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• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

    Did you know the soda can top (or "pop" can for those of you ... , that last half of the sentence was difficult to type given that I ... the superposition of all the little solutions. It's not that hard to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  elusive skill of patience – waiting for the bus, waiting on a friend at a ... feared the finality of it, all at the same time. I find the act of ... : Grab some popcorn and escape the stress of this world for the stress of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  everything is going in a positive direction. :) The rest of the summer was ... the hell out of my room. Coming up in the next three weeks with ... I'm back on campus! I just finished my 10-week internship at the New

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2012 Night at the Movies '21,' the MIT Blackjack Team movie, opens this weekend... who's in?

  

  As you probably know, the movie 21, based on the true story of the ... MIT Class of 2012 Weekend at the Movies So how's it work? Well, the most ... (or post it on the MIT 2012 Facebook group). Please include names of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  In the CollegeConfidential discussion of my blog post The Difficulty ... basically, it's a perfect setup for the Illusion of Validity Why is MIT ... fewer-than-half of applicants insufficiently prepared to do the work at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  While reading Whitney Zhang's article in the Tech on the history of ... the legendary Debbie Douglas, director of collections at the MIT Museum ... regarding the real and perceived threat of fascism.” Faculty found that course

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  Late on Sunday evening, just before the first day of MIT's finals, hackers erected a giant statue of Athena, the patron goddess of wisdom, in the middle of Killian Court. Alerted to the hack by email and word of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  Today was the first day of classes at MIT. Once again, the Infinite Corridor was abuzz with activity, people excited for the new year of classes. For the Class of 2011, these are their very first MIT classes. I only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  but haven't had the chance yet--I've heard some of his later piano ... awesome. The music program at MIT is actually quite strong, and one of the ... high school, I had the pleasure of singing under Dr. William Cutter in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week of work

  

  something due every day of the week. Monday: 18.310 test corrections were due. 18.310 is Principles of Applied Mathematics, the discrete version (18 ... wondering. Wednesday: The weekly 18.310 problem set was due. It had a lot of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  awards, one of the sisters announced: "Okay, and the next winner is number ... Mitra. So did Mike Short. Apparently, pretty much every one of the several ... an interviewer say "1024!" and if the applicant says "power of 2!" they

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  As I write, our terrific Records Office team is processing the largest volume of mail you've ever seen. There is a lot of mail to be opened, sorted, entered into the database, filed, and reviewed. My advice to you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Here Comes the Sun @ MIT A Photographic Journey

  

  are some images I've collected over the course of the month. Enjoy ... open space signifies an abundance of opportunities. The Charles River: My newest source of vitality and inspiration Seen from the MIT Sailing

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  all the fun things that you sort of forget about when you're taking ... the airport to the heart of the city, and the Heathrow Express sure ... the Natural History Museum of London. Sunday: My liberal arts side

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  discussed just that kind of research from MIT. The first article, about ... occurred millions of years later than fossil bones suggest, and the break may ... professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School) and Nick

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  DONE (sans my physics final next week rip lol) The last couple of weeks ... honestly welcomed the onslaught of final projects and exams since it made me feel like I was nearing the end of my coursework and deserving of feeling

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  , depending on the time of my earliest class on a given day, I have three to five hours to do anything I please. The lack of social distractions make ... like I'm the only person awake. In reality, around 10% of MIT wakes up

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• 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 Huxley model for the propagation of action potentials. The model is fairly ... project where we would test a feature of the Hodgkin and Huxley model. My

  • by Bryan
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art in the Infinite, Vol. 2 MIT meets King Koopa.

  

  the good ol' days of Nintendo. The small dome with it's very own Mario ... is the last day of my 5th semester at MIT. Time flies when you're having fun. More photos of the rest of the day coming soon.

  • by Bryan
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  opening of the new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex at MIT: On Friday, MIT plans to dedicate what it bills as the largest collection of ... -foot building of limestone and glass, the largest research building on campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005