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• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  each develop a prototype of a product that can (and in many cases does) go to market; they present their products at a huge event before ... colleague Mikey Yang '05 and 2.009 for additional photos. And keep a lookout

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  of the Boston population. A while ago I gave everybody some Boston ... . Sorry about no blog entries lately, I'm trying to adjust to a new sleep ... from last year, you can go ahead and get your "What activities did you do

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

  First Day of Class Sick.

  

  day. Except on the first day, yesterday, I was awake for a grand total ... violently ill the night before. I don't know how or why it happened, but for ... jokes aside, I am actually sick, and I haven't been this sick in a while

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  EECS student Michael McGraw teaches STEM concepts in Regensburg, Germany As part of the Global Teaching Labs program, student Michael McGraw taught Physics, Biology and…

  

  MISTI Notes from the Field     Topics I taught I taught in a group with five other MIT students. For Physics, we designed a ... teaching abroad, I feel that I had an incredible experience and have a new

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Branching out

  

  Hillel), and I'm responsible for bringing some nice sturdy branches. What am I going to do? Steal it from a high school? Saturday afternoon ... With two Central Meetings down and two to go in the Bay Area, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  For Those About to Dew (Also eligible for salutations: those currently rocking, those about to rock)

  

  right... Some weeks you only get to choose one. It's a lifestyle not for ... hours or so until I'm done with this unhealthy week. My weapon of choice: For the sake of not scaring my parents too much, let's pretend that

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  years and here I am a senior at MIT. Interesting how that happens ... on a microchip to name a few. So if I were to describe my experience here like I'd describe a science experiment, I guess you could say: Step

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  application cats. Also, last night we discovered a new qualification for ... -- always a fun event), and various other shenanigans, I met up with Anna and the aforementioned Lucy to go for a drive. Driving by muscle memory led

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  -- plus 18) to change the policy. :-P (For Karen, below: A legacy is an ... sophomore year at a party at Baker, but I wasn't really aware of his existence ... and I went to another party at Baker, where we consumed some ethanol and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2021 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where ... Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 30, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2022 i3 videos megapost

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where ... Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  just a short walk northwest from 77 Mass Ave (i.e. Lobby 7, the Great ... . Did I mention it was a one-woman show? And not only was Gioia ... . Everything was relatable. As a current MIT student, I realized through the show

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Accidents Happen My mom was right.

  

  Parents are always the optimistic ones, right? My mom always has a response for me when I claim I made a mistake: We don't make mistakes; we ... . I recently read an article on Slashdot about the power of accidental

  • by Bryan
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Cancer Research The history and future of cancer research at MIT.

  

  's contributions to cancer research. I'll reprint it below: Even without a medical ... development of a technique for delivering chemotherapy directly to a tumor ... researchers by a professional society of peers, the American Association for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  beginning—a very good place to start, I think I’ll have to start in the middle ... how they evaluate the student. I can’t cover all of it at once 'cuz it would just be too long but I’ll try to make a start here. There isn’t any

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most ... from the waitlist in the past few years? Should I even bother staying on ... can I do to help my chances? The best thing you can do is simply to stay

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  18.600 poetry compute the probability i overuse the ampersand

  

  dedicated to 18.600, a.k.a. Probability and Random Variables, which I took this past semester. special thanks to: Brice H. ‘19, for your endless patience and generosity, & Ivy L. ‘20, who said, I feel like

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 25, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  spoke…it was so different from when I met them all a few short years ago ... I’ve found myself being reflective recently about a lot of things. A ... campus for their 5th reunion and I would be here once again for my 30th. My

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  Standing Room Only, so yay. From 1-2, we hosted a round-table discussion for Levitt and a small group of undergrads. AHHHH as I am writing this I just ... -selling author, though, he's a pretty busy guy. We were pretty lucky to get him for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  check it out. I'll be playing Silly Girl #1, a demanding role for an ... DChen '10 said, "when I left CPW, I was left with a longing to return ... knowledge that MIT is the place for you, be sure to give other schools a fair

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007