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Blog / About Decisions
In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine
following quote: One of the most important things about college is its role as a socializing institution. College is a place where you meet all sorts of people from all sorts of backgrounds and you learn from each -
Blog / Academics & Research
Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is
microscope again, and I was going to take pictures of the lab and our equipment ... of the more senior lab members. Morgan's lab is primarily concerned ... sends an electrical signal to its end which causes little packets of -
Blog / Academics & Research
Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability
founder and CEO of Sela. Sela is a technology company born out of Chi Nnadi ... penetration of mobile technology and connectivity in rural regions. Hassan ... some of the first government-sponsored adoption of blockchain technology -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
We, the people
science and technology. One of the biggest reasons I turned down a job on ... As you know, I'm a big fan of Indian Bollywood movies, and last night was the premiere of Swades, the latest film from Oscar -
Blog / MIT Life
Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.
're smart. I'm not, so I spent most of the vacation on Reddit or Facebook ... leave my computer. In Next, wings are halves of floors, either the East or ... help build a sense of community by ensuring that everyone is friendly -
Blog / Events
Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.
by Dr. Roderic Ivan Pettigrew, the director of the National Institute ... Institutes of Health (NIH) to several judges and Harvard Medical School faculty ... In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people
This week was surreal, like turning pages in a book of moving ... Body of the State Thursday afternoon, Thomas DeFrantz, a former MIT professor and current professor of African-American Studies and -
Blog / Classes
tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet
After a short burst of productivity in January, I proceeded to not ... ’ drought look good out here. The lack of writing was complicated… it was not out of not wanting to, but nothing manifested even if I got a few lines -
Blog / Events
Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014
of 2014 will join them as alumni of the Institute. The 148th ... Storify, or via #MIT2014 on your social media system of choice. I must ... of 2014, including Anna, Emad, Kate, Natanya, and Tom, were the first -
Blog / Events
A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…
myself sick and just laid in bed the first two days of the hunt, feeling ... headquarters in building 12. I left after 5 minutes and returned with a can of Oust air sanitizer and a pack of Pringles chips. I worked on some puzzle -
Blog / Athletics
Photophobic
As I lay face down struggling to move in a puddle of 40 degree water ... strange white glint out of the corner of my eye. I turned my head as best I ... my mind reeled to remember the name for it. Then all of a sudden I -
Blog / Events
Underneath your curves (Free) sample problems from MIT's integration bee this year.
of my generation destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical..." Hello readers. I've had an overwhelming number of requests for sample problems ... in 40 cloves of garlic, which incidentally take a surprisingly long -
Blog / Academics & Research
Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.
. These were Masters students working as part of their degree. Laura ... program. As the daughter of Italian immigrants, she was very excited about ... the weekends and spent a week at the end of her internship traveling to -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (
States in order of the percentage of workers in STEM (Science, Technology ... National Science Foundation released a ton of statistics as part of their "Science and Engineering Indicators" report for 2010. They compiled a lot of -
Blog / Admissions
That’s where you’ll find me Where troubles melt like lemondrops, Away above the chimney tops... my CPW schedule.
Appropriate Technology & Sustainable Development Fair, 6pm, Thursday CPW ... , 3:15pm-ish, Friday Presentation of New Undergraduate Curricula in ... :17pm-8:17pm, Saturday Battle of the Bands, Saturday night CPW -
Blog / MIT Life
Reality is merely an illusion… Ben : The OC :: Sam : ?? . Oh wait, you took the new…
. Sure enough... Eng holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from Rhode ... coolest person of all time. No, really. So, I'm MIT's biggest fan of reality ... be of age. Then I just need to find a partner. I need somebody who can -
Blog / Academics & Research
The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…
The next few months of my life are pretty well planned out. I'm going ... there. But mostly I'll be taking classes. Thesis Do a lot of work and ... Theater: Scenery The final component of my theater arts concentration. This -
Blog / About Decisions
Class of 2021 Wait List Today, we have closed out the wait list for the Class of 2021.
The May 1 reply deadline has come and gone, and we know many of you ... , we had a record-high percentage of admitted students choosing to enroll at MIT (also known in admissions parlance as the "yield") of greater -
Blog / Academics & Research
Techfair technology, stickers and internships
semester, Techfair is a student run career fair that showcases some of the biggest names in technology, student designers, innovators and entrepreneurs ... you leave the paper resumes at home in favor of "dropping them" online