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• Blog / Academics & Research

  18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!

  

  was awarded to MIT Professor Peter A. Diamond, along with Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides, for their work on "Search Frictions ... committee are mysteries to me, but if I had to hazard a guess, it'd be to Tim

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  receive the most votes will be presented to Barack Obama on Inauguration Day ... to do is go here and click on the "Vote" icon in the top left ... appreciate your taking a few seconds to cast your vote and bring my idea closer

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  admission today, we have placed a modest number on our waitlist and informed ... is more than a job: it is a privilege and an honor. We are grateful to ... to remind you success is not always a straight line. Your future isn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  Maybe my favorite part of course 2A is sitting next to my friend in 2.001 and jointly scrolling through MIT Confessions. 2.001, a core class on ... construct amplifiers, radios, a light theremin. I’m always running on fewer

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  ) in Phoenix next month (more on that to come). This weekend is a four ... ) thanks to a rather obscure Massachusetts holiday called Patriots Day. The ... Asian Culture Show, always a great and huge event, a great place to check

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  contained a number of pictures, which I am more than happy to pass on to you ... Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up ... of our number decided to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day in a uniquely

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  . Anyone know where to find info on that?) At the same time, no matter how ... directly corresponds to a nearly 1:1 ratio in the admitted pool. I'll admit ... point I'm getting to here is that this argument is clearly a far cry from

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  shudder every time I look back on [annotation note="Intro to Probability"]6 ... "smarter", I've just become used to working on assignments for longer periods ... 'm not looking forward to! Which is also a first for me. There was always at least

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One and one and one is three Haha, it tells me to write an excerpt. This whole entry is an excerpt.

  

  IVMIT candygram to support a missionary trip to the Dominican Republic ... : "Oh. Admitting any?" Matt: "Yeah, a few, I guess. Well, I've got to go ... It was a music-filled, and unfortunately not work

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Red Balloons Gotta catch 'em all!

  

  ASSEMBLE! Prefrosh, undergrads, alums, this is a call to action! It is time for us, all of us, to band together under a common dome and ... to win this than a team from MIT? Register/Report Located Balloons

  • by Snively '11
  • December 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  on Microsoft Word to proofread your essay -- you'll want to take a keen ... thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most ... misspelled words I see on applications. And, thanks to GoogleBattle, I'll tell

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Safari I sneak around taking pictures and videos at night.

  

  actually being "on" the Great Dome, there's a hack mounted to the trench wall ... . But, jumping on a story before it's ready to be told, I guess that ... installing solar panels on the dome in order to conserve energy while the T

  • by Snively '11
  • April 28, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  tote bag tour i have so many things to carry

  

  that one’s foldable enough to take on the go, I cried silently. I need ... ’s the perfect size for my A5 notebook, and that one’s big enough to hold my winter jacket… Each one just a little different, just enough to

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 2, 2024
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  's always a TON of things going on. Since it's my senior year and I have this ... , anyone can get in on the action by going to these public lectures that are ... I learned a couple months ago is quite poor, so all I have to show for

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school

  

  had a stress-free beginning to summer. :) Picture-time~ My ... . To get to the peak, you have to pass through something like a dozen ... temporary housing business. So when everything converged to a single

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 17, 2011
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  -term thinker rolled into one. Thanks to a Concerned Proactive Mentor, I had a ... on recruiters. I staggered back to EC loaded with General Motors tee ... opinions on my work after every revision. (Shout-out to everyone I pestered

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  art and work i really struggled with titling this one

  

  - specifically, art that takes a while to experience, such as books and movies and ... - watch the first two episodes to get a sense of what each character is like ... . sometimes i’ll write blog posts where i have a few key points i want to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates from Admissions The latest from the home office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  

  Philadelphia. On our way to the venue, we saw a rainbow (just a single rainbow). We'll be doing more travel together as a group to meet with prospective ... testers: Good luck next week! For students on the waitlist: As I mentioned a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Almost Famous You probably think this entry is about me.

  

  's ultimately better for society that they put a picture with me in it on the front page of The Tech. Because, really, if you're going to run a marathon ... DID YOU KNOW? "This Jesus Must Die" from Superstar really sounds a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summertime Science Got that summertime, summertime science...

  

  summer, I did as any nerdy sister would do to remedy the situation of a ... here we are, me crufting on the blogs, you not knowing who I am. I never officially said goodbye, and I STILL have that post. I'm working on it. Proof

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2013