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• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  astrophysics. Coming from an EECS background, I had to Google some of the astro ... Space Research, and it's one of the coolest things I've gotten to do at ... methods that scientists use to detect exoplanets is the transit method. When

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Independent Studies the making of a (very) short film

  

  process in and of itself) to continue learning computer graphics topics that interest us and apply those things to the creation of a short film. We just ... way to structure for-loops to take advantage of Taichi's optimizations

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test—Field Experiments in Economics A new class on experimental social science, including: race discrimination, gender differences in behavior, persuasion,…

  

  milestones leading to the planning, execution, write-up and presentation of ... One of the economics electives I have signed up for is 14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test - Field Experiments in Economics. From what I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  .” – WGBH website Since one of the hosts of the show, Nate Ball, is an MIT ... WGBH. Afterwards, you will be able to watch episodes on the website: http://www.pbskidsgo.org/designsquad. ... As a kid, I always secretly dreamed of being on a TV show. Had there

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Hey Guess What Guys!” That's what!

  

  website for you to visit. http://whitehatdesign.com/chat/ This chatroom ... I've got about an hour before I'm forced off these blogs temporarily ... want to do is sit still and go online (at least it was for me) but if

  • by Snively '11
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  will learn at MIT is not a collection of facts, but how to think about ... , "Cool, you guys actually get to use index cards and reference sheets. But ... characteristic. What sort of experiment would you design to find out Y?" For an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can my school use Naviance?

  our Letters of recommendation page; however, we also accept electronic documents submitted through Naviance, SCOIR, or other methods. Regardless of ... -specific recommendation form. On the form, recommenders can indicate if they would like to
• Blog / Academics & Research

  W.M.

  

  Last semester, I met W.M. in one of my classes, 3.019 (Intro to ... instead of 0"]array indexing[/annotation] and [annotation note ... outside of schoolwork, W.M. is fun to be around. They can translate text

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 23, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Springing into Junior Year actually not Springing, just Spring

  

  for the past month: And, before you ask, yes, I refuse to use Google ... through sheer enthusiasm alone.  To be honest, I kind of miss the PSet structure of the last class. Although it is nice to not have a looming

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 4, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....

  

  To celebrate the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Google has a new site up: http://moon.google.com. If you zoom in close enough, you can see what the moon is made of ;-) (thanks to diana for pointing

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Next Big Mailing is out Choosing your email address, and more.

  

  ://web.mit.edu/yourusername. Neither of these methods are foolproof, but they are good first checks ... The first wave of the Next Big Mailing (NBM) has been sent out (several hundred of them late this week; more will be mailed next week, be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  2026 ring premiere! and what led up to it!

  

  to ensure the secrecy of the design until Premiere, we even resorted to ... , it was time for me and Ann L. ‘26, two of the artists on RingComm, to ... absurd to witness. After months and months of hard work and sealed lips, we

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT launches AI Education website I worked on this cool thing for my UROP!

  

  (fancy terms for the number of changes people made to the website over time ... aieducation.mit.edu - there's tons of super cool stuff on the website to learn ... recommend checking out this website. There's all sorts of resources, curricula

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  lot of exposure to music composed between 1600-1800. I've listened to ... COMPOSED THIS PIECE OF 1600-1800 MUSIC ?!?! I wouldn't be able to answer ... couldn't tell you off the top of my head how to distinguish between any of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  , make coffee, drag myself over to my desk, code for a couple of hours ... hoped to go to Europe with MISTI, and when that fell through because of ... spot near the Boston Symphony I could easily walk to a lot of interesting

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Spending the F.A.T. with Arthur Ganson A missed opportunity to build kinetic sculptures with artist Arthur Ganson.

  

  string pull. Be sure that it takes no more force than the hanging weight of ... AT LEAST 1" with enough force to lift a golf ball. * Your link must be ... , whimsical, or elegant. To watch some videos of his creations, go to: http

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  echo a lot of insecurities we already hold for ourselves, forcing us to ... I'll cut to the chase: it's November, which means that a lot of the ... to MIT, or they already have and now must wait a grueling amount of

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  are scrounging through weeks of your google calendar trying to figure ... with a pithy line or a catchy hook to convince you to read the rest of ... italics to the actual guide! For those of you unfamiliar, I've included a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Becoming a better programmer and why i'm excited about software engineering

  

  there was left to learn. I didn't have a good idea of what separates a ... importance of well-organized code that is [annotation note="Shoutout to 6.1020 Elements of Software Construction (old number 6.031)."]easy to understand

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  folder of resumes in the hopes of getting a dream job. There are always plenty of dreams in attendance. Check your “most visited” website stats: Google ... weekend, a group of hall residents went to see The Martian. It was awesome

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015