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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Impossible Design Project See what it's like to be a Course VI student.

  

  giving you one of my problems to take a look at. 6.033 is Computer Systems ... magnetic disk, in spite of the fact that flash memory is distinctly unlike a ... about the Therac-25, the X Windows System, multi-threading, and a couple

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  Perhaps the most interesting research is the work that surprises, startles, and really makes you think. On the train on the way back from a ... genomics research, had the following teaser on the front page: A Later Split

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  bother fixing it since my motherboard is a goner. it took about six ... a new one sucks, but what i find most tragic is the loss of my laptop ... , which is a large room in my dorm, Burton Conner, so all i have to do to be

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  Every day at school feels like a delicate balancing act that is ... Everything. This is just me being a hopeless perfectionist. MIT has forced me ... that I hadn’t actually carried any cash or card. Mind you, Target is a

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am only slightly less boring than usual The title says it all, no?

  

  side of the keyboard; the A key, however, is another story entirely. It ... and pushing the button that opens the front door. Working desk is a ... was hilarious. (My A key is sticking again. Maybe I should find a way to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Another week? It's all in the name of pass/no record.

  

  Well, look at that, the dawn of a new Monday. Light is gracing the ... . But what does it mean when your entire life is a big routine, a ... wind part my hair a little. At least my chair is made of comfortable

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

  interrogated him. Turns out that this convention center is being used for a Music ... name. And I found the fridge: it is in fact disguised as a set of drawers ... Greenwich Mean Time. Tomorrow is Day 1 of a two-day workshop that I could not

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  socially aware hacking, part 2 this time, it's personal ((last time it was also personal))

  

  th. There's a very, very fancy portrait of David Koch in the first-floor lobby -- or, I guess, there was a fancy portrait. Now there is a very ... I wrote a little while ago about a hack on the Dot raising awareness

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  . Even if I described my own dorm, a lot of people would probably disagree ... on the admissions website. What I will do, however, is let the dorms speak for themselves, and our friends over at CalTech have helped us out a

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Inherent Asymmetry Around.

  

  , doing well on these GREs is more a matter of pride than anything else ... all the physics I learned freshman/sophomore year, starting a week ago ... knowledge of a broad range of topics, it will be unlike any test you've taken

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  admission is tough; with a 6% admit rate, it's especially true for transfer ... . Transfer admission is a small program at MIT. Transfer students, though, are ... , the conclusion of our transfer admissions cycle, seems as good a time as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two Cool Projects

  

  , Ecuador through the sale of their jewelry and ceramics. It is analogous to ... a year, Sacha Yaku will purchase ceramics and jewelry from the women individually. Sinchi Warmi can choose to ask its members to contribute a portion

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Events

  101 Things to Do Before You Graduate from MIT What every MIT graduate should have experienced.

  

  At orientation, we received a list of "101 Things to Do Before You ... without high-speed internet connections...I realize that it will take a ... been to a Bruins game, but two of my best friends, Anna '08 and Maria '08

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas the night before the 8.01 final and all through the Haus, everyone was studying like nothing else. Including me. Just not…

  

  - it is for a class) had been moved to the East Campus courtyard ... No. Really. Finals week starts tomorrow, and my 8.01 final is in ten hours, but I've been studying quite a bit this weekend. Stalling=blog post

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  on a test that had not yet been shown to be a good indicator of a ... not use the scores in admissions decisions until it is satisfied with ... to a speech by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  MIT is a weird school. Seriously. If I asked you to picture a normal ... : Early Move-In So it turns out Virginia is a fairly long drive from MIT ... the past month, I’ve done everything from holding a ferret in our

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  participate in MISTI. When senior year rolled around, I decided that a 5-month internship in another nation would be a perfect post-graduation, pre-rest-of-my-life opportunity. It was a great idea in my opinion! So there I am, sitting on the

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Do You Like “Like”? What to do about social sharing.

  

  've run into a problem, and that is that Facebook broke the Share button ... Facebook presence, or is it A-OK? In any case, I would recommend that ... Almost a year ago I wrote Going Social about adding the "Share

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 9, 2010
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Fig. 5: Zimmer- und Wohnungsvermittlung Universität/ETH Zürich aka ETH Zürich dorm tour!

  

  Hoi zäme! I'm finally back in the US of A after 6 continuous months abroad, and it's been refreshing to not have to rely on my broken A1.2 Schwiizerdütsch to get around on a daily basis. Random things I've dearly missed

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Newly Admitted Student Events… ...coming to your neighborhood.

  

  for Admitted Students. Although a lot of my time is spent preparing for ... information and RSVP if requested. There is a whole MIT community that cannot ... area, you should check it out -- it's a great opportunity to meet some

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2011