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• Blog / MIT Life

  He Zigs, He Zags MIT's new video podcast.

  

  the cellphone ringtone competition and IAP. It's fun to watch Zig ... Production Services (AMPS) would love to hear your feedback about ZigZag, about the stories, and, yes, about the hosts. Please be honest in your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! REX! Politics! Science! (Vlog and a Riddle) You have 2012 jars of 1-kg mollusks, with 2012 1-kg mollusks in each jar....

  

  -kg mollusks in each jar. The local dumpster cat gang has raided one jar, leaving 2012 0.3-kg resealed mollusk shells in that jar. You need to figure ... is happening! Science is happening! And I decided not to twitter

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  While You Wait… ...why not play Brawl?

  

  . Although I've yet to see the hack for myself, as I've been working in my room ... , March 15 (Pi Day + 1). Best of luck to all of you! 2. Super Smash Brothers ... just say w00t? In commemoration of this momentous event, with a nod

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties MIT alumni-hosted parties in your area.

  

  host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2010. If there's one in your area, you should check it out -- it's a great opportunity to meet some potential future classmates, as well as MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  their length and score. "We're very data driven here, so we're going to ... admissions at M.I.T., adding that she thought it was unfair to base decisions on a test that had not yet been shown to be a good indicator of a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  It's more likely than you think! To understand this hack, you need ... to the animals and parts of nature whose voices are "silenced ... planned to Building 54 -- a renovation sponsored by Shell, the oil company

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  to participate in the selection committee for the Minority Introduction ... This entry brings to a close one of the longest periods of blog ... , but we are finally beginning to see the Class of 2010 truly take shape

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Semester in Photos No words here!

  

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Story Oh goody!

  

  realized that in order to burn cereal Sara must have been a spectacularly bad ... in Burton-Conner. In Burton-Conner we have kitchens, kitchens for ... her from giant fish fame. She also doesn't cook. In fact, I think she

  • by Snively '11
  • July 19, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A Typical Friday Afternoon on a Thursday Honoring the decades old (?) tradition of the East Campus Friday Afternoon Club (FAC)

  

  semester, a different hall bands together to provide some sort of creative ... called the "Bring the Feast" FAC. I was unable to attend the event ... ? The career fair is tomorrow, so we had to do it on Thursday. Did we all

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  was a sophomore in college I once ate for the Internet. I had missed a ... it all in one sitting, while documenting it with pictures / videos and posting it up on the web. I polished off an apple at the end to keep the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And term starts again…

  

  couple of weeks. In the meantime, I'll entertain you with a list of my ... topics in discrete applied mathematics including sorting algorithms ... programming, game theory. My comments: The description sounded fun. I want to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Hacks and meta-hacks

  

  of my hall's freshmen, when one of them noticed something odd in the Guide to Facilities for Individuals with Disabilities campus map psoted on the wall. You can't really see anything in that picture. But what my

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy This Week: Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More!

  

  week. The rules are simple, what I post needs to be something that you ... . Amazing Spider-Man 2 I was lucky enough to see this movie on April 12th(I realize this was a few weeks ago but it's still making me happy), thanks to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Going On Some of the 600+ Campus Preview Weekend events.

  

  the MIT admitted class of 2012. It's going to be a fun weekend. In ... /or waterproof footwear! (Thursday looks to be beautiful, though) It's after ... to look at it that way), going until 6am Friday. Speaker building

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train(wreck) of Thought

  

  've got something pretty cool in store, so don't give up hope just yet. :-) BUT I had to share a particular incident with you today as I was walking ... *")----->O/H---->OH--->Two components in liquid rocket fuel--->EXPLOSIVE action. I can almost

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Events

  I saw fireworks from the freeway… Happy 4th!

  

  are just beginning. Oddly enough, I'm in lab, but later this afternoon, I will be participating in my first ever VEGETARIAN BARBECUE. It really sounds like an oxymoron to me, but hey, don't knock it til you try

  • by Bryan
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming non-MIT deadlines Other forthcoming deadlines.

  

  's deadlines are almost certainly different. So many deadlines! It's easy to ... what's out there. In that spirit, here are some deadline for some programs that MIT applicants are often interested in: Gates Millennium

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.

  

  : schedule] 800+ students & alums came to Kresge Auditorium last night to ... her SATs. In the fictional world of "The OC," colleges might have quotas ... quoted in a recent Bloomberg News article on stress & college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Stuff that happened on Pi Day (besides decisions) pastries and pie-ings from around the institute

  

  . Pie Kits from Clover To celebrate all the hard work done by the whole ... kit from Clover Food Lab to make cranberry pies. [carousel image1 ... Museum took advantage of the day to announce their new home at...314 Main

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 16, 2022