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• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to MIT! blogging guilt eased...

  

  wonderful (but extremely intense) four years of your life. I was talking to a ... remaining until we are seniors. This is scary as I look at the long list of ... past couple of weeks. As we head into the last couple weeks of the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Holiday Stories Here's mine. What are some of yours?

  

  . My wife and two of her close friends whose children are in my son ... whole thing got started. Laird, Tim, and I found ourselves in a room full ... My holiday story: At the end of December my son's preschool decided

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.

  

  's often in the back of people's minds when they're thinking about MIT: do you crazy kids ever get any sleep? Of course we do. I mean, for one ... of my very favorite things in life, which is somewhat sensible if you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  EA Decisions Some facts and figures to put it into perspective

  

  In a year of record early action applications, 590 students have been ... depth of the applicant pool – both in what students are doing inside ... record number of applications can be explained by MIT’s mission and

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products. From the website: In ... in before a live audience of ~1300 designers, investors, faculty, and ... 2.009 is over, but you can watch the archived webcast on Facebook

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christina Royce: Analyzing Re-entry Systems Christina Royce, a senior double majoring in Mechanical Engineering, with a concentration in Manufacturing through…

  

  simultaneously process millions of parts in a given factory. Christina's research ... designed to make 65 nm chips, in favor of manufacturing the newer SRAM chip ... companies can save a significant amount of time and resources. Also, by using

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  a hackathon, a marathon I went to MIT EnergyHack!

  

  . Still, enticed by the promise of free food, I roused myself and went to ... , or rather plate of greasy, lukewarm lasagna.  In hindsight, MIT Energy ... equal to liquid cooling in terms of energy usage. This decided, we set to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling grown up walking in adult clothing

  

  one of the prompts i answered, when i applied to be a blogger (and ... grown up, in general. some thoughts: these days when i'm in an uber, or ... 's evening. on the weekends, most of the time i'm too tired to organize things

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MVEMJSUNP A contest!

  

  mnemonic. I'll select a top five on Sunday, and then voting can occur through ... If you're old like me, you'll remember a classic episode of Saved by ... nerd, Screech, got sick and Zach had to help carry the team. One of his

  • by Bryan
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  with the six of us - relative novices in matters relating to the ... significance of certain passages, but she is never impatient with us - in fact ... historian, but she is not jealous of her art. In fact, she seeks to instill in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends Tonight, It Ends Tonight On this evening / I give the final blow...

  

  - cuz you can pass out of stuff or not take the FEE (woot!) if you do well ... an end! Freshman year is almost finished...wow. I'll be back tomorrow (after I'm done with the exam and the two psets I have to do after the exam

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Notes From The UK [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and not only…

  

  Bridge of Sighs in the background. I finally went punting on the River Cam ... finish line wins as usual. More on that in my next entry. I promised last ... . However, I am glad to be getting a taste of both because I do now have a

  • by Cambridge
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT Graduation Webcast You can watch MIT's Commencement live and online.

  

  Good morning! You can watch today's MIT Commencement Ceremony, including the Commencement Address by Ben Bernanke PhD '79, Chairman of the ... special "pregame show" hosted by Dean of Admissions Marilee Jones. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ

  

  than "as soon as you can." The bottom line is: Please send in ... anything you send in as a supplement. I think it is important to remember ... I got this question over email, which echoes questions I've been

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Adam Riess ‘92 Wins Nobel Prize Riess was a Course 8 Phi Delt with a minor in History.

  

  . Adam Riess, MIT Class of 1992, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2011 Riess ... Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1902. Adam Riess as a freshman at ... , some say in ice..." What will be the final destiny of the Universe

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  and being checked upon has hit me. I’m incredibly guilty of throwing in ... lives. We see that one kid that sits behind us in lecture. And to all of ... sense? Same. I want to hear about how you're afraid of growing up. I want

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  of people periodically have brilliant ideas which they then go over in ... graduation. I haven't graduated yet so I have no direct knowledge of this.) The ... Matheson's I Am Legend. The students had the choice of writing two short

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  excitement for being here, at MIT, with some of the most incredible people in ... 's "Heartless." It sort of made me wish I could sing =P If any of you prefrosh ... 's Leadership Brunch, I got a chance to speak with some of the female admits to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So many problem sets

  

  of homework, usually in the form of a problem set. I thought the ... actually like, so I've posted a few of the problems from my own problem sets (don't give me the answers! I haven't solved all of these yet!). 9.22 has

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FASAP [by Maggie Liu ‘12] T-ride + thought-provoking art piece + yummy free dinner afterwards.

  

  would vanish. Not so. After I mailed in my deposit, I received an ... to the window. A few of us exchanged dubious looks before filing in ... Warhol-esque portrait of a man, Ceausescu, with drawn-in fangs was our

  • by ARTalk
  • November 12, 2008