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• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  . It's important to realize that it's not just about what the scores and ... PhD programs, you're going to be doing research and so being prepared ... program or the college you want to enter. MIT is no piece of cake, so just

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cows, Cheese, and Myristic Acid, Oh My! (Almost) everything I learned about fat (and educational videos), I learned from 7.S390.

  

  not have pondered before but I bet now need to know the answer to: what ... Biology, 7.S390, through the summer@future program, which allowed me to live ... sped up snippets of the reversed erasing clips to match them up with my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 19, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  Stefanyshyn-Piper '84 SM '85 (Commander, USN) will become the 24th MIT graduate ... professional background in the Navy. And then from there, I applied to the astronaut program and was fortunate enough to be accepted." And she says this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  be buttoned to the buttons on their own side of the coat (folding the ... that the coat doesn't fit and/or you are not supposed to button them ... to be so much material for the lapel that it might just be a waterfall

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  to Proofs, the materials for which are available here). Now, these ... Parenthood. Content-wise, my work is close to the opposite of the general MIT ... subconscious yearning for sleep. I have, at times, been unable to resist the call

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Just a few notes -- that's all we have time for right now!

  

  email address) and I'll get the information to you. It should be fun and ... know that some of you will be super-excited to learn that Hikaru Utada ... ! In the mean time, the Admissions committee continues to work towards

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Beauty and the Geek Some of the greatest companies in the world recruit at MIT. Apparently, so do some…

  

  computer lab on campus"). I particularly love the warning "this is not a ... stereotypical to be advertising an open casting call for "geeks" at MIT, but this ... . If any qualified man in the Boston area reading this would like to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alaska Where I am right now.

  

  I have decided that today I will operate under the assumption that I am in Alaska. Not because it's cold or anything, just because it's a change of pace. Your thoughts on Alaska are welcomed.

  • by Snively '11
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  seemed to be the worst part of the thunderstorms, though, as the hurricane ... how it came to be that we launch exploding pyrotechnics into the sky to ... Declaration of Independence (not the signing; get your facts straight, kids

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Flowers in your hair

  

  . Website: http://www.tuckermax.com Be sure to check out the website for ... I'm flying to San Francisco for the long weekend -- hope you kids in ... !! "Pulse: Waves From the Motherland" is a demonstration of the extent to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  work is the virtue at MIT. MIT is often said to be more egalitarian than ... likes to quote Road Trip: "If it were easy, it would just be called the ... . (Admittedly, this is not a long list compared to the number of supervisors in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  that he could to make sure his children did not end up on the wrong path ... . The summer is here, but he’s not going on vacation. Instead, he ... Technology. Terence Dalbert, M.I.T.-bound: "Its going to be hard leaving my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  the modifications being introduced. I will try to cover it briefly, but ... 6.081 (Introduction to EECS 1). Course 6 will be changing its ... to as Course 6 or EECS) is the most popular major at MIT with 700

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  of reading to catch up on. The last thing I should be doing is blogging ... invited readers to decide which college the character Alex should attend ... Re, and HERE!. Of course, pollhacking is not new, as demonstrated by the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Events

  beautiful moments i think too much

  

  's been harder to notice the nice and pretty things in life: sailing on the ... tension of not-quite-capsizing, square dancing, the joy i get when working together with other dancers to compute moves while walking to the beat, the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Everybody LOVES a math joke Math jokes for a Monday chuckle!

  

  one person enters the building now, it will be empty again,” the ... ...here's one she loves to tell (copied from an article in the American Mathematical Society Journal, with a link to the article below). Seriously, she

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Updated MIT Groceries Guide (guest post) A requiem for Stata.

  

  . Tuesdays used to be a glorious time. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Gates lobby ... ’re going to be at MIT over the summer. Kendall Square Market Location: 350 ... ) If you’re willing to make the trek, you can buy produce for a huge

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 4, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  absolutely nothing better to do, though, so I'll be posting stuff like the ... can see in the comments at the end of the post. -You do not need to ... living at Northwestern for the summer makes it difficult to also live at

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  ;ll have until 8:00am this Saturday to decide whether or not they want ... non-fraternity men. There are legitimate reasons not to pledge a ... matters to you. To them, I say: please don't let the availability

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Holiday Stories Here's mine. What are some of yours?

  

  and build a chimney. Not to be outdone, I landscaped my house's yard ... gingerbread houses for their children to decorate in school the following day ... 's class decided this would be a fun event for the dads, and that's how this

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006