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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Watch this! An MIT blogger alum deservedly gets a moment in the spotlight.

  

  , and really important, research work. Would you like to hear the short ... today as they were when she wrote them between 2005 and when she graduated with degrees in Biology and Brain & Cognitive Science in 2006. Today

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Delivery I think Abba said it best when they sang, "Ring, ring, why don't you give…

  

  I blogged Ring Premiere and it would just seem unfair, wrong even, to leave it alone without its partner Ring Delivery. And seeing as the Brass ... never, right? Anyway, I know I also keep promising that I'm "back", and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  St. George’s Day England's National Day

  

  with my camera and was half expecting to see some sort of parade. But the ... When I came back to England from Easter vacation, I was greeted by ... , Wednesday 23 April and has a picture of a knight on a horse. I was with

  • by Cambridge
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An American Idol Math Question You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one.

  

  , 100 million people who wanted to vote for him, and Kat and Taylor each ... pointed this out last night, and unless I'm missing something, I agree with ... it was a 3-way tie. Let's do the math, and please correct me if I

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Almost Famous You probably think this entry is about me.

  

  have until Mitra gets home to read this entry. So today the first issue of The Tech since the marathon, so of course they decided to cover it, focusing on both the overall winners and the performances of MIT runners. Now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  door open and used the tarp to ferry materials back and forth. When we ... 's nothing quite like being inside a tent and listening to the rain try in vain ... present. Just as Monica and I started to reminisce about Middle School, when

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2005, and in 2006 he received the ... elective, Public Finance and Public Policy (14.41) Q. Why did you choose to come to MIT? A. I chose to come to MIT twice - in 1983 as a student, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Visiting the Museum of Science science is cool

  

  My roommates and I haven’t had an outing for a while, so we went to ... to the Museum of Science, and all we had to do was to give her our name ... . There was one related to programming, and there was one where you try to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  unconventionally to solve cool problems. And that is exactly what 6.042 is about ... down every theorem or result known to mankind and then adds a few more ... cumbersome notation: Best done with access to at least four alphabets and

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  I know enough to stay away from trying to describe the different ... . This isn't to say I won't tell you if you ask, but I'll avoid typing it ... speak for themselves, and our friends over at CalTech have helped us out a

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  February updates Midyear grades and more.

  

  Hello! I wanted to take this opportunity to provide an update on the ... will be hard to choose. We have begun selection committee meetings. Thus, it is too late for any supplemental materials to be considered by the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  the last six hours, and have another eight to go. But this isn't about ... salad, and I'm rarin' to go. (Have you ever noticed how sometimes the ... To take a leaf out of Sam's book: DID YOU KNOW? Charlotte

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  We frequently get requests to blog about transfer admissions, and now ... Beta Kappa inductees, admissions interns, and more. Thanks go out to ... any to do so. The numbers for this year look remarkably like they did

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  were not able to offer admission, and I am feeling equally sad about that ... to pass the time, and you haven't read this already, check out this ... -decision-release onslaught of comments. It's eerily quiet, which is both nice and unsettling at

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  career fair haikus this post contains your Daily Value of sodium

  

  😤   I approached the stand  $old my self, car, home, and soul To ... , we're going shopping." *Drives to career fair*👕   Push through ... handshake A spit shower 🗣 and quick talk This is all I got

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Videos Over the Years The 90s were, uh, different

  

  I was going through some of the Admissions archives last week and watching old recruitment videos and HOO BOY, have times changed. (And hoo boy ... silent film that was almost an hour long! An HOUR! What was it even like to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Vol. III Everyone gather 'round the laptop 'cause it's movie time!

  

  poopy situations, and Anna has been dancing the night away in Cambridge, I've been going on to Facebook, enjoying plenty of potty humor and having ... entries to come involving my research and other jobs, but until then here

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • July 2, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  similar to her other stories, but it was still insightful, entertaining, and ... , where about thirty-five students got to speak with Lahiri and get their ... alone love, and Jhumpa Lahiri is one of them. The Pulitzer Prize winning

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Children of Eden, seek for your garden. You and your children to come, someday to come home.

  

  i was going to write a post about Thanksgiving and Drop Date and not ... to read. I will, however, grace you with this: It takes up more ... , absolutely worth it. Our first show was tonight, and we all enjoyed an awesome

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy 4th of July! Glorious red, white, and blue

  

  off, free street parking, copious amounts of barbequed meat, and ... doesn't look like this: Well I may not go to see the fireworks today ... ! I love Italy's amazing Roman ruins, gelato, pasta, and shopping, but I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 4, 2006