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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  've planned on being Course 20* since before coming to MIT**, MIT students tend ... provides all students with a common core of foundational scientific knowledge ... exciting Course 20 classes! ...well, sort of. I say "sort of" because

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  February updates Midyear grades and more.

  

  processing of midyear grades, calling to check on the status of your midyear ... Hello! I wanted to take this opportunity to provide an update on the ... freshman admission this year. As you can see on the admissions statistics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Davidson Fellows scholarship program A great scholarship opportunity from the wonderful folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

  

  From reading your applications, I know that many of you would be very ... Development, the program provides scholarships of $50,000, $25,000 or $10,000 to high school-age students who have done significant work of their own

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.

  

  long Saturday of working to select the class, I hopped on the Safe ... one of the most anticipated parties of the year, a great MIT tradition ... , Eric Klopfer, and Margery Resnick. One of the big appeals of the party

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Activities Midway Each year, MIT exhibits its 300+ student activities. Friday, I checked them out for you.

  

  event that showcases hundreds of MIT's student groups (you may have seen this over at Sam's blog). Of MIT's 300+ groups, approximately 250 of them were on hand for the event. You can click here to view the entire list

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  , why CAN'T I be on the other side of the world during IAP? Why MUST I do ... courses on site at Jeju National University. Over the month of January, I will be teaching a three-week class on the impact of design and a one

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  : ^ the hacker's map on the underside of the ring.  I like the nod to Bexley ... One of the hardest things to avoid at MIT is a sense of jadedness. After a few semesters of psets, midterms, finals, and projects, that once

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings

  

  Apple? Stop by one of our largest Admitted Student Meetings on the East ... Hi! I’m Brenna Heintz, one of the Admissions Counselors here at MIT. Now that I’ve finally emerged from my first season of reading

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  McCormick: Girls Wanted Minh '10 shares her love of McCormick Hall.

  

  of McCormick’s central location on campus, or many other reasons. MIT ... lovely spring afternoon, waiting to go on one of our social events: a ... of the name. Some of you may have read about me in Melis’ previous

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 24, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  list is just a subset of the many parties going on) Saturday Reno, Nevada ... a dozen parties on the last day of March. Sunday Honolulu, Hawaii, in ... admitted to the Class of 2011. If there's one in your area, you should check

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  us at this time to check on the status of your application or to see if ... application pieces not showing up on your tracking. There's a lot of mail to ... )I'm almost not sure if I should mention this, but my friend Ankur '03 is one of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, at the University of ... established Davidson Academy, coming to Nevada residents courtesy of the folks ... some of the nation's most successful magnet schools -- but I am glad that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Prof. Acemoglu’s Clark Medal On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe, there's a story…

  

  On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe, there's a story on the John Bates Clark Medal being awarded to MIT ... to an American economist under the age of 40 for making a significant

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  inconsistent on both sides of the ball. Earlier this season, when the Patriots ... manifestation of k depends on the opponent and the game. And this model, like any ... , Kyle Arrington to make a terrific pick on one set of downs before failing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  of free food? I'm excited. So much so that I'm running two East Campus events. Guess what they are based on this picture of my bookshelf. Since I ... attend without the aid of a time machine, so to jump on the blogger

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  admissions advice. Hmm.... First, here are some previous entries on specific topics: Advice on the college interview (Mitra) Advice on the application essay(Mitra) Clarification on what exactly a "good match" is (Matt) But

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  —the particulars of knowing what happened on any given day, say [annotation note ... on my current streak; that is to say, for each of the past 1000 days ... to do on top of the internship I'm doing, although I don't plan on

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  would spur me to work harder on addressing the subject of said regret, but ... experiences. that interpretation focuses on the live portion of the phrase. it ... interpretation of the phrase focuses on the regret portion and says that you should

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  : the view from on top of Cambridge's tallest building. The MIT Radio ... is in good condition, but the paint on top of it is old and peeling ... headquarters of the society), while I learned about all the projects going on on

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From Atlanta I heart Exploding Bacon

  

  -studded team of engineers on the Game Design Committee unveil that year's game to ... alliances of three robots each compete against each other on a small, enclosed ... Tiffany Meertins, our Assistant Director of Special Cohorts, on some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2010