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• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  , have no time limit.  They can quickly fling a black hole in the middle of ... am on Tuesday morning I was having trouble keeping my eyes open in lab ... … and promptly fell asleep in the process of setting my alarm.  When I

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  A hack, for cap 🇺🇸 spoilers-free

  

  their best work in the dark), hackers installed a Captain America shield ... in the MCU (and is from the Boston suburb of Sudbury), seemed to ... tradition of hacks, you can read more about the history here, and read blog

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Are you a high school student? Do you want to learn more about MIT or possible career paths? If so, read…

  

  29, 2011, from 2:30 to 4:00 pm in Lobby 10 at MIT. Students can fill ... Hey friends, I'd like to pass along a message from Jennifer Li, the ... school students to participate in an exciting annual event presented by the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  things people are doing over the summer--you're interested in me, because I ... smart enough to be here. And while I do see validity in these questions ... find yourself in (not just "am I smart enough to be in it"). Allow me to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Screw Up Your Username It's time to put down your AOL screen name.

  

  graduate. In other words, this is for life. Fear not, though. After ... ), I've prepared the following list of guidelines: Your username must ... sharing with your professors."—Matt McGann '00 Usernames can often become

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 30, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Bulletin – RA News, EA Results bang it here for the latest updates and stats

  

  numbers can be deceptive without the context in which to understand them ... matter the cycle during which you apply. Finally, I can tell you that the ... : In no particular order: Don't worry. We have your mail. We've been

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a week of class notes airplanes, ethnography, and some bonus doodles

  

  -pitch quadcopters flipping upside-down (developed in the MIT Aerospace Controls Lab ... ; this can be as simple as making sure a toilet doesn't overflow or as ... of the capstone options for the aeroastro degree. in true mens

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek

  

  E-3 (admissions summary) card: I: We have your Interview in your ... interview in your folder. We understand that geography can be hard, so we ... I almost forgot: for you regular action folks, the deadline to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  it is final. I know this can be a difficult decision to receive, but ... available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the ... offered early admission to 685. Though they are all different in their own

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  decision has been made with care, and it is final. I know this can be a ... available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the ... admission to 697. Though they are all different in their own way —  sailors

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2020!

  

  can’t write about what it’s like to live in Conner 2, or plan stuff for ... For the last five years, I have started this post with a jaunty list ... summer in Cambridge, it is still true that: my neighbor's adorable and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  completely by chance. Case in point: About a month ago, I was heading from my ... asked me if there was anything in particular I wanted him to take a photo ... - which you can see in the photo above. (My house is the third brownstone to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  's something that I see even in the very walls of MIT. I know more people here ... , I know I'm in the same boat, because I didn't become a super-genius overnight, let alone at all. In honor of my 19th birthday (today!), I've been

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  ‘18 and I moved into Dream Machine, a cozy double in the third floor of ... You know you’re in a sad place when you’re so desperate to ... year, the brothers participate in a rather chaotic room assignment

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  as we passed it around. They say it sounds better in French - but I ... It's finals week! That dreaded time of year when people hide away in their rooms and in the libraries and delve into deep bouts of sadness

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar.

  

  stack it up by hand, I wouldn't finish in my lifetime (and there's other ... project in another post) I've been doing some pulsar searching. This takes a ... bunch of folds to run overnight, and went home. I got into the office in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  're exhausted. I was. So I suggest two courses of action in no particular order ... can help you with number one, but I have a place to start for number two ... , readingwritingrhymingarmchairphilosophizingNetflix. Ana 26) Telling people that I have shark teeth, nodding in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  , "Ohmygods I can't wait to watch bouncy balls fall out of the sky and play in a ... 's kind of what going back to MIT feels like. So I visited back in February ... learning Calculus are tied for first - I'm quite serious), and knew

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  So much to do, so little time There's always something exciting going on at MIT.

  

  on optical frequency combs, which she describes as "so cool." Sadly, I can't join in, because I really need to be reading applications. As I ... ," followed by what I'm sure will be a nice reception with the students. Ian

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  moral goodness and badness can be defined and assigned. I claim this is ... statement of this blogpost. I claim we should not give up quite so easily. In ... portion of it can account for our intuitions in the train and scarce

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017