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• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  ask anybody for help. As you might imagine, sticking 1000 of the brightest kids in the world on a single college campus means that not all of ... to be above average. So one of the most important things you'll learn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  -scale method of dismantling prions, the proteins that cause mad cow disease ... , Jefferson Tester, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT, says he ... spread via the common American practice of feeding rendered animal parts

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection continues Regular Action domestic selection is underway.

  

  As you've read over at Ben's blog, the admissions officers are currently in the middle of regular action selection for domestic applicants ... through the holiday, and we'll continue working on the Class of 2010 every

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Flowers in your hair

  

  :30pm Kresge Auditorium - MIT - FREE In celebration of Black History ... !! "Pulse: Waves From the Motherland" is a demonstration of the extent to which Africa has influenced art of all kinds and, with this influence

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I, Robot "Turn it, leave it, stop- format it. Technologic." IAP Robotics competitions wrap up.

  

  Today, most of the IAP robotics competitions begin to wrap up. They include: 6.186: MasLab 6.270: Autonomous Robot Design Competition 6 ... has been staying up until all hours of the night trying to refine his

  • by Bryan
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Stirling Engine Spinoff The 2.670 competition is tomorrow!

  

  Join Us For The Eleventh Annual 2.670 Spinoff!! Friday, January 20 in the Pappalardo Lab (Basement of Bldg. 3) 3:30-4:00 pm- Craftsmanship ... 'll post lots of pictures!

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays and Good Luck As regular action deadlines approach, try to relax a little

  

  I'm sure most of you are enjoying the holiday season with your ... of the burdens of adjustment and culture shock. I've been busy ... various personal and professional goals. And I've been getting a lot of rest

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A Very McGann Christmas Happy holidays.

  

  spend some quality time with my family... I hope many of you are taking advantage of your holiday time with family, too. Happy holidays! =)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Energized Watching the sun rise signals that it's time for bed.

  

  design project for one of my classes, 2.005, where we had to design a ... equations in Latex. 20 pages of chicken scratch later and a solid 1.5 weeks ... report where I derived equations about the natural oscillation, center of

  • by Bryan
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  hopefully none of my professors themselves will ever hit the blog when they ... of the day is that I got to eat lunch with MIT President Hockfield ... this is very cool in and of itself -- there are not too many schools in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named Returns Butterless popcorn and a little magic.

  

  waited for the bus, but it was kind of cold so we did the group huddle. My review of the movie: TWO THUMBS UP.

  • by Bryan
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  nearing the tail end of your paperwork. If you're applying regular action ... of idealized MIT. The more I read, the more I learned, the more I ... of the world's technology research, with the world's brightest minds

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey look, I’m famous…or something

  

  column earlier today. One of whom I don't think I've ever met before. Does ... where I find it sort of exciting to be in the Tech, assuming that I'm not ... and Interpretation of Computer Programs) test in 20 minutes and was not

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vivek Venkatachalam- Constructing a Very Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope Vivek Venkatachalam worked with researchers in the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Lab at MIT's…

  

  surface of high-temperature superconductors in an attempt to understand how ... years under the guidance of Dr. Eric Hudson. Scanning tunneling ... -powered sound system to test the acoustic properties of their vibration isolation

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More humanities than a humanities major Bitter complaining and fond reminiscing. Can't beat that with a stick.

  

  friend of a friend of Sam's Mom Because I am a fool, I also bought the ... moments before our departure. That should be stress-free. The moral of the ... -dollar fall retreat at a cabin in New Hampshire with the dorm, both of which

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Afternoon Props Props to ten people/committees/inanimate objects that deserve props.

  

  improving my quality of life over the past 48 hours. 1. The Burton ... of over 100 freshman across nine floors, rarely needing to sink below ... . J. P. Licks, the ice cream store of choice of many MIT bloggers, for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Pardon my French! Join me as I cross the English Channel and dodge oncoming traffic on the Champs-Elysees.

  

  So you've heard of Socrates and Archimedes. But did you hear about the Greek father of vegetables? His name was Crudites. ;-) (Yes, it ... Eurostar train through the Channel Tunnel, referred to by some as one of the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Le BBQ

  

  Two of my dear friends, Gary & Sherveen, wanted to host a BBQ ... graduation/4th of July decorations were on sale, but I chose to look forward ... BBQ in the history of the universe. I should warn you that I saw Le

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

  The summer begins…

  

  and housing lottery preferences. With most of this behind me, it feels ... this weekend to explore some of Europe by rail, and I promise to post

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist

  

  I'm currently out of the office, but back in Cambridge, it has been announced that unfortunately, for the third consecutive year, and despite all ... higher than we had expected. More news on the yield and makeup of the class

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2005