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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Lectures I had two ideas for good blog posts, and both were stolen by other bloggers!

  

  uncluttered to touch. That's how I feel about the new MIT admissions website. I ... to your web browser, and the best part is pictures are now super ... engineers..." But I'm definitely a mathematician, not an engineer: the last

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  polymers that can kill cancer cells. Berry may not know the exact ingredients ... the Boston skyline, it seems that life is good for Berry and he admits ... . He is currently focusing on two companies: LS9, the renewable petroleum

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Not an actual entry Warning: I am apparently in a run-on sentence/overuse of parenthetical statements mood today.

  

  . My excuse is that I had to haul the Christmas presents I bought for my ... Adam is the baby of the family and his mommy won't let him drive to Maine ... him, but the picture is on my parents' camera.) We went to Disneyland on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  ’t technically acheive anyway because the first semester is pass/no record), it ... entire life. I admit that I may not be able to remember all of the names of ... and just took in the imagery of the Charles River. The cab driver

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And for my next trick… ...I'll make J.B. confess to copying the answers to Ms. Hauser's test!

  

  in other dorms are "crowded" into triples. This is generally not a good ... people, they were really meant for 2- so it means that the dorm is ... . Right. CPW and the summer housing preferences sheet are not technically

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  segment). What's harder to express or explain is the impact that watching ... , accidentally) I am funny, it is often because I've seen something the way he (and ... titled this post "Jon and me." This is not really accurate: there is no

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Dropout Design and the Disco Dance Floor ridiculous ideas can sometimes develop into pretty solid business plans. STORYTIME.

  

  (I am not that lame) because this is about the start-up company that ... Every year there is a contest sponsored by East Campus called the Bad ... , website, video and marketins selling point. The quote, "more than ever. hour

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  term will just have to wait. It's not like I'm leaving you out in the ... neighborhood.   No. 6 House The No. 6 Club is a co-ed literary fraternity situated on campus. It is home to 40 members from around the world. Our

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  to know you. Though the interview is optional, it is a great chance not ... not, because it is based on the availability of ECs in your area ... a length of around 30-60 minutes. However, the length is not an

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  that my name is Dave and I'm the new Communications Manager for ... the sheer lunacy of the idea). The Admissions office is chock full of ... , and the day I feel like I need to lie about MIT is the day I'll start

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  of you to realize that there is more than one way up to the top. The ... versatility of seeking an alternate solution and still getting to the top is what matters - not only to this temple, but also to life and the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  year (and the last few years) is that the team has been consistently ... good the Patriots are is distributed proportionally across the offense ... model, is a simplification: it doesn't truly describe the ability of, say

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  , this is the story of that project. [Disclaimer: What follows is going ... before the deadline. Finally, I decided “oh hell, why not?” and built a ... .022 psets. (Still not sure how I pulled that one off.)   Yes, that is

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

  Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…

  

  Science and Technology Initiatives) is the umbrella organization for a lot ... (although I think Isreal is the most recent). Well, I've been wanting to go ... ://web.mit.edu/misti/mit-spain/ (which just a few months ago was a much uglier website, nice job on the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What did YOU do this weekend? Laura's jam-packed-action-filled adventurous fin de semana.

  

  wonderful end-of-week meal at the appropriately named TGIFriday's. Friday's is ... not go into too much detail, but while we're on the subject I'd like to bring up the point that MIT is super-open about sexual health. (Um

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pop quiz, Viktor I finally discover what happens when you rapidly cool hot metal. Now my life is…

  

  . Turns out that there is no page on the entire internet that scientifically ... ," the heroes face a villain whose body is described as "an organic ... thermal energy is available (kT), and less as the temperature is lowered

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  happy, and enjoy the small distractions of life. Graduating high school is ... and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our process. ... who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it ... intentions, as that is the spirit of our process. ... who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Events

  2024 ring premiere! amogus??

  

  class ring, or Brass Rat, is an integral part of the MIT experience. It ... note="to make up for not having freshman formal, the '24 class council ... not something I wanted to think about at the moment. "Are you psetting

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  that new HDTV is! I may not have the money to buy it, but, hey, I do have ... long way for that. I guess the trick is to not go nuts with a credit card ... our stuff (the move date is next Saturday!), and made arrangements to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006