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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  , another is implementing a project in the Philippines, and yet another is in ... I can't believe winter break is over. My time spent on vacation flew ... mentioned in her entry, IAP 2010 is about to begin! People are doing all sorts

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  Dear current and future MIT students, There is a class you need to take. 12.409: Hands-On Astronomy. It's a 6-unit P/D/F (your options are: pass, get a D, or fail). You learn the basics of amateur astronomical

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  IM sports totally rock

  

  , and when you feel that community, you know this is a special place. ... glowing. Really, IM sports are the coolest thing ever! It's a great way to ... hockey jersey, I swell with pride. It's a great design for a uniform (I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN?? I KNOW YOU DO

  

  weather machine, and even got a very melty dusting a couple days ago. Fortunately, however, snow with staying power chose a weekend to finally arrive ... -themed floormal party. With a giant beach poster covering one wall, tropical imagery

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  If you're like me (and I'm willing to bet a lot of our readers), then ... before about FIRST, which was a transformational experience for me as a high school student, and which I have been involved with as a student

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for October write those personal essays! submit those early apps! get PUMPED UP

  

  Last month, Petey posted a motivational soundtrack for the month of September. A lot of y'all seemed to like it, so we made another one for October! This month's theme is to get hyped up and get shit done! :) Give

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship for future engineers Chance to win $2,000

  

  amount of $2000. The deadline is May 30, 2008. For more information: http://ashraeboston.org/scholarship-info.html You can also apply for this scholarship if you're a first or second year college student attending a school in Massachusetts, so keep it in mind!

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Message From Ben And Matt ...regarding the recent news of Marilee's resignation.

  

  office is quite shaken by this. Until we've had a chance to individually ... wanted to write to you as soon as possible. It's a very sad day for MIT, and especially for our office. We'll write more about it in a few days

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  well. "I feel this is a great opportunity and not just because of the ... Ramirez, a product of Wichita Falls Hirshi High School who is graduating. "When he (Smith) saw that Daniel is a good athlete, he said it was a big

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ZigZag Episode 6 A new video podcast.

  

  Episode 6 of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is available today. Stories ... ZigZag again was fun. It was a beautiful day in Killian Court, and hopefully it will be that nice again for Commencement (a.k.a. graduation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question Part 2 An extension of the previous thread, which grew quite long.

  

  Quoting Prashant from the last thread, "Number of ways to compare two applicants from a pool of 10,500 is 10500(C)2 = (10500!)/(2!*(10498!))" I don't need to win the USAMO to know that's a lot of ways. What a lively

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  work (he went on to UCSF after MIT and is now a practicing cardiologist ... . This actually is a disadvantage during the first two years of med school ... , written, and produced by a childhood friend of my dad's. The title is under

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  clownazoo tetazoans in the wild

  

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 3, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Onion article about Robot Hazing at MIT Robot hazing at MIT *gasp!*

  

  's emergency-repair room. The third robot, a tread-driven 38-inch-tall rover, is ... today following a brutal hazing incident in which one robot remains ... chapter house at 3 a.m. Tuesday. One, a titanium-alloy hexapod approximately

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When The Omnipotent Hand Of Google Fails You How some classes at the Institvte are justifiably hard.

  

  source: http://xkcd.com/863/ Last night, I had a convincing ... year. I'm not making any of this up. It probably stems from a talk I had with a double 18/6-3 yesterday, rather than some unconscious, lurking

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  because she is lucky and I am not, and since New York is only a 4-hour Fung ... define one. The maurer is a unit of awesomeness, equal to the awesomeness ... " at the end, is equal to 0.8 kilomaurer. This eventually became a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Burchard Scholars Program (old time stamp: 11-21-09) - this entry is five months late >___

  

  . So here goes: The Burchard Scholars Program is a dinner ... . :) What I really loved about Burchards is that it gathers a group of ... scope of the humanities department at MIT, and claims that "MIT is a one

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  of the sport. After a few days of “erging” (an ergometer is essentially ... will to work as a unit. To not buy into that is to diminish the ... . Rowing is the total focus of the trip. We practice twice a day and spend

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  Many international applicants don't have a school counselor. The school counselor letter is not a required part of the MIT application; it ... without a letter. The Secondary School Report Form is designed for U
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  looking at a presidential election quiz; a long discussion about the ... 't become different colors. For example, what looked pinkish face-on became a ... - that somehow it's a victory for every human being. So, I managed to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012