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• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  total units by the end of my junior year[/annotation] to do an internship ... when things don’t go according to plan. By exploring all these different ... the previous point, I had to shorten my summer internship by about a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about coronavirus for free this fall the new subject will be broadcast to the public beginning tomorrow, sept 1

  

  . From the website (biographical links added by me): In Fall 2020, all MIT ... them signed up for a new discovery subject being offered by Course 7 ... description reads: Lectures by leading experts on the fundamentals of COVID-19

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  1993, but only became used by IBM to create transistors in 2007. Fin ... their research to MTL's industry sponsors like Lam Research and Global ... about serious science; it's also an opportunity for the MTL community to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  who didn't get into MIT but went on to thrive elsewhere (like this, and ... who are seeking to make a decision about your MIT future by May 1, and ... . Everything below the line she wrote, unedited by me.  playlist i. i want to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  I can't even begin to explain it. When I do get to MIT, I'm planning ... it by taking the Turnpike, then you have every right to think so. But I ... Waterpark. This means I get paid a very small hourly wage to stand outside all

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  form supposed to be postmarked by May 1 or received by May 1? The form is supposed to be postmarked by May 1. Both students who are and are not ... difficult to get into the program, because it seems like every other person I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  gremlin brain was endlessly fascinated by it. I dragged my family to see the ... would get another concentrated period of time that I could commit to the ... projects can be driven by a student’s passion and energy to explore their

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  we took part in. My parents are worried about me going to CPW by ... it your goal to visit an event or party at every dorm, and get a feel ... academically and culturally. How do I get around campus? What if I want to go

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Montreal a.k.a my awesome birthday blog a.k.a the end of IAP Photo's! Adventure! It's like a comic book, but real!

  

  :Montreal (It's an inside joke, but we'll get to that) So the day we ... everyone in the car to only listen to "500 miles" by The Proclaimers for the ... barren one....) meaning we were nearly back to the border. Getting back

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  that most people never get to the good stuff! Most of what gets taught in ... formula to exist.  Galois theory is related at least by analogy to a ... by no means all!) natural phenomena occur due to the accumulation of a

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Moves and Music(als) Illustrated with tons of images and a video, and not *as* many words

  

  moderately important later). But let's get to the heart of the matter. Let ... pretend to twirl a drum stick - to prove it. So let me fix that: Because Elizabeth '13 has a good point: we all need some way to show you we're not

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  examples to illustrate the benefits of getting to the solution before ... need to get it through the limited working/short-term memory. There, we ... , according to Prof Mahajan, the rule of thumb is: if you get a quadratic

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  to smooth surfaces by taking advantage of intermolecular forces, which ... wonders have inspired scientists to innovate. When a group of MIT researchers wanted to create the next and best surgical band-aid, they turned

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  There is a bench it’s a nice bench

  

  in the lounge, or working on a pset, or walking to Hayden to get ... bridge. It leads to a small patch of land. On top of the bridge you get to ... the morning. Quickly assemble breakfast. Head to lecture. Cook lunch, or

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 19, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  the clubs I have gained access to. Brain and Cognitive Sciences ... about the Brain to appreciate humankind and the self. Cats: specifically ... , 9 weeks old (cared for and photographed by Kristen Y. '19) Drinks: I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  Gruder gets it. Satire is supposed to leave a mark. Advice about applying to ... being said about you. Your essays are the only time that you get to speak ... : Bostonians only have a 25 Letter alphabet. No one knows what happened to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  of influenza that was tested to be neither A or B. Flu season hasn ... him a blue mask, had him spend the night, and sent him back to live with ... to MIT Medical, and returned with a blue mask. Soon a girl in my suite

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  the robot's functions), a human player (who gets to throw balls around ... Ruminants." Get it? Cows? (Yeah, it took me a loooong time to catch on to that one ... Boston was insane. I tried to get good pictures but it was absolutely

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  asking if anyone would like to get some burritos before they close. Kevin ... , because I get to combine sci-fi and horror, two very blendable genres, but ... ,234 words, and decide to get some rest, and start again tomorrow, when my

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Blog Graveyard skeletons in my google docs

  

  for a different reason, whether it was to get somewhere or just to ... walk by the library on my way home from work anyway, so I stopped to ... without me would look like, unable to face the thought of never getting

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 12, 2021