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• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  southwest of Seattle. Believe me, we had to work for this view![/caption] And ... almost didn't want to eat them.   But as much as Seattle is ... I've never been to Seattle before. One of the things I love about

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Perfect Match? because the right CPW host can make a huge difference...

  

  specific things that you would like to do, and have already made all the necessary arrangements to attend, and are not waiting, in typical MIT fashion ... offers a lot of choices, and navigating those choices is much easier if you

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Everything I ever wanted to know about making stuff.

  

    Many thanks to the Global Grand Challeneges Summit staff for the photos, and to Ed McCann and Mark Murcko for some of the anecdotes and quotes of the scientists featured here.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  living community so much! 2:00 PM Back to work. My code stops working ... 's trying to branch out of just English and Spanish music. I'm more than happy ... walk to Star Market to get a pint of ice cream and end up with two pints

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  What I Did on Registration Day I registered.

  

  resumes in twelve hours, a carton of eggs waiting to crack and hatch their ... about classes with my advisor for 10 minutes, and walked out with seven classes and her pen (oops- if any of her other advisees are reading this, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  L@@K at the Class of 2015 profiles in greatness? a great profile? or both?

  

  try to provide as much data as we can to make our process as transparent ... was offered $100,000 to start her own company based on her research...and ... we updated our admissions statistics and freshman class profile pages

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Above Ground now breathe

  

  and final part to my previous blog. I spent last semester trying to ... , I completed two puzzles, and I'm finally feeling ready to start the ... ground. I'm no longer drowning, and I'm just antsy for some project to get

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  This Entry is About (A) Lady Gaga (B) my MIT ID card (C) all of the above

  

  found myself a new neck and decided to consume a mango from the MIT Farmer ... , and discovered at 9:18 AM that I had a press ticket to a Polaroid press ... cars to the other side of the Gagamobile and started ducking through the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 1, 2010
• 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…

  

  faculty in 1997, and prior to that was a faculty member at UCLA and Harvard ... and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009. Q. Can you ... - they also learn how to understand, critique, and design brain imaging

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

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  probably are if you want to apply to MIT), you're good at things, and that ... . And getting paid any reasonable amount to do what you love is basically ... major, biology, 'useless'. Shocked, I asked her to elaborate. She felt

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  school), the Frosh can say, “I’m not going to finish this homework,” and ... /No Record basis, and she is allowed to slip. But the lengthy vacation will ... example, the Frosh and her friends splashed together through puddles to see

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT wins the gold

  

  Oh look, how interesting. MIT seems to have won an Olympic gold medal at Torino. All photo credits go to Matt Peddie '09. A pretty nighttime ... just like the Torino medals. A much more close-up shot. You can see the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 7

  

  of media, from USA Today to CNN and space.com. Full article at http ... ; and they could use this information as a new technique to measure black ... mechanisms as the powerful outflows in the most distant and much more massive

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  robot battle -- to determine the winner. Both 2.009 and 2.007, like 2 ... programmed to be autonomous (although I think that course 2 and course 6 ... Before we get to scenes from the MIT Class of 2012 Movie Night, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  difficult it is to get into top colleges, weird, funny, poignant, and even ... visits, which are supposed to leave prospective applicants and their ... .Y, will go to Brown in the fall. When admissions deans and high

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  ? What is my life going to be? Four years of college and plenty of ... , health care, etc. And for people who want to take UROPing to the next level ... from other departments to launch a new product/service and change the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Thursday liveblog Updated whenever I get a chance.

  

  much, and while I'm exhausted, I fear I'm still too excited to sleep ... Student Welcome -- and I'm happy to see that most people are traveling in ... :45am: I actually wake up. I look outside and see that the bad weather

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  : This one was added to the list because my third and final sister wanted ... It's 2017 now according to the Gregorian calendar. I'm a frosh.5 (RIP ... college applications whose deadlines fell on January 1. Not much has changed

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  about. But instead of a police presence, and maybe a trip to MIT Mental ... Capstone courses, and it has to be the best class at MIT by a long shot. You ... Thursday from 0900 until 1700 when everything had to be finalized, and then

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT offer a foundation year?

  MIT does not offer a foundation year program. Students currently enrolled in a foundation year program may apply for first-year admission if their foundation year is not considered the first year of university in