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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  For Newtown

  

  some way, however miniscule, it will contribute to their healing. A ... him for organizing the memorial concert, "I'm so sorry it had to be ... tribute can be paid to you as parents, and no greater epitaph can come to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 18, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  connect it to people’s Twitter accounts because so few people can actually ... projects before the Women in NASA set “I kind of wanted it to be this fun ... creations, you can visit her Flickr album here to see famous scientists and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  , couldn't I just give it to him, would he take it? Now??? Why yes, Ben ... idea for an activity while at MIT that all I had to do was write it up and MIT would probably throw some cash my way to get it started. I also

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  China, but it slowly starting to hit me that this year is the ‘easy’ year ... the whole “I took a year to study in China, but I studied Chinese, so it ... of the few people I can look to and say ‘hey remember when that

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  It's time to answer your questions ... , "If one of our parents is coming with us to CPW, is it okay for us to ... still can't believe it! wow!!! Could someone please tell me if and when

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  yeeting classes bye

  

  wasn't enjoying it at all. I wanted to devote more energy to the other ... recreating the Monty Hall problem (anybody got two goats to spare?) writing ... classes this past semester. to make matters worse, this class was tedious

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 12, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  to bring the site back up as soon as we possibly can, and the deadline ... are welcome to send updates about anything you feel it is important we know about. Send it to the usual Admissions address and be sure to put

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  we can assume is a constant, akin to death and taxes. Naturally, almost ... how hard is it to land a research position in the first place? All of ... assignments into the two to three weeks before finals) means that I also need to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership Training Institute by YeSeul Kim '10 and Anne Shen '11.

  mission to return the favor but knew that I could not do it alone. I wished ... of the Leadership Training Institute. It was so exciting to be a part ... opportunity to receive guidance and support from great role models, and I wanted

  • by mitblogs
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My Long-Overdue CPW Recap Better late than never!

  

  ceremony. The bloggers kicked it off with the "top ten(ish) reasons to choose ... fun it is to work the registration desk at midnight. McGreggor strikes ... , especially for those admits who were not able to attend. Click here to check it

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  would hold it up for his inspection, and attempt to balance the plane on his finger to locate its center of mass. I would observe this, although ... strategy was to fold a mediocre plane and throw it as hard as possible. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my last first day every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

  

  . It feels weird to be doing things for the last time when I already sort ... dorms you can choose to live in, but I wanted to get a place with my ... my last fall beginnings: in the adult world, it’s up to you to choose

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Blog] CourseRoad! A simple way to make your four year plan!

  

  ://courseroad.mit.edu (You don’t need an MIT account to use the site, but if you don’t have the ... error.) One more note: while I was working on CourseRoad to prepare it ... to be part shameless plug for my website CourseRoad, and part

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 25, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  nervewracking to realize that you're no longer the class brain, and that you can ... First, an aside Today, Adam and I were on the subway heading to the Museum of Fine Arts (MIT students get in free! Can't beat culture for free

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Laser Graffiti I found something cool on the way home.

  

  home, we passed the Green Building. You may know it as the tallest ... building: When we passed it, around 10pm, it was dark outside and most ... leapt onto a bench for a better view, trying to figure out which room in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  It's never easy to turn people down from MIT. But sometimes, I ... students seemed like the kind of people I most wanted to be. As it turned ... classes to my heart's content, but also learned that science and math can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.

  

  situations. I was originally going to post this in Ben's blog... but it sort of ... , you can major in anything you want. I think it would be very unfortunate ... to begin admitting a larger class. It's nothing against all the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  this one with you: Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 04:25:08 -0500 To: suma ... ) ******************************   REGISTER NOW! TO REGISTER, please send an email to [email protected]   ~ For you first-time or novice traders, come try it out! See the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  perfect finish to the college essay. I can almost feel the shivers of the ... want to try it. I constantly encounter people who remind me what it’s ... MIT is not about the challenges of problem sets. It’s about a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  impressive) bearing my name. I frequently exploit this factoid to arouse ... to be in attendance. Emily's connection to outer space is not the result of a $54 check to the International Star Registry. Rather, Emily has

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005