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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  compared to a dance in which the couples change partners. Metathesis is used ... decided today to sleep in and not check on the Chemistry prize. Big mistake ... carbon atoms in ways that cause atom groups to change places. This happens

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  NIGHTMARISH THOUGHTS fear of technology

  

  to deliver a semi-personal, semi-existential rant. I am THIS close to ... CONCLUSION: I wish I had a conclusion to this rant. -- And here I am, going back to Massachusetts Institute of Technology in less than 2 weeks. What

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  a shocking look inside a macgregor single where my loners at

  

  I have to move out of my room that I've lived in for four semesters and a summer. It stings a little, but I figured I'd introduce you to my setup. (You might want to max out the quality if you really need to see

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 23, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  's admit rate for early action is so low in comparison to the admit ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... the applicants. A similar number of students were denied, while those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-med, Everybody’s Best Friend If you are considering a career in medicine -- and not as a pharmacist.

  

  must complete a minor in order to go to medical school -- these links are ... Truth the next semester.) Anyway, our 21A.453 class had only 3 students in ... "pre-med" track, so you can major in anything at all and have access to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I hurt myself again And again and again and again.

  

  -covered sidewalk and falling flat on my butt in front of a group of construction ... inability to remain standing on my feet for more than a nanosecond without ... on one (1) set of steps in front of Senior Haus and nearly hitting

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  36 Units of Class To make room for 12 units of Life

  

  -is-becoming-pretty-standard hard And waking-up-in-time-for-your-9am-class-that-you-slept-through-consistently-for-the-past-month-is-a ... the only thing we can do is to take things one semester at a time. And ... -quadruple-booking-yourself-and-forgetting-about-all-four-things hard Because you’re-too-busy-trying-to-prevent-your

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  I get a chance (maybe when I next answer questions in a day or two?) I ... students will purchase the ring in a typical year; one company actually shuts ... , and 1932. Their mission was to design a ring to be used as the Standard

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  -Lab to my schedule. This involved dropping a few other activities of minor ... to make a strong brick using pressure instead of heat. Also, the bricks ... /Malawian/Ghanaian dirt compares to dirt commonly found in, say... Massachusetts? Or what

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• FAQ / Testing

  Will MIT accept November Tests for Early Action?

  consideration. There will be an opportunity to update us with any test results that become available after you submit your application. To submit new results, simply click the "Add new test scores" link in the application
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Large Format Photography [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Please, please let there be no light-leaks.

  

  [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I need a mule. I also need to train for a marathon. Why? I’m now the owner of an 8x10 view camera. In my ... camera from scratch, in between classes and a summer job, I finished it in

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Vive la France!

  

  I'm about to head off for a two week in vacation in Paris, Rennes, and Bordeaux. In the meantime, you can check out the MIT France Program, one of MIT's awesome international programs. Current music: A.R. Rahman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  disease research, and a comparison of petroleum and coal in the same issue ... Cory and I paused for about an hour and a half while looking for Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke in the Hayden library stacks this

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  semesters. Still, it's nice to look back at the past year, which has been a ... History is, of course, a famous book, particularly in certain circles. I ... intrigue, mysticism, and references to the classics. Is it a little corny

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I include a portfolio with my application?

  Yes, you're welcome to include a portfolio. Visual artists, makers, performing artists, and researchers may send portfolios for review by MIT staff or faculty through Slideroom. Detailed instructions for submitting
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  down and worked for a bit while enjoying the food. Good luck to Suzy on ... Roberts, a professor at the MIT Sloan School. They had listened to Ed ... , and so they founded Applicon in 1969. They admitted that they had a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Being First is Important There can be many firsts

  

  Sometimes you should stop to identify all of the different pictures in an entry. We work hard to find pictures for you guys, and then we have to resize, upload, and link them in. I know I would appreciate it a

  • by Snively '11
  • May 14, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  The POWER of a Mechanical Engineering

  

  projects to improve life in impoverished communities at Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico (to name a select few). In fact, a total of 80 Mech ... In 2011, MIT Mechanical Engineering students went through MISTI to

  • by MISTI Program
  • December 7, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  help make it a better place. It's very, very hard to see the Class of ... but posted a bunch of photos to Facebook so go look at them there ... 147 classes have graduated from MIT in its history; today, the Class

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dating At MIT: Episode 1 So two of my favorite '09s have just started dating each other...

  

  (a) they're pretty much the same person so their banter is fun to watch ... revealed.) So the three of us had lunch today. Allow me to share an example of (a) from said lunch: She: You're a nerd. He: No I'm not. She: Yes

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2006