Search

Search Results

• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  fastest (and most fun) way to get through problem sets is to do them in a ... than its number at MIT, you know it's bad news). Each year, there are ... . I mean, what good does it do you to be competitive? Nobody would help

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  I like to break a mental sweat, too. Missed it by that much.

  

  and see if I responded. Can't repeat the past? Why, of course you can ... you fail to field a team. Well, you can't ever waste money, ever ... based on the skill level of your team so you get the fairest competition

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Number Münchners Eaten by a Trogglus Nicoise.

  

  easy getting to sleep on my unimpeachably soft MIT mattress is) . You can ... bloody severed mannequin hands. I can't think of any way that you could ... advantages and disadvantages. Advantage: no sand getting all over you, so no

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My Long-Overdue CPW Recap Better late than never!

  

  MIT." Here's what you guys looked like from the stage (can you find yourself?). Then Marilee spoke for awhile about how and why we chose you ... . Well, I'll show you what I have... The early hours of Thursday found me

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of The Bands takes over Bryan’s Blog Hostile takeover of Bryan's blog for the night.

  

  's blog for the day... Shaye: Are you sure this is legal? Yuan: Don ... hacking this account. Shaye: If by "hacking" you mean sneaking up behind ... of the Bands is an event held every CPW where ten local bands come to

  • by Bryan
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  two different artists can have drastically different lengths. So what ... one more measurement to see where it ended up. Let's try measuring ... . How do you measure a year in the life?

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Infinite] Quarter Mile quarters + packing tape + sore knees == help cure MS

  

  the brothers a dollar. Did you know that at the MIT Federal Credit Union they can turn a dollar bill into four quarters? Truly, we live in the future. A future where some of the world's best and brightest students

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet TOFU Warning: post may contain dangerously high amounts of "daaaaaaaawwwwww"

  

  awesomeness that is all of you, I wanted to share this different awesome thing ... characterize the Media Lab as being "the place where everything cool that has ... food product, can also squash and stretch. Clever use of compliant

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2008 We've updated the stats page.

  

  ? How many students were admitted Early Action? Luckily, I can refer most folks to our website, where we offer a plethora of numbers for any ... year's application cycle. Here's a quick summary of what you'll find

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Attack of the Giant Squid Attack of the Giant Squid!

  

  why are hypothesis was wrong. You can look at our presentation here. ... project where we would test a feature of the Hodgkin and Huxley model. My

  • by Bryan
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  building block of the simple nanoscale world. Nanowires can be used as a ... tweezers, which work using the forces of radiation pressure, where radiation ... that you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  can't get into an FPOP, what can I get into an MIT?” I figured DEW was worth trying anyway: best to get comfortable on campus before the ... substance abuse, where I learned that one can earn $30 for a 1.5-hour

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  fail, I will revive them from where I left off INSTANTLY in some way. No ... "I'll just get by this semester and be more organized next semester ... January that I can work on during IAP: 1. Simplify and keep track of my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  ice cream cone. Anyway, for a relatively low price, you can even get ... awesome. 2. Always bring your student ID with you, because you get half off ... guess you kind of get the same impression with the Old North Church in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  beach, though disappointingly, the Boston beach isn’t warm and you can ... me, “I’m happy you’re getting rejections! They’re important to show you ... bank, but aside from that, I didn’t get any resultant call-backs. I

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Funny pictures of me I wear a New Year's party hat. That's funny, right?

  

  You want to know the hardest part about this job? Entry titles. It ... having something of a get-together. It was just my aunt's family, a couple ... were other photos where I look even stupider): When the New Year came, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  arbitrary, and a two-month period before you can date freshmen kind of is, but ... conducive to functioning on your own. you'll also miss a lot of social and ... ability to do any of these things. you have to make time for your partner

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  North Wales. Unfortunately getting to South Wales would be 8 hours ... lonely towards the end of the month. But I did appreciate getting to see ... noticed this after getting called out for never using my knife at dinner

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  of the most important things, SLEEP. Make sure you get some at least ... lot of things that I've missed or forgotten about, so if you have any ... thing I suggest is getting a T-Pass. During the semester, I don't plan on

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  , seriously. I bet you all go to Star Trek conventions all the time. Do you know ... epithet. Q. (related to previous) Do you spend all your time studying? A ... way one can speak about this sort of thing), no. The MIT student suicide

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005