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• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] GetSimmons! Writing is hard, so here's a video game instead

  

  the same dorm touch, they merge into one! Note: The order of dorms ... to Threes by Asher Vollmer. You can also play the game at the original link here. (Very) rough counts of windows by dorm (all counted by

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meeting our new president! my very brief foray into professional journalism

  

  attendance. My attendance at what, I did not know. At 7 pm yesterday, we ... of us speculated back and forth -- would we know the person already ... presidency? I was extremely excited to find out. I showed up at the Welcome

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  It's the middle of July, and my brain is so fried I'm punting on a ... Disqus handles that kind of conversation pretty well now, so we can just do that. There are 154 people reading the blogs at this very moment

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT honors Officer Sean Collier (photoblog) photos from today's memorial service

  

  Collier's brothers were among those who spoke at the ceremony: Security ... surrounding Briggs Field: Helicopter flyby: Thousands of people packed ... demonstrate the values and character of Officer Collier. And his family has

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 24, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  education, I felt compelled to try. So Stephen, a few of us here at ... besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my ... is one of my favorite television shows. During one recent episode

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Cloud i live there now

  

  I just restored my laptop to factory condition to get rid of an ... Chrome as of 2010; I distinctly remember this not happening before) My ... (stored by Spotify) My other other documents, including all of my

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • February 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  pairs of earrings at the same time. Never again would I have to choose ... I got my first piercing in eighth grade, at Walmart. I had done ... get a haircut. A lady at Walmart cut my hair boy-cut short and then my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  Coming up with entry titles is harder than it seems Reasons 9001 and 9002 to get "absolutely pumped about CPW," as Cam would say.

  

  Hello beautiful folks of the interwebz, It's been a while! Much has ... surprise care-package from my mom (contents: Best of Mr. Bean DVD), to name a ... more pressing matters at hand today: 1. Yesterday was Monday* 2. Today

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  like this one. Photo courtesy of publicdomainpictures.net And of course if you wait a few years they get quite large... Photo courtesy of ... some class at MIT as an impartial observer and take notes on how the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010
• 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…

  

  "mitt" then you will be stared at strangely, no joke. If all of this ... of the Boston population. A while ago I gave everybody some Boston advice courtesy of Sara Ferry '11. It's time for some more Boston advice

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

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  isn't really losing at all, is it? At least that's how I think of it ... asbestos (at least they warn you): And a reminder of what you're after ... ) symmetries of the hydrogen atom, using just symmetry and algebra of groups to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  to describe some of their work and how they get inspiration for what ... , and one day I found myself walking out of class across Killian Court to see a number of mirrors all lined out on the grass. Last year, students

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  From across the Web… Recent happenings across the Web.

  

  Professors Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo of MIT's Poverty Action Lab about ... being done at both the Poverty Action Lab and the Program in Developmental ... , Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management, by the Seattle Post

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  New Year Notes Miscellaneous.

  

  that, yes, E=mc2. The new mayor of Edison, NJ, Jun Choi '94, was sworn ... Technology Review had a number of interesting MIT articles, including this ... the good folks at Hopkins Insider for the idea): 1. In order, what were

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trouble staying focused Finals. And about a zillion questions.

  

  . You would sort of think that kind of time would inspire me to study 5.60 in depth, doing zillions of practice problems and perfecting my already ... at the lab (I'm like the USPS -- neither snow, nor sleet, nor final

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  PumpkiNerd Carving My dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original,…

  

  in? Here's Veena '06, who lives in Baker House. Look at the ... "vegetabletarian" is more accurate.) Me? Not so much. For the handful of you ... carved the general form of a regression equation. James '08 thinks he

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Note To Prefrosh With Time Machines and/or Good Ideas Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this saturday at 10PM EST.

  

  saturday at 10PM EST - East Campus courtyard, or 42:21:36.025N, 71:05:16.332W ... interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered. Pretty cool. And the winners of the ... reducing the radiation exposure of both patients and doctors the "Vac

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 2 A recap, with pictures.

  

  most of my time attending events and meeting prefrosh. Started with the ... & Erin stopped by and we stalked people using the satellite feature of ... see the winners crowned. At last Lorelle and I packed up the computers

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  2,822 applications

  

  half from now, after all of the folders have been read. That's when we'll first start admitting the Class of 2009. More on this as the day draws nearer. Look for me in the crowds Thursday morning at the Macy

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2004
• Blog / Announcements

  Fall 2018 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you

  

  decision at apply.mitadmissions.org—the same site where you submitted your ... those of you who were admitted: welcome to MIT. For those who weren ... fine. Remember, college is mostly what you make of it, here or anywhere

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2018