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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s happening with the Digital Currency Initiative developing blockchain technologies here at MIT

  

  distribute $100 in Bitcoin to every MIT undergraduate as his final project for the class I was teaching. Which, by the way, is not a bad final project ... the Digital Currency Initiative (DCI), based at the MIT Media Lab. As

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  Center, implemented by the Registrar and IS&T, and promoted by the MIT ... of the political process and we believe that MIT TurboVote is one of ... tl;dr: As of this fall, any member of the MIT community can use Turbo

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class Crossover Using engineering leadership while stuck on the wrong side of the internet

  

  ’t get to any sites that ended with .mit.edu whereas if you were on your laptop trying to use the MIT network, you couldn’t get to any sites that ... activist Aaron Swartz, the hacker group Anonymous allegedly attacked the MIT

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  interview. First, it is your responsibility to arrange the interview. You should check your MyMIT account to see who your interviewer is and give him ... accurate). A description of the current interview process is posted here

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)

  

  From the comments on my last entry, the mean is 3.21748954013248 and the standard deviation is 1.07001670365812. These two classes are ... Department in fall, 2006: The Challenge of World Poverty. The class is intended

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Important Information about your Financial Aid Application Track your status on MyMIT

  

  use this email: sfs@mit.edu or call 617-258-8600. Admissions officers ... logging in to MyMIT. Students who have completed their applications by ... the earlier your application is completed, the earlier you will have

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Valentine’s Day Eve Day. What? Also. BEN FOLDS.

  

  + Valentine's Day card. End memo. First, and most importantly: BEN FOLDS IS COMING TO MIT. So every year we have this thing called Spring Weekend (the link is to last year's site), which this year falls around Drop Date, the

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What Am I Forgetting? A helpful guide.

  

  to go to or from MIT...so I would, almost inevitably, forget one vital ... friend Waseem '07 introduced me to this little site he made, which has cured all my packing woes: whatamiforgetting.mit.edu Short, sweet, and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 25, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Have Your Cake & Drop Date Too The Baker House Piano Drop, and the Spring Weekend Concert.

  

  One of the biggest events of the spring at MIT is always "Spring ... MIT students can "drop" a class. MIT is fairly flexible about things, as ... .'" Now the Bruno, like the Smoot, is a uniquely MIT unit of measure. Brush

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  , Italy through MISTI’s (MIT International Science and Technology Initiative ... what I can only imagine is how living in a bachelor pad feels like. I had ... U.S. counterpart shrivel out of weakness. The mixture is so thick that

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / Events

  LeaderShape 2012 Six unforgettable days.

  

  Shape, as detailed by MIT's Division of Student Life, is as follows: MIT LeaderShape is an intensive six-day leadership development experience that ... students will develop a community among their peers, facilitated by MIT

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  No Touching one plane, two planes, red plane, Corn Dog

  

  has more girls than guys." She had a point--the MIT team is in the ... Remember, kids, consent is sexy--so ask for permission before touching somebody else's airplane. This is important when you have 80 teams

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  's response. I WANT IT. (My birthday is January 10th.) Right now I'm supposed ... . 2.003 is basically just advanced physics, you study things that move ... that is. Sigh. It's one of the obnoxiously less satisfying questions you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  MIT is filled with people who are just plain-old really smart, motivated ... 's US team is at MIT) Of course, these weren't the only MIT freshmen at ... Trivia: Which MIT Professor was the top scorer for the first US

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t Read This if you Already Go to MIT My life is good and I get plenty of sleep. Please don't hate me.

  

  number 4: This is where it starts to get really good. I'm hoping the MIT ... with a company I am CRAZY about! Stroud Consulting is a relatively new ... ’m playing Waker. Waker was developed at the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT game lab this

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  Summer is a great time to visit colleges in Boston. There are more ... roads) is not necessary. And Boston is an exciting, historic city that ... loved getting to visit me here.) MIT offers information sessions followed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  Mollie has decided that she doesn't want to write any more "this is ... my terribly interesting life. This is my first ever blog entry ... in the universe, death, taxes, and MIT students complaining about how

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  if it was possible to defer enrollment at MIT. According to this site ... is much more hardy than the acrylamide gel). As you might notice, a ... three-week-old mice is that they can jump really high. And they are really

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  As you've probably heard, Southern California is being devastated by ... flexible as possible regarding applications to MIT. We are willing to work ... with us when the time is right for you and we'll be happy to work with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  example, I think a lot of schools abroad don't realize that MIT is a ... of place at the conference, since MIT is different than many other ... are considered in our admissions process. MIT is lucky enough to not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005