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• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP 2006

  

  Again, happy 2006 to everyone! Electricity and cable have been ... probably isn't reading this) is safe and getting by okay. We dropped my ... know they have no power. Uh oh. I fly back to Boston this weekend, where

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  So it's Nobel Prize week, and this year, MIT has been able to add another name to it's list of professors, affiliates, and alumni who have won Nobel Prizes. This year's Chemistry Nobel Prize has gone to Yves Chauvin

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Blogographical Biography ...although whatever 'blogographical' means, I somehow doubt it applies to a blog containing graphs.

  

  'm Rachel, possibly more frequently referred to by my Athena username, rfong ... At 8:57 AM on December 15, 2007, I was admitted to the Massachusetts ... were: the process by which I knit a replica of the spawn of Cthulhu

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  TMI WRT MIT TLA’s Wonderful things happen that I can organize around a coherent theme. Also, I didn't lose…

  

  this is by far the most polite and complimentary. It's nice to see the ... over to Nightmarket, an Asian-street-themed festival sponsored by ... This was a great day. Take my word for it. What, do you want me to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  occasionally horrible. We've done our best to make mitHarmony. If you find that ... Preview Weekend (CPW), I figured it would be worthwhile to spend a little time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II Relax! Take it eee-aaa-sy!

  

  gave so much to make you into the fascinating person you are - don ... I was your age, we didn't have any official release date to count down to because they came in the mail. In tubes. We also walked six miles to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  's probably acceptable to hold it by the bulb, although wine snobs might still ... sometimes get a bad rap with regards to social interactions.  We ... Charm School, a series of classes during IAP that aims to help members of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21E our major in a diagram!

  

  about the requirements of 21E, and were inspired to make a diagram, sine ... 've taken to meet the req's! Legend GIR = General Institute Requirements ... = Fun and Games: Cross-Cultural Perspectives CMS.100 = Introduction to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 9, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2010

  

  working to make admissions decisions. The waitlist admissions process will ... waitlist. Within the next few days, we plan to admit approximately 60 ... with aid packages. Admitted students can then choose to accept our offer

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Preparing for CPW

  

  :45am-10am, 11am-1pm If you happen to see me, or if I happen to be checking you in, please don't be shy -- say hello! Also, make sure to come to the Meet the Bloggers event on Friday, from 8:30pm-10pm. It should

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Extended to January 3 We have extended the RA deadline. Happy Holidays!

  

  Reports do not need to be submitted by January 3; they should be submitted ... admission to January 3. The freshman application can be submitted through My ... to submit your deadline. If your application is ready to go, click that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more ... states, which have not historically been as well-served by computer science

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  real world, but I'm also sad to see them go. I really want to make the ... looking towards the future and making moves while not bumping into furniture or people who resembled blobs because I forgot to wear my glasses

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Soymilk 豆浆

  

  Yesterday I was at the grocery store. I needed to get soymilk, because it is lent and I am fasting. I try to fast like my father does, the ... , that she would make for me and serve hot. She soaked the dried beans in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 7, 2016
• Blog / Events

  twerking, MIT style need more be said?

  

  poppy R&B... ...to ballet-ish... ...to an Indian folk dance by ... Welcome to another edition of MIT Students Can Be Artsy™, aka We Do More Than Psets! Really!™, aka Things to Do On Saturday Nights at MIT

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 8, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Walter Lewin ESG Lecture Oh, you know, only one of the most famous Physics Professors of all time

  

  Earlier this year I had the pleasure to meet Walter Lewin at an ESG ... lucky enough to video tape. Covering topics from why he majored in physics to the ONLY reason someone wouldn't like physics, Walter Lewin never

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  which I cheered and Sam trumpeted -- and, due to a malicious ball of burning gas 93 million miles away, I am now burned to a bright red crisp. On ... it's physically impossible for anyone but me to get a sunburn. And yet

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  days to be processed. Materials are not automatically loaded into a student's application—all materials have to be processed. We ask for seven business days to process materials at the busy Early Action and Regular
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  Midyear Report is an online form that is required of all students, and is to be completed by you, the applicant. The Report serves two purposes: to ... -date and to be patient as we process thousands of documents. By not calling

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Snow-bama Snow? Obama? At MIT? AHH.

  

  soon joined by others, who seemed to have had the same bright idea. We ... exciting is that??! They TALKED to us. And we didn't get arrested! Or shot by ... snow-that-can-barely-be-called-snow deigns to appear about once in ten

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 23, 2009