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• Blog / How to Human

  selecting for obsession

  

  the colors and textures. “It felt like magic,” he told me on one of our ... This morning, I was Googling Chris to find a photo of him, and was ... don’t feel out of my depth. Chris is starting his PhD in the fall

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Nerd Love Beauty and the Science!

  

  they crack under the pressure of my enormous good looks. The pimples on my forehead allow my friends to play connect-the-dots on the go, and my ... One of the stereotypes of sci/tech/engineering schools like MIT is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 25, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school

  

  traditional streets of Chengdu... are not statues! ;P Moving on... the real ... appointment. The landlord is kind of sassy. She owns both apartments on that ... . That's all for now! Most of the group I'm working with have gone on a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  of homework, with a fourth packet due this coming Monday. I've done fine on everything, so that's good. I've also been fitting in some fun ... action admits -- they had a meet&greet sort of event for students

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  to do very often." It's a speech written on the occasion of Schwartz ... . "These are all different ways of getting ideas from one head to another ... 's giving was even featured on the MIT homepage for today, which is how you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Walter Lewin ESG Lecture Oh, you know, only one of the most famous Physics Professors of all time

  

  Friday Luncheon. A close friend of ESG's 8.012/8.022 Professor Paola, he sat with us and answered any question we threw his way. Taking the most ... minutes of glory. After time was up he surprised us all with signed

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ask me (an mit alum, maybe) anything! aka, am(amam)a

  

  friends, refreshing some of my math knowledge, incredibly weird technology ... figured I'd say hello to all of you lovely folks in the style of Qiaochu Y. '12's post from the time of yore with an Ask Me Anything! If you

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 12, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  look around at the group of people who were still working on this after ... on February 28th, the 18,239th and final piece was placed into the puzzle in private dining. In all of the reviews that I saw while doing

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  impact of his musical leadership is felt on four continents." His guest ... construction: the intimacy of a children's orchestral rehearsal up on stage in ... Facetiming on his iPhone with a woman who I presume was the mother of one of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  the 30-minute read, except for the new guy (that's me). My average is ... that it's taken me an hour to summarize and pull out all of the meaningful stuff in 10 minutes. Plus he can do it in the middle of the Diesel

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my semesterly planner mentally preparing for the trials ahead

  

  ritual to prepare for the start of each new semester. I think some bullet ... In less than a week I'll be hopping on my flight back to Boston, and ... digital calendar simply wasn't going to cut it. Instead, I took advantage of

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • August 18, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So we’re actually *identical* twins which is surprising to absolutely ... no one

  

  zygosity of same-sex twins based on the number of placentas, is in the right ... the last last cohort of bloggers, and if you remember reading it when ... misinformed about their babies, with 179 parents of identical twins mistakenly

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 27, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Film! [by Nathan '14] Documenting Science Through Video and New Media

  

  .064J/21A.339J (Documenting Science Through Video and New Media).   It’s ridiculously cool. In the period of one semester you learn how to use serious equipment to create a film. Above is a photo of me

  • by ARTalk
  • November 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  while I was cleaning things out for the new semester, a gentle reminder of ... and formulas on their limited sheet of paper that they have condensed ... them and to think on my feet. One of the biggest differences between

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exploring the Outdoors! In Kresge that is...

  

  awesome hands-on class that gives students a taste of what it takes to ... into finals :) Best of luck to all of you waiting on your decisions ... At the end of fall semester, I look forward to one thing. No, it

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 14, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application now available Apply now at MyMIT.

  

  ability to track the different parts of your application. On your My ... Educational Counselor (EC), within a couple days of registering. You should ... will submit your part of the application online via MyMIT. However, if

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tuesdays with Linda It's kind of like making smoothies but not.

  

  in the Griffith Lab which is part of the Biotechnology Process ... of the things that people are also often interested in is how they got ... possibly interesting to me. Not having much exposure to a lot of research

  • by Bryan
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 7

  

  finally got around to reading a bunch of articles from the MIT News Office, including one on some awesome undergraduate research. A snippet: An MIT ... remember" is lead author of an upcoming paper announcing the discovery of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question Part 2 An extension of the previous thread, which grew quite long.

  

  Quoting Prashant from the last thread, "Number of ways to compare two applicants from a pool of 10,500 is 10500(C)2 = (10500!)/(2!*(10498!))" I don't need to win the USAMO to know that's a lot of ways. What a lively

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DarkMatters, Green and Wild, Chocolate Cake and Raspberries around here lately (with pictures)

  

  ," a night of spoken word, collective art, and informative camaraderie. I ... months. It heartened me to be in that room, with the coolest collection of ... justice instead of problem sets for a night. The week continued. I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 6, 2014