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• Blog / Community Projects

  A “World Record Attempt” We can do it!

  

  back as an upperclassman (a junior!? WHAT!?) is much different than going ... events but a ton of optional fun ones. MIT is very big into student ... . This entry is a shameless plug for an event that Keri inspired me to

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  of lofted beds, which resulted in a lot of space! Downstairs, there is ... room just screamed, "Take a nap. NOW!" One thing I did notice in all the dorms is that there are a bunch of condoms around (Unopened ones

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  at home ever since. I've been in my house for what I think is going on the fifth day (fifth? What day is it?? Is it really Thursday???) in a row and everything is really getting to me, so when I was taking a break

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  semester was a total blur. In some ways, I did it wrong. 5 classes and a UROP ... do. But the summer is a totally different beast. I've compiled some ... there's a dark band between rainbows? Or that the color order is inverted

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  riots, but it is a place where students believe in working for change in ... Interpretation of Computer Programs, is taught in a language called Scheme, which ... in Copley Square, and even a party at my own house. Ultimately, though

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  to be employed in the future. (And is a fully hardworking, productive ... definitely hit a GCS of 3 once or twice in these last few days.) Here is how ... while you are in the middle of writing a lab report. It is a bad idea

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Computer Timesharing in the 1960’s an extremely influential solution to computer bottlenecks

  

  is stored, accessed, and shared across a network of servers on the ... from a similar concept called computer timesharing back in the 60's, although that looked at solved a different computing problem.   In the 1960's

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  a ride in my virtual time machine and look back on some of my science ... deserves a description. Back in AP Chem, me and my friends all sat in the ... . You're in college now." Here's the catch. It's MIT, a place with as many

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  classroom. No doubt you've heard about it, as it is getting a lot of press ... discuss them. So what I'm asking you to discuss is not in regards to the ... While you guys are waiting for decisions to be released, here's a

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain my special circumstances?

  application is read in a holistic manner, within its proper context. ... We understand that everyone has a unique story and that we can’t possibly cover every “what if” in an FAQ section. The MIT application allows
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  knowledge, so, in case you are wondering what I mean, here is a link ... [annotation note="there is a Unicode Zero-Width Space in this blank space here ... few years, I've been in charge of many a thing, between music directing

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017 Yultide Day 2

  

  tapestry was necessary afterwards. By the way, it is technically not a ... courtyard is beautiful in the fall. Notice the Boston skyline peeking through ... 22, I went to see My Little Pony: the Movie in theatres at 10:30pm on a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 26, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  nth Annual Concert in Bad Taste We are the mooninites..

  

  toilet paper across 10-250. Why in the world would someone do such a thing ... can find a list of the topics that they made fun of (all in jest, of ... airplanes and toilet paper into a lecture hall? ... Well, it starts with one

  • by Bryan
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  One thing every woman’s missed in Massachusetts Bay Sam and Shana have gone to look for America, starting in Philadelphia.

  

  fudge without a knife. Indeed, the power is ours! Of course, if my UROP work is successful, in a few years Changing World Technologies might be ... opportunity to spend a day or two in foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  questions and identity crises… Every student at MIT is required to declare a ... ’re assigned a faculty advisor in the department you’re interested in, and ... ), all you need to do is fill out a form and get it signed. Basically

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  factor, in which case a meal plan is not advisable, see appendix). At MIT ... easiest option is cooking co-ops. You can start or join a cooking co-op in ... ) in Central Square, which is a 5-25-minute walk from cook

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  Yesterday, I held a Central Meeting in South Miami, Florida. We were ... helpful to you. We had a great crowd in Miami. The Miami meeting was one ... have never wept in front of a crowd before, but yesterday I did get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some summer pictures

  

  in Lausanne, Switzerland, supported by a research fellowship from the ... lived in a boarding house in downtown Lausanne. There was a lot of ... . Lausanne is a very Olympics-oriented city. The IOC is headquartered there

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  a mutation in a nuclear gene preventing growth on glycerol is gly1 ... . Consider a droplet that is initially 1 mm in diameter. Its surface area is increased by a factor of 1.75 while falling. What is its change in free energy

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  true that is anymore. I think, in a vacuum, I love physics. But I don ... course 8. Of course, physics is impractical, in a lot of ways. Things like ... Last time I wrote a blog about my academic life, back in November, I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022