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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  earlier this year. (And, for the record, I think in the picture at right she ... for a solution after I had just given them one, which really irked me ... sure wasn't hands-on. "I had overprotective parents who convinced me that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  On Monday, I went to an afternoon tea sponsored by Course 21L ... you haven't taken a literature class at MIT (which I haven't), you ... chatted with us students about literature, science, and our summer plans. I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A Round Two Answers to some questions

  

  what are some of the classes/teachers you've particularly enjoyed? I didn't do enough justice to this answer, originally. Some classes I also liked ... shops that I frequent have sorbet and frozen yogurt as well. Ask ME

  • by Bryan
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  . As is my custom, I wore a tie today, out of respect for the applicants ... , undoubtedly, make selection even more difficult this year. I can tell already ... , we won't have decisions available by email, web, or phone. Tonight, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  It’s not every day… lunch with a celebrity

  

  , and then walk over together to the Forbes Cafe at Stata. I do hope that ... President Now it's not every day that you have such an opportunity, but I ... also at the lunch. Now I hope to motivate how statistically significant

  • by Bryan
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some a capella A concert by the MIT Chorallaries (7 pictures)

  

  It's Saturday night at MIT, and I'm taking a break from reading in my ... combination of Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler) and (I Just) Died in ... solos... I got to sit behind the sound guy! ;) And, for the grand

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Central Meetings Today, we'll mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the MIT meetings…

  

  previous years, I have conducted Central Meetings in Providence, St. Louis ... ), and Sacramento. Wow that's a lot of travel! This year, I'll be doing CMs ... California's Central Coast, so I'm pretty excited. As our Central Meetings

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  admissions at M.I.T., adding that she thought it was unfair to base decisions ... student's abilities. M.I.T. will not consider SAT writing scores next year ... very moment, I'm in MIT Room 10-250 with 500 or so other people listening

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  II of your choosing. For you juniors and sophomores, I highly recommend ... cost, I recommend taking three SAT IIs in June. I encourage you to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The DHL Fiasco I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who turned…

  

  could have been. I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who did the right thing. I was incredibly impressed with your integrity ... . These actions were heroic and I am so proud of you guys. People have been

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  Today's tie: blue/gray/slate-colored. I worked with Amy and a student today in my subcommittee, and we had great group dynamics. For lunch, I ate at the brand new Steam Cafe, a very yummy new dining option! I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summiting Mount Monadnock camping trip!

  

  Last weekend,  I went camping with my living community [annotation ... rain that sort of derailed our plans. I hadn't been camping since high ... approached, we drove to Sunset Lake to watch the sundown and skip rocks. I

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 18, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  When I say that snow was a statistically significant factor in my choice of MIT, I mean it. I'm on a mission to spread the New England winter ... of snow. Even better, right outside of the dorm where Siyi and I live

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  The Craziest 3 Days of Soccer Ever broken records, halloween practice, and senior day!

  

  season!! We just wrapped up our regular season, and I wanted to share the ... MIT Women’s Soccer all-time leading scorer!! I think this quote by my ... .” Indeed, she is. I have never seen any other player be so viciously shifty

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  semester, I’m taking 21M.370 – Digital Instrument Design! It’s a new ... [annotation note="For our first assignment, I made a synthesizer patch that ... [/annotation]! So here are a few silly instruments I’ve designed throughout the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  ="aligncenter" width="600"] a graphical representation[/caption] What I’ve noticed is ... appear creepy. So as any self respecting artist would do, I sought to ... screw with our brain’s perception of emotion. Therefore, I picked the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Black Panther 2 Plot (Totally Real) (Not Clickbait) (Please Click Anyway Though) Not a fanfiction about Black Panther (because I am not a fan)

  

  , no, I am not one of those people. Not just because I’m busy and generally dislike superhero movies, but because I know exactly what will ... simulations on an MIT-inspired neural network (i.e. after thinking about it for

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  The CrimZone. there are 2 impostors at harvard

  

  This isn't about cross-registering at Harvard. I was thinking about cross-reg, but I didn't want to overload myself this semester. It's about ... Orientation, when I decided on a whim to get a Harvard library card, which is

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  tl;dr Today I’ll be answering your questions about MIT portfolios in the comment section below. To tide you over before questions come in, I ... context of your entire MIT application. Before I continue, it is worth

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery 2021 meet me halfway

  

  something I've really been looking forward to, especially since I love dressing up and looking nice. But also because I think the brass rat is ... , eva s. '23, and i looking like the powerpuff girls lets goooo

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021