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• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Computer Timesharing in the 1960’s an extremely influential solution to computer bottlenecks

  

  philosophy behind cloud computing. Cloud computing is the means by which data is stored, accessed, and shared across a network of servers on the ... actually in Building 26, which is now home to MIT's most well-known lecture

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... note that you do not need to express mail or overnight any part of your ... mail documents to us. All letters must be typed or written on official

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  afternoon, T-House is always on the list of potential restaurants.   ... , while I frequent the latter, getting to the former is more of a luxury ... downside is that if you arrive Saturday or Sunday morning, prepare to wait

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  Just 5 Days Left! Mystery Hunt begins in 5 days.

  

  inspired courtesy of my friend Pete: 100 folks are caught on an island by cannibals and put to the following challenge: Each shall get one hat of either black or white (unbeknownst to them). Then, they will be asked in

  • by Bryan
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] art and things zine making + what makes us, us + thank you cambridge + yomp

  

  ’s part of what makes things exhilarating or exhausting, depending on the ... ’s something on my mind, so I decided to create an illustrated collection of four ... nontrivial effect on the way that we navigate the world. This is the story of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting…the 2008 Brass Rat!!! As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to describe the unveiling…

  

  -growing infestation, one rat is chosen out of the many scurrying about campus to be ... played a prank on us this year. Actually, the Brass Rat is one of the most ... graduate. On the top of the Dome is our class number, 141, in binary

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  would you like to see us do blog entries on over the coming month or so ... Hello, Class of 2012! There's lots of fun stuff now on your My ... for CPW on March 31 or when your travel plans are solidified, whichever

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  DEALicious in which i counsel an FPOP and come out with free candy. also how to…

  

  ), one of the FPOPs (Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs) offered to incoming ... , or how another DEALer is the youngest licensed stockbroker... anywhere ... MassChallenge. All of these centers are unafraid to help MIT students of

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  EA, RA, and Transfer Updates Including the status of MyMIT tracking and the latest for those impacted by Sandy.

  

  interview now, or very soon.  The deadline to contact your EC is December ... documents. Do not worry/call/email if something is not showing up yet on your ... rescheduled to November 17 (or 18), please fill out this form. However, if your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Safari I sneak around taking pictures and videos at night.

  

  If I were to show you the following series of pictures, how would you relate them? Some of my favorite guesses? "MIT is obviously installing solar panels on the dome in order to conserve energy while the T

  • by Snively '11
  • April 28, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “The Flying Luxury Hotel of Tomorrow” The luxury cruise of tomorrow is sweet!

  

  year's worth of supplies to an offshore oil rig. "You can land on the ... Sci.comexternal link) -- This is not a Blimp. It's a sort of flying Queen Mary 2 that ... Aeroscraft is not lighter than air. Its 14 million cubic feet of helium hoist

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  going to be brief -- the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are all excited and happy to be at MIT... and they are full of questions, so I've been sapped of most of my question-answering energy... that or I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  more agonizing) - that is all actually just a portion of my day-to ... other aspects of our office. As a counselor on the Visit Team, I get to ... or take notes on visitors and add them to application files; but OTHER

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rethinking the Paris Metro I'm taking an awesome grad class that includes spring break in Paris. (Yeah, they're paying.)

  

  of the trottoir and have to wait a minute for your train, or for ... One of my five classes this term is sponsored by RATP, the ... the operation of the trains -- and new space is opening up where those

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you ... know Weekends, get it poppin' on the low Better days comin' for sure ... may have some questions, so we’ve assembled some answers to FAQs. Many

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  . So, every 4 years (or, in the case of years that satisfy yr# mod 100 ... freshman year of high school, this Leap Day is my freshman year of college ... : TODAY IS LEAP DAY! Leap Day, I'm sure you already know, comes from the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  New Server As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server.

  

  Hi folks, As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server. You'll probably notice better performance in page rendering right away; commenting is still slower than I'd like, but

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 30, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  danger!awesome firin' mah lazers...at basically any(every)thing

  

  , metal, and wood. Of course, it is not necessarily limited to these ... working on his own project, which appeared to be some elaborate three ... went to danger!awesome. danger!awesome is a laser engraving and cutting

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Reuse Poetry Giving things away

  

  was mispronouncing the name of a continent, or the way I refused to call ... portion of my clothing comes from or goes to pika reuse. I have also ... Appearing shortly on the bench outside of the first floor nautical museum is a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 13, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  understood eigenvalues, or the time we made it to the third round of NCAAs with ... was explaining why, because the human eye is innately attracted to ... the inky blackness of words on a page because honestly, when we have 198

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014