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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  Director of Collections & Curator, Science & Technology and the senior editor of MIT News at MIT Technology Review, respectively). We ... tying it back to the origins of MIT becoming synonymous with technological

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  place with a new language. It's difficult. I'm envious of those ... fraction. And our institute often works with foreign research institutes. I'm reading a thesis of a friend; he could have written in English

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  spread additional awareness of what MIT offers to help people on this day ... on Her Arms  - National Institute of Mental Health - National Suicide ... Garment District and got $10 rainboots, and dug through piles of discarded

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  Content warning: brief mentions of anxiety, BPD, hospitalization Hi ≧◡≦ , my name is River. Just like most people, I had dreamed of coming to ... spring here! Yet, despite all those years of dreaming and planning, none of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  interested in engineering, Berea offers a 3-2 dual-degree engineering program ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... people, and came away with a few new ideas. One of the most interesting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of ... As many of you know, there has been a lot of uncertainty in the ... and mission that unite us." One subject of uncertainty since the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer a list of verbs

  

  offer with a pretty number. Of who I would become if I accepted. People ... I've spent most of this summer in Cambridge, Massachusetts, staying ... dryer. The ends of my hair have withered and splintered, and my face has

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 25, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  .e. a trial, etc.). IDHR also offers various support resources outside of ... -Descriptive Mentions of Homophobia, and Discussion of Trauma ((Some Author’s Commentary.)) This has been one of the harder admissions posts for me to make, but one

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / Events

  DATA FOR BLACK LIVES this weekend at the media lab

  

  talked about the the power of technology and data science to bring change ... critical lens to the algorithms and technologies of the present that we apply ... is a Black secret, a technology of resistance birthed as their lives

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 18, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  471462f4073[/embed] I've been contemplating the future as of late. With just a semester of my undergraduate career left, it's hard not to. Every second of my time seemingly is spent thinking of what will be and I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  practically done everything my school has to offer and am also the president of ... institution. Just this weekend a friend who is in graduate school at one of ... application. Some common supplements we see would include: recording of your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Does the Khan Academy offer practice SATs?

  , and tailored feedback offered by the popular nonprofit learning website Khan Academy. Students can access hundreds of previously unreleased
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors

  

  , part of the the Institute's new front door in Kendall Square. The new ... beneath the spreading canopy of the World Famous Technical Institute be ... institutional tradition of full-spectrum color, as seen in our alumni magazine

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 28, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  different type of technology." "I have a few product designs on the market now ... 's your favorite part of your job?" President Hockfield: "You. The students." They talk back and forth about Sam's dream of becoming an astronaut and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-ing the Weekend (Guest Entry) ...even though it is technically two days longer than a weekend.

  

  varying degrees of involvement in extracurricular activities. There was an ... activities that spanned the course of the four days. Have nothing to do? Look ... MIT campus sits on the side of the Charles River, and the sororities and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  playground of optical physics and offers to give you plenty of brain candy if ... to Wikipedia, and two of them offer interesting solutions to Aviv ... reflecting off a surface at an angle of around 50-60 degrees from the normal

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  "technology" in the more general sense. "Life of a Tecker" was the title of my ... know a lot of stuff about the inner workings of the Institute. They need ... technology?" Here's the story: I went to a school called High Technology High

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Events

  LeaderShape 2012 Six unforgettable days.

  

  President for Institute Affairs and Secretary of the MIT Corporation), who led ... ? This: (video credit: Tony Eng) The official description of LeaderShape, as detailed by MIT's Division of Student Life, is as follows: MIT

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  classes, and some of you are probably curious about the classes offered at ... .05 (Biochemistry) Contributions of biochemistry toward an understanding of the structure and functioning of organisms, tissues, and cells. Chemistry and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Although most of the time I coast through my days in lab in a whirlwind of science glee, I have to admit that every once in a while, the lab ... -- and yesterday, the complexity apparently got the best of me. When I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006