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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  , winner of the Nobel Prize in 2001. I think I would have asked them to ... hustled over to the crowded lecture hall to find no seats, but in all the ... So it's Nobel Prize week, and this year, MIT has been able to add

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! (Part 2) late post due to usual MIT firehosing

  

  -paced curriculum. If I had to learn computer science in Spanish, I would probably ... host teacher requested that I provide grades, so in addition to grading ... train ride to Sondrio, a small valley town in the Alps, about 30km from

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 17, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  out. in his post, sam wrote: Do new things often. This seems to be ... to prevent people from calcifying in the ways that they think. Aim to ... 22 to 28 will pass in the blink of an eye, and so on. thank you for

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  Hi everyone, There have been a lot of comments in the blogs that we're going to mail on Pi Day this year. This was indeed the case last year, but we don't yet have a mail date set for this year. Just wanted to clarify

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s like I go to class or something. Or whatever.

  

  Contrary to popular belief, I actually do stuff outside of farting around and doodling. Stuff like going to class and paying attention to important stuff. Filing that one away in my list of Things To Refer To When

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 2, 2012
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How can I get a course catalog?

  MIT has an online course catalog called the Bulletin that provides details about MIT, the campus, and undergraduate programs, including requirements and course descriptions for majors/minors.
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What programs does MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) offer?

  MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) runs ... and underserved students interested in science, technology, engineering ... science and engineering experiences to over 3,000 middle and high school
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Riddle Me This The return of the puzzles.

  

  "How do I get to New Amsterdam?" "Just follow that road and don't be afraid if you see something unfamiliar." Whatever happened to fair dealing ... stifling. We just couldn't wait to get out of the place. (13) Enjoy!

  • by Bryan
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Extended to January 3 We have extended the RA deadline. Happy Holidays!

  

  button, or stamp that mail! The closer you send in your application to the ... Application Tracking. It can take 3 weeks for items to appear in Application ... admission to January 3. The freshman application can be submitted through My

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 3, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  dating while asian to love & be loved freely

  

  was it due to the circumstances of the world he grew up in that made him ... playing a game that is impossible to win.  When I was in middle school, I ... situations where they could pass as white.  But I want my kids to grow up in a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 30, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  have included in an email to Next House, ranked in tiers from most to ... , These are in-jokes which I would take too long for me to explain to you ... advertisements! Sometimes you've just got to advertise for something unrelated in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Energized Watching the sun rise signals that it's time for bed.

  

  As the semester begins to wind down, it comes time to turn in ... design project for one of my classes, 2.005, where we had to design a floating buoy-like structure to support a 700,000 kilo tower and rotor combo

  • by Bryan
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Onion article about Robot Hazing at MIT Robot hazing at MIT *gasp!*

  

  13 inches in diameter, was reportedly forced to climb stairs built at a ... was locked in a room and forced to calculate pi to the 1083 decimal ... Technology chapter of the Theta Tau fraternity are in campus-police custody

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  its eco-friendliness. In addition to photovoltaic panels, the building ... , rainwater is stored and used to water the garden, wastewater is treated in the ... term, energy conscious buildings are cheaper to maintain. In fact, the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  at the time because I had to finish this problem, due in less than four ... the classical style, you have to prepare the 7th degree of a chord in ... , it pales in nerdiness to some of the ones there. Anyway, when you wake

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Admissions Decisions Now Available Online News about the 2011 Regular Action cycle.

  

  the class to come. In the meantime, we have provided three "open threads ... : decisions.mit.eduYou can log in using the same username and password that you use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  designed to make 65 nm chips, in favor of manufacturing the newer SRAM chip ... and became interested in issues related to refugee camps. After ... To manufacture the silicon chips that run your computer, silicon

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tuesdays with Linda It's kind of like making smoothies but not.

  

  their UROP. Basically, in a nutshell, I spent 2 hours sending emails to ... of my time in lab last semester and sophomore year was trying to ... matrix analog in which we'll try to seed the cells so it ends up looking

  • by Bryan
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving!

  

  So I'm about to cook a turkey for the first time in my life, but before I foray out into the world of basting and boiling, I wanted to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to you all. And just remember had it been for

  • by Bryan
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New Portlets? Just throwin' some ideas around.

  

  manage to sequester a few minutes of Quinton's schedule, you'll see them in ... media, customized to your preferences, right in your portal. #2 OCW ... link to a given user's interests in academics as designated in his

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2004