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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Riddles, Research, and Nerds with Power Tools My week.

  

  my own MGH ID card! I know it's not really a huge deal in the long run ... So it's been almost exactly a week since I last put together a blog ... it's IAP, the MIT tradition of "work hard, play hard" absolutely still

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  it! So I`ll share what`s on my mind. I guess this is a book report ... Optimist" and I love it. I picked it up soon after returning from my 4 month ... into it. Ridley starts a chapter titled `The invention of invention

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain the context of my grades/scores, and/or provide additional information?

  On the application, there are designated spaces to provide additional context on how the pandemic or other circumstances may have disrupted your coursework, access to testing, and extracurricular activities. If you feel it
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Videos Over the Years The 90s were, uh, different

  

  silent film that was almost an hour long! An HOUR! What was it even like to ... before, and you can see a more complete history here, but I thought it'd be

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  The Great Dome, Marriage Equality, and a Proud Hack Better yet, all three in one picture!

  

  is visible from Boston across the river. MIT hackers have long used the ... now here it is, as I found it at 3 AM Saturday morning, just 17 hours

  • by Joel G. '18
  • June 27, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’M BACK!!! This, kids, is why you should store your passwords somewhere safe, just in case Firefox…

  

  Ok, so long story short (I'll blog the whole thing later), I use firefox to remember my password to login to the MIT blogs website. I ... very well, which is why I told Firefox to just remember it. It worked

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 9, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m not swollen anymore!

  

  Okay, so I agree that it's been far too long since my last update. I've been dealing with work issues, and have been in California for the last ... when I return. Take it easy, guys!

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  After a long vacation in Southeast Asia, I'll be officially back in the swing of things tomorrow. It will be a little strange to be back ... upcoming nationwide tour, and an in-depth look at the application and its

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Bad Haiku What better way to welcome spring than to write some awful haiku? Help me create…

  

  Break, and somehow it feels like the whirlwind that surrounded the mailing ... long). Sometimes quiet is good. A lot of the snow melted this past ... toy, it accelerates particles Too... fast... black hole... oooooops.

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 21, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What programs fall under the School of Architecture & Planning?

  Architecture was one of the four original departments at MIT, and it ... discipline, the department has long contributed to learning in the arts and ... : the Department of Urban Studies and Planning; the Media Lab and its
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is campus safe?

  MIT has its own police department on campus to ensure the safety and ... hours a day, 7 days a week all year long. We provide these vital services ... need it. Blue light emergency phones are everywhere. MIT also has a
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  looked the same. Long, white corridors—white tiles, white ceilings, white ... . When it was our turn, we hopped into the stall, emerging about five ... dining hall. It was a single large hall on the top floor of one of the two

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Crotchets and Quavers The evensong tradition

  

  evensong. I expect most people are unfamiliar with this tradition, so it ... , each meant to serve the every need of its students. Most of them have a ... be prayers every evening, and the choir gives it voice (hence, evensong

  • by Cambridge
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  in which i blog again four-ish blogs in one

  

  presentations on our updates at 10 am the next day. It was like a two-week-long ... completed.  I’ve been putting off writing. It feels like once I’ve put pen to ... year has shown me anything, it is that I have changed. The idea of

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 29, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  be kind to yourself. It’s still something I’m learning how to do with ... supermarket and it is absolutely DIVINE with honey"]tea[/annotation] to ... honey[/caption] Here’s my deferral story. It's pretty angsty. I was an

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Preview of Things to Come too fast, too furious

  

  this week and oddly liked it 4. long overdue blog (since freshman year ... . It's good to see all of you :) So what's up. It's senior year. This is ... be a froshie and going to REX events (you have no idea how easily this

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Events

  A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…

  

  it I try not to walk around New Haven with an expensive camera slinging from my shoulders. I left it in my dorm room while I was away. I figured ... 'm in the area. It turns out that using a new camera, for me, was a little

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  vacation I've had in as long as I can remember - it went way too fast. After ... . What an amazing state you have! (And I honestly didn't mind how hard it ... year after college, I somehow never made it down to Stanford during that

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!

  

  and as long as it's not something really popular like Pistol or Yoga ... nice days, "Hi Sam!" and "Hi Ian!" But nothing else. No "How's it going ... tomorrow. I've forgotten to do it for nine of the past ten quarters. Yes

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  getting tenure. Or if you go into industry, it takes you a long time to work ... article is that the US is no longer the superpower when it comes to ... career path has lost its appeal for some students. Says junior Nicholas

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006