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• 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 / Life and culture

  What’s the campus life and culture like?

  It would be impossible to tell you about campus life and culture at MIT in just a few words, so we're going to have to send you to another page on our site—hopefully, you'll get a feel for the vibrancy of our
• 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
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  -Z, Jill Scott and Sade. Favorite book: Again, tough... I LOVE to read ... school I participated in a program called Youth in Government and (to my ... Hometown: Queens, NY High schools: Benjamin N. Cardozo (Bayside, NY) and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Message From Ben And Matt ...regarding the recent news of Marilee's resignation.

  

  to have many questions around this, and we'll try to address them in ... trying to make college admissions better - with more compassion and less ... recover in the days ahead, we will continue to celebrate and uphold all of

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  of roosters and step outside my door to see peacocks, cows, and stray dogs; nor do I feel the need to automatically convert between dollars and ... and staff. In addition to teaming up with the hospital/medical van

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  blogger wrapped 2022 judge our music taste (the 5th installment)

  

  consistent tradition, and if I had to guess, they'll continue for a while ... hundreds of playlists, and I'm very diligent about listening to music ... with: Do you mostly listen to the same artists over and over (and over

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to MIT! blogging guilt eased...

  

  /lounges/libraries/other favorite study spot to ready themselves for the barrage of final projects and ... try and picture yourself somewhere else, you won’t be able to. One of ... assignments and things I have to do before then. The past three years have flown

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 3, 2011