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• Blog / Academics & Research

  16.810 Rapid Design and Prototyping 8 days to build an airplane. Intrigued?

  

  closet, we used the course 16 lab which is decked out with foam cutters ... (featured in the video). 16.810 is offered each IAP, and I certainly plan on ... presentation for 16.810, we made a short video. Here it is for you to enjoy

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  , News Office October 18, 2006 The Center for Bilingual/Bicultural Studies ... blogged earlier, is also sponsored by the French department, part of MIT ... the Center for Bilingual/Bicultural Studies, "Learning entails not just

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break! *frantically waves arms in the air*

  

  entire week free from classes! Back in high school spring break was in the middle of April, but here it's at the end of March. Most other colleges ... of our high school friends when we go home. :( But, this is because

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  any to do so. The numbers for this year look remarkably like they did ... admission is tough; with a 6% admit rate, it's especially true for transfer ... and facilitating things for the transfer admissions committee. Congrats

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Toy Story Hack! And Other Hacks from Fall 2015

  

   installation appeared on the bridge between buildings 56 and 18. For three days, it ... some photographs of the hack on a sunny autumn day. (also below is a ... On November 22, 1995, the first Toy Story was released, becoming the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 4, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Date 2011 Decided to announce the announcement of decisions.

  

  username and password. The verify page is available now for applicants to ...   BREAKING MITLeaks has intercepted the following confidential cable between top-ranking diplomatic envoys within the MIT Admissions

  • by MITLeaks
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We’re #1! What's the emoticon for oversize foam hand?

  

  few theories as to why we elbowed our way to the top of the list: OpenCourseWare: MIT courses for free on the web. What's not to love about ... MIT was named the most visited college/university web site by 4

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 29, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Nothing beats a wet beaver! Except, in this case, a wet Iona. Pictures!

  

  AM while you're marching all over campus. For the sake of brevity, I ... title is actually the MIT women's water polo motto, I believe. I hope the ... A-woo-hoo! Since the last entry was such a frickin' saga (tm Betsy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  so grateful for my lab. This blog is about how I found my UROP and what ... interviews for both labs over the next week. Before IAP was out, I had two UROP ... went with that one. Methane Bubble Traps The goal of my UROP is to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017: Friends ❤, Food, and Flying Deloreans (Guest Post) Or maybe not quite that last one

  

  : some cool examples are headphone-assisted navigation for the blind, blood ... . hackmit.org   This is the fifth HackMIT, and we’re spicing things up ... , hidden somewhere on the HackMIT homepage, is a series of fun, technical

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  sure. For example, on my first test of the year I got two standard ... . That class is the most information intensive class I've ever seen in my ... hour, Katy bar the door, hold me tightly sweet Jesus, weep for me, *sob

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  thing and don’t believe the distinction is important, but pick whichever ... brush and floss every day for the rest of your life to have good oral ... fall and winter of 2020, and the spring of 2021, i didn’t exercise for

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week, Minus Finals all the non-academic shenanigans

  

  boring) but it is an accurate representation of my life at the end of the ... took a study break and went for a walk! nice weather, viewed from the Harvard Bridge A few dorms (especially the cook-for-yourself ones

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 20, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  efficiently. Power Electronics is, for better or for worse, about as time consuming as it is awesome, so I've spent most of the last week staring at ... , I've gotten to a point where the workload will be manageable from here

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers, Perfect and Imperfect Math geeking, and a guessing game.

  

  Creasy at the Johns Hopkins University (a fantastic school, btw) for the ... application numbers for the past five years, starting with last year and working ... is just for fun. No prizes will be awarded, just pride and bragging

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  store for the purpose of providing discounts. The three of us waited interminably for the bus, wrapped beseechingly in our coats. As I silently wept ... graduation requirement), I'm taking 6.UAT, a preparation class for 6.UAP, the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor quotes The spurious wisdom and even more spurious wit of MIT professors.

  

  Roland: ""I firmly believe this value [for the mass of a quark] is correct ... realized 1) it is entirely inappropriate for innocent eyes, and 2) I said ... , spring 2004. Professor Matt Wilson: "The information from this neuron is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  -listening hotline, for the score. Nightline's greatest service is in peer counseling ... So, I'm back in the office after this weekend's wedding. It was great ... tie the knot. If you're wondering what a random sampling of MIT alums 3

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  applications, the cruel difficulty of the decisions is no excuse for not making ... over 50 applications for just a few available spots. The vast majority ... is an experienced archer - and no, I'm not talking about the FX

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is ... give them a call to chat a bit about things... As for the food, I was ... ("90% for MIT at the moment") wrote, "So I guess the thing you guys can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006