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• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  hope! Maybe take a trip to California, or something. I don't know. I don ... ! Keys janky? Please fix it. I'm begging you. The B flat key doesn't work really well. How am I supposed to play music like this? Come on!  

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  the first-year experience, I stumbled across the following graf quoting ... accomplish these purposes most effectively. [/visually_hidden] I've long loved ... problematically) called "gifted education" for decades. But I hadn't fully realized

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  math and MIT. I now hope to meet more applicants. Come visit! It'll be ... for Palestine," and it was hosted by Palestine @ MIT. I was this close ... rest of the MIT faculty is also rather incredible. I got to interact with

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  Makerspaces 3D Systems, The Coca-Cola Company, and will.i.am, who are ... ). One of the most fascinating things I discovered in the course of writing this paper was the incredible depth of making here at MIT. I learned that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Greetings from India: D-Lab Students in the Field D-Lab students Luke, Sydney, Jessica, Madhavan

  

  and I are working on measuring the power it takes to pedal a rickshaw ... no surprise I’m blogging about food) A few dishes here are familiar, while others I never could have imagined. Some interesting things about

  • by OEL
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  . That's what I learned this past weekend, when MIT's Association of ... .     Depending on where you go, you might be asked - as I was ... changed as one of MITMUNC's Crisis Staff Directors - I was engineering

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Snowy Birthday Party the #IAParty2011 is just beginning

  

  sure that everything about the last 150 years is represented. I got the ... have ten themes that display every aspect of life here. I was shocked at ... Presidential Science Advisors Project SAGE Protein Folding SS M.I.T. Victory

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • January 18, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  : Sam Kronick '10 Last Friday I had the chance to check out all three ... piece (or at least, I didn't catch the title) is a six-screen video of ... can listen along. I wish there was a mirror, though, so that the

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEGGGGGAAAAAAA! [by Danbee Kim '09] Music from Sonic, Donkey Kong, Final Fantasy, and more!

  

  sneakers run into gold rings, I'm sitting in a dark concert hall watching a ... original; I could close my eyes and imagine I was playing the video game, hearing the music as I'd originally heard it. After pieces from Chrono Cross

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  survival of snowmen everywhere! We will defend! If I could give them out, I'd give out an instant admit coupon to anybody who immediately recognizes the title reference. Anyway, I don't know if you've heard, but snow

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  number and won’t be able to return your call. One year when I was interviewing students I had two people on my list with the same first and last name and when the first one didn’t leave his phone number I had no idea

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  In response to a request from a current applicant, I'm proud to ... for you, I've been taking photos for my lab reports in 2.671. This ... fee, but it's the only place (that I know of) on campus with woodworking

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  I've been getting a lot of questions about supplemental material ... sufficiently show who you are. I hope this is helpful and answers lots of ... recommendations I've seen have come from research mentors, youth group leaders

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 2 A recap of three incredible days

  

  clothing tips. Admittedly, I wasn’t a Glamour reader before the competition, but I plan on subscribing now. Along the same lines, if you visit L ... , I'd highly encourage college girls out there to consider applying for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  I'm finally recovered from the Mystery Hunt... here's the "official ... triumphed over evil. I played on team "Lego My Ego," based out of the Simmons ... , what's the verdict? I'd say that this was certainly on of the best Hunts

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  Today does a cool piece on Helen Greiner '89 SM '90, founder of i ... otherwise would sail over their heads. Co-founder of iRobot was told 'that ... Greiner set about making her own robots. Today, her company, i

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On Supplemental Materials Further information about application supplements.

  

  I'm often asked about supplemental material. None of the below is ... material unless the application did not sufficiently show who you are. I hope ... recommendations I've seen have come from research mentors, youth group leaders

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Past, present, and future

  

  summary of the report (only 11 pages) can be read here. I anticipate that ... , especially among the undergraduates. Already a couple of the talk lists that I ... reaction to it, illustrates something about MIT that I think is very

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  As some of you may know, this summer I'm working at the NIH National ... picnic a few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of seeing him and his band of ... game of volleyball. Unfortunately, I did not have my camera with me, but

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  It's a pretty slow week. Classes ended yesterday, I'll be studying ... week of rain. :- But... I bet by now, all you '10 folks have your Athena ... software site is a fully-licensed copy of Windows XP Professional -- I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006