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• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  . I have a Macbook Pro for goodness' sakes!!" ANGER: "What do you mean you can't fix it? Do you really work for the Apple Store?" BARGAINING ... AppleCare!" DEPRESSION: After sending the Mac to a third-party Apple

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Do most students complete a UROP?

  the most exciting things about being a student at MIT. The flagship MIT ... : Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, a $100 million ... sustainable technologies and solutions for problems in the developing world
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  decides to grab a healthy patient who shows up for a checkup. He takes the ... convincing argument that can be made for the concept of moral luck, wherein a ... forces the same problem of punishing a person for a situation they are

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

  A Battle Scene to Remember Construction zones are the perfect playgrounds for epic battles

  

  time of the year.  Flags for classes are being handed out for those of us ... cautioned off from the public due to a battle scene between the different ... waking up in the morning after a terribly stressful week to a new hack by

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  ends with a tidbit about why juggling is important for the body, mind and ... 's never been a TA for a class; he's not in the MIT directory. He comes back ... Note: The following is adapted from an article I wrote for CMS.350

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool UROP position UROP opportunity: helping people fight obesity using robots

  

  -- Hardware The Robotic Life group in the Media Lab is looking for a UROP to help with a project applying sociable robots to the real-world problem of ... Just a reminder...there are a lot of new UROP opportunities for IAP

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Finalists the "name bryan's fish" contest continues!

  

  And the finalists of the "Name Bryan's Fish" contest are: Mr. Chang Voltaire Groker Fabio Matsya Gelatin White Dragon Sushi Vote for your favorite by posting a comment or emailing me at [email protected].

  • by Bryan
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  A liveblog on the blogger retreat 2023 (check back in throughout the ... , tickets for the commuter rail bought, and our laptops ready for blogging, we begin. (Also deep thanks to Kano for the planning and brilliant execution

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Today’s Mailing Day For me this is a huge thing. You guys are my first MIT class, which…

  

  Waited until midnight so I could post on the 11th officially (EST, anyway) - we'll be mailing in less than 24 hours. Wow. For me this is a ... emotional about it - overwhelmed for the admits and devastated for the denied

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Preparations First my birthday, then halloween!

  

  now the ripe age of 20 years old, after a weekend of birthday ... a glorious 2 extra hours on the tracks, right outside of New Haven. I made the most of my time by studying for my neuroanatomy exam, but I was

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike

  

  one or this one? Craig: The symbol on the left is not a letter, sir ... ) Lex lives in a house called "Malkovich." Coming up with a name for a house can be difficult, and usually the story behind the name of a house

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Man of Many Hat(ches) Keyword: Free.

  

  So one of the best aspects of being in Boston for the summer is all ... popular venues for such events is the Hatch Shell. Not only does the Hatch ... sponsored by a local radio station. It's like a drive-in without the car

  • by Bryan
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  . I only wish we had room at MIT for more of the amazing people on the table. So while we're buried in the committee room, here's a topic I've been thinking about that's open for discussion. The announcement of MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  How much does the transfer application cost?

  The transfer application costs $75. Fee waivers are available for all applicants, domestic and international. You can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bedbugs (fiction) A short story. (It would make me happy if you moused over the bedbugs.) =)

  

  dropped a pillow onto the floor and left four hairs on the bed. For the next ... ending for you. A while ago, at the start of summer, I was making my bed ... the folds. A cloud of tiny creatures coated the sheets and blankets in a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  a state of moving ny --> ma, macg adventures

  

  walls IMO add a cool aesthetic to the place, but it's definitely not for ... a very appended rundown of the happenings on campus for me. -- Fire ... . We didn't initially have a name for the bear, but one day we were

  • by Waly N. '24
  • April 5, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  “cockroach” would not improve my torment. I looked around the stall for a ... going to debut on the big screen. A white sheet would descend from the ... Admissions blogs. 20.219 Becoming the Next Bill Nye was to end with a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  without a letter. The Secondary School Report Form is designed for U ... Many international applicants don't have a school counselor. The school counselor letter is not a required part of the MIT application; it
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faster than a speeding locomotive. E=MC^2 serving up the most delicious physics problems since 1905.

  

  's science, suggestions for further reading, and other resources. A detailed ... No, I'm not talking Clark Kent here. I'm talking about the speed of ... me you don't know! (gasps) It's the WORLD YEAR OF PHYSICS! Actually

  • by Bryan
  • October 11, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  Am I eligible to apply for transfer admission?

  MIT welcomes a small group of exceptional transfer students every ... : community colleges, the U.S. military, international universities, and other ... many students we can accept. Students who at the time of entry to MIT