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• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m still alive And I missed entry #2000 by one! Blargh!

  

  the O'Connor Lab, guaranteeing me the shortest commute to work I'll ever have to make. (Yeah, you know I used Paint.) The round trip is less ... needed to be posted on the blogs. Expect a real post from me this weekend

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Where Have I Been? Oh, what a bad blogger I have been.

  

  Oh, what a bad blogger I have been. I was lamenting to Matt last week that I haven't had a chance to think up any good entries - sorry guys. Hope to fix that soon! So what have I been doing... First, a variety of

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Corey Kubber MIT will help Corey Kubber '10 "develop and grow, with some eccentric, genius-type people."

  

  Santaluces valedictorian headed to MIT, career in medicine By Kathi ... . 'I like to hang out with my friends,' he said. 'And I like going to the ... each year to an outstanding local student by the Morikami Museum in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PrimeShooter An addictive factoring game.

  

  My friend Shefali '04 sent me a link to an addictive math nerd video game which actually relates to the name of this very blog. It's like factoring Tetris! Check out PrimeShooter: If you love math, you may want to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 play by play It slices and it dices.

  

  Her name is Betsy, and she got me to the finals of 2.007. This just goes to show you how lucky one individual can be. I actually thought I'd lost my round, and then when I went to go put my car down, they

  • by Bryan
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Baby Steps It made tonight's newswire. The grass is still green in Boston Common.

  

  regular term classes has officially come to an end. My glasses could use a ... of data, visual or practical. Yes, always; sometimes to my benefit, sometimes to my detriment. My high school math teacher once likened my mind to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A New Year and a New ‘Do bryan.mitblogs.com gets a little makeover.

  

  I don't have that much hair to play around with, the next best thing is to give this here blog a new outfit for the new year. What do you think about the new look? Should I keep it like this or go back to the old

  • by Bryan
  • January 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  the opportunity to experience life in Italy while simultaneously working at a civil engineering company. She was able to travel around Italy on the weekends and spent a week at the end of her internship traveling to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit a creative/maker portfolio as a QuestBridge applicant?

  required. To learn more about the different kinds of portfolios you can submit, as well as how to submit, please visit our Creative Portfolios page ... are available for any applicant not able to cover the submission fee.
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can first-year students conduct research?

  Research at MIT aims to develop innovative solutions to the world’s most daunting challenges. From addressing the energy needs of tomorrow to improving cancer therapies, MIT’s research efforts are enhanced through
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I study Global Change Science/Climate?

  The MIT Center for Global Change Science (CGCS) at MIT was founded to address fundamental questions about climate processes with a multidisciplinary approach. The Center's goal is to improve the ability to accurately
• FAQ / First-year application

  Will there be a wait list this year?

  't possible to exactly predict how many students will attend each year. To help ... 't know if we will be able to select students from the wait list until
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What support is available for LBGTQ students?

  MIT strives to create a safe and welcoming environment for LBGTQ ... , welcoming communities on campus willing to answer questions for current MIT ... campaign has a great list of resources available to students as well.
• FAQ / First-year application

  May high school juniors apply?

  information on our site about what to do in high school that you'll find helpful ... to our email list without any commitment to apply for admission.
• Blog / Events

  Splash 2018 Learn about anything and everything!

  

  teaching high schoolers about any topic they want. To give you a sense of the range, when I did Splash 2017 (as a senior and before I got accepted to ... to 18! There is really one more reason I wanted to talk about Splash

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 4, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Weeks of Freedom What I'm doing for my last 4 weeks in the US!

  

  a flight to the U.K and embark on the second half of my college ... contained this bit of dialogue Friend: Hey Nat, when do you head over to ... long time. What are you going to do? Me: Hmm, I don't know, chill and

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 2, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  Oh how the months have passed- from fall season to finals season to ... 's never too late to check the IAP listings by today's date and attend an impromptu event you didn't have to register for. The dark matter lecture I

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  summer before I came to MIT, my last summer home, and the one thing I remember most is how my friends and I used to play volleyball every week. A ... happy and wistful to watch my fellow students bump and set and spike, as I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Noam Chomsky and the humanities at MIT Chomsky gives a talk on Iraq on May 23

  

  humanities? My response is if they want to spend four years studying 18th ... good fit for them. But, if they would like to take classes in Major ... duty of universities is to expose their students to world events and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 25, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Law & Order: MIT Alum Unit Going to law school after MIT, and a profile of the first sitting federal judge…

  

  I'm often asked about MIT students going off to law school. For some reason, people don't seem to realize that you can come to MIT, major in ... political science and economics), and then go to law school. Actually, surveys

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2007