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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  at MIT. I nearly fell asleep during a Star Wars marathon. It ... being convinced that it was the most boring thing I've ever had to read ... the heck out! But I'm sure if anyone is learning a lot from robots, it

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  semisweet chocolate and tossed it into her chocolate cookie recipe. I had a ... it out. While I certainly don't wield that much influence, I decided that it would be best not to chance it, even with a concurrent entry by

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  brother had reserved, as well as the cute fluffy snow-and-ice hat that it had recently acquired and was proudly wearing on its windshield ... finally figured out how to open the trunk to look for the ice scraper Zipcar

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Regrade Request Analysis points, please?

  

  online-submission platforms I've used. It comes down to the grading system ... how every single point was accounted for. Regrade requests: If a ... .042 (Mathematics for Computer Science), fellow blogger Shuli J. '22, rarely used it

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  It is difficult for me to accept that the MIT Blogs are turning 10 this year. It means that 10 whole years have passed since I, myself, sent in my own MIT application. I remember the day I brought it to the post

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  line connecting the roofs of MacGregor and Simmons. How did they do it ... : It's a hack! The Olympic Rings appeared today over Brigg's field, and ... with photographs of when the hack was higher up before it was taken down

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Decisions 2013 Is it supposed to be waitlist, wait list, or wait-list? Oh never mind...

  

  It's been nearly two weeks since the May 1 reply deadline, and I ... ;yield"). This year, our yield is going to be around 72-73 percent. Last year, it was 70 percent; the year before, it was 65 percent; the year before that

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photodiary now with 0% instagram, 22% my cat

  

  minute. Either the ounce of fluff in its jaws was somehow dulling its survival instincts, or it was wondering if I was made of the same material. I ... flames of a purple Balrog. It was actually just a hack. As previously

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 9, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Infinite] Quarter Mile quarters + packing tape + sore knees == help cure MS

  

  of the MIT chapter of Theta Xi. Here's how it works. That's about 8 ... administrative buildings, it's probably the only place that everyone on campus visits at least once every day. Because it's MIT, the Infinite is also a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  AgeLab I've seen troubles...

  

  to studying aging, its effects, and how it can be better understood ... wall makes me feel old. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to ... it isn't any fun. My bones creak and ache and I can tell when the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2012 Night at the Movies '21,' the MIT Blackjack Team movie, opens this weekend... who's in?

  

  MIT Class of 2012 Weekend at the Movies So how's it work? Well, the most ... case you haven't seen the trailer or the commercials, you can watch it ... take a picture of you (and any MIT '12s with you) and send it in to me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  !) so here it goes. IТƒфd like to preface this all with the statement of ... everyone an equal footing, regardless of prior education. It will also ... started and the endless supply of free food waned, it began to hit me that I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Teatro ZinZanni Another trip to the circus -- is my boss trying to imply something?!

  

  practically gave it a standing ovation) but the dessert was a disappointment ... , which is roughly the equivalent of the Esplanade in Boston, except it's on ... ... using only his mouth. As cool as this sounds, imagine it twice as cool

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Q & A Answers to questions on being in a fraternity.

  

  : 1. How large are the individual rooms in a frat house(or in your case)? 2. Is it a expensive activity to pursue? My response: 1. While I can ... schedule their agenda around academics? i estimate that it is all about time

  • by Bryan
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Day, Another Class

  

  , carbohydrates and how they exist in the body. So far, it's been pretty good ... recording of it. Tidbit #2: Professor Yaffe is also an MD. Thus, to prove it to us and also demonstrate the effects of EDTA

  • by Bryan
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  , so I kind of told him how I thought it was done in theory and made him do it. Later he asked his mother to show him how to use a lighter. She ... them in a comment. Be fruitful and check it out. Another question you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter

  

  My first personal entry, how exciting! For some background info about ... with another area of your choice, it's called 2A), I live in Next House ... ! The first time is absolutely terrifying...but you get used to it. I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who else is watching infinity train?!?! *a fangirling hub that we will update every day this week*

  

  change, how difficult it can be, yet ultimately best, to accept and embrace ... ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY6kfVWv01k[/embed] We LOVED this short the first time we watched it ... ! And Corginia!!!! Land of Corgis! Equip with their own CORGI KING! How

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 6, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  but her emails how to assert?

  

  It is summer, and I have [annotation note="virtually, i.e. I'm still ... , waiting for me to unpack it again in August. One of the many things Stress ... ... always watching... It's gotten bad enough that I have begun to send

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 5, 2019
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How awesome is MIT Physics?

  The MIT Physics Department is one of the best places in the world for research and education in physics. Fourteen of their alumni and eight of their faculty have been awarded…