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• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  a hack! For those of you just tuning in, a "hack" at MIT is clever ... interesting physical and logistical challenges for their perpetrators. As you ... , no one really knows for sure who executed the hack, but I figure some

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  California, Michigan, and Massachusetts, followed quickly behind by Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Virginia. For a complete list of sessions, click ... MIT is a good match for you? We will of course talk about admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Forget that Or, "Why I won't be posting next week"

  

  page has your MIT username in the top corner, so you can quickly and ... paper or musical staffs, so that you can actually use them for something, instead of just killing trees. They're also useful for clothing, as Ruth

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bread at Desk This entry brought to you by the letters "Sleep Deprivation."

  

  baguettes. Usually when there's food at desk, it's free for the taking, but I ... I've drawn enough Lewis structures to satisfy me for awhile. When I ... minutes before I came back for good, and it wasn't there then, so I thought

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why Apply? Putting your hat in the ring if you're not so sure

  

  Cambridge. I love the small city atmosphere where you have lots of options for ... your questions for the last 9 months as MITAdmin, but I am grateful to ... couldn't because of my class schedule. MIT has a reserved block of time for

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  extremely valuable pieces of information :) 9.52 - Stat for Neuroscience ... easy. It's a new class, offered as a substitute for 9.07: the notoriously ... schools in the Missouri City area and gave approximately seven 1-hour

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Snow-bama Snow? Obama? At MIT? AHH.

  

  Hailing from the notoriously hot and humid city of Houston, in which ... years, it was understandably a big deal for me when last Sunday, in the ... Jeanne '13, I pulled out my camera and literally took pictures for about

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  Sacramento, CA) I left Boston on Wednesday last week to head for the West ... days in Seattle, WA at a national conference for admissions officers and ... and feel it works well for us. One by one I’ve said goodbye to

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  MIT, with a unique talent for both writing and astrophysics. Perhaps you ... (1995), Dance for Two (1996), or Reunion (2003). In 2002, he cofounded the ... journalism at Fordham University in New York City. It was an interesting panel

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  insanity at that place on a daily basis. (I'm a lifeguard at a waterpark, for ... get to be awesome and actually save lives. For real. I know, I know, you ... nonetheless. Today, for example, in one hour alone I had to handle one accident

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  hallmarks of our entire trip. Walking around the city trying to find a ... joke that I'm not going to say in my blog for fear of offending my yellow ... toured the Colosseum and Forum for the low price of 20 Euros. Now before I

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  I'm in New York City now, staying in a hotel a stone's throw from the ... assessments for entering M.I.T. freshmen. He fears that the new 25-minute SAT essay test that started in March - and will be given for the second time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  was David Bauer from New York City, who did a project on quantum dots ... than for some young researcher to be tagged "the new Einstein," so don ... do with his own achievements than the media's need for heroes. But

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  Boston Museum of Fine Art opens its doors to the public for free (although MIT students can get in for free any day with a student ID). Looks like ... ’re really not kidding. I found myself waking up on May 19 with no plans for

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  For the record, during my CPW, it rained for a little and despite that, I still had a blast; so, regardless of weather, get ready for the most jam-packed days you'll have until you come for Orientation of course

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  with me. And are, in turn, who I am. For each story, I'll share useful ... intended for. I'll also include appropriate [annotation note="Please Note: All of the following discuss mature themes and aren't suitable for most

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  thrilled to meet and host you, Class of 2020! Get excited!!! For the past ... visitors to hosts definitely works. Now, for us, CPW is a familiar event ... . Campus feels festive. We get to meet new people. There’s free food. However

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  grade for the second midterm. cue instant panic and regret mode...and let's not even talk about how quickly I put a [annotation note="6.009 homies ... "] minimized for your viewing pleasure[/caption] fridge cleaning party—one of my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Remembering Woodie Flowers they say don't meet your heroes, but some exceed your expectations

  

  to science education and best known for its eponymous robotics ... have ever known. For many of our readers, I suspect Woodie needs no ... , ethically, and emotionally. As a cofounder of FIRST, he was known for bringing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Whoa…You’re Old Bryan returns from the crypt of grad school

  

  qualifying exams), became a vegetarian, and started training for triathlons ... disguise...kind of) and still have managed not to pull an all-nighter (for ... , I registered for my last class at MIT. Actually, I registered for two

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2009