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  MIT Computer Timesharing in the 1960’s an extremely influential solution to computer bottlenecks

  

  professor Fernando J. Corbato at the MIT Computation Center in 1963. Today, in ... from a similar concept called computer timesharing back in the 60's, although that looked at solved a different computing problem.   In the 1960's

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  My new job @ admissions like nick saban, but for nerds

  

  achievements. I'm new to the position, but the role it plays in our office is ... I was rewriting my profile this morning - the first substantive update in five years - to reflect my new role and responsibilities in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  ." If only I were to get in, I thought, I'd be set. My life would be made ... , you probably aren't. For well over a year, from my rural roost, I sort of idealized MIT. The more I read, the more I learned, the more I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This is it. the last "what classes I'm taking" blog

  

  , I still have to get through all of the following classes in order to ... break is in 4 weeks and graduation is looming on the horizon and real life is about to catch up to me (just kidding, I'll most likely still be a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Walk down CourseRoad Lane A boulevard of broken dreams and dropped classes

  

  graduate). Upon logging in for the first time, I was rather pleased to find that I had in fact already graduated from MIT in 2013 with a degree in ... . The first one I actually made looked like this: Which, in true MIT

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 24, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Not an actual entry Warning: I am apparently in a run-on sentence/overuse of parenthetical statements mood today.

  

  *Warning: I am apparently in a run-on sentence/overuse of parenthetical statements mood today.* Although I'm back in Boston for the moment ... 'm still supposed to be leaving for Maine in 25 minutes. I haven't decided

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  , in MIT lingo, is “accelerated” Calculus I, meaning we get a whirlwind tour of the second half of Calculus I in six insane weeks. Now it’s the ... people in the class, and it’s pass-no-record the first semester, and I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  same amount of work I'd do on a regular basis at school in person. I ... actually a lot of fun since, for one, I was interested in my thesis, and also ... , but I really enjoyed the ~3 hour period in which my peers presented

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  describe how I’ve been feeling, but I know there was a point in the past when ... your own internal state, and I keep noticing in various unrelated ... of their six classes; something I agreed to in the name of optimistic

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  masters in aero/astro. He and I are moving into Westgate, which is an MIT ... gone -- don't! I'll be living on campus. You'll probably see me in Laverde's all the time. I'll be continuing to work in my undergrad lab full

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  mit x caltech rivals to lovers another comic shitpost

  

  i made this in a day and sacrificed a pset youre welcome

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  career fair haikus this post contains your Daily Value of sodium

  

  hear “app's online” 😒   “Tell me ‘bout yourself” “I code in C on ... job be mine?🎶   Please accept me please I want a job so badly Please 🙏please 🙏please 🙏please 🙏please    Regina: "Get in loser

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 28, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Two Things Just a quick update

  

  1) I'm going to be taking a 2.005 test in about an hour. Wish me luck! 2) The Prudential Center is flashing blue and yellow. . . does this mean snow tomorrow?

  • by Snively '11
  • November 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  for the spring. I was given a slot in the French 1 class and am pretty ... of several language classes is available in condensed form: three hours ... . http://web.mit.edu/fll/www/iap/ Classes are available in French, German

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  Course 3 (Materials Science and Engineering). I grew up in New Jersey and ... year I am in the other Cambridge (the OC for short :) ) in the UK. Along ... coverage of study abroad at MIT in the blogs, so I asked if I could write

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  fare. So here I am, riding along through Central Square. I’m in the ... , you bolstered my faith in humanity last Friday afternoon. I now ... , I was in charge of the treasury table, a nice secluded table in a nice

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Sunrise If a picture is worth a thousand words (minus inflation), that makes this post much…

  

  IAP, for those who are just tuning in, is one of the greatest times ... so much of the "frak it's 4am and I don't understand the material I have a test over in 5 hours". IAP in fact stands for "It's Awesome

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application Now Available here we go!

  

  You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application for freshman ... 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

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline check your MyMIT account now

  

  Hi all- I’m taking a break from reading applications to give ... us both if you can, but the transcript is the more important one for us ... MIT. Sorry. Know that we will primarily be relying on the required materials in

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 18, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tribute This is not the best joke in the world... actually, maybe it is.

  

  that I need to have written by tomorrow, I spent the afternoon in the ... was covered in the Boston Globe and slashdotted, MTG had quite a larger turnout than they expected. Luckily, I reserved my 12 tickets early... here

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 13, 2005