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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A question for you… No seriously I have a question

  

  What is a scientific/engineering topic that you find most difficult to understand? I'm going to try to doodle explain it the best I can (I'll explain why later) in a blog post. Some categories to think about

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Application question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions? Answering FAQs about the awards section in the MIT application.

  

  message is this: there is no wrong way to fill out this section. Don't worry about putting an award in the "wrong" section, as there really is no best ... talents, you have done this section correctly. I hope this is helpful!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Results from the Photo Scavenger Hunt On the bright side, there's alt-text!

  

  --though if Schrodinger is to be believed, before posting the entry, I was

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Intermission Summer job: just kickin' it. And working at Pixar, too.

  

  Sometimes taking a little time to recharge is really all you need. I've been spending hours in used bookstores and swimming and taking deep breaths, and it's been.. really nice. That doesn't mean I've forgotten about

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MVEMJSUNP A contest!

  

  : Assuming that the new order of the planets is: Mercury Venus Earth Mars Ceres

  • by Bryan
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy 4th of July! Glorious red, white, and blue

  

  Ah, glorious government holidays! Happy Fourth of July! Enjoy the day off, free street parking, copious amounts of barbequed meat, and beautiful displays of explosives. That is... as long as your weather report

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  factors, one of which is how long selection takes. And as you know, we

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  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 ... is the brainchild of Igor Pasternak, whose privately-funded California

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzle: Are we going to win? another puzzle to stimulate your mind

  

  ? "Here is my schedule. I just can't seem to get the times right. I need a

  • by Bryan
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I started a joke… ...that started the whole world crying.

  

  law of sines! This is gonna be a tough puppy, but I think you guys can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Very, Very Important News That title is written to tantalize your RSS readers.

  

  Hi folks, Today was the 8th day in a row of selection committee. Everyone is super tired, but we'll all get a bit of a break soon and we're all feeling good about the past week's work. I'll post something longer

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 6

  

  long time, but I assure you, it is better not to rush such important

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What should I do if I’m deferred?

  If you're deferred during Early Action consideration, you don't need to "improve" your application, or redo/edit/modify your application. The only thing you need to do is submit the February Updates & Notes
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [liveblog] presenting at the Open Sauce maker expo! built a funky microscope with my friends

  

  My friends (Asal V. ‘25 and Isaac L. ‘25) and I built Waterscope, a microscope that uses water instead of glass for magnification. It’s cool because we can change the magnification continuously, which is impossible

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • July 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  Yesterday, we were promised a snow day at MIT. Although the snow ... work with at MIT these days. There's a lot to unpack here. (Indeed, I ... .2060. (Yes, we still do some things on paper at MIT.) A digital oscilloscope

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  . After starting a 10 week exchange program at MIT, Edward Tiong and Olivia ... City of Boston and MIT, because, seriously, look at these freaking things ... stuff that MIT helps bring to fruition every day.

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  When I’m Home Did you enter the PE lottery yet?

  

  does the average MIT student have to watch TV?" Throughout my first two years at MIT, I was always able to make time for the American Idol

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pervnert This entry is not suitable for children under 7 or finite-volume, compressible vapors.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The MIT PE Lottery for the fourth quarter starts today. Don't forget, Mitra! I solemnly swear to starr writing entries MIT again soon. But I was thinking today, as I sometimes do, when I am not doing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  : The odds of achieving this are a little greater when you attend MIT

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  hey hey HAYMARKET slicing and dicing all over the place.

  

  During the warmer months, every Friday and Saturday, Haymarket, a farmer’s market near the Government Center T-Stop comes to life. Saturday, my friend Diana and I thought we’d take a…

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2005