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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Letting the days go by Fish finders, the Apprentice, and techie fashion.

  

  that you were involved in? Randal Pinkett: Almost as important as what I ... news... A nice article in today's New York Times science section: A charter fishing boat is only as good as its fish finder. That's the sonar

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  i’ve joined a sorority and what that means to me

  

  love the sorority a lot and I love the people in it. I often go back and ... .) Now that that's all said, I think it's also a good time to announce a major shift. I'm not living in Random this incoming fall, which is

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 21, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  quickly found that being a vegetarian during Bad Ideas Weekend is a bad idea ... event for all. Except that I quickly learned that I am not a butter ... chaos, but IAP is almost over and I can't wait for a new awesome semester.

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hack Punt Tool: The Musical Now, the music can be yours.

  

  "punt" is to put work aside in favor of doing something fun - or more simply to not do an assignment, or not study for a test. One might do that ... students by MIT students that was a huge success last winter, has finally

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  much to add beyond what you've already read elsewhere, but I do want to ... a standard business-sized envelope. In other admissions-related news ... Times story). A Pell Grant is a need-based scholarship provided by the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  might be doing that after an interview in New York. Interviews: you never ... -out oasis in the middle of a giant grid. Boston doesn’t have a grid, and that ... freshmen’s mess to thank for that. (H)ULU: alphabetically, it’s a stretch, I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  to find the Beehive Cluster using a map (that I read in red lamplight ... Dear current and future MIT students, There is a class you need to ... . One evening, I had my head in the sky for SEVEN HOURS straight: one hour

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  61 Photos from my Time at MIT from freshman to senior year

  

  table is up for grabs. In this case, my 119th birthday cake (it's not a ... stuff. In August, I went on a work trip to DC for my UROP at Veterans ... Ohio. What I miss most about Ohio is the full view of the sky that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Google

  

  had a funny way of deflating when I was deep in sleep, so that I ... I enjoyed and did reasonably well in was a confidence booster. Soon ... ’d implemented in an MIT class. All of a sudden, I had something of a resume, but

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  a horse’s lower leg signifies that it is sufficiently warmed up. Equi ... rode a few years back along the shores of a beach in Nigeria. By rode, I ... . However, it is quite heavy, so that at the end of a loop, the stand operator

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  . So I try to turn to the thing that usually does a good job of making me ... I thought about writing about walking on Big Rocks in the cold after ... words again. But then I thought that I may never get to call "Big Rock

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  that I could go from here to 3rd overall, but I did much better in the ... people seeking where I hide, there is no way to do this empirically – no ... .  Doing well in this game was very luck dependent. To make my decision, I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chem Lab Boot Camp!

  

  So course 5 (Chemistry) is doing something cool. Last January ... colored gloves over the safety yellow color I expected, made a good decision ... Camp. The footage has now been edited together in an engaging way and

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / Events

  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  what symptoms. This is a story about how I survived Family Weekend ... something that I could show them. Something that’s a perfect representation of ... sure everything is in order. Our frat was holding a small barbecue for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  'm qualified to be here because I am a black man in America, and that does not ... and more, it seems, and that self is actively engaged in black social ... exists to get people in a circle? I believe in the power of human

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Walk Across Rhode Island 12 hours, 33 miles, a million aches and pains

  

  . In fact, some states were so thin that one could cross them in a day ... excited. I haven't gone more than 20 miles in a day in... ah... I'm counting ... walked and we walked. I downed a Monster but that didn't quite cancel out

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To RFID or not to RFID? That's not really the question, but it's kind of a cool title, no?

  

  Bulthaup in 2001, the year he graduated from MIT with a Bachelor's and Master ... So I just happened to come across two articles this week related to MIT, both involving RFID technology (for those who aren't that tech

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  :48 PM: Jolts to a start and realizes that, in fact, life is full of ... is like taking a drink from a fire hose," right? (If you haven't, I ... So, I'm in the Stratton Reading Room right now and the number of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Computer Timesharing in the 1960’s an extremely influential solution to computer bottlenecks

  

  , although that looked at solved a different computing problem.   In the 1960's ... is stored, accessed, and shared across a network of servers on the ... "Google". We learned that this mode of computing is not all that different

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for the Class of 2013 The "Next Big Mailing" is on its way out, and with it lots of goodies…

  

  .You must choose a username that is between 3 and 8 characters.Choose a ... .Information from the UAAP.Information about housing and the housing lottery.A to-do ... Coupon, PDF] The last item is the one that generates the most excitement

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2009