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• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  UROP supervisor and sent along their greetings. (Science is kind of a ... there's never a truly huge number of people applying to one program. If ... : 6:45 AM -- Arrive in Boston. I actually sort of slept on the plane

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  , President Reif joined hundreds of other university Presidents in signing an ... 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

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

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  Growing up, I admit that I watched a decent amount of television. I ... shaped sculptures in the sandbox with my friends. The magic of television ... down with a case of the sniffles and the best place to curl up and nap

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Under the Dome A full day of free fun at MIT

  

  -off event to the Cambridge Science Festival) What kind of free things you ask ... for sure. A day of science? Seriously, mom? “No, not just Science ... chase. On April 30th, from 11am – 4pm, MIT will be offering 160 different

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  chance so I'm not applying." There's actually a number of problems with ... school who applied to MIT. Two got in. Both of them are xylophone players ... does your computer offer you in comparison to how many units of utility

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  studied Engineering at the University of Havana before coming to the US in ... . "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the ... teaches us about the FUNdaMENTALs of design and we have guest speakers share

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  from a library book about reproductive biology, with a degree of ... none of my classmates understood what I was talking about or indeed had seemed to pay me any attention at all (this was a recurring theme of my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  "philosophical" it is LOL) So hello from the other side of a terrible week of ... midterms in three of them (Spanish 4, Biology Lab, and Organic Chemistry ... last 40 hours because of studying for the test). Sigh. Any hints on how

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  brimming over with the effects of this phenomenon as it applies to all ... in the universe?" pointed to it, and asked "can science answer this ... that the limit of science merges with philosophy. That there's a point at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  honeymoon is over and you find out that it is a lot of work. The work is manageable, but only if you are not in 10 other activities outside of classes ... , we found science/engineering fun and easy; thus allowing time for us to

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  Associate Professor of Applied Science and Engineering at Olin College. At MIT ... we don’t normally think of entropy as applying to mathematical ... the 2600-Year History of the University, Online Learning Resources from

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  there were 9 of us who applied; I only know of four, including myself, and ... I've been unbelievably hosed the past few days doing a combination of ... rough draft of my paper. This is my last week in the lab, and I'm trying

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Another Type of Mens et MANUS There are 20 students in iHouse. We were in 17 countries this summer. Beat that.

  

  ignorance, and apply it to the situations. I think kids interested in science ... the Broad Institute, Co-Chair of Obama's President's Council on Science ... QUOTE: "My advice to a high school student interested in science as a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  disproven it. And that my smartphone – its tens of billions of transistors ... modern understanding of quantum mechanics. It's just... none of it... feels ... , anyway. Sure, I’ve seen demonstrations of the photoelectric effect and the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  hundreds of students solely with Indian citizenship apply each year, and in ... ) and Math (Course XVIII), but ultimately I graduated with a degree in Management Science (Course XV). Saad Zaheer wrote, "i was really wondering last

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Put a Ring On It 2013 RING PREMIERE!

  

  with which every MIT student hopes to graduate (aside from a diploma, of ... About three hours ago, a large majority of the MIT Class of 2013 filed into Kresge Auditorium for one of the most awesome events of this

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Froshmore oh to exist in a state of ~liminality~

  

  meche."]almost certainly[/annotation] finish my computer science degree ... a relatively new interest. During my freshman year of college, I was ... year of calibration for me in many ways, beyond just adjusting to a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 2, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.

  

  offer an alternative from learning from large freshman lectures (all of my ... also offers a more abstract approach of evaluating history through ... day, I'll be hopping on a jet plane, bound for the tropical island of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  . This is Professor Junot Diaz. This is a book that wrote, one of my all-time favorites. When I accepted my offer to come to MIT, one of the first thoughts ... varying degrees of notice (1 day-5 minutes). Left: Well, these guys kept

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  than 50 colleges and universities in Greater Boston, making it easy to visit a variety of colleges from one base. Most of the major universities ... offers something interesting for the entire family. (I know my parents

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006