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• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  building is a plan to try to combine brain-scanning with genetics to figure ... based on sets of symptoms rather than underlying biology, a messy way to ... genetics. So now, he said, it makes more sense to locate brain science in a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Green Monsters

  

  . If you're applying for regular action, now is also a good time to ... what kinds of things they talk about. A week and a half to the early ... Championship Series. My friends and I had planned a West Wing season premiere

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 21, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Live from the Glass Lab! it's...tuesday afternoon??

  

  decorations. It's always easy to know what to get your mom or significant other ... scheduled, we have, thanks to the labors of Erik and Marty Demaine, installed 3 webcams in the lab. Feel free to tune in. Live, from the Lino

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Boston Pops John Williams and a bottle of wine -- on a school night!

  

  they performed: A Postcard to Boston (A Hymn to New England) Three Pieces ... Thanks to the organizational prowess of the Tau Beta Pi (engineering honor society) social chair and a generous invitation from a biochemical

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAP, and trivia answers IAP begins tomorrow.

  

  )! IAP is one of the most fun times of the year. It is a time where ... an externship, some will learn a language, some will do research, some will build a Stirling Engine, among the many options. A couple IAP

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  structure. Or, to be more descriptive, geography and physical structure have a ... "normal" (though really, there's a limit to how normal anyone at MIT is ... structures and secrets, belonged to me, rather than simply being a place where

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (My Third) First Day In which I attempt (and fail) to do a timelapse vlog

  

  you try to speed up an already-wobbly video to 800%, it becomes a blurry ... -processing software couldn't save me; I spent a couple hours trying to stabilize the ... 's definitely not what I expected to produce, but at least I have a basic idea of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Answering Your Questions: EA Deadline Week How can we be helpful?

  

  ;re here to answer your questions.  How can we help?  Answers below in the comments.  I will try to update this post with FAQs. Adding some answers to FAQs... Early action applications should be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  cracking each card. I estimated that I could expect to make about $600 a day. That's not bad. But to be honest, I make more as a consultant, and I find consulting to be a lot more interesting than scratch lottery tickets." Instead

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  O’Reilly Primes?

  

  to really like it, for a few reasons. Certainly, it is a swiping of the ... various divisibility tests. I wasn't certain, though, until I got to a ... 'Reilly animals would make a great component to a Mystery Hunt puzzle. I brought

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a high school student taking college classes. Do I apply for transfer admission?

  If you are still in high school, you are considered a first-year applicant regardless of how many classes you have taken at the university ... by the time they enter MIT.
• Blog / Admissions

  You Complete Me What makes an application complete for Early Action, and related Q&A.

  

  to help clarify things a bit. Scores: We don't need to have your full ... we have enough information to make a decision. If we need further information or application materials to be able to make a decision, we will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading Some final notes before decisions are posted.

  

  decide to enroll) and a steady class size, we have admitted even fewer ... Jones: It's More Than A Job Marilee Jones: Sending You My Best Also: Bryan Nance A Post For Parents and It's All About the Process, Bryan Don

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opera No, not the browser

  

  . And hey, while we're all waiting for the Opera to show up a little ... One of my housemates here in Boston is a grad student at the MIT Media Lab, which is great for me because it gives me an excuse to go visit

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 10, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  yeeting classes bye

  

  [annotation note="I watched one of my friends fill out the form to drop a twelve ... ='Baker House dropped a piano off the roof to celebrate!']April 25th ... manage my time, and how to select a courseload that will make me feel

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 12, 2019
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can anyone join the Experimental Study Group (ESG)?

  supplemented by a variety of community activities, including weekly luncheons ... their education. Instruction takes place in a 14-room suite on the top
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do letters of recommendation have to be submitted in the MIT application portal?

  Our preference is for recommenders to use our application portal to submit documents. However, they do have the option to submit their ... through a third-party service other than the MIT application portal
• Blog / Academics & Research

  San Francisco, je t’aime nothing to do with mit :3 (...intern in cali! )

  

  ) out to the patients. Take a look! :P Common front side (click to ... weekends!) to explore the Bay Area. I made a list of all the tourist ... health internship." Little did I know that this would turn out to be an

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  ; knit a scarf I wish I knew how to knit. Anything else you want to say or ... vessels, what are you trying to do? learn how to adopt a convincing British ... goal is to see the sunset on a mountain, and visit Mont. Blanc (these two

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  of the Charles River versus a trip to New Hampshire to try indoor ... committing to a certain social and support group for all of college. It seemed ... rush to be a week of partying, a week of late nights, a week of college

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011