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• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Adam Riess ‘92 Wins Nobel Prize Riess was a Course 8 Phi Delt with a minor in History.

  

  Perlmutter and Brian Schmidt for "the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae."  He is the 77th MIT-connected winner of the Nobel Prize. My favorite quote from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  back at the registration desk since a little before 10PM. I'll get out of ... been right here with me the whole day; she is a total trooper. The good ... day! Me, at the beginning of CPW, still with tons of evergy! :-) Mari

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  the new application season for the Class of 2010. My first Admissions ... the swing of things tomorrow. It will be a little strange to be back ... continuing of the Meet the Admissions Officers series, a look forward to our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Cancer Research The history and future of cancer research at MIT.

  

  school, for more than 30 years MIT has helped shape the field of cancer research, from the isolation of the first human cancer genes to the ... Identified the molecules that led to two of the first FDA-approved, anti

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Thirteen Theses on Wide Tim In a world which really is topsy-turvy, the true is a moment of the false.

  

  from the preface and first thirteen theses of Guy Debord’s classic The Society of the Spectacle.' (1967) Unless otherwise credited in-image, all ... increases, so that the highest degree of illusion comes to be the highest

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  memorial for a dorm goodbye east campus (for now)

  

  need to have some sort of memorial service to commemorate the death of east campus and the death of this room in particular 62h306 today i remember the people who lived in this room before me of the several dozen

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 6, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  reception, I stood as a representative of the first university to get ... On the ides of March, I attended the awards ceremony of the Intel ... , it made me feel like I was at the Oscars of high school science. And

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  that one group of people walking down the Infinite who block up the whole ... of the hallway during rush hour.   When the MBTA bus finally ... this happens. "Typically a bus will be out of service going to the start

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Fair Season

  

  on the Time Traveler Convention. Anyway, check both of those out. Last ... fair was pretty successful, on the whole. I met some pretty cool students, and I didn't lose my voice =) The most popular question of the night

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  first voyage of sorts was to find food which is probably one of the ... traveller so the first thing I did was cover my pockets, but it was kind of ... So the first night in Rome was spent pretty casually. We arrived at

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  . Unless you are talking about the definition of inappropriate as described ... the essence of being a student here, and that's something we can all ... managing your time since the beginning of the semester. (Note to future self

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Spotlight: MIT stands with the people of all nations we are one MIT

  

  at the homepage Spotlight as of Friday and continuing through the weekend.     The purpose of this homepage is to reaffirm MIT ... post on the early history of international students at MIT, particularly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Maybe later

  

  yesterday the first day of spring. I was promptly informed that I would soon ... I was going to spend a couple of hours today formatting the many ... the FIRST regional. But then Adelaide came by and informed me that it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  by three hours of MedLinks training, but I got pushed off the front of the admissions page last night. Which means not only has it been too ... have tours of all the dorms during CPW, which you should definitely try

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  sitting with me for a while. I quiet them most of the time, but occasionally they come up, bile burning in the back of my throat, to painfully remind ... myself looking at my peers, feeling the painful sting of mediocrity. My

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  the class of 2019. If there’s an event in your area, you should ... taste of a few of the events this coming week. Check out your MyMIT portal ... the locations and times of the events listed below. Saturday &bull

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  , for the surprising amount of support and encouragement over the past few ... inducted into the Best of the Blogs, a great honor and my second post to do ... couple hours about the unbridled stresses of life and then hitting publish

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  am I? I'm Laura, and in my first entry ever, I introduced myself to the ... I don't know the first thing about it, so I guess I won't apply-" STOP ... really transformed into the type of person who leads those headache

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Next Big Mailing is out Choosing your email address, and more.

  

  The first wave of the Next Big Mailing (NBM) has been sent out ... longer remember, the NBM represents the transition of the newly admitted ... ://web.mit.edu/yourusername. Neither of these methods are foolproof, but they are good first checks

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  've forgotten so much of what I learned in the EMT class I took over IAP, and I haven't had a whole lot of experience on shift. The latter, though, might ... isn't all that useful. Channeling the spirit of "practice makes perfect

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010