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  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was ... on behalf of MIT Admissions. I'll explain how FIRST and KC are ... , before most students now applying to MIT were even born. The goal of FIRST

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  organized by students — at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." And ... I think I get my need for notes from my mom. Every day of my childhood was a festival of notes. I'd wake up to a note on my bedside

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  Ever since I first visited MIT in the summer of 2007, I knew that the Institute was quite literally like no other place on Earth. All I did was ... talk to some of the current students. I was on campus for a grand total

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  is everyone growing up without me? we're only getting older

  

  The other day, my friend sent me photos of herself trying on ... the grand scheme of things, it felt odd to see a couple that had met ... status for a truth is” and videos of ourselves upending a bucket of ice

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  assume that I am pre-med, or else shudder at high school memories of ... 't either of those things. Biology is an incredibly challenging, multi ... majors: 6-7, 7, and 20. I am fascinated by the workings of complex systems

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  recently. 1. Steven Levitt (author of Freakonomics and MIT PhD) came to ... Quadir (head of MIT's Program in Developmental Entrepreneurship and founder of the Grameen Phone program) spoke to our D-Lab class a few weeks

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  “Massachusetts Institute of Technology” is a name with 37 characters, 12 syllables, and a state name that I am still completely incapable of spelling. Luckily for the sake of our collective sanity, however the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  Hacks and meta-hacks

  

  "Massachusetts" in "Massachusetts Institute of Technology", replacing banner put up ... of my hall's freshmen, when one of them noticed something odd in the ... friend had noticed was that several of the buildings had tiny stickers on

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  Currently at Au Bon Pain in Harvard Square awaiting the arrival of ... ... try the Kickboxing PE Class Looking for History of Magic, try: 21A.211 ... Introduction to Astronomy Looking for Care of Magical Creatures, try 21H.909

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  ’s 48 degrees and I can’t feel my toes.) I’m not the only one – many of my ... Oh, the joys of being in college. Finally, we’re independent! We can ... . (Actually, I’d still get a full(ish) night of sleep every night even if I did

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  of just helps me gauge my offers and remember my goals. Blog every ... coding conference (2020) - Accomplished. I had the great fortune of getting ... museums! I went to New York this past April and visited the Intrepid Museum

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  professor teach? [answer at the end of the entry] I remember sitting in my ... ) next to a friend of mine from Singapore. At the time, he was the only ... scorer for Singapore at one of the international science olympiads. I had

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  ’s getting ready for summer classes at the Massachusetts Institute of ... Today, we continue the series Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ... seem out of reach because of where family lives, but is that always true

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  of the Institute wanted to make a new interconnected technology complex ... quickly ran out of room. There's an incredibly interesting story to how MIT ... ," which allowed it to move to Cambridge and build the core of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 4 Finishing Exams and The Future!

  

  of things that are making me happy but there were these pesky exams ... Growing up there wasn't a kid at school who didn't dream of robotic suits and futuristic extensions of the human body, whether it was Doctor

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Renewable Energy in Spain

  

  bridged through the aims of technological innovation, regardless of ... Vivian Dien Class of 2013 Materials Science and Engineering w/ a ... at exploring different methods of solar cell characterization and

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 24, 2011
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is CSAIL?

  of the world’s most important centers of information technology ... When people think of MIT, they think of computers, robots, and internet—CSAIL is all of those things. The Computer Science and Artificial
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  of our core economic and social institutions. He believes it’s time the ... Yesterday, the Thiel Foundation announced the first class of the "20 Under 20 Thiel Fellows." Though actually numbering 24, all of the Fellows

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  I graduated My brass rat is upside-down and my dorm room is bare

  

  train with my family, and Boston is now out of sight. I haven't managed to ... across the front of the student center and almost all the way to Mass Ave ... or so. Inside Johnson, I was struck by how many people in the Class of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mechanical Sense of Humor My Course 2 lab instructor is amazing.

  

  .671 (Mechanical Engineering Institute Lab Class) experiment, but I had to share with you the following, which was the first page of the background reading ... group of people in a pub in London, and when they find out you are a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 29, 2007