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• Blog / Hacks

  Cannon Hack The famous tale of the Caltech Cannon Hack.

  

  recently been informed that Fleming House (tm) is at MIT RIGHT NOW and is ... only contracted to move the cannon here for CPW, and we respect the speed ... the grandest celebration possible. And thus another great chapter in MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Rome! Gelato, Saint Peter's Basilica, and Vespas for an entire week.

  

  In about 6 hours, I'll be boarding a plane and going to... ROME! Seeing as I haven't packed or exchanged money yet, this blog entry will have to stay short but look out for entries live from the capitol of the

  • by Bryan
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted!

  

  Welcome to the Class of 2010! Feel free to use this post's comments space to introduce yourselves to your future classmates, and Early Action admits, welcome your new classmates...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlisted

  

  In the near future, we'll have some advice here on the blogs about being waitlisted. In the meantime, feel free to use this post's comments space to discuss anything waitlist-related. And, if you haven't already

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mailing Tomorrow; Yo-Yo Tonight Verify your MyMIT username and password.

  

  After a week of checking, double checking, and checking-to-the-nth, we are ready to mail decision letters tomorrow, and post decisions ... confirmed your username and password at decisions.mit.edu yet, and you plan to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Engineering Hero One of the coolest professors at MIT

  

  kid, I've always been intrigued by invention and design to the point of ... hanger into the socket and expecting my robot to come to life. Professor ... spent on the iterative design process and what it takes in order to be

  • by Bryan
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  For My Fellow Coffee Lovers Out 3 choices will soon be 4.

  

  ) and (second) a debate about who makes the best coffee in general. Edmund, Nance and I rarely miss our daily morning coffee run. Our convenient options are Peet's at Bosworth's, Starbucks at Steam, and Green

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update The title says it all.

  

  Well, Mystery Hunt is in full swing, and let me tell you, it is quite ... with a small group of peopole when one you suddenly has an ephiphany and all of sudden is crystal clear. We solved the puzzle and the next thing

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  On Broadway My first few days of fun in NYC

  

  . Some friends from MIT, UC Berkeley, and NYU took care of waiting in line ... for the Straight Guy performed in the show... and since I was seated in ... miles "around" Central Park -- technically, I ran up and down the whole

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT in the news MIT research and hacks in Time Magazine & The Economist. (P.S. Bono visits!)

  

  religion and wealth. Prof Gruber was my 14.41: Public Economics teacher this ... that its persons of the year are Bill and Melinda Gates and U2's Bono ... . Check out hacks.mit.edu for more, and here's info on the book Nightwork

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trouble staying focused Finals. And about a zillion questions.

  

  , since I had one on Friday afternoon and the other is Thursday morning ... .60 in depth, doing zillions of practice problems and perfecting my already ... calendar, which says that it's five days until Christmas and I deserve to be

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

  For EA Admitted Students A quick update.

  

  Beginning today, admitted students can log into their MyMIT portal for new content, including a Class of 2010 guestbook directory (post your picture!). And also, feel free to use this fresh comments space for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted Posting for admitted students.

  

  Welcome to the Class of 2010! Feel free to use this post's comments space to introduce yourselves to your future classmates (and, later this week, look for new stuff on your MyMIT portal).

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT Problems – EA Deadline Now 11/4 EA deadline extended to 11/4 - details inside.

  

  College Board Conference, with limited internet access, and the MyMIT server ... this has been... not so fun. Anyway, the site is back and should be ... - load bouncing issues and whatnot, coupled with 4000 of you doing your

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  this is helpful and answers lots of questions... Music. If you play music and would like to be a part of the music community at MIT, you may ... and your talents can be considered with your other talents in your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  XC is Sexy

  

  , and I figure if it's appropriate for him to wear it, it's okay for me to ... Crossing, where we switched to the Orange Line and took it until the end.) We ... 'm going to mix it up a bit, and give people's living groups instead of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  's science, suggestions for further reading, and other resources. A detailed ... and technology developments on society. Featured in the documentary is ... Revolution) and STS.310 (Introduction to the History of Science). If I had the

  • by Bryan
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Elephants? I see a lot of weird stuff around here.

  

  Well, you don't see this every day. 10 elephants cruised down Mass Ave and turned left onto Memorial Drive, parading right past Killian Court. I'm waiting for someone to put one on the dome. Coming soon

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick update A short entry, a quick link, and I become Seth Cohen.

  

  In honor of my trip to the OC, Ben made this for me: And the link of the day: The Art of Problem Solving (more on this next entry) A longer update soon...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Events

  There is such a thing as a free event Collegefest is going on this weekend, go get yourself some free junk!

  

  Advantage Card and $10 if you don't. Anyway, if you're interested in getting a ... massages, and much, much more (did I mention they were all free?). It's only ... then it's not to be missed! Oooh, you can also get a lot of Starbucks and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 17, 2005