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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  repeats. The Stirling engine cycle can also be used "in reverse", to ... , IAP is a really great time to start because you can work up to 40 hours ... Turkish roots, where food is used to bring people together) and this class

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  it. Professor Song Han: "We use short-term projects to generate cash ... about serious science; it's also an opportunity for the MTL community to ... output (I guess being an undergrad made it okay), I have a poster to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  -question examination that could be used in lieu of an application to admit people to MIT ... 're going to adopt it for the incoming class of 2012. No no, not really. Well ... , I don't know if I should even bother applying to MIT, it's so hard and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  before. Once you learn how to read it, it is so much nicer to use and saves ... that useful. Now, I love to find ways to use it. I think of it as an ... protected, and how we can choose to safeguard variables and methods from

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  that uses brain imaging methods, and usually find its flaws and design ... and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009. Q. Can you ... nature of the human mind? Much of our work uses a brain imaging method

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  of IAP abroad programs. I thought it might be useful to write a quick ... great. You get to travel and experience living in another country, and it’s ... really technical major, and it’s hard to get outside credit from a school

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  . First team to find it wins. Winning team writes the puzzles for the ... message that led you to the Frontier Airlines website. It turns out that ... -variant word search. Stare at it for a few minutes, and you begin to comprehend

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  short. Filk music can be awfully hard to define. Strictly speaking, it is ... is the culture. It's hard to describe, but there's a peculiar mix of ... novels. When I was younger, I put some of these to music. It was just a

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  figure we can each only type fast enough to catch half of what he says, so ... here so it looks like we get to skip the Intl admissions part of the ... can explain your work, you're pretty much useless to the world. You have

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....

  

  To celebrate the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Google has a new site up: http://moon.google.com. If you zoom in close enough, you can see what the moon is made of ;-) (thanks to diana for pointing

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I tried* to run to the airport *thank you Noah and Sydney for saving my life

  

  take the train back to MIT. So I look at it on google maps real quick ... the Cambridge Half Marathon, but was no longer able to run it, so she ... thought. If I really buckled down it would be hard, but I'd be able to do it

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  MIT is, at the very least, interesting when it comes to biology. You ... that going to grad school can be just as rewarding as going to med school ... how can I make a therapy, how can I use this protein as a marker for

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  attending. That escalated quickly, so let me restate it: I stopped going to ... proto-oncogene? Or do you pronounce it ‘protOOOncogene’? Can we just go to ... can handle it. I wouldn't dissuade anyone who wants to skip lecture

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  . As I enter my senior year, it feels like there's still much more to ... . I used US News & World to see how the program was ranked. Then I ... that it is actually the most accurate and verifiable method. I asked

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  Vegas. I had the chance earlier to go to CES but I passed on it. A group ... kicking in. It's one thing to follow the news on the Internet and tweet at the companies at CES. It's another thing entirely to be there in person

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  independent studies.  Also, just to make it clear, in case it’s confusing in ... independent study, you can create a more formalized way to take advantage of ... Book Writing, last semester and really loved it, but ended up having to

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

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  much with it unless you know how to traverse it. CLUES: A few of these ... midnight. Dissecting the puzzle: Title: Come and Ride It Discussion ... this series of directions to follow to find the train home. Discussion

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  comfort of your home. you can even bring it on to the airplane without ... to be on-location in New York City with an independent movie directed ... which forms between the mountains - you can see a bit of it in the picture

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair! tisn't ye olde renaissance faire, institvte

  

  to check out Techfair, MIT's annual student-run technology expo. It ... leave it at that. Its most heavily marketed capability is the ability to ... knockoff Ray-Bans continues to see the same growth it did over Techfair, I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  students taking their own lives at MIT and places like it, the causes -- to ... related. Usually, it is related to personal problems or preexisting mental ... made public. You can read it here. Earlier this year, the folks at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010