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  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  equipment to detect and do studies on extrasolar systems. A lot of extrasolar ... UROPers hung up their lab coats to head home, Shaye and two other undergrads would meet at the lab and if the sky was clear, they would drive up to MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is MIT a diverse community?

  MIT experience. MIT Admissions is committed to reaching students from ... currently on our campus who felt the same way before their dream became a ...  is to advance the respectful and caring community that embraces diversity
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I study Global Change Science/Climate?

  The MIT Center for Global Change Science (CGCS) at MIT was founded to ... multidisciplinary approach. The Center's goal is to improve the ability to accurately ... , Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, the Joint Program on the Science and Policy
• FAQ / First-year application

  Will there be a wait list this year?

  on our estimates of the percentage of admitted students who will attend ... 't possible to exactly predict how many students will attend each year. To help ... 't know if we will be able to select students from the wait list until
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What support is available for LBGTQ students?

  , welcoming communities on campus willing to answer questions for current MIT ... MIT strives to create a safe and welcoming environment for LBGTQ ... campaign has a great list of resources available to students as well.
• FAQ / First-year application

  May high school juniors apply?

  information on our site about what to do in high school that you'll find helpful ... to our email list without any commitment to apply for admission.
• Blog / Events

  Latino Cultural Center It's Mes Latino!

  

  classes to have a cup of coffee, get going on my to do list, take a nap, or ... Hidden from most of the hustle and bustle of classes and rushing to ... student center. This is home to a post office, dry cleaners, the ID card

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  health internship." Little did I know that this would turn out to be an ... summer, I also developed fish guides (based on recommendations from edf.org and tailored to be culturally appropriate to the Chinatown population

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cultura MIT students use online collaboration with their French counterparts to learn about each other's cultures.

  

  completions, where we at MIT enter (in English) what first comes to mind when we see words and sentences related to work, money, food, culture, and other ... , and we compare and contrast the different responses to gain perspectives

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist, Etc.

  

  've likely seen on Matt's blog, we went to the waitlist today and offered ... Oh, boy, I feel like I have so much to tell you guys and yet things ... admitted, do you guys get to just relax until fall travel starts up again

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  week starts on Monday, December 17. There are two standard responses to a ... students who have shown a strong commitment to studying French at MIT. On ... ," so we'll all spend some time on our own exploring Paris and trying to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Solar Eclipses and Bloggers bloggers around the country all watching the eclipse

  

  Earth. To someone standing on Earth, the Moon would cover the Sun. In a ... roosters crowing. On Monday, August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse was ... Kresge Oval on MIT campus. The MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  focuses on using technology to solve problems in developing nations. We ... to make charcoal Read on, grasshopper....   What is charcoal ... solutions to the fundamental, seemingly intractable problems that plague

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Le BBQ

  

  graduation/4th of July decorations were on sale, but I chose to look forward ... . So anyway, read on to find out how we planned and executed the greatest ... Two of my dear friends, Gary & Sherveen, wanted to host a BBQ

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waiting (is the hardest part)

  

  regular action process. More on that in the weeks to come. Out of fairness ... envelope (4.125" x 9.5"). As for the admit letter, it is unlikely to be ... 's early acceptance rate so low compared to other selective colleges?" Well

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  't dwelling on the derivation of equations but rather getting to the guts of the ... be done on this problem -- and many, many other problems to be solved ... to go to 3.091 (Intro Chemistry, solid state version) today, to see for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  elephants what I've been up to

  

  've taken to working on a little mural on my door whenever a pset makes my ... in macgregor so I'm painting on clear contact paper try not to paint ... : elephants outside my room). In an effort to not get so over-burdened with

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Something is coming, part 2… Snively and I are still working on something awesome.

  

  Snively and I are still working on something awesome. This week: (In reference to this.) (Photo credit: Liz Kimball '11.) (See part one.) (Yes, we ate it afterwards.)

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A short entry about dorm awesomeness

  

  people using iTunes on the same WiFi network? Shared libraries! So many music choices! That is all. Time to study for my test.

  • by Snively '11
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow Day? No Way! I'm totally counting down the days until the spring equinox.

  

  As you may have seen from Shannon's blog, everyone at MIT woke up to a rather snowy view outside. Here's what my fraternity looked like: Fortunately for me, my first class on Mondays is at noon. So the roads looked

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 2, 2009