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• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does the Office of the First Year do?

  The Office of the First Year supports a number of programs that ... of the office is to provide excellent services and programs to catalyze ... success and personal development of undergraduates. Staff members provide
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I join the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change?

  . Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change is MIT's response ... heart of much of the Program’s work lies MIT’s Integrated Global System Model (IGSM), a linked set of computer models designed to simulate the
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dear July A video experiment just for the heck of it

  

  completely by one of the YouTubers I watch regularly, Emily Diana Ruth. She creates an annual video series called "Letters to July," sort of like a ... current feelings to a personified July. Because of my summer class (to be

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 30, 2014
• Blog / Events

  150. We're in the news!

  

  rat is physical proof of my being halfway done with MIT. I can't believe ... year, I wrote an entry that told a picture-based story of my first year at MIT. I was thinking of doing something similar this year - but this

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Won’t Be Long Now… Some pictures to tide you over.

  

  I've just finished assembling and sealing hundreds of packages with the rest of the admissions team. Not my favorite part of the job (I'm not the biggest fan of paper cuts) but it's rewarding in that it

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  So over the past couple of days, our FPOP has done some pretty cool ... repair. Lyle will also be teaching 7.341, Not Just a Bag of Enzymes: DNA ... Institute where they sequenced part of the human genome. - we walked

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  deferred, you are one of the applicants who are going to be reconsidered without prejudice in Regular Action. A lot of MIT students, past and present, were initially deferred; you can read about a few of them here, here

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Hacks

  The Great Dome, Marriage Equality, and a Proud Hack Better yet, all three in one picture!

  

  For those of you who didn't notice, the Supreme Court of the United ... Great Dome is one of the most iconic pieces of architecture on campus, and ... Dome as a medium of art, commentary, and celebration. The Dome has been

  • by Joel G. '18
  • June 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Resolved: MIT Rocks Even the Senate thinks so

  

  Senate Resolution 195. "Mr. BROWN of Massachusetts (for himself and Mr ... to: S. Res. 195 Whereas when the Massachusetts Institute of ... ; Whereas the commitment of MIT to innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 28, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Trick or Treat! Smashing pumpkins, and no I don't mean the band.

  

  I begin this entry with a photo of the aftermath of one Saturday ... : Far. So one of the highlights of this weekend was the annual Pumpkin Drop where students drop pumpkins off the top of the Green Building

  • by Bryan
  • November 2, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  distinguishes itself not only for its seriousness of purpose but also for its unique sense of humor, as expressed in the arena of hacking. Hacks at the ... creativity, cleverness, and difficulty of execution. A 1958 prank in which the
• Blog / MIT Life

  Journal of Negative Results, among other things Absurdities I encounter while livin' my life.

  

  , right?) Item the first: The Journal of Negative Results. My advisor and ... isolation of the Clock gene in mice. Clock is the result of a point mutation in chromosome 5, leading to an extension of the circadian period from

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a bachelor of science and a master of engineering. In which I make a Voltaire reference and the soup is a metaphor but luckily…

  

  My thesis is done. It is 384 pages long, 2.0833% of them text, 4.9479% of them pictures, and 90.365% of them code.         Here is ... recipe. Potato Soup Chop four carrots, three or four stalks of celery, an

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 21, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember, Remember, the 17th of December… things that happened

  

  according to Wikipedia: 546 – Gothic War: The Ostrogoths of King Totila ... excommunicates Henry VIII of England. 1777 – France formally recognizes the United States of America. 1790 – Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Howdy From The Middle Of RA Selection It's Sunday at lunchtime and we have a bit of a break, so I thought…

  

  It's Sunday at lunchtime and we have a bit of a break, so I thought I ... : ...not a single person, the entire length of the corridor. It was a bit ... people DO sleep! One of the best parts of selection is the massive amount

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  My fellow readers of the MIT Admissions blogs, a great tragedy has befallen us today. The favorite dining spot of hundreds of students on campus ... longer an option for Lobdell Food Court customers. Some of you might be

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2020 Hacks Back

  

  Class of 2020, we enclosed the following note in the tube:     Yesterday, the Class of 2020 responded with a hacked eye-chart of ... for the pictures)  I strongly suspect the Class of 2020 is trying to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook and pen wherever I go. It's kind of like a journal, but I don't exactly like the idea of a "journal" -- a book just about what I do or feel every

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  6.046, Design and Analysis of Algorithms, is one of the most ... ’s Introduction to Algorithms class, and dives into the heart of designing and ... , especially in the context of limited resources. Limited memory, limited

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

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  graduation; and once, halfway through, for the unveiling of the class ring. The ... of choosing the ring committee, or "RingComm," of 12 class members, students representing different MIT walks of life. The RingComm next solicits

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006