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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DEATH AND THE POWERS: The Robots’ Opera [by Ken Haggerty '11] An * exclusive sneak peak * of Prof. Machover's exciting new…

  

  that send a chill up your nerves. © Nicholas Wiltsie G (MIT ... introduce us to the story of Simon Powers, a wealthy entrepreneur and inventor ... sinews that make us human. “What is this ‘death’? Is it a

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  Throughout my 5-ish months as a blogger for the Institvte, I've covered a lot of ground, if we go by number of categories. Our blogs have a ton of primary categories under which a poster may classify an entry

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From Atlanta I heart Exploding Bacon

  

  inspire students towards a lifelong devotion to science, technology, and engineering. FIRST works something like this: every year, in January, a star ... alliances of three robots each compete against each other on a small, enclosed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  , all the time" and to a large extent our office is that way too. We ... enjoy the weekend with us. Each one of us in the Admissions Office has a ... addition we've enlisted the help of a great group of current students

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  "philosophical" it is LOL) So hello from the other side of a terrible week of ... was a colossal disaster (despite me only sleeping around 4 hours in the ... requires 5.12 as a prereq but I'm doing them concurrently. Ironically, I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  you? Why should you only know a little? The solution was a series of ... learn a little bit more about life at MIT. MIT's blogs have started to revolutionize the way colleges advertise. MIT is no longer a photoshopped ad, it

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have ... classes come psets so...that's a wash. On other hand, I am trading Spanish weather for New England weather, and leaving behind a great experience

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Neil Gaiman! The uncensored version =P

  

  today. Oh man - oh man - it was - just - wow. What a great speaker (and ... accidentally reviewed a book someone sent him. The book was about porn - and to ... (songs, for example, are the main element of a musical, or in the other

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  't give a damn for any old man who don't give a damn for us! 1. Hearing ... auditory goodness. I’m a musician myself, and met several awesome ... out, MIT has an active and talented a cappella scene, with many

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  'd gotten a 730 on my SAT II but only because I'd crammed two days before the ... took a physics class in high school but it was more hands on and not AP ... indicators, MIT does its best to make sure you end up in a physics class that

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bread at Desk This entry brought to you by the letters "Sleep Deprivation."

  

  at East Campus working on a 5.111 (chemistry) pset with a friend. I ... that maybe someone had just put it down for a bit because there was so ... reading the emails after about a day of constant ads. People just send out

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  your beliefs about the number 7.) I took this as a challenge to transform those 24 hours into the best ever. Actually, I slept through quite a ... out, though, that you need a reservation in order to go skydiving, and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  makes even a bit of sense, and throwing out various swear words every two and a half seconds." You've always loved math, but you're not exactly good at learning it - it takes forever and a day to understand everything

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  Keuhne: "[In many ways, picking a college is a lot like marriage: the ... , a kindred spirit admissions officer/blogger at the Johns Hopkins University, had this advice in his most recent entry: 1. Time for a self

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  them in a comment. Be fruitful and check it out. Another question you ... , and e-mailing me for my first year at MIT. It all started when I got a ... translated into "M.I.T." Then I got a dreidel and geld for Hanukkah and some

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  intended to write a week ago, between now and the party tonight! I don ... enough ago that few of you were reading my blog. A little bit of context ... alums, and that's from a hall that has a lot of them. I hear, in the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Events

  NSUW Coffee Chat Casual conversations with professors

  

  ) event Coffee Chat with Professors. NSUW is a sponsored group of the Sloan ... , Kimberly Thompson Here's a little bit about each of the 5 professors: REENA ... and a course on Investment Banking and Going Public. She has been named

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  . I know, it's a bold move for an inexperienced blogger like me, but ... "Spider-Man?" Well, anyway, it turns out that he just directed a new film ... than in Boston, at the Coolidge Corner Theater, a lovely nonprofit

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  On schools & context

  

  A while back, I asked for parent questions and received exactly one ... more students to MIT than others, even when a student from a nameless public school might have equal stats, more activities, and a much lower

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  new york without i*stagram who are you performing for?

  

  too early for a flight has its benefits: you get to sit in an airport ... irresponsible spending by writing a blog. i was in new york over the past few days (mainly for christmas), and due to a mixture of factors both within

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 29, 2024