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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  songs that they learn from their fathers. She loves her UROP because it is ... is replicable because bird song could be more easily studied if a bird is not afraid of the researchers studying it.” She found out

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  CPW is Monday, April 2, 2007. That's in five days! I know you're all second-semester seniors, but procrastination is not your friend in this ... is lots of fun with a variety of interesting threads (this is my

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  . --- All I can really add to that blog entry is that this year, I'm reliving ... place that I love. Make sure that you remember that all you can do is know that you tried your best and that is all you should expect of yourself

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers, Perfect and Imperfect Math geeking, and a guessing game.

  

  is my birthday, and my age is now a perfect number. Perfect numbers ... is just for fun. No prizes will be awarded, just pride and bragging

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-January Updates The latest from Cambridge.

  

  application component, such as a transcript or teacher evaluation, now is a good ... financial aid deadline is quickly approaching. Be sure to have all of your ... application and receiving your decision is a good time to focus on family

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  For many, holiday time is the season of giving. While on this blog I ... America, the Today Show, Jay Leno, and even on Jeopardy. What is Clocky ... off, you have to find it. When the snooze alarm is pushed, Clocky rolls

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  great people to chose from. To answer an FAQ, our goal is to release ... Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a non-profit humanitarian project to put ... ambitious and inspirational project is headed up by Nicholas Negroponte of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry, no dorms yet but… ya wanna see some classes?

  

  lecture because that is pretty obnoxious when a professor is trying to speak ... . you'd seen plenty of photo already.) Your feedback is important to me

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  , Mozart reportedly remarked, "Finally, here is music one can learn from ... for some reason there is no Project Runway category on MITblogs. So ... who does not do this is really stupid." Actually, I was literally going

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hip-Pop – Konnecting Souls Part of the MIT series "Hip-Pop in French: Contemporary Theater, Film, Dance, Comics and Graphic…

  

  choreographer and composer, Franck II Louise is a pioneer of the French hip ... musicality of movement lies at the heart of his work. He is presently ... musical instruments. The usual process of dance / music creation is turned

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.

  

  everyone else I know does keep up. Friend: Your UROP advisor is a genius. Me ... Genius Grant which is a no-strings-attached grant spread out over 5 years ... incredible distinction, and one of the best things I've enjoyed at MIT is that

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Man of Many Hat(ches) Keyword: Free.

  

  So one of the best aspects of being in Boston for the summer is all ... popular venues for such events is the Hatch Shell. Not only does the Hatch ... and Grease. Temptations Concert - My mom is a fan of oldies, and thus

  • by Bryan
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Teatro ZinZanni Another trip to the circus -- is my boss trying to imply something?!

  

  your dreams!" An ambitious mission, no? This description is almost ... . The "nightclub of [my] dreams" is along the Embarcadero in San Francisco, which is roughly the equivalent of the Esplanade in Boston, except it's on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: Sign up for SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test registration deadline is April 28.

  

  registering is April 28th. We suggest that when you register, you list MIT to receive your scores. Our College Board Code is 3514. We don't require that ... your science class -- is still fresh in your mind. And this also allows

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  CPW... our preview weekend is nothing like the "Hearst College ... . For one thing, the weekend is not planned out for you, it's more of a ... span of 4 days!). And, while there will be parties, CPW is a 100% dry

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Friday morning potpourri in lab How MIT's campus makes me happy to be alive. Also stuff from Adam.

  

  motivation. So by way of introduction, it is 9:50 AM on a Friday morning. I ... shots around this joint. The sort of puzzling thing is that nothing that ... 't necessarily understand -- I mean, really, how superficial is that? I think what

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holmstrom, et al.

  

  about research he said, "The one thing all the sciences have in common is ... bipartisan President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform. He is married to the economist Nancy Rose, who is my 14.20: Industrial Organization

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  years back (its site is now home to Novartis Institutes for Bio ... , however, is still made just off MIT's campus, and it is a nice treat to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  dark chocolate, which apparently is less than 55% cocoa -- wimpy! We ... concentrated (85% and 99%) pieces. Organization is key. Like the characters ... sell for Valentines Day. Naturally, this year is no different! Please

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  know that not every single person who reads this blog is necessarily ... will cook only main dishes. This is what I plan to do when I grow up. I ... want to be happy Here's what I submitted in third grade. This one is in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005