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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar.

  

  discovery of pulsars. A pulsar is the tiny (~12km radius) super-dense spinning

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  enroll about 12% of the nation's students, those students are responsible

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  This Monday and Tuesday, undergrad volunteers banded together in a roomful of Institvte phones to individually congratulate and chat with each of the freshly admitted candidates for the class of…

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes and Casting and Birthdays, oh my! What are "Things That Wake Me Up at 9am"?

  

  ) are well versed in.  Also meeting with Shaymus '12, a senior in course 3

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 29, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  environment, which, as Chris M '12 has posted before, is tough. And while the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  With enrollment deadlines imminent, you can always use an extra perspective to help you make sense of the decision that, though it won’t make or break your life, will shape…

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  , Eliana '12, Patrick '11, Yael '13 [front]; not pictured is Rai '11.) Our

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  classes are 12 units at MIT), and I have been spending well over 30 hours

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Always Moving Forward: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston MIT has the nation's leading running back in Division III football?!? And he's a Computer…

  

  . The school was nationally ranked in 12 sports last year. Football

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline: Your Questions [Updated] With the Early Action deadline fast approaching, I'll try to answer some last minute questions.

  

  -to-date, but please recognize that processing can take 1-2 weeks. You do not need ... /29 12:15pm update] Tani asked, "I know that the best scores from the SAT 1 ... takes 1-2 weeks. Lindsay asked: "I was wondering if it would be okay to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  up those requirements. The swim test is ~1/2 the width of the Charles

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  It’s unfair, I admit: I’ve rhapsodized aplenty about Manhattan’s food dives while glossing over the restaurants at MIT’s doorstep. What’s worse is that one year ago, I vowed to leave…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  Hard to believe July is nearly gone eh? Yup in just a few short months all of you prefrosh will shed the “pre” (presumably through the use of “prease” if…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  to do a good job and impress everyone. I worked 12 hours a day and was

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus visit, revisited In which I dissect the campus tour/ info session and forget to clean up afterward

  

  It’s raining. I’m sick. No lab today, because the postdoc in our group also picked up whatever viral assemblage has been partying in my lungs lately. Circumstances are ripe for…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  Wow. You guys asked some hard questions! And a lot of them. No worries though, I’ve transcribed here every question someone asked me, (unless they specifically asked I not post…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  I’ve done a couple of posts about life at MIT, so I figure it’s time to turn the attention specifically to you, the wide-eyed and apparently confused applicants. I’m not…

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  a bit. 12:15pm. I meet up with a friend for lunch at Cosi, one of my

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hodge-Podge Random things from a random guy.

  

  really cool. 12) Sometimes I wonder if, before I spend a large amount of

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  your niche. Freshman year I considered an EAPS major (course 12), DEAPS

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008