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  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  ; That’s basically a whole February. I spent an entire February of this ... of the semester all the way until the end, recording the exact time ... phone and then manually typed all of the data points into excel while I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  Read Read Read Read Read Read Write Such is the life of a HASS major ... incomprehensible names, like “Intersectionality and the Ethics of Transnational Surrogacy.” There are readings on the history of education methods and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  On Friday, June 5th, the Class of 2015 graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the 149th commencement ceremony in the Institute's history. At and by way of the ceremony, 1,054 undergraduates and 1

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the love of 6.470, Montresor we stayed awake, we built, we conquered

  

  As the blogs are quick to harp upon, MIT thrives over the month of IAP, particularly in the context of its coding/robotics competitions. There are lots of other things going on, but as far as structured

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  named new dean of admissions March 24, 2008 Stuart Schmill SB '86 has been named MIT's next dean of admissions, Dean for Undergraduate ... 's interim director of admissions since last April, and Hastings said he has

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  On the other side of CPW Being an MIT undergrad during CPW is definitely an interesting experience

  

  even sometimes sad being on the other side of CPW. I knew that it would ... me miss my own CPW so much, but so grateful of the opportunities and ... Peterson's picture of the green building lit up in remembrance of those who

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  the night before, or knowing that you will be spending the rest of the ... Whitney-Johnson (’08) and I are among the Top 10 College Women of 2007 ... years of female college juniors with leadership, community involvement

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  I wrote the post below on Tuesday. Because of weird formatting issues ... wouldn't do justice to any of them, so I'm going to write three posts. Here ... , since it ended up being completely false - but I'm getting ahead of myself

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  group of American college students come along and play ultimate Frisbee ... the start of one of the most curious experiences I have probably ever had. In lieu of a proper picture, I have made a diagram to try and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  How and what would I write in the utter absence of the ever-present presence of our preexisting expectations of admissions blogs, unburdened of the literary coherency associated with the formal duties of a prefrosh

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 2 and the power of the many

  

  A cornerstone of 6.046, MIT’s infamous algorithms class, is navigating around a variety of limitations (algorithm runtime, computer memory ... workaround. As a simple example, if I gave you a very long list of numbers (2

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On the Scattering of Senior House or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Acknowledge the Bomb

  

  There’s been a decent amount of turbulence in the past couple of ... . These are resident-produced videos that showcase the culture of each dorm. They are released at the end of May for the incoming freshmen to decide

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 12, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  decisions for students who were on the wait list for the Class of 2023. If you ... enroll at MIT. As such, we are approaching the last of the many decisions ... , then those people decide whether to accept our offer of admission, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston’s 4th of July Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has…

  

  Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country ... middle of the Charles River, across from MIT. See the graphic I made below ... in front of MIT, approximately in front of the Sailing Pavilion and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Premiere I bring you the 2010 Ring Premiere, in full living color!

  

  ! And so, after three beautiful years of Ring Premiere blog entries, I'm proud to be blogging the debut of this year's Brass Rat to the rest of the world. (I kind of do feel like this is sort of a blogging rite of passage

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament on November 5, 1605. Though their plot was ... the history of England, largely thanks to the catchy verses that were

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Ethics, AI, and the College of Computing some student voices in a campus controversy

  

  outside Kresge that was the venue of the College of Computing celebrations ... Criminal,” appeared on the windows of my usual second-floor study spot at the ... announced the founding of the new Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 5, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  Over a week has passed since Pi day, and the reality of the MIT ... admission, there is a bit of role reversal as a new decision date approaches at the beginning of May, when an enrollment decision must be made

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lost in the Pages of the Institute are we out of the woods yet, are we in the clear yet

  

  two-month period in fifth grade and the culmination of every wistful ... dexterity. There’s a ton of people in MIT who play the piano (and everything ... of Alpha Delta Phi brothers will often slide behind the grand piano in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Sign of Things to Come If Paul Revere went to MIT, he'd say, "The psets are coming. The psets are…

  

  techniques for observation and measurement of physical variables such as force, strain, temperature, flowrate, and acceleration. Emphasizes principles of ... continua: equations of motion useful for porous, hydrated biological tissues

  • by Bryan
  • August 22, 2006