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• 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 / Miscellaneous

  another day of fall when canvas went down and made me think about internet and people and the seasons

  

  to attempt to acquire a copy of the practice exam and answers so that I ... 2="119695" /] Seasons do not change in the blink of an eye; the ... my perception of the world changed that day, because the rain cleared

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 25, 2025
• 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
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  , Nancy Hopkins provides a passionate, first person account of the ... Watson and Richard Nixon in it, but at MIT, anything is possible. The MIT ... Watson. Zebrafish and Cancer: What's the Connection? is a rich narrative

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blog Entry: Recession Edition At MIT, your spoon is too big.

  

  In times of economic crisis, Random Hall perseveres in upholding the traditions that temper the pains of work and study with the welcome relief of ... between the entire constitution of Pecker, plus a few friends from

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 21, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  plays, there’s always at least one free table, and most of the clientele work quietly. There are books along the walls, most of them higher than ... time? — but I love the process of writing a first draft. The world is as

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Infinite] Quarter Mile quarters + packing tape + sore knees == help cure MS

  

  The Infinite Corridor at MIT is the pulsing spine of central campus. As the artery which connects most of the main academic and ... (although the type of alignment bears a closer relationship with that of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  , for the surprising amount of support and encouragement over the past few ... inducted into the Best of the Blogs, a great honor and my second post to do ... couple hours about the unbridled stresses of life and then hitting publish

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  't previously know last night, and the topic of school came up. (SIDE NOTE: that ... think the problem stems from not having a good word for "friend of a friend". In the interest of furthering the human language, I propose we

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  , insufficiently damp world of my room. I got in the shower around 11:30, speed ... leaves, and evidence of beavers in the forests they shaped (see below ... tell me what the bug in the upper right corner is (and how much of a bad

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  , a soiree if you will. I think the only crazy part of this party might ... semester, our chef, Karen, who is a trained pastry chef, makes some of the most delectable desserts on this side of the country including chocolate

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  : the annual growth of the Novembeard. The rituals of No ... , Movember, an Australian variant of the practice that focuses exclusively on the area of the face located below the nose and above the upper lip. As

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011