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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  University in 2000 as a project of Hillel at Stanford; since then, it has ... Huang and Vivian Tang, works under the supervision of Camp Kesem National ... be one of many counselors who will supervise campers in August. “Kids

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wanna be on the Radio? (Update) CPW: T Minus 4 Days

  

  Thanks to everyone who volunteered to write a CPW Blog Entry. At this time, I've got plenty of volunteers from a wide array of backgrounds, so ... most of your CPW experience.

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus, version 2.0 More pictures!

  

  As promised, I come bearing more pictures, Some of these are courtesy of Hanna, Dorota, and Jake, all fellow frosh. Here are some from the ... lounge Some of the Haus frosh hanging out in one of our suites: In the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  As you know, we are hunkered down reviewing all of the MIT Regular ... three shows as of January 22nd. Proceed at your own risk... Battlestar ... of the idea of technological blowback? In other words, machines

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  21st Century Education? Food for thought.

  

  So I just read this article in Time Magazine about bringing schools out of the 20th century. So putting this in the context of your ... don't know know? 4. What type of environments are most conducive to

  • by Bryan
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? I. M. Pei, who graduated from the MIT school of architecture in 1940, designed the glass pyramids in front of the Louvre. "Agh, I ... two-second timer instead of ten-second." "You better run." "Don't worry!"

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  curious about and just aren't asking. One of them, I answered in one of my ... picture of MIT at night, looking out over West Campus. You can see the West ... large chunk of Cambridge, and part of the Charles River, with the Museum

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PrimeShooter An addictive factoring game.

  

  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 are a few other good math opportunities and resources: Art of Problem

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 play by play It slices and it dices.

  

  Her name is Betsy, and she got me to the finals of 2.007. This just goes to show you how lucky one individual can be. I actually thought ... -> 16 -> 8 -> 4 -> 2 -> winner. More pictures of some of

  • by Bryan
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  ). While technically you don't need any knowledge of 18.02 to understand 18 ... because of my awesome addition skills. (Kindergarden, remember?) As I got ... , and spends most of his time framing houses. He used to come home from

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Cross-Cultural Conference

  

  to expect, but here are some of the topics they are planning on covering: History of Diversity@MIT 1861 to present Cross ... Cross-cultural Ally Development Roundtable discussions on topics of choice

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Super Top Secret Spy Action Real Life Experience: Building a car in 2.007

  

  next few weeks, I'll be highlighting one of my classes in each entry. This week, I'll start off with one of my most popular classes, 2.007, Design and Manufacturing I. The basic goal of the class is to design and

  • by Bryan
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday Roadtrip Out on the open road.

  

  So this past Saturday, I set out on the open road with some of my friends for a little fun outside of the city. Step One: Acquire vehicle ... minivan or a sports utility vehicle. It was a strange hybrid of sorts, but

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Summary

  

  Today was the last day of 2.670. I had wanted to make a really cool ... that you want on a 3D CAD program like Solidworks (see image below of a ... engines and ran them at the same time: [] Here are some examples of pretty

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Is Found! The Mystery Hunt ends after 36 hours.

  

  What Bomb at Midnight in a refridgerator in the basement of E18. It was a great 36 hours of hunting! I'll post some fun puzzles in my next ... captained by my friend Dan '03. Way to go! Dan '03 of The Evil Midnight

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 15, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAP, and trivia answers IAP begins tomorrow.

  

  Tomorrow is the beginning of MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP)! IAP is one of the most fun times of the year. It is a time where students have lots of freedom and unique opportunities. Some students will do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Yay! A hack! Know what're cool? See title.

  

  name of the fictitious character who often takes responsibility for mysterious things that happen at the Institute during the middle of the night. My clever little paragraph up there is just a cute way of saying that a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Bernanke to speak at Commencement!

  

  by President Bush to succeed Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal ... history of the MIT Department of Economics and its graduates. MIT

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waiting (is the hardest part)

  

  no more than 30% of our class during early action. We feel that the ... that by leaving only a very small number of spaces for regular action ... classes, because of an increased yield (the percentage of admitted students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  On the hallowed grounds of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... forge enduring relationships and learn to acquire the tools of both his ... girls, and at first found kinship in the physical similarities of age

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005