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• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did an MIT grad start Khan Academy?

  Salman Khan '96 (18 & 6 and Class President!) and MEng '98 ... cousin, Nadia, in math over the internet. By the end of 2006, more relatives and friends were requesting help with their academics, so he started
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  on some kind of maturation pedestal - and it is worthy of the hype I ... came after 6th, and of course, college after 12th. College. Something so ... unjaded by the responsibilities and consequences of adult life. As much as

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Things That Are Awesome (And have been keeping me from writing recently -- Sorry!)

  

  ) this fall. It's basically a crash-course series of classes on education ... nitty gritty of discipline, lesson planning, and how to get students ... , rolling it up into katamari, and eating it! Here are some pictures of the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  TIIIINY amounts of force on TIIIINY objects, and measure the effects. For ... field, and not just lots of breadth.) 3) It's time to explore my major in ... ) is one of the kindest human beings I have ever met, and his office is a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  turn the dial to 88.1 hello caller, you're live on the air.

  

  . So last Thursday, one of my friends, Shaye, who has a radio show on WMBR, the MIT radio station, invited a few of us to go join him on the ... Up until last Thursday, my only on-air experience was the one time I

  • by Bryan
  • August 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  sorts of brochures and packets from everything that I was interested in. Just envision a fully-loaded, on-the-verge-of-exploding, drawstring bag and you'll have a comparable image of what my bag was like after these

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  in the long run that only degrades the full impact and true value of ... dedicate the full measure of their time, passion, and energies to admitting ... dreaming up MyMIT and the blogs, and to everything else that goes on behind

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

  

  small seminar-style classes heavy on reading and discussing the primary ... -- I can go into his office and plop down on a chair and whine about my ... near Columbus) Degrees: Biology (Course 7) and Brain and Cognitive

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  !) and I were hard at work in his suite lounge on Conner 4: Then Aaron ... snow had melted. That didn't stop us. Aaron strapped on the skis and made ... stopped to watch (and take pictures) of the fun: Not sure how much fun this

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  then rank your choices based on that and what you've seen of them, at ... Office/Grey's Anatomy, and went to four hours of straight classes followed ... worries; at the beginning of summer, MIT will send you a booklet on all the

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

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  MIT's leadership on this issue, and its continued commitment to need ... will shape and bring life to the MIT Class of 2010. ... As you've no doubt heard on email or from Ben's blog, we will, in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UEA Internship Panel

  

  Putnam Associates, The Office of Management and Budget, The Brookings Institute, UBS and Lehman Brothers. We'll give you the low-down on everything ... and government. I had the honor of being the moderator for this

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Transfer Decisions Will Be Sent Today see title, more or less

  

  on their application. The emails will be sent at 5 PM Eastern today, May 7, and you should receive it shortly thereafter, depending on the ... . As in past years, hundreds of students applied, and we only had space

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  article mentioned, were situated on newspaper stands all over campus: And ... essentially live at Hayden Library, one of the few places on campus in which I ... From today's edition of the Tech: Caltech Students Pull Part of a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Check Is In The Mail As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they…

  

  ! Many of you will be deferred. And many of those who were deferred will be ... decisions to bed. The weather here was so bad that nothing moved on Friday. As of 1300 GMT the decisions were at Boston's South Station (the main post

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  nation to take the step of fusing molecular and cellular bioscience with ... 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

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s like finding candy in your pocket… MIT in the media - Always a treat.

  

  bamboo and canvas. Well, Jan took that project one step further in light of ... Occupy protesters. And that's the story of how procrastination doesn't get ... likewise very into the Internet as you may have guessed, and as it should be

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  What have you been doing lately? SPOILER ALERT: Mostly StumbleUpon

  

  surprise projects for when I get back to school, and watching lots of How I ... ). But before I know it, sophomore year will be right on top of me ... MIT. So that's pretty much it, doing stuff I can't say, and a lot of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi, I’m Lulu ...a different kind of blogger; I take pictures.

  

  essay. I was admitted Early Action and withdrew most of my pending ... 're getting sick of pictures and you'd like to hear more about how I go about ... Hi, I'm your second new blogger, there's Keri, and then there's me

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Yes, I am still alive My fourth of July in America's hometown

  

  Well, I spent my 4th of July in Plymouth with Adam's family and my ... dying of hunger) feta chicken, and our friend Mark '07 manned the grill ... on the 4th of July. The look of horror prompted Adam's mom to ask me

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2006