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• Blog / Community Projects

  Another Type of Mens et MANUS There are 20 students in iHouse. We were in 17 countries this summer. Beat that.

  

  them. What you should steep yourself in is the ignorance, in what we don't know. What is fascinating about science is to define the questions ... teaching people is how to ask good new questions. It is a tremendous art to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  Ahh!!! This blog is finally happening! I think my bio page gives a ... work while juggling the crazy new power/responsibility that is FREEDOM ... , in MIT lingo, is “accelerated” Calculus I, meaning we get a whirlwind

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Monday Actually, I think I just made it to Tuesday.

  

  , I should blog! 7:40 PM: Erons '12 walks into my room. Erons is not wearing shoes. 7:41 PM: Erons is asking me something about electric potentials inside charged cubes. Erons is the type of person who carries all

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  ’s no point. This is goodbye, this is my last post. I know what you ... you mean this is the end?” Three words friends: Large. Hadron. Collider ... 's the largest single object ever built. Only thing you can't see is the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  in the MIT undergraduate student body? And, which foreign country is most represented, and what is the most populous country to have no MIT ... the door. Please note that no RSVP is required. The meeting itself will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  bloggers - a source of insight into MIT that I hope is of value as you consider applying to or attending the Institute. Since this is my initial ... succeed at MIT. My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT. I

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  of art as "The Thong Song" is, I personally think that it was simply ... neighbor Alicia (Course 7 '06) is the president of the club and is only ... away last night. Well, this is what it would have looked like, had she

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Novartis

  

  Research (NIBR), which is located just down the road from MIT! I pass this ... Medical Engineering Society (BMES) I quickly signed up. Novartis is a world-wide pharmaceutical company that is headquartered in Cambridge and but has a major

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bryan Owens: Developing bioreactors An interview with fellow blogger, Bryan Owens, to find out more about his awesome UROP…

  

  Drug discovery is a difficult and expensive process. The approximate average Research & Development cost of one drug is around $850 million ... working at MIT's Biotechnology Process Engineering Center (BPEC), is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  interviews has changed. A description of the current interview process is posted here.  Yimin asks: What is interview like? Good question. Let's start at the very beginning. (A very good place to start.) 0. Is an

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come in, we’re open

  

  I survived moving to my fall room! (I realize this is silly. But moving is very difficult for me due to a) impatience, b) anal ... -Entry is a wonderful place. People like Mitra even hang out here. It's like

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  . David is off to the CUNY Honors College next year. The STS awards ceremony is a black tie event; I was sporting my tux. It's a pretty swank ... think a big part of that is it's not really in the nature of the science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy V-Day

  

  Today is Valentine's Day, the holiday where Americans celebrate love ... , couples (yes, there is dating at MIT!) will get all dressed up and venture ... Cambridge. On campus, there's the Valentine's skate (ice skating is an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 14, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  2023 is now live. While some have jumped at the chance to scope out the changes and preview the short answer prompts, a much larger group is likely ... submit. It is, however, worth noting that If you experience any last minute

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 2 our experience trying to prepare for the animation industry at MIT

  

  that MIT is just a STEM school, there is a vibrant arts community here ... ] figured out that our career goal is to work in the Animation Industry, we ... you to a career in animation -- is something we would have really wanted

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 22, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  decision is completely understandable, considering that coronavirus cases are ... out is an incredibly stressful process. We are still figuring out how ... [annotation note="Of course, 'stuff' is not as important as people's lives and health

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  fun. the band, but also the form

  

  This is a short appreciation post for fun., one of my favorite bands ... everything’s wrong It just gets so hard sometimes Be calm This is rather a mood ... happens between 11 AM and 3 PM. I guess part of it is just because my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  big city lights and into the "suburbs" of Cambridge (which is where MIT is located) and Somerville (which is a subway stop past Harvard). The ... River, is an "exuberant celebration of the arts." It happens yearly at the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  jokes (out of pity). It is currently the first day of school’s eve, more commonly known here as Reg Day. Morale is at a local maximum. Provisions are ... type. The door is at the optimal angle between slightly ajar and fully

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  it is," and I'll agree. Then he says "I as an artist can see how beautiful this is but you as a scientist take this all apart and it becomes a ... beauty that he sees is available to other people and to me too, I believe

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015