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• Blog / Announcements

  New year, new bloggers! introducing the new bloggers for fall 2019

  

  'll start seeing more blogs from them in the days/weeks/months/years to come. In the meantime, I want to thank everyone who applied to be a blogger ... introduced to the fun of the firehose, we also wanted to introduce our new

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  trucks to install GPS in them so they can be tracked constantly. 3. How ... see more offerings around campus. In addition to Clover, we have four ... Last Thursday, I went to “Food Truck 101: The Conference”, a 4-hour

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  math in high school, when I came to MIT, I became disillusioned both with ... .    In fact, I can prove it to you by sharing what we started off our third ... the result. Very popular strategy on 6.042 exams. Known to result in

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  in a very mural-happy dorm, I can't paint to save my life. But I do like to photograph a lot, and in fact I've done quite a lot of it in the ... , if you ever take the elevator in the Student Center up to the fourth

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2028, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. The comments on this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Results from the Photo Scavenger Hunt On the bright side, there's alt-text!

  

  photos I did get were cool though. Oh well, you win some, you lose some--though if Schrodinger is to be believed, before posting the entry, I was ... to write an entry about my experience here at Los Alamos, but anything

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  able to account for differing intuitions in variants of the life ... seems clearer. Thus, for the maximum principle to be effective in cases of ... medicine variant. In particular, we will have to assume a sort of equal

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  in Random Hall's Stairwell. At MIT circa Finals Week, people tend to ... Maxwell's Equations in a Vacuum. Certain events, however, tend to stick out ... biology notes in a sleepthirsty stupor and was preparing to dive into

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  want to mention, which are some of the memorable moments from GIR's in ... of the room in order for us to calculate the percent rebound, relating ... Oh how the months have passed- from fall season to finals season to

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  the beginning of the universe (read:Big Bang). In doing so they hope to ... physics (in which case, I'll have to switch my major). The interesting ... bills, don’t make weekend plans, don’t even finish applying to MIT, there

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  An Online Going-Away Card for Ben Jones Today is Ben Jones's last day at MIT. Comment here to wish him the best.

  

  the comments thread in this post to leave your best wishes for Ben as he ... As Ben wrote last month, he will be leaving MIT today to take up a ... in at least some small way. He created this community and made it what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson and Richard Nixon in it, but at MIT, anything is possible. The MIT ... Hopkins to talk about her work with zebrafish and cancer research that

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Events

  TBP Dinner Sex@MIT is the most-watched video on CNN.com! (but it's not pornography!)

  

  ://www.cnn.com/video/ to watch it =) (I blogged this class back in July) Here I am during ... of Sam '07, a nationally honored engineer) to hear a musicologist (rastrologist?) deliver a speech on economics. And in other news, Mollie '06

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2009 note #2

  

  important to you in a living environment? Where are you thinking of living ... awaiting your Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) video introduction to MIT's dorms, you can watch the trailer here: 2005 i3 Trailer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is campus safe?

  campus warning system, where students can opt-in to receive email ... MIT has its own police department on campus to ensure the safety and well-being of the entire MIT community. "The MIT Police mission is to
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the housing/dining options?

  choose to join a conventional meal plan with access to dining halls, or you might prefer to live in a cook-for-yourself (and often, your friends ... undergraduate experience, and all first-year students live in on-campus residence
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caps Lock Pancakes DINNERISH.

  

  called BMF (badass mother—s) in Random Hall. Most of our social and home-academic life happens round the clock in the kitchen, over food and homework and tea, and a few times a semester we bring two thirds of that activity to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection: Day Three A beautiful snowy Sunday...

  

  have been nice to have been playing outside in the snow with them ... It's a beautiful snowy Sunday in Cambridge, and we're hard at work ... Mike '07, we spied out the window some folks playing in the snow in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  [annotation note='In addition to the main text of the post, if you see any text ... officers, to exercise individual contextual discretion in each case. The word ... related to the centrality of mathematics — and mathematics examinations — in

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a not-so-cruel summer this one's for the girlies

  

  // dressed in pink to watch Barbie! with my sister // screamed to Speak Now ... over you // completely // talk to me now // make me believe in beauty now ... it is the hot girl summer //   went to The Eras Tour and over

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 10, 2023