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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  go with the SPAM joke?” Will he follow through on the Monty Python subject line? Will he show a can of the eponymous meat-like substance (now ... joke about Scrapple? What devious pun lies in wait? The suspense is too

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  underpowered for doing the shopping. We have no entourage of support vehicles ... drinks at the launch party, leap into the cars and head for Dover. Once we ... for a subtle blend of vodka, cabbage and Soviet style. B: Secondly the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  you & i will always be back then time is an illusion that helps things make sense

  

  ; [warning: contains spoilers for the cartoon show adventure time] lessons ... to be too childish for my tastes, as the show is riddled with moments ... judgments, and how the show seemed to tut at me for it, showing me that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dating At MIT: Episode 1 So two of my favorite '09s have just started dating each other...

  

  's, like, facebook-official dude!), which makes me enormously happy because (a) they're pretty much the same person so their banter is fun to watch and (b) I can blog about it. (By the way - while I may write

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Number Münchners Eaten by a Trogglus Nicoise.

  

  it for three months! This is like the time Tony Randall died and I didn ... DID YOU KNOW? The last movie Tony Randall appeared in was Down With Love. This weekend I was troubled with the terrible dream that Bob

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 28, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  classes im taking! strictly

  

  hacking into the mainframe, so I spent about an hour configuring my VSCode to look like im hacking the mainframe: I went through a few fonts ... boolean algebra. The first lab was pretty fun but---because I'm brainrotted

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 16, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  determine the class list way before Registration Day. It’s great for ... remaining time at MIT. Begrudgingly, I chose the other class over 21W.744, for ... emailed back saying that the class was full, but then opened a spot for me a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  without my future dark green double-canopy umbrella. I got lost in the ... Hall has a step at the entrance. Don’t trip over it. Tomorrow you should come to Meet the Bloggers so that you can meet us, the bloggers, and you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Online Learning Ecology in The United Kingdom An xTalk on Amazing Programs and FREE Resources

  

  for all who desire it. Opened in the 1960s to improve education access for people from lower income groups, the OU was the world’s first ... for conventional university. At the OU, the qualifications that the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  "submit" as the January 1 deadline came and went. For some the wait is over, while for others it has just begun. In the admissions office, we are ... limited availability relative to the significant demand, for the exceptional

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Melis and the AXO Chocolate Factory AXO Fondue was last night!

  

  event was particularly special for me because I was one of the four organizers, so we have been organizing everything for the past month. Luckily ... MIT jazz trio provided some amazing music for the party (picture below

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  introduce students to the tools they'll be using for 2.007. Today was my ... , so some of the processes have been streamlined for time efficiency ... , the project. In years past it's been customary for students in 2.670 to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  for several days; in the worst, a week or more. And the Internet will ... extending our application deadline for for students affected by the storm, i.e. lost power / Internet for 24 hours or more. The new deadline for those

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  I made an AI write most of this post because I forgot I needed to post this week

  

  give it. For example, this is the prompt I gave GPT-3. This is a great idea for a blog post. Unfortunately, I'm in the mood to post about very ... topic for the rest of this post and the points listed underneath are all

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Random Hall REX! Residence Exploration events at Random Hall. Your orientation booklet is WRONG. :D

  

  has room for! Read the title. You're all bright kids.  Foo 11 ... :17-14:17 Classy Tea Join the lovely folk of Random for a pleasant tea. We'll have ... :47-16:17 PREPARE FOR WAR Come join the Random faction as we prepare to march to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 26, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ripping shirts and other clothing mods

  

  the forge, cropped ones for social events that don't include bits of flying steel. One of the major joys of MechE for me has been the ability to ... Metropolis for the use of their sewing machine, and for the friends who showed

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Next House Thanksgiving 2016 (sort of a guest post) A (very late) recount of last Thursday’s celebration

  

  dinner has happened for the past three years. A few of us who were not ... so hungry and then I wasn't hungry after I ate the good food" "Juicy ... Kyle S’16 (the organizer of the event) if he could talk a little bit

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • December 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial aid news & more MIT announces costs & aid for the 2007-2008 school year.

  

  for the 2007-2008 school year. Here are some details: MIT has set ... circumstances," Hockfield said. Tuition and fees for the upcoming academic year ... the past eight years. "Our commitment to making MIT affordable for all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  So both Melis AND Laura beat me to it, but last night was the early ... how you guys are doing by calling all 390 of the early admits (sometimes ... just wondering if you had any questions or would like to get the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  were simply not enough spaces for the large number of highly qualified ... welcome you. For those who will study elsewhere, I wish you the best of luck ... enormous hope for the future.

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008