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• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  class in the sequence, 6.0001, because I did a bit of coding in middle ... Standing Exam instead. Because of that, this semester was the first time I ... goals for yourself! All of this sucks me in hard, and on the days I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break A week in Iceland.

  

  I spent spring break in Iceland, mostly in the backseat of a white car on the asphalt roads of Route 1 but also behind a waterfall and atop a glacier and in a cabin on the black sand beaches of Vík.  Here's a

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  far, it's pretty awesome. It's one of the few classes where I really ... ," and feeling all enlightened and such. Part of this is because the class ... documented some of the sleepless night I spent the other day working on what

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  What is the mail address/fax number?

  Email: [email protected] Fax: 617.687.9184 Mailing address: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Office of Undergraduate Admissions 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room E38-200 Cambridge, MA 02139
• Blog / Challenges

  Life, IHTFP, and Everything answer: 42 (and snow!)

  

  abandoned in the midnight heat, and only the steady murmur of the Charles ... surroundings. Or when the exhaustion of a dozen sleepless nights brought me down ... chocolate, and take a walk. I assured myself that the lack of motivation was

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alcohol in College: Scotland and the US An MIT student from Scotland compares alcohol culture in the US and the UK in…

  

  In today's The Sunday Times, one of the United Kingdom's most ... drinking in Scotland by people under the age of 21, though the legal drinking ... Scottish Government. The plan would see anyone under the age of 21 banned

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  how to grow a vibrant kresge just add sod

  

  Spring is here, which means we are nearing the end of Kresge lawn torment season. From August to March, the grass in front of Kresge is hit ... the rain is sufficient to water [annotation note="I have all sorts of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  While there's no delivery of post today, I can assure you that the good men & women of the United States Postal Service are even as I ... all of the letters first class, and I hope nearly everyone will have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  At the end of last year, I transferred from Burton 2 to Burton 1, and ... singles are not for the claustrophobic, the faint of heart, or in this ... into singles if they choose to stay in the dorms (about 50% of MIT guys

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Fall Hits MIT In other words: Kate dumps all the pictures she's been meaning to post.

  

  events spanning the last week of which I took pictures. To whet your ... have you heard of... liquid nitrogen dippin' dots!!? (Hint: drip the ... prizewinning pumpkin back! And of course, no fall is complete without the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 27, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  sliver of the voices at MIT, and yet we capture many of the experiences ... campus and college. The following is an unordered list of some of our top and most widely viewed blog posts of 2015. Within them you'll find the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  on its way to those who replied to us before the deadline. One of the coolest parts of the NBM is the Athena Account Coupon. The coupon will allow ... . Back in the fall of 1996 (we had to wait until we were on campus to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  . Let me know what you think of the puzzle. Too hard, too easy, too short, too long? And later tonight, get the exciting story of how I braved ... this series of directions to follow to find the train home. Discussion

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Activate Party Mode! Auctomated dorm controls at East Campus.

  

  dorm room in East Campus. The room is now 199 square feet of customized awesomeness. Check out the YouTube video of the MIDAS "Party Mode": You may ... From the same file as the Disco Dance Floor... it's the Multifunction

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection continues Regular Action domestic selection is underway.

  

  As you've read over at Ben's blog, the admissions officers are currently in the middle of regular action selection for domestic applicants ... through the holiday, and we'll continue working on the Class of 2010 every

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 20, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there really a swim test?

  during the academic year. If you take the right mix of classes, you can ... Yup, there's a swim test! There's an awesome variety of physical education courses for undergraduate students to complete the swim requirement
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Class of 2012 guestbook and an update on The Tubes.

  

  As of yesterday, all 522 admitted students can log into MyMIT for the Class of 2012 guestbook directory (post your picture!). Also, all of the decision letters -- including the famed "tubes" -- were mailed yesterday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 2 and the power of the many

  

  you could see the stream of numbers you needed to sum up one at a time ... . In fact, you’d only need to keep track of one thing, the running sum ... a list of numbers like 2,3,9,15…, the running sum starts out at 0. You

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Events

  MITHenge Blinded by the light.

  

  Every June 21st, thousands of people flock to Stonehenge to watch a very special sunrise. On this day, the summer solstice, the sun is perfectly positioned to shine through the narrow opening between the heel

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 31, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  afternoon. This is the weekly magazine The Nation. This is the first half of ... ’s observations on climbing plants and the similarity of their strategies to those ... on the brightness of burning magnesium, a call for more systematic

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014