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• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  have to listen to it as soon as possible. after all, ignorance is how i ... hitting ignore and ignore and ignore until i actually need to deal with it ... that so-and-so thing is graded, i can ignore it. and that ignorance is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  Now I get to mention something cool that I do with my life here! It ... that there’s stuff to go on the front page. It falls on the shoulders of ... and ready to run in our latest feature. If you haven’t checked it out

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  ’s driveway, I thought it warranted a mention. It’s not like there isn ... bus driving through Boston. I’m not kidding- it was early in the morning and I had just woken up to go for a run, so at the time I pegged it as a

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  Monday schedule... even though it's Tuesday. Just think of how fascinating an entry this is going to make! Well, it turns out that MIT is such an ... . Unlike most colleges, we get President's day off despite the fact that it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Students Are Cool: Brian Chan edition These are the kind of people that you will go to school with.

  

  how water-striding insects propel themselves on the water surface ... strider (right).  Image courtesy of B. Chan.  It turned out that Brian ... modest person so I don't want to embarass him by saying how FREAKING

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Cake-offs, chariot races, and salsa dancing

  

  May 4. It was organized by the governing bodies of the fraternities ... the Greek Week Champions. Here are the different events and how they ... girls play football and guys are the cheerleaders). Points based on how

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  universities? How might you know whether or not MIT is a good match for you? We ... components, the deadlines, what makes an applicant "competitive," how we make ... we can. Money and financial aid will be discussed. How do you apply for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  years and here I am a senior at MIT. Interesting how that happens ... an important question is how did I end up here at MIT? Well, let's take ... . You're in college now." Here's the catch. It's MIT, a place with as many

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• 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