to not freeze your browsers ^_^] My final project for 4.502 (Design Scripting).

  

  Rhinoscript, which you can use to program pretty much anything in Rhino 3D, but ... of making weird shapes in Rhino, I decided to use Processing to turn ... that I've gotten the hang of this (note: I've never really programmed in

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  figured 18.01 would be a walk in the park, I took one look at the p-set and ... ) What I was expecting: Chris, what is the derivative of x^2? How about x^3 ... I ever see Leibniz rule, and I'm positive it was never mentioned in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Challenge A little admissions fun during the World Cup.

  

  students, World Cup fever is in full force. I got to watch the opening match ... of MIT students, and I'm looking forward to watching many of the ... . Today, I'd like to kick off the MIT Admissions World Cup Challenge. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanks What is your fantasy class? Vote yet again.

  

  Thanks for all of the advice on my previous entry. I have decided to take 11.025J D-Lab: Development, since I have studied "issues of international development" from an economic perspective in previous courses, and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How many students play sports at MIT?

  program in the nation. About one in four MIT students join a team during ... 't wish to participate in varsity athletics, there are also more than 30 ... ! Students interested in playing varsity sports should contact the coach of
• Blog / Personal Projects

  a novel excerpt in honor of the friendly toast

  

  Today I found out that the Friendly Toast in Kendall Square, the ... . Since my novel comes out in 2022, I’ll have to change the setting for that ... back. I slide in across from him, next to a blond guy with limbs that

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 3, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Senior Fall Classes Better late than never

  

  , a D&D group in Next House, and I wrote about Singing for Service ... hopefully lower the barrier of entry (i.e. learning how to use 3D modeling ... of the big reasons we decided to take course 6 classes in the first

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 25, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a week in europe pictures of munich, vienna, amsterdam

  

  into complacency but i have to finish these things swirling in my head so ... -ending projects just outside my window keep me awake as i attempt to make our 6.033 report seem comprehensible. i look outside and see the same view i've seen

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 8, 2019