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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  play in either band or orchestra. We had "tryouts": we took a shot at ... trumpet (take a look in the mirror while blowing up a balloon, and you ... to play in the pit orchestra for Assassins, a show performed by

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live

  

  , working at MITAdmissions is more than a job: it's a commitment to compassion ... -year undergraduate admission to MIT for the aspiring Class of 2025 is now live. You can access it here.  While the application is always new for first

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update The title says it all.

  

  Well, Mystery Hunt is in full swing, and let me tell you, it is quite the adventure. I just took a quick trip back to my room so I could grab ... week. The thrill of solving a puzzle is just awesome. Obviously, I can

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  authorship on a paper that is currently in about ten different files on my jump ... rough draft of my paper. This is my last week in the lab, and I'm trying ... people I know in various states.) So for the basics. My name is Mollie

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  campus to discover there's been a hack in Lobby 10! The hack is two giant ... : "Living and learning at MIT is not a spectator sport." 9:24am: President ... surgeon. 9:28am: A parent's question: "How important is it to choose a major

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  how i handle canker sores not professional medical advice

  

  is touched (which happens often, since it's in your mouth), it hurts ... it was in high school or college. I get them several times a year. Over the years, I've tried a lot of remedies to ease the pain. Here is how

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  about freshman admissions etc. Please keep in mind that MIT is a very ... have a schedule that I stick to. I'm not one to sleep in really, so I ... 'll make sure to devote a longer blog entry to this in the near future. Given

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  So as I mentioned in a previous post, I'm taking 6.005 (Software ... the past 4 days working on 6.005. Our assignment is to create a Sudoku solver, which will read in any Sudoku puzzle and figure out a solution to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This entry has a surprise ending While you wait for decisions to come out, I remind you that people at MIT…

  

  doing laundry. (The “Did You Know?” opener is a throwback to the olden ... that you have failed a test is the equivalent of eating a burrito ... the test somehow misrepresented my abilities in a grossly disastrous

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  could handle two groups. The MITWE director, Dr. Fred Harris, is a great ... fun. And in case you’re wondering, a “wind ensemble” is the same as a “band.” I think they call it MITWE

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  "structure follows function". This is a good axiom for biologists, but it ... "normal" (though really, there's a limit to how normal anyone at MIT is ... diversity, how is it that geography ended up such a predictor of "normal" vs

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  I'm in the process of writing a post about my own summer, but in the ... . Score 2300+ on the SAT. Earn a 4.0 GPA. Participate in math team ... join a special program to study in France and get a side of buttery

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See your name among the stars… Forget having your name written in lights, get it written on a spacecraft!

  

  on a spacecraft! The MIT Mars Gravity Biosatellite Program is selling ... unmanned spacecraft in 2010. "Choose a location on the outside of the spacecraft and get pictures of your content photographed in space. Choose a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  of traveling is making new friends! In this trip, I met a wonderful and ... a professor from MIT, here in Cambridge!!! How awesome is that ... ’t never questioned why aneuploidy, a condition that is so deleterious in

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  in the afternoon). Taking more than 66 or 72 units in a term is ... enough to major in management at MIT? Is math even a major part of it? You ... people who are interested in double-majors, if only because it's a little

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Sunrise If a picture is worth a thousand words (minus inflation), that makes this post much…

  

  IAP, for those who are just tuning in, is one of the greatest times ... have a test over in 5 hours". IAP in fact stands for "It's Awesome. Period". Anyway, my sleep schedule is still experiencing a phase shift

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Former MIT Students on TV Two in a flattering way, one in a potentially embarassing way.

  

  up for a full run. One of the shows, WIRED Science, is co-hosted by an ... . Aomawa is also a contributor to the new book She's Such a Geek: Women Write ... Diana Husmann '08, a junior in Course 8 (Physics), and Ellen Spertus '90

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  just one more gnome game it will fix me

  

  always ends a run. But likely the most powerful tool in the game is the log ... comments. Logs When attempting to enter a log, the best strategy is to go in ... friends to gnome game. My protege Joy is something of a prodigy, achieving

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of the 2.009 Final Presentations rough, tough, messy!

  

  . If you want a summary of what 2.009 is about, Chris made a post. 140 ... to know, this is a really great blog post), I wanted to give a recap of ... space-themed climbing game for kids There's a shift in arcade games

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • December 26, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  Giving Laura an assist

  

  , either - a lot of hacking is simply exploration, much as a lot of computer hacking is exploring the hidden ins and outs of computer systems and ... on a roof or behind a door that is supposed to be locked does. however

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 24, 2005