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  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  been a core course in mechanical engineering at MIT. Our own Dean of ... of what it's like to be a mechanical engineer at MIT, and something of ... If you're like me (and I'm willing to bet a lot of our readers), then

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy V-Day

  

  . At MIT, we celebrate the holiday in various fun ways. Of course ... group, to serenade some guy in the first row. At the end of the serenade ... of my favorite serenades aren't traditional serenades at all. I once

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  ,000 of the "$100 laptops" (currently coming in at closer to $150). One ... (and Ben and Nance) been? Reading applications. Lots and lots of ... 'm really enjoying this year's applications; I know that we have a lot of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  MIT’s Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE). Since his arrival at MIT ... . Before assuming the presidency of MIT, she was Provost at Yale University ... research and to pioneer crucial advances at the burgeoning intersection of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  Recitation: Friday 11 am Professors: H. Ploegh and T. Orr-Weaver Biology of cells of higher organisms: structure, function, and biosynthesis of ... . Commentary: We watched this video the first day of lecture. Possibly one of the

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  , in my months of deliberation, I fell in love. With my life at MIT. I ... blogger. So I stayed at MIT. I could still take up to half of my classes at ... fitting classes at MIT. Love is hard of course. I won't romanticize MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  sliver of the voices at MIT, and yet we capture many of the experiences, hardships, accomplishments, and adversity that can occur inside and outside of ... Journey of Depression at MIT by Rachel D. '16 March 2015 ATHack by

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  in terms of balancing time b/w them and with my host at CPW? I know ... student (yeah!) I would recommend you stay with a host for at least part of ... ://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/...n_friday.shtml Power of suggestion (Sam): One way to tell if you belong at MIT http

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Blogographical Biography ...although whatever 'blogographical' means, I somehow doubt it applies to a blog containing graphs.

  

  the circle of life producing an incredibly nerdy musical at math camp ... acceptable. Here at MIT, I learn the mysterious words and ways of computers ... At 8:57 AM on December 15, 2007, I was admitted to the Massachusetts

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School) and Nick ... . Professors Xavier Gabaix of the Economics department at MIT and Augustin Landier of the Stern School of Business at New York University went beyond

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  -warping influence of continued sleep deprivation, my initial 5 days at MIT were about ... -playing robots at the Boston Museum of Science. My team's robots were significantly ... point where a 2-foot-by-4-foot plastic bin at the sidelines of the arena

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  will learn at MIT is not a collection of facts, but how to think about ... open book and open notes. And it does help, sort of; I think you'd be at ... Pepper White, the author (who was a masters student in course 2 at MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Case of the Saturdays This is the true story of 5 mechanical engineers and 1 neuroscientist selected to spend…

  

  birthplace of Anne Sullivan, tutor of Helen Keller, but I'll tell you this, I ... actually planned on sleeping in, I was out of the house by 7:30 and on my way to Agawam. After a pit stop at Dunkin' Donuts (coming to a W20 near

  • by Bryan
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  course of the semester. I am spending the semester in Detroit; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Cape Town, South Africa; and Hanoi, Vietnam with a group of 30 ... I have done at MIT not only because it is a humanities program, but

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 Roll Call It's May 1st -- welcome to MIT!

  

  Cambridge to buy an MIT t-shirt -- the power of the Internet! Yes, over at ... It's May 1! Welcome to the MIT Class of 2010! If you have sent back ... comments. We're excited to have you as a member of the class! We've spent the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  make the choice between enrolling at MIT or one of our similarly ... When most people learn what kind of work I do, they often speculate ... point out that I am just a single member of an otherwise exceptional group

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning a hackathon for students and instructors connecting technology with education

  

  it is on the forefront of the ed tech movement. As early as 2001, at ... your team solve at the Festival of Learning? Share your ideas in the ... award-winning makers of Snipmap, a Google Chrome extension made during the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick hello from Albuquerque I'm in New Mexico for ISEF.

  

  talked of making a "left turn at Albuquerque") (No sign of the High School ... ). Apparently the weather was pretty crazy today ("the sky was like at the end of ... ISEF finalists who are members of the MIT Class of 2011, then I'll get to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/17, at 12:17 PM EST who are you

  

  As the committee meets for the final week of the Early Action cycle ... , 12/17, at 12:17 PM EST.   To check you decision on the 17th ... process, please email mymitpassword [at] mit [dot] edu with your full

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  the plastic-shelled handlebar (?) at the cart-pusher end of the grocery ... capable of speeding along four-lane traffic at 35 mph. We're in the middle ... method of not-going-at-25-mph-anymore requires performance of “the s

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009