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• Blog / About Decisions

  Facebook. Because social networking makes you cool.

  

  ). For your benefit, so you can all get to know each other in one central Mark Zuckerberg-approved location, I'll suggest the group for this year: MIT Class of 2014: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&ref=search

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  π Day

  

  the National Academy of Sciences? I was there for the public exhibition of the finalist projects of the Intel Science Talent Search. I got to ... the meantime, thanks for all your thoughtful comments on the above

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  search for "pirate" above.) ... Here's one less thing to worry about when applying to MIT: Students apply to MIT for general admission and select a major at the end of the
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  her for life outside of the MIT bubble. I love hearing other students ... graduation. For most of my time at the Institute, I fully believed them, using ... for preparing you for the technical challenges you will face in industry

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ripping shirts and other clothing mods

  

  happening -- baggy metal shirts for long hours in shop, sleeveless shirts for the forge, cropped ones for social events that don't include bits of flying steel. One of the major joys of MechE for me has been the ability to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  road trip here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors…

  

  do I drive to? The short answer is "food." I go to Star Market for ... got lazy and started using Lyft more, for the convenience and also ... (only $15 for a 1-year subscription, and cars typically hire for $12/hour

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 21, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  I came into my office on Friday and guess what was waiting for me ... they're called that). For the next month, the admissions staff will be ... together and make decisions for each case. Finally, we'll put the decisions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  for the reason behind my renewed vitality until I'd made it through classes for the day, but now it's Saturday night, and I'm still feeling ... disposition's a little too chill for that now. We'll see how aforementioned

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  bestowed upon ten leading researchers from four different continents for ... could blog it for you. But I digress. Want to know the answers to the ... Chemistry (move over, Schrock) for proving, along with 20 student volunteers

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  at the same time hopeful that the students we couldn't find room for at ... honored to be a part of the selection committee for the Research Science Institute, a summer program hosted by MIT and run by the Center for Excellence

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  four I attended last year. I’ll keep you updated for more Boston ... Eagle, Banana Republic, and Uniqlo—a gradient for different budgets. You ... . When you get hungry, head to the Quincy Market (largest food hall in New

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  from Full House, was once the touring drummer for The Beach Boys? What ... film for numerous uses in the typical laboratory including the typical ... time, no possibility for the making of the product in any other thickness

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  questions I still have for myself and the things I think about as I search for ... side and that each section has much food for thought, so feel free to ... from waiting for Early Action decisions. Maybe these thoughts can help if

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school ... Mathematics (HCSSiM) Honors Summer Math Camp (HSMC) Program in Mathematics for ... Mathematics Camp (SUMaC) Women's programs SEARCH Summer Science and Engineering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  ) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products. From the website: In ... : opportunity identification; generating ideas; gathering customer and market data

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7PM ET! the premier product design class at MIT

  

  (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products ... ; gathering customer and market data; selecting ideas, devising concepts and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  @mit.edu   ~ For you first-time or novice traders, come try it out! See the state-of-the-art Trading Room. ~ Learn about market efficiency! ~ Compete ... the world of high finance; it will also serve as a powerful platform for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  Jones. For me, I was happy to partake in the Lab for Chocolate Science ... parentheses). I brought a nice mug I bought at the cool Korean market just north ... home for holidays with the family, and New Year's Eve with old MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Class Projects

  Watch the “Wild” 2023 Final Presentations for 2.009: Product Engineering Processes something to watch while awaiting decisions

  

  (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it’s sort of like FRC, but for products ... of products that spun out of 2.009 and into the market. I remember

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Now and Then and Maybe Later Tying up loose ends and weathering the calm before the storm we call "Fall Semester"

  

  apprehensive about joining a lab for the first time. I thought, “Wow, so many ... ://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/how_to_get_a_urop. Instead, clueless and confused, I asked for advice from upperclassmen who ... I can’t speak for the accessibility of research positions at other

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 30, 2014