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  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about coronavirus for free this fall the new subject will be broadcast to the public beginning tomorrow, sept 1

  

  and Facundo Batista as they discuss the science of the pandemic during ... some of my advisees and helping them pick their classes. A number of them signed up for a new discovery subject being offered by Course 7

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  of science. It speaks volumes that an institution like MIT has a master ... mathematically challenging, but it's a wonderful survey of planetary science that I ... Last year, my class sizes were on the order of 100, 50, 60, and 20

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  to try to figure out what's at the edge of the universe. Is there a ... 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

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2017!

  

  old girl at nerd camp yelled at me for being part of the globalist ... dragon staff 3) It's time for those of you who might want to be bloggers ... blogger? The mission of the blogs is to help prospective students understand

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Day Eve Your questions as the May 1 deadline approaches.

  

  MIT Class of 2017!), that you're declining our offer of admission (it ... concerns? I am available, as are all of the bloggers, to field questions ... the fairest treatment of waitlisted students. If you need more time: If

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning a hackathon for students and instructors connecting technology with education

  

  award-winning makers of Snipmap, a Google Chrome extension made during the Festival of Learning Hackathon. Snipmap’s slogan can also apply to the Festival itself. FoL was organized by the MIT Office of Digital Learning

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 17, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Released TODAY @ 6:28 p.m.

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2017 will be ... .mit.edu Other facts: Almost 19,000 students applied for admission to MIT this ... year is very low; we had to turn away the vast majority of excellent

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  that getting into MIT would have been "the ultimate recognition of all ... sympathize - I know how it feels to pour a lot of yourself into something, and ... . And embarrassing. One of the worst parts is when people who believe in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  creation of plays about science in addition to discussing the cultural impact ... Dasgupta, Assistant Professor of genetics at Boston University; and Becky ... [by Ken Haggerty '11] As I walked into the main stage of the Central

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  came to claim their diplomas, I lost track of my friends as I was taking ... front while both my friends met Tim Cook outside of the bathroom."   ... MIT folks and wherever else MIT folks. I bet one of you is in space

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  -screencaps If you think you’ve just stumbled into the wrong part of the ... are no silly videos of me singing off-tune today. There are no silly ... ;dagger Juliet, the 1999 movie adaptation of the Shakespearean classic (or, as most

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  sorority. Laurie is currently in the process of applying to graduate schools ... CERN, the world's largest particle accelerator. A triple-GEM consists of thin layer of insulating material called Kapton sandwiched between two

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What other student activities can I do?

  You can do anything we already offer on campus, or you can start your ... what's going on around campus, or check out a list of active groups from the Association of Student Activities (ASA).
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  . For those of you with the stomach to watch, I offer you this video ... year, Chris Peterson summoned me back from my alumna grave to apply my treasury of comedic novelty photoshoot experience to pieing the bloggers in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  Thinking and Data Science). At the start of freshman year, I took an Advanced ... the second half of my freshman fall semester. I loved the class, applied ... reflecting on how I've spent my time outside of class. Of the various

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  As you know, we are hunkered down reviewing all of the MIT Regular ... a stressful endeavor. I know, I know! Applying to college is beyond ... three shows as of January 22nd. Proceed at your own risk... Battlestar

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And term starts again…

  

  catalogue. 18.310 (Principles of Applied Mathematics) Study of illustrative topics in discrete applied mathematics including sorting algorithms ... couple of weeks. In the meantime, I'll entertain you with a list of my

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  two of the entire outrushing universe of gas and matter and darkness ... . Okay? And universal history since has seen a kind of evolution of star ... property of the universe, is what blasted out along with everything in it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  MIT's campus complete with video clips and 360-degree panoramas of ... ...so bear with me. Me working on one of my planes There are a few constants in the universe, death, taxes, and MIT students complaining about how

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2020–2021 application cycle

  

  disruptions applied generally to the cancellations of activities and exams due ... our students, which they do. We regularly research the outcomes of MIT ... the predictive validity of our decisions with respect to subsequent

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 13, 2020