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• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Koch Institute?

  develop new insights into cancer, as well as new tools and technologies to ... research facility as well as the hub of cancer research on the MIT campus ... scientists, clinicians and others, to bring fresh perspectives and an
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Snot, Livers, and Fractals What a world.

  

  I don't usually see students on a day-to-day basis.) Anyway, I ... therapeutic nanoparticles have a hard time penetrating the layers to get to the ... essentially figuring out ways to coat drugs to sneak past the mucus in your body

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  controller, using an accelerometer to detect steps on a virtual piano keyboard ... wires, you can suspend the cube between your hands. Each face on the cube ... -Saëns' The Swan on it as a nod to the very first lecture, where Ian showed us a

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

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  everything they wanted with no new interesting problems to play with. If they ... blogging momentum is really hard to start up again after a certain point. I'll be trying to atone throughout April. In the meanwhile, here's a story

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  On Friday morning, I was reading the New York Times review of the ... ... Of course, it's nothing new for a film or other work of fiction to ... my eye: When Jessica Alba first appears on screen, introduced as Sue

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  climbing the wall why so defeatist?

  

  't reach that far, I don't have the momentum to get there, I'm not strong ... know you're going to attempt it regardless, there's no point in psyching ... wall, you're going to approach it as someone who can't climb it. You're

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • October 7, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When I Grow Up In which I contemplate growing up and what I am going to do with my…

  

  you want to be when you grow up. Eventually, you'll get there. And it ... up" is often completed with a "I want to be" or a "I will try to." We used the phrase when we were little, starting at around kindegarden, to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 8, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  recently read words absorbed by my brain

  

  by the time you get to the end you’re different than you were at the ... ’ve often found it difficult to get through historical books—admittedly, old ... with most other cryptography, no idea if I’ll ever get to apply it in the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 3, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Thing-A-Mah-Bobs Never walk up to a duck trying to cross the street

  

  island to get their opinions on what it means to them to buy locally. As ... lots of burgers around). I haven’t tried any yet but I’ll be sure to get ... weekends ago, I took a morning bus up the countryside to the next big town on

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 8, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Sorry you didn’t meet me :( I missed Meet-The-Bloggers, and some things on this semester

  

  't get to be Tim the Beaver, which cut me pretty deep. I haven't updated ... science team working on the MWA (Mileura Widefield Array, I believe) to ... YOU GET TO DO! And I'm just a dumb sophomore with okay grades and very

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  you want to try at home with your vacuum cleaner. Ours is very different, with a special attachment to stick on top of a hose. Some background on ... 11 landed on the Moon. And because of MIT's significant role in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  to the details-be sure to use spell check and capitalize your name, etc ... Office. I also love getting discounts as an MIT affiliate at the Boston ... being witty and down-to-earth. I am never afraid of talking about my loves

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Bavarian Rhapsody I'm just a poor boy, I go to MIT.

  

  in a blog? Anyway, it's good to see fans getting along. The motto of ... liked to paint tangled masses of naked people getting sucked up to heaven ... the Olympic Stadium to watch the Mexico-Argentina game on Saturday night

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking Portlet Now Available You should now see it in your MyMIT account.

  

  'm getting a bunch of comments in response to this post with financial-aid-specific questions and unfortunately I'm not equipped to answer them - please send them ... the financial aid tracking portlet in your MyMIT account. If you have

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  making dumplings jiaozi / guotie / gyoza /

  

  ; (special thanks to the toons) (and the gorgeous airbnb in new hampshire we ... DOUGH: clean your counter and wash your dishes wash your hands ... too add soy sauce and sesame oil to taste (optional) FILLING (MEAT

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 19, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  semester 4, take 2 positivity edition!

  

  know how fast you can lose everything you counted on and have your whole ... about the days where it feels like I'm trying to stand on water, and just ... lot better at Spanish, to the point that I think I can learn on my own

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  interminable, since in order to successfully win a game you have to get through ... don’t really care whether you remembered to place down your queen of ... wanted to chew him out, to put him in his place, to call him out on his

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  Design Committee unveil that year's game to the 37,000+ students on 3 ... on behalf of MIT Admissions. I'll explain how FIRST and KC are ... , before most students now applying to MIT were even born. The goal of FIRST

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  will give you space on the application to explain your circumstances, and ... mobile) to see a related annotation on the right hand side of the post (or ... olympiads. However, access to these examinations generally depend on what is

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  did you miss the EA deadline? why i applied and admissions anxiety

  

  more intimate environment when getting to know your professors, find ... narrative is that even being a valedictorian "isn't enough" to get into MIT ... . I decided to take more time with my MIT application and ended up

  • by Victor D. '27
  • November 5, 2025