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• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the notes i took in a week riveting stuff, i know

  

  itself focuses primarily on the computation aspect of the course- teaching ... ’m also taking a class on the history of science (STS.003), although for ... Not too long ago, my desk was covered in every variety of stationary

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 8, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  This blog post is about you. yes, you.

  

  of experience to go back on, and I can't reassure you about the next 3 ... 200 words for snow, here at MIT we sure do have a lot of words relating ...  combination of classes, psets, UROPs, sports, and trying to maintain a healthy

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  This is the time of year in which people start worrying a great deal ... of admissions decision letters. Joanne writes: Having worked in the admissions office for a million years, currently serving as the director of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  , alumni, and staff. On Monday, Andrew Fire, a professor at Stanford who ... amazing ability to turn genes on and off at their whim. I used RNAi during ... Biology at MIT when he was only 19! On Tuesday, George Smoot won the Nobel

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  that’s all you need.' — paraphrased from the instructor on the first day of MIT's pistol class [annotation note="unfortunately I was on the ... , helping share part of the effort. The more hands on deck, the better

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  what i’m doing this fall leadership tingz

  

  I'm excited about the fall! Since sophomores aren't on campus, I won ... finances? Me?? It's more likely than you'd think... I'm the treasurer of my ... finances is. There are a lot of contrived processes for things, so it's kind

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 2, 2020
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  chat this: HELL. FUCKING. YES. For those of you who don't know me ... movie on Netflix at least 14 times over, if not more, and read the first ... the second row of the theatre, but honestly not complaining, I could

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  sort of recovery from burnout. I took on absolutely no responsibilities ... I started MIT as a bubble of idealism. MIT was going to be AWESOME ... began the painful process of defroshing. I learned that, no, I was not

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  subject. Begged. We're talking knees, clasped hands, tears, and offers of ... 've gotten asked about bathrooms before and during most of my dorm tours I end ... in the comments), but I've had some experience with the bathrooms of

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  locations at MIT? For those of you just joining me, you might be wondering ... much entirely of pictures of me standing in front of various European ... that pretty much everybody is bilingual. No, really. A lot of people just

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  (this year, it begins at sundown on March 19). In the interest of keeping ... , the hundreds of people in attendance were permitted to vote on the ... Last week, six of MIT’s most illustrious professors gathered in 26

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: The 2016 Siemens Competition is now open

  

  limited to) those listed on our enrichment opportunities page. One of these ... they are currently working on or to begin research now with the goal of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 11, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  It's the middle of July, and my brain is so fried I'm punting on a ... questions on a Friday afternoon. Ben used to do these big roundup "answers to ... Disqus handles that kind of conversation pretty well now, so we can just do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Holidays And some final thoughts before the new year

  

  see that I too have grown. Here are a few things I learned on my own ... overwhelming, but give it all you got. Everyone’s afraid of failing. In each of ... , I just kept on working and got the grades that I earned. Whew! That

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got this video. Or rather, this sad excuse of one...

  

  the only one in my programming class who takes notes on paper, not on a ... is Peter Reddien, seriously the boy-wonder of Course 7 (biology). Apparently he was one of the most brilliant course 7 grad students the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  On any given day, you'll totally forget how awesome it is that you're an MIT student, and that there are people outside of MIT who ... this. I'm still working on the Ring Premiere entry, but a friend

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  HS Juniors/Sophomores: Upcoming MIT Events MIT will have events with Yale and Brown Universities in Southern California and the Mid-Atlantic…

  

  Beginning this coming Sunday, April 26th, MIT will be going on the ... describe common philosophies on admissions, financial aid, and more. Each ... counselor about the state of admissions. Counselors can RSVP at brownmityale

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  World Cup Challenge Results The answers and winners of the World CUp Challenge of MIT international admissions.

  

  The World Cup Challenge was a lot of fun! No one got a perfect score, but on the whole, people did pretty well. Below are the results, with the name of the country in each group from which MIT received the most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  culture was after spending our first years on Zoom]. Through all of this ... on my wing of Next House, I would need to just make that happen. And ... we (the class of '24s) were supposed to just get it. Like we were

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lambda Tea Two words: BOBA MACHINE

  

  proximity to so many creative and amazing individuals, and right now is one of ... DESCENDED TO EARTH The machine is the brainchild of MIT’s very own startup ... the most useful thing ever, why hasn’t anybody thought of that?” (My

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 4, 2017