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• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  Cambridge. Here's a handy chart I threw together to show contact time at MIT ... essay, pset style questions, or past exam problems. The goal is to finish ... have time to grade it and provide feedback. What actually happens in the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  live in Boston are preparing to enjoy the marathon on this coming Monday ... starts tomorrow. It is always wonderful to see so many parents on campus taking part in events that will help them to know what MIT is like, just

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  company he cofounded with some MIT classmates, is set to become the most ... . I asked Kevin to share some of his thoughts on his MIT journey: how it began, how he spent his time here, and now what he is continuing to do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  turned 25. It's an interstitial age. I'm halfway to what is called "middle ... expectancy. I'm out of college myself, but people I went to school with are ... defined. Almost all my colleagues are older than me - I love to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  19 Summers AHH I'm getting old :(

  

  pre- high school days, skip down to Summer 13 (the numbers correspond to my age at the time). *It took me forever to write this sentence. Ideas on how to pluralize things like "June" and "July"? I had to stop myself

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Lectures I had two ideas for good blog posts, and both were stolen by other bloggers!

  

  uncluttered to touch. That's how I feel about the new MIT admissions website. I ... humble observations about the Institvte! And yet I have things I want to ... switching back ends. I get to learn a whole new process for bringing my words

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  knowledge…we are almost like the people of Babylon. We are able to communicate ... different combinations using these digits to express a manner of things. For ... are trying to convey. In a sense, making it possible for us to make any

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DEATH AND THE POWERS: The Robots’ Opera [by Ken Haggerty '11] An * exclusive sneak peak * of Prof. Machover's exciting new…

  

  Technique) It is far too easy to be taken by the material—one of the ... introduce us to the story of Simon Powers, a wealthy entrepreneur and inventor who resolves to download himself into the System after mortality

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  deadline fast approaching, I'd like to use this entry to answer some of the ... . And below, I've provided answers to some additional FAQs: The deadline ... documents from the applicant. The MyMIT Tracking is up-to-date (while the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  I like it: 7.013 (Intro to Bio) has been kind enough to assign psets ... .00 (Psych) is filled with cool videos, neat facts, and references to one of ... they're awesome. For 21W.755, I get to write a short story every week

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  . Everybody gets to publish, everybody gets to read, and everybody gets to respond. College admissions offices employ standard USPS snail mail to ... doorstep and as you flip through them, page by page, you get to see aspects

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  only does he admit us to MIT, he actually really cares about us after we're admitted, as well. His office is almost always open to us (assuming he's around! He's a busy guy, after all), whether it's to chat, to get advice or

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  Classes are saying farewell as it's finally starting to feel like ... , and feeling all right about it because I only had to be somewhere in the ... few hours ago. I found a place to live this January when I'll be

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  Wallace Fennel exposited that he wants to be a mechanical engineer. And that ... I'm just going to have to accept that. Still, I could use a little more snark in my life, you think? Responses to Comments Nur asked: Just

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  !) so here it goes. IТƒфd like to preface this all with the statement of ... reason. First semester is on pass/no record (P/NR) in order to give ... probably take you a while to get used to college life and on P/NR you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  Steve Kelch '08 as my running mate. There were three tickets. We lost to Andrew Lukmann '07 and Ruth Miller '07. I intended to write an elections entry, but never got around to it. I do have these photos, though. Me

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  Wow, most exciting/eventful two days ever. I'm very sad to say that 2.007 has come to a close. If you're saying, "2.007, huh?" click here and read ... . Basically, this class was one of the reasons I came to MIT. Most (maybe all

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.

  

  this would merely require more students to live in uncomfortable living situations. I was originally going to post this in Ben's blog... but it sort of ... understand the situation this is somewhat a result of more people going to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP Deadlines and Openings The deadline for Fall Direct Funding is September 15, so hurry up and find yourself…

  

  options when doing a UROP: - UROP for Pay: Up to $1,250 per semester, which works out to $9.00/hour, when you are funded by the UROP office. Need to ... to apply for one of these awards, just write that you are applying for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  First, I am excited to say that the class of 2009 is slowly ... year like I was last year, I am looking forward to helping out with rush ... , April, I had to hunt elsewhere (we're moving to a new building in October

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005