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• Blog / MIT Life

  Well I Know That It’s a Wonderful World from the sky down to the sea, but I can only see it when you're…

  

  to find a semester's worth of rushing over to Building 68 to turn in ... means in english." i closed my eyes, unable to continue. ... I slept. I slept voraciously. I slept with a vigor to make up for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Brief Taste of Orgo Basically, Sam Maurer is a prophet.

  

  scheduled to be covered in the discussion. The list went something like this ... really choose to learn about it. It just sort of happened. In case you ... fresh ozone, rip the bond in half to make two new double bonds, stick an

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 12, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  New bloggers? New bloggers! [cue fanfare]

  

  , California, who reportedly has the same music taste as everyone in LA, wants to ... photojournalist who has always wanted to live in a city and finally treated himself ... ! Please give a warm welcome to: Aiden H. ‘28 from Loveland, Colorado

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 7, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Next House Thanksgiving 2016 (sort of a guest post) A (very late) recount of last Thursday’s celebration

  

  been used to describe Next House's annual Thanksgiving celebration. I ... not located at MIT during Thanksgiving break. However, I was able to ask ... going home for Thanksgiving first organized it in 2014. Since then, it

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • December 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iDoor Opening your boyfriend's dorm room door? There's an app for that.

  

  submitted the video to Hack A Day. (In response to whoever commented, "that ... Almost a year ago, I met a kid who tried to convince me to come back to his room with him to see his hydraulic door. To this day he insists

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  first real snow!! wow so magical

  

  and behold -- snow was finally upon us!!!! at 3 pm i walked to [annotation note="grocery store in the student center"]laverde's[/annotation] to ... them and was immediately seized by the need to try them, even though i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 11, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2012

  

  you have submitted. We appreciate the time and effort you have put in to ... waitlist are anxious to hear an update. Although a few things are still settling down, we wanted to give you all an update as soon as possible

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Fall Hits MIT In other words: Kate dumps all the pictures she's been meaning to post.

  

  events spanning the last week of which I took pictures. To whet your appetite: It was my turn to cook for the Tetazoo Food Coop, and my partner Sarah, '12 decided that, in addition to our delicious rice and chicken

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 27, 2010
• Blog / Events

  ZBT Soiree A part with many desserts and friends... fortunately, I left before the karaoke part. (9…

  

  event.) For dinner, I went to India Quality, in Kenmore Square. After dinner, I hopped on the Boston West SafeRide and went to Zeta Beta ... in a group... In the picture below are my friends Elyse '07 (Course

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Attack of the Giant Squid Attack of the Giant Squid!

  

  aka HST.541J. One of the major topics in the class is the Hodgkin and ... complex to say the least: non-linear differential equations, hyperbolic sine ... have to do problem sets that tested our prowess at using Maple, they

  • by Bryan
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  and then arrange them to create a nanodevice. Exciting, eh? In order to ... ! My research was on Using Optical Tweezers to Create Nanowire Based Devices and I worked in the Manufacturing Engineering Lab. So, see that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  All Applicants Can Now Apply For Either Early or Regular Action MIT Admissions announces a policy change allowing international students access to either Early or Regular…

  

  I wanted to let you know of a change in the admissions process for the forthcoming admissions cycle. As you may know, in the past ... , including undocumented students) could not apply to MIT during the Early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sixth Sense No, I don't see dead people.

  

  So, less than THREE WEEKS until CPW! All of us in the office are working hard to prepare and plan for the weekend. If you're planning on coming to CPW and haven't registered yet, remember to log in to your My

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 27, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  This post is almost entirely devoid of content except to point out a particularly funny exchange in the comments of a recent post. It's a constant struggle between bloggers and prefrosh over whether the "FIRST!" approach to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Back Bay 5K Cool running... so cool that my legs were numb. (11 pictures)

  

  As I wrote in a previous entry, I signed up to run the Back Bay 5K last Saturday. Results here. I very intelligently chose to walk across the bridge in flip-flops. For those of you who were not at MIT last

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2006 Day 1 Campus Preview Weekend has begun! [photos]

  

  : Registration began at 9am with a huge influx of people. It was great to see so many familiar faces! Mitra helps to check in one of the first students to arrive. Hundreds of families checked in during the first several hours of

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

  The Birth Of Baby Nance Regular updates from labor through delivery (guest-hosted by Ben).

  

  . Bryan says that anyone who guessed over 8 pounds is going to be in big ... in at 9lbs, 14oz (!) and 22 inches long. Congrats to Bryan and Tina! ... 7AM to tell me that his wife's contractions were 20 minutes apart

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why It Pays…

  

  , 'but you have to be a good communicator to be put in charge of large ... Why it Pays to Be a Math Geek (from msn.com) Selected passages ... might just be worth it -- in terms of job outlook and high starting pay

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What happens if I’m not selected as a Match?

  send you an email in early December asking you how you would like to ... All QuestBridge College Match results are announced in early December ... be matched with a non-binding school (MIT). In this case, you may
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  I'm in Phoenix for the International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF). I got in yesterday, and last night I decided to take in the ... 's Shawn Estes having a nice pitchers duel in the early innings and a come

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005