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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  means by "magnitude." In astronomy, we use the word "magnitude" to ... and somewhere near the bigness of a star. There's no golden chain to be ... VLA to hand the papers back to Dale, who happened to be on-site. AHHHH

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  making solar cells lessons from my nanotech class

  

  comprehension that it was indistinguishable from magic. that turned out to be a ... that can be stacked in a way which increases power generation without taking up more land area by the way, if you’re curious what the single

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 15, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  . Today, May 15th - which happens to be the International Day of Families ... decision, including the 52 to whom we have offered admission. At that point, our wait list will close, and will not be admitting any additional

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  resistivity when pressure is applied to them, our hope is to be able to use that ... under strain in real-life structures. It would be really useful to know if ... the way to work! *    *    * Maggie K. '15 (majoring in Course 3

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  that kids need to be perfect. We get rewarded by U.S. News rankings for ... put on things, trying to be something for everyone.” In USA Today ... take so many AP classes, we fixate on the scores, and oh, by the way

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  the privilege to be an admissions officer for nearly ten years at three ... admissions office (what an idea, by the way), high school students probably won ... by being a tour guide at my alma mater. I loved college and all of the

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living Like A Native Or living like a boss. Your choice.

  

  foot by considering that option. Allow me to demonstrate by using this ... 's the coolest way to get around.)But I'm getting ahead of myself. On to ... 'll need convenient ways to get to those places. What's more, not all of them

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  you get to pretend to be an adult for a couple months before returning ... . The great thing is, these tips can be applied to IAP adventures as well as ... 's. Having a couple backup wi-fi spots could be just what you need to keep your

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  can be done in the games, many of them choose to write a game of their ... ready for people to play. I'd like to end by congratulating those of my ... week. The Guild provides a wonderful, low-pressure way for actors to

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Cancer Research The history and future of cancer research at MIT.

  

  five-year, $12.6 million grant which will be shared by a group of 13 ... collaborate with their investigators on ways to prevent cancer and other ... 's contributions to cancer research. I'll reprint it below: Even without a medical

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  didn't allow us to fly our third mission, so we'll be doing that tomorrow ... possible. We wanted our plane, Corn Dog, to fly all three of our missions ... have an opportunity to re-fly tomorrow for better scores. However, when

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  marched up to a group of proctors, and tapped one of them on the shoulder. He turned around, and some gears at the back of my mind began to turn ... out." He turned to the other proctors. I took ten steps in the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  what i’m doing this iap 2021 a busy busy house

  

  Hi everyone! Apologies for being gone. I have a lot of blogs backlogged right now and I'm trying to rush through them. Here's what my house is doing this IAP and a quick recap of our winter break! Winter Break

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  't have enough experiences to warrant me being a junior. why am i perceived ... not used to being "older" and "wiser." i took classes with people two or ... , who jumped from being half-sophomores to seniors, have reflected on how

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Repilot A 10th vlogiversary for the 20th blogiversary

  

  bed in the morning...I will be cranky. So when I needed to stay up to ... commute and be on time to work the next morning!!"]much more practiced in ... days[/annotation] are tied to these blogs in some way, even if we didn

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  New stuff on MyMIT, and more

  

  that financial aid letters will be mailed today to those students who ... I'm back in Boston now after two trips to Washington, DC in the past ... lecture, this time by Wolfgang Ketterle (though I had him for freshman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  blog and come on - it's not like I'd be able to focus with the sky so ... 'm thinking that there won't be too many people who managed to make it to that ... strange to come to MIT and not have there be Hispanic people everywhere. I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2009 Brass Rat My highly biased and personal opinions about Ring Premiere.

  

  't more open-minded to progress and change, and would be offended by the ... freshmen year, about a dozen students are appointed to the Ring Committee (by ... . =) (The girl sitting in front of me during the Premiere happened to be a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  . What should I do if I hope to be admitted from the waitlist? Certainly ... free to provide any other information you think would be helpful. What ... whole new application. Bombard our office with way too much stuff. Be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  the middle of February. You'd think it would be hard to combine a ... supposed to vote on slogans advertising a party thrown by Hillel, but I do ... found out that I was going to be lighting the candles on one of their

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005