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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  to alignment, so even a tiny misalignment (e.g., from breathing too ... a video of a monkey reacting to a magic trick, that's exactly how I ... need to do per computation. Single-Photon Interference This effect is a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  This summer, I started a new [annotation note="Undergraduate Research ... coming from the star to the Earth to dip, which is a possible sign that ... , so we got to present a poster! Considering that this was my first

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Everybody’s Reading Applications!

  

  (hence the low post count this week... luckily Mitra has a couple new entries recently to keep folks entertained and informed). While I was busily ... turns out, she was reading applications, for a New England private high

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2,024 liked songs spotify is my favorite social media

  

  mine at MIT was really interesting — and it was good to get a new ... Kinneret my top song because I saw a video that said if you listened to it on ... observatory. There were murals on the walls in a manner that distinctly reminded

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  new book: "Less Stress, More Success: A New Approach to Guiding Your ... 's currently on CNN.com, with a nice picture of Marilee and her daughter (at ... , thinks 18-year-olds ought to be doing. Not many sleep eight hours a night

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  learning to trust shapes and colors to be the real thing? Like a faraway ... the world to ease the pressure of having to choose a direction for "my ... back on the life he has lived I think has a natural fascination for all

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

  

  academic school year and the possibility of a New England World Series ... . My oldest daughter is a high school junior this year, so I'll get to ... the admissions world for the opportunity to become a student again

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  having to park it on a dirty latrine). Maybe we took the whole maturing ... how it took place, or if it had anything to do with me becoming a senior ... , began exercising on a daily basis, and even quit pulling the pigtails of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  doesn’t matter (e.g. has no impact on our decision) when you choose to ... applicants to find inventive new ways to complete the application both in ways ... to have complete information. I know some feel like it may be a hassle

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  , and 1932. Their mission was to design a ring to be used as the Standard ... decided to adorn the bezel of the ring with the beaver and have a three-piece construction, with MIT and the class year each appearing on a separate shank

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  time about documents that are not showing on MyMIT; we currently have a ... . Also, you do not need to call MIT Admissions at this time to check on any ... to any problems on our end. We are happy to accept fee waivers for any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mattress Dominoes! One of many reasons why my summer is better than yours.

  

  my argument, too. There's a video on CollegeHumor of some students ... For those of you who don't remember or are new here (or don't care about what I have to say all that much - there, I covered everyone!), I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  do on a day to day basis: try to make the world suck a little less ... when I first returned to admissions from graduate school. It was a ... . The etymology of the word 'endure' traces to a 1382 English translation

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  decided to go on a camping trip at the beginning of the week and spent the ... , there are more to come!] The title of this post is obviously a lie. There ... of the Prudential) - I went on a nice date here :) but I’d recommend it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ We've been getting a lot of questions about our testing requirements; here are the answers.

  

  MIT Admissions home page] All []s represents edits to this entry made on ... calling with questions. In an effort to answer these questions, here is a ... an international student, do I have to take the TOEFL? A. No, we do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  deal with righty desks before, so if you see me beating a chair to ... , though, the real reward is supposed to be incurring a love for the subject ... system. Nodes? Just a funny word to me.)(Haha. Nodes.) Enough of the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  and all settled in to my new room. Last year's non-existent view of the ... . It's so nice to be back; I didn't quite have a whole lot of time to ... Tina Fey and have wanted to see Date Night for such a long time. Tonight

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Freshman Application: Live on Monday The MIT Freshman Application will go live tomorrow (Monday) on MyMIT.

  

  MIT. If you have not yet done so, you will need to register for a MyMIT account. The account provides a number of benefits, including: Access to the ... , you must list MIT as a school to receive your scores when you take the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  ’ve found myself with a lot of time to “stop and smell the roses.” There ... wanted to head back home. After a long, demanding yet equally rewarding ... to spend my entire summer sitting on my sofa. And so I spent hours and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tying up some loose ends On getting old and doing things I hadn't yet done in Boston. Also, hot dogs.

  

  So I just submitted my first-ever RSVP to a wedding for people who ... 're two people who are my age, both of whom I love and mean a lot to me ... they seem like something I really want to sign up for.) It's a weird

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 20, 2010