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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  /astro is nuclear engineering and even they don't have jet engines. If you're an aero/astro major at MIT you, too, will take a (24-unit) class called Unified Engineering your sophomore year. Mostly, you get to wake up at

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  mph in the gaspingly brief time required to scream barely the first two ... leaning against the back doorway of a warehouse in a cigarette-break tableau, arms crossed, watching us in the uncanny manner that someone watches

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  that I guess is on a lot of people's minds: Q. So how do you pee in space ... 11 landed on the Moon. And because of MIT's significant role in the ... celebration in the Boston Glove interviewed astronaut and MIT alumna Cady

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  otherworldly...I can't imagine reading at this point in time; I managed to get ... 's a weird experience. I can compartmentalize the last 14-ish months of ... into people in the hallways or dancing with 30+ other people in the floor

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  treasury of comedic novelty photoshoot experience to pieing the bloggers in ... the tense scene. In slow motion, Tim waddles over to a table full of pies and heaves one at the blogger. In even more gratuitiously slow

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Things just about get crazy-go-nuts.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Both chocolate lava cake and peanut blossom cookies ... started way back in 1997 as a part of a seventh grade cultural heritage ... liked cooking, and it's actually really come in handy in college, since my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events We’re Pumped For! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  see the murals come to life in front of you! We’ll meet in 66-144 before heading to the tunnels. If you're interested in learning more about ... undergrads here as it is for pre-frosh, so we are all just as hyped as you are

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bloggers invade LA What should Sam and I do in Los Angeles? Suggestions welcome

  

  GOLEAN cereal (don't knock it till you've tried it) and poured over it ... and I are flying out to Los Angeles today for a one-week stay in the ... 's House of Chicken & Waffles (thanks, Bryan!) 2. Biking in Santa Monica

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Meditation Mondays Achieving inner peace, just in time for my 14.05 pset

  

  Meditation Monday: Tonight, 10/16 @5:30 pm in 50-005 Meditation ... -- held in the Rainbow Lounge, which is in the basement of Walker Memorial ... long enough to achieve a little harmony and inner peace. If you're on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Psycho kitten, que’st-ce que c’est? Settling a long-standing question in the midst of finals week.

  

  joyfully reminding us that although she had only one final in 7 ... big screen in our floor lounge. Anyway, thanks to the apparent lack of finals in the department of urban studies and planning, she's exploring new

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool UROP position UROP opportunity: helping people fight obesity using robots

  

  -- Hardware The Robotic Life group in the Media Lab is looking for a UROP to ... . Interest in robotics and real-world applications of technology is important! Position will begin in IAP or spring semester and could last for one semester

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faster than a speeding locomotive. E=MC^2 serving up the most delicious physics problems since 1905.

  

  me you don't know! (gasps) It's the WORLD YEAR OF PHYSICS! Actually ... cleaning spam from my inbox. Join your fellow Student Pugwash members in the ... information on Einstein's life, the importance of the equation in today

  • by Bryan
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why It Pays…

  

  , 'but you have to be a good communicator to be put in charge of large ... might just be worth it -- in terms of job outlook and high starting pay ... 10 degrees in demand are quantitatively based -- accounting, electrical

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  and calculus-based physics. Depending on your major, you may have covered more ground in one science discipline or another, or you may have ... .5 GPA or above, and mostly As in math and science courses. Ideal
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Update The latest on app tracking, app numbers, etc.

  

  release EA decisions. It will likely be sometime in mid-December, but you ... /Docufide, you are welcome to submit the documents in that way instead of fax if ... a great senior year! We'll update you with any news in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christina Royce: Analyzing Re-entry Systems Christina Royce, a senior double majoring in Mechanical Engineering, with a concentration in Manufacturing through…

  

  processed. Christina Royce, a senior double majoring in Mechanical Engineering, with a concentration in Manufacturing through the 2A program, and ... simultaneously process millions of parts in a given factory. Christina's research

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  You don't need MIT to be a success. Don't get me wrong -- I think MIT ... quite successful, and I applaud them for it! Let me tell you a bit about Kevin Gillespie and J.R. Hildebrand. In 1997-98, a student named Kevin

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  , multi-week, residential summer programs in math & science. Science ... Introduction to Engineering & Science (MITES) Research Internship Program in ... programs AwesomeMath Canada/USA Mathcamp Hampshire College Summer Studies in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  swap places--in 1990. Now I don't know about you, but I think this is ... Nobel prize for his "for the development of the metathesis method in ... .012 and her TA was Frank Wilczek, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  facebook group you all know and love) helps me make signs for the dorm. Go ... supposed to supplement the rest of it. We had to run out in the middle of the ... fridges in the snack room, we found that one of them wasn't turned on. The

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007