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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  about. But instead of a police presence, and maybe a trip to MIT Mental ... feeling rising in my mind that I've forgotten how to put in words. Fu ... Capstone courses, and it has to be the best class at MIT by a long shot. You

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  to 34 hours (source). In this post, I’ll describe my (also wildly ... an average of 22 hours per week. Quite a variety (acording to Subject ... been known to tackle 72+ (and maintain a social existence). Additionally

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  travelling is stressful and twelve hours is a long time to spend in a room with ... up early from a field trip at the Pittsburgh Zoo to go on a road trip ... stuff in the overhead compartment, then moved my bag to another

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey Erick, You Awake? Not gonna call it a night just yet

  

  ; After a long Saturday, my friends and I found ourselves chilling in the ... people called it a night, going upstairs to their rooms. I didn't want to ... am. We were hungry and in the mood to try the new "Quesarito" from Taco

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Mac4Change MIT students raising money to feed the homeless on Veteran's day

  

  message and empower students like us to believe that they too can make a difference. Over 60 people donated and we raised a total of $275 in just two ... youth, veterans, and communities as a whole with resources to become self

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Boston Pops John Williams and a bottle of wine -- on a school night!

  

  Memoirs of a Geisha. The paragraph in the program that listed other films ... they performed: A Postcard to Boston (A Hymn to New England) Three Pieces ... Thanks to the organizational prowess of the Tau Beta Pi (engineering

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Start of Something New Please forgive the High School Musical reference.

  

  deposited my belongings in McCormick Hall, and proceeded to video ... set in the McCormick penthouse, attempted to create edible meals, and ... biorhythms and allow me to sleep in when possible have failed emphatically

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  for a reason to admit you. In other words, we don't connect with pieces ... 've seen a truly mind-blowing hack. Someone needs to do something about that ... Special at Dial-A-Pizza (in Somerville), Walden Pond, the Public Garden, 80

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Happy Pi Day!!! 3.14159!

  

  its diameter? A: Pumpkin pi. Don't forget to celebrate Pi Day (3 ... .14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510..................... How many digits do you know? More to come later today about how MIT ... sponsored a Pi Day Celebration of sorts. This was the email I received

  • by Bryan
  • March 14, 2007
• FAQ / Transfer

  Am I eligible to apply for transfer admission?

  MIT welcomes a small group of exceptional transfer students every year. Successful transfer students come to MIT from many backgrounds ... non-traditional pathways.  Unfortunately, we are very limited to how
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hogwarts Institute of Technology Except we have 11 houses instead of 4.

  

  caught up in racing to get all my work done this sophomore fall that for a ... this past summer I reread the entire series for the first time in a while ... much my childhood! I went to all the book premiers and dressed up as a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  Samuel Jay Keyser gave a talk on the history of hacks. In Where the Sun ... MIT World. Keyser is also the author of a brilliant essay in Nightwork ... encouraged to pay very close attention to the notion that perhaps the book in

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Explanation I always end up writing about underwear!

  

  opted to stay another year in order to finish up and graduate. One day, towards the end of this student's senior year, a small skirmish took place ... was an MIT student who didn't have quite enough credits to graduate

  • by Snively '11
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / Events

  MIT PUMPKIN DROP 2012! chucking pumpkins off the highest building in cambridge. that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial.

  

  enough chocolate in general to sink a small ship, midnight did indeed roll ... guilt, over to the east side of campus, and stood in a semicircle under ... : (I was supposed to be a Wellesley girl.  No, I was not prepared for

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  always a luxury students get to enjoy). I've been known to spend an hour in ... 're interested in buying a bunch of MIT gear and you don't have access to campus ... an enigma wrapped in a riddle. For one, it's housed in multiple

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  IAP without learning a little bit, at least. Let's hop in the TechnoTime Machine and jump back 9 years to when I was in 6th grade, every weekend, I ... ask a girl for a dance to how to enjoy the whipped cream from my sundae

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  for U.S. students to sign up. Remember that we require, in addition to the SAT or ACT, 3 SAT IIs: one in math, one in science, and a third SAT ... 3 SAT IIs in one sitting, and since this is only a small additional

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  , and I'm hoping to finish my Q&A post in the next day or two. Until ... . The group we admit in the next few days is going to change civilization ... until the group comes to a unanimous decision. If one can't be reached

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  here so long that I've forgotten what it's like to be in love with a ... to present the MIT admissions blogging program for a second year in a ... , although it's only been a couple of weeks. Lots to tell you about. Fall

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nerdin’ Out algorithms are too cool

  

  nerd out hard core, so feel free to go back to homepage and click on a ... screenshot of course notes: This relates the NYC subway line to a concept ... A couple entries ago, I described 6.046 (Design and Analysis of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2012