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• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live

  

  I'm writing to announce that the application for first ... prompts are the essentially the same as they have been in recent years ... can describe, in 250 words or fewer, any extenuating circumstances that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  There've been several times when I felt like I didn't really fit in ... dreams because all I wanted is to have any job, and not live in the projects. Now that I'm going to graduate MIT in a year I feel like I should

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Looked outside my window, and what did I see I probably shouldn't be surprised, but I am.

  

  impossible to try and capture it all in a blog. Never fear though, I'll figure ... This is probably one of the last things I was expecting to see when I went to my window to investigate the staggeringly loud noise I heard

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mastering Physics Has No Soul I love online assignments. har. har.

  

  sitting on my desk right now) In the meantime, if there is anything that I ... reach me here, through email, or on FB! To be honest, I don't believe in ... 's somewhere else, then it's good as well. However, I do hope to do what I can in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  If I Try Really Hard, I Can Resemble Ernest Borgnine First stop on the tour: London.

  

  falling down? It really was sinking into the River Thames, so in 1968, the ... next installment! Typical London row houses When you're in London ... boring, I couldn't bear to show you more. The (much more interesting

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  , what you have before you, folks, is a punt puzzle. I don’t know how easy ... an MIT student performs, one that usually leads to statements like, “I ... Saw Franchise to baking cookies to video games—and in my case, to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Commencement Webcast MIT gives me a diploma in T-3 hours...

  

  're interested in watching Lulu, Kim and I graduate, you can watch the webcast ... . Let that sink in for a minute.) All I know is that this morning, for the last time, I put my Brass Rat on facing up. In a couple of hours, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 6

  

  Today I got in early, giving me a chance to read my copy of the New York Times; also, Ben and I had a nice conversation about the Clay ... . Wish me luck. In tomorrow's entry, I'll post tonight's final question ;)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  May the Force Be With You Use the "mass times acceleration" wisely my friend.

  

  interesting things I've seen done with butter in a very long time. Yes ... So tonight, I'm going to watch my friend Timmy '06 and the rest of the MIT Musical Theatre Guild put on Star Wars: The Musical. I'm kind of

  • by Bryan
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  localization – how a robot can figure out where it is in when you place it ... undergraduates. The EECS department is the best in the country and has pioneered ... -Packard, Qualcomm, Analog Devices, and Texas Instruments. I sat down with Hanhan Wang

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions For you.

  

  I've spent the past week or so running about in flip-flops, taking advantage of the sunny, 55 degree weather to catch up on all the vitamin D I failed to absorb in wintry days past. In celebration of this meteorological

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  As some of you may know, this summer I'm working at the NIH National ... least in my opinion.) Well, Dr. Francis Collins is the director of the ... picnic a few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of seeing him and his band of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  First Midterm of The Semester Here I go...

  

  I have about 30 minutes before the first midterm of the semester. I just finished gulping down a breakfast burrito. Back in high school, I ... can't take an exam without scrambled eggs in my stomach. I've been

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The real O.C. Travels in Southern California.

  

  (...as opposed to other OCs) I'm in Orange County California, in a ... , life on the road can be hectic), I hopped back in the car around the ... restaurant in Garden Grove, had some delicious tofu. I tried the Kimchi Beef

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Haven’t Been Blogging I, uh, don't really have an excuse

  

  less than an hour, my bus leaves in less than an hour, I need to do ... and mix in some transitions while trimming off the excess fat. Then I ... before I come back for one last revision. Finally, I add in any icing

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 1, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application Now Available here we go!

  

  create a separate recommendations account for this, in addition to your My ... feel would add depth to your application, you can download and print an ... place to find such communications. If you have in previous years

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 20, 2014
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Bermuda, Jaimaica, oooh I want to take you to… One week of fun in the Dominican Republic

  

  Hola amigos! I just got back yesterday from a week of R&R in the ... have to study. But now, hopefully, I'll resume exercising in MIT ... 's entry) to the Club Med in Punta Cana and everything was wonderful except

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 29, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What programs fall under the School of Architecture & Planning?

  was the first signal that MIT would not be narrowly defined in science ... discipline, the department has long contributed to learning in the arts and ... Program in Media Arts and Sciences; the Program in Art, Culture, and
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sigma ChIgloo MIT Fraternity brothers engineer a 10 foot igloo while relaxing in Maine

  

  . Here's (most of) what happened As I was assembling this blog post, my roommate Mike '13 and I did a quick calculation. Approximating the igloo we ... of 8 feet, we found that almost 13 cubic meters of snow were used in

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • March 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More humanities than a humanities major Bitter complaining and fond reminiscing. Can't beat that with a stick.

  

  test that I keep in a special place that I take out and read through and ... in the class took full advantage of that stipulation, so I made out pretty well. In general, I've done fairly well at humanities classes at MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 30, 2005