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  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  former MIT Dean of the School of Science, passed away after battling cancer ... only was he a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and regarded as ... status of women faculty in science at MIT in the early 90's, which was one

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.

  

  , women account for about 27% of undergraduate students in computer science ... & Computer Science is 38% women. And even better, women are the majority of ... Last entry, I covered most of the questions that had been asked, but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It All Started with a Sound Board… [By Harrison Bralower '11] I was pleased to find that MIT had a very strong…

  

  production of Man of La Mancha and I got seated right behind the sound board ... mysteriously lit by the glow of the microphone rack who constantly shuffled their ... was actually a result of a few kids scrambling around behind the scenes

  • by ARTalk
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  water wars, lovecrafting, and 361 other REX events your annotated guide to everything currently unfolding on campus

  

  The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the Class of 2023 is ... Residential Exploration (REX), which is part of how housing is assigned ... time filled with tons of events that will help you get to know the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Ode to the Institute Better late than never.

  

  In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I decided to write MIT a poem. It ... ceilings, and old marbled floor, You house the echoes of students’ footsteps ... talking of long hours Projects, Psets, Parties, Psets, Performances, Plays

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  CPW, making a decision, and saying yes/no The clock to May 1 is ticking.

  

  to the MIT Class of 2013!), that you're declining our offer of ... Now that CPW has come to a close, the Class of 2013 is starting to come together quickly. The national reply date of May 1 is rapidly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Little Pieces of Living january & february & march & now, april

  

  lines of how machine learning, to some degree, is all about learning ... one of the MIT Priscilla King Gray (PKG) Public Service Center programs ... completely outside of my skillset -- this is how I ended up learning C

  • by Sara N. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  While waiting at a bus stop the other day, I witnessed one of the ... topic of winter coats -- a logical move given that it was fairly chilly ... cold, their thorough line of reasoning being that coats made one less

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  swimming in the back of my mind as I scootered across the bridge to my test ... . Puddles of water sprayed up onto my backpack, and I wondered if I would be ... moved onto the written portion of the test, where I assigned

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  So I'm sick right now. Again. It's some lovely combination of fever, nausea, and other TMI that I'll spare you the details of, but basically, I ... 's in part due to my winning combination of Pepto Bismol chased down by

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  experience in all the labs on campus. It's one of the many things that make MIT ... lab of a Nobel Laureate, get a paper published, and go to professional ... down to the bunkers of the basement of building 3 to work on my robot for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  about someone of color getting into college because of their race? The implication, of course, is euphemistically known as affirmative action. You may ... you were admitted on the basis of your merit. So should you report your

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Activities Midway Each year, MIT exhibits its 300+ student activities. Friday, I checked them out for you.

  

  represented one of my favorite student groups, the Lab for Chocolate Science ... event that showcases hundreds of MIT's student groups (you may have seen this over at Sam's blog). Of MIT's 300+ groups, approximately 250 of them

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  Finally, finally, I’m in my last semester of undergrad. I need three ... extracurricular activity, and I’m hoping to spend a lot of time on it, especially ... , and Social Sciences"]HASS[/annotation] elective I need to graduate. It

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  With the influx of the 24s terrorizing (see: joining) various Discord servers I'm a part of, I've realized that there are certain things about MIT ... there is...a lot about the school that a lot of people don't know about

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello world!

  

  Hello to all of you readers! I'm the latest student admissions ... 're one of his regular readers you might have seen me occasionally comment ... advice and chat about the UA (see fourth paragraph), of which he was

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Checking My Calendar I know I'll eat my words come late September, but I'm looking forward to three…

  

  University of Cambridge. Typical weeks, honestly. Now clearly, some of this ... The New York Times has had an interesting set of articles over the ... , while Europeans do something called "enjoy life". It reminded me of

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  first part of my summer working for the Massachusetts State Science and ... lots of surveys from previous science fairs and from classes given to ... one of these beauties: Usually when I don't blog for more than a

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers, Perfect and Imperfect Math geeking, and a guessing game.

  

  are pretty cool, and have been discussed at least since the time of ... corresponds to exactly one perfect number. If you're even a little bit of a math ... Mersenne primes. Also, I expect that the number of applications we received

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  fragments and bits of rhyme and little sketches of silly little science ... One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook and pen wherever I go. It's kind of like a journal, but I don't exactly

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013