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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class of 2009 Ring Delivery The '09s get our brass rats. We think this makes us like, so cool.

  

  than a simple piece of jewlery. First of all, it's huge. Like, as rings ... ," as we call it, is a Big Deal. Each class selects a ring committee which creates its own design specific to your class year. Then they reveal the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  Hypothesis if it is actually false." Last year I wrote an entry on a one ... 're going to adopt it for the incoming class of 2012. No no, not really. Well ... , I don't know if I should even bother applying to MIT, it's so hard and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PrimeShooter An addictive factoring game.

  

  My friend Shefali '04 sent me a link to an addictive math nerd video game which actually relates to the name of this very blog. It's like ... check out the Math Department here and its plethora of resources. Here

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Activate Party Mode! Auctomated dorm controls at East Campus.

  

  From the same file as the Disco Dance Floor... it's the Multifunction In-Dorm Automation System (MIDAS)! MIDAS is an elaborate automation ... have already seen this; it's been all over the Internet, including

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Awkward Moment A little anecdote.

  

  ) was promoting an energy campaign titled "Do It In The Dark." As part of ... prophylactics. After being handed said item, I quickly hid it in my pocket. My

  • by Bryan
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  sort of territory with my blog, but I think it's directly relevant to ... classroom. No doubt you've heard about it, as it is getting a lot of press ... right political debate. It's just not appropriate for an MIT admissions

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Decisions Are Not In The Mail Bad language on MyMIT.

  

  look into this; I have no idea why it's happening. Selection committee ... language didn't get updated as it was supposed to. Hopefully this will be

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  College students do eat real food! ...sometimes. I now present: the culinary adventures of Laura and April.

  

  meal for him: steak and potatoes. For serious. It blows my mind. So ... thought it would be a good time to finally try some real cooking. April ... of the floor...) It was nicer than most meals from home! (Oops, my mom

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.

  

  Folks, it is a sad, sad day in the MIT Admissions Office. Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor. His ... been answered at the end of it.)

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…

  

  I've been thinking about something since I left work today, and felt compelled to log it here before hitting the sack... Please, please, don ... world a better place, whether or not you go to MIT. It's the truth. -B

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  It’s been a whirlwind of a week. I initially planned for this post to have some sort of structure, but it's become a bit of a brain dump of ... or worse, it’s going to be over in three hours.  Projects, however

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  climbing the wall why so defeatist?

  

  bouldering with them (think rock climbing but without a rope), I thought it ... 't "count". The technique was all wrong, it was beginner's luck. After what ... tired of my routine. "It's like you're deciding you can't climb these

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • October 7, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  day one welcome back

  

  .701), even though I learned it during my time away from MIT. I didn't think my algebra class was very rigorous, and in an ideal world, I would take it again. But it probably doesn't fit in my schedule, and it doesn't fulfill

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  -dimensional puzzle; and in our post-genomic age, it has become an INFORMATION SCIENCE ... the model organism, I joined the Weng Lab 8 months ago. It has been an ... series, I decided to make an episode about some things I do in the lab! It

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  everything I learned from it in a bit. For now I want to start a series a blogs ... . To which I'd reply, yes, but it's not the actual class that makes Pistol a HT@MIT, it's the instructor Mike Conti.   Background I took

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  " - a probationary member, as it were - I was formally and officially ... I'm a brother, I can say without any reservation whatsoever that it ... me if I "felt any different" after Initiation. It's a simple question

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  , in which students were asked to write an essay analyzing its use of ... 't forget that it's a Frank O. Gehry building." Ling: "I don't think that you're going to forget that it's a Frank O. Gehry building." I actually really

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  , or CPW as it’s often written, was a scene that had unfolded in many of ... certainly get the gist of it. By the end of the first day, I was already ... too many windows (which I won’t name, but you can probably guess). It

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Comfort Matters A unique application process

  

  MIT's main lecture hall is in building ten. It's also room 250. Therefore, by MIT standards, it is referred to as 10-250 (ten two-fifty). It ... generally well-liked. I mean, it's a lecture hall, it's hard to love a lecture

  • by Snively '11
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  feelings that you don't know how to name; that's okay, too. For now, just

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023