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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  defect in the game: The visible numbers turned out to reveal essential information about the digits hidden under the latex coating. Nothing needed to ... own consulting company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. One day, the story

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So, uh… help me pick classes I have no classes.

  

  interest in learning how to make forceful arguments in written form. Studies ... those has got to go. I will probably keep drumming if I make it in ... to know in terms of practical linear algebra after the quantum sequence

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  When I say that snow was a statistically significant factor in my choice of MIT, I mean it. I'm on a mission to spread the New England winter propaganda, and that means more snow shenanigans! This time brought to you by

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Fashion Free For All like the hunger games but we love each other

  

  come in and get clothes for absolutely free. From formal wear to scarves to warm fuzzy socks, there was truly everything at this event. The ... really refreshing to be in a community so supportive and kind! My roommate

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 26, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  logging in to MyMIT. Students who have completed their applications by ... because we’ll be in committee making decisions about Regular Action applicants and the comments will be closed. But we did want you to know a few

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  If I Try Really Hard, I Can Resemble Ernest Borgnine First stop on the tour: London.

  

  falling down? It really was sinking into the River Thames, so in 1968, the city of London put it up for sale to make way for a new bridge. Oil and ... ,460,000, and the London Bridge was dismantled block by block and moved to remote

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I painted a mural for Borderline! bird-erline mural

  

  in an art classroom. To get the straight edges for the background, I ... (I was born in Atlanta). Lineart It was weird to do color first and ... . #1) Graduate. #2) Paint a mural for The Borderline @ MIT. I got to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  heuristic get to you. MIT fraternities are very different from fraternities in ... I didn't include a lot of biographical detail in my biography ... finally gave out bids to some awesome freshmen (and a sophomore!). They'

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  IAP without learning a little bit, at least. Let's hop in the TechnoTime Machine and jump back 9 years to when I was in 6th grade, every weekend, I ... So the annual no-problem-set-fest known as IAP really comes to an end

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEGGGGGAAAAAAA! [by Danbee Kim '09] Music from Sonic, Donkey Kong, Final Fantasy, and more!

  

  composers in order to arrange and perform these songs with a live orchestra ... for a game set in ancient Rome, but I was ready to get back to the more ... 's associated with it's mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog. But instead of sitting in

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House: Where The Sidewalk Ends A tour of Next House!

  

  you! I chose to live in Next my freshman year because I wanted to be in ... two years in Next House. I like the description on the Next website, so ... on campus, with almost four hundred easy-going people who like to hang

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leslie Jones Was Here and I Saw Her can't believe I haven't posted about this yet

  

  I ended up getting to see Leslie in Kresge. sneaky far away ... de Florez Fund for Humor sponsored this free (to the MIT community ... didn't get chosen in the lottery, which was sad.   AND YET shout

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  I Wrote A Thing media and articles and no punctuation

  

  I wrote a thing It is an article about hospitalizations In particular, the hospitalization of my friend - she is named Emily in the article I also was in a Boston Globe article about stress There is a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 3, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Vroom Vroom! Hey! I know him!

  

  in his Facebook profile that led me to believe something big was going ... I have a friend named Charles Guan '11. He was my lab partner in 2 ... building something scary that does something awesome and it's fun to see his

  • by Snively '11
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Having Trouble Reaching Your EC? Some advice on getting in touch with your interviewer.

  

  are on this topic, a good thing to keep in mind is that when you do call ... [Editor's note in 2017: This post contains outdated contact ... sometimes takes a while to hear a response. Some of this may be attributed to

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Review Photos from the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair.

  

  This past week, I went to the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Indianapolis, Indiana. On Thursday, we had a reception at ... , I went out to dinner with a dozen of the 20+ MIT 2010s at Intel ISEF

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students: MyMIT Updated Important and cool new information on MyMIT: check it out now.

  

  tracking portlet (get your materials in ASAP if you haven't yet), links to ... their MyMIT portal today, including: Class of 2010 Guestbook. Sign in ... students admitted to the Class of 2010, as soon as this Saturday! Check out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  For My Fellow Coffee Lovers Out 3 choices will soon be 4.

  

  new neighbor this summer - a 24-hour Dunkin' Donuts, right in the ... coffee - yep, I think I could make that a daily event, especially in the ... going to turn into (first) a debate about whether or not DD's coffee is

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faster than a speeding locomotive. E=MC^2 serving up the most delicious physics problems since 1905.

  

  cleaning spam from my inbox. Join your fellow Student Pugwash members in the ... information on Einstein's life, the importance of the equation in today ... of Student Pugwash. Pugwash exists to address the effects of science

  • by Bryan
  • October 11, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the HASS Requirement?

  Institute's capacity for innovation.  MIT SHASS is home to research that has a global impact, and to superb graduate programs, all recognized as among the finest in the world. With more than a dozen academic fields, the