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• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Students Operate On Hawaii Time! MIT's learning environment supports a wide range of learning styles and experiences.

  

  -Perez) and I engaged in an online experiment: we took all of the lectures for 6 ... . This may sound like we simply fall back into a well-worn rut, but in fact MIT is quite remarkable in its constant pedagogical experiments and

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MITES, RSI and WTP deadlines approaching Summer programs at MIT for 11th graders.

  

  ), sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous ... -week residential, academic enrichment summer program for promising high school juniors who are interested in studying and exploring careers in science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A Night with Cranium Myth debunking and Cranium!

  

  Party - Saturday January 20 As if doing puzzles and brain teasers for an ... filled of Cranium. Some of my favorite quotes from the night: In a "Club ... your eyes open? (Keep in mind Cloodle is the sketching competition where

  • by Bryan
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  And I realize I’m going home Cards for sorrow, cards for pain, cards for my last blog entry from Germany.

  

  chocolate confiscated. Settle in for a drive home with Sam's Mom, eat some ... Sam's Mom in the early morning for the 8-hour trip up Boston way. I can ... DID YOU KNOW? In eighth grade, my science teacher taught me that the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Cannon Hack The famous tale of the Caltech Cannon Hack.

  

  In my email this morning: The Howe & Ser Moving Company cordially ... only contracted to move the cannon here for CPW, and we respect the speed with which Fleming has responded. In their honor, we wish to afford them

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  college experience where they are as well. For those of you who did get in ... 's. Back in the Fall of 2002, I set out on a journey that is still ongoing. I ... of state laws. Back in TX, if you were in the top 10 percent of your

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  Today, I leave for three weeks of vacation in Southeast Asia. Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... 'm away, Ben will be posting for me a number of blog entries I've pre

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Comments 3999 & 4000

  

  uncomfortable for some in the culture industries, which aren't accustomed to this ... Thanks to Kiersten for being my 4000th comment! Also, thanks to Jeff who, in the 3999th comment, provided a link to this interview with MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Cacti and Ice Cream

  

  Yes, I'm in the American Southwest... Yesterday, I had ice cream with some of the MIT Class of 2009 folks who are here for ISEF: From ... '11?), Ilang (Wellesley '09) In case you're wondering, here are some of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! (Part 2) late post due to usual MIT firehosing

  

  and histories, with daily lessons in Greek, Latin, and philosophy for ... spent a night in the town of Bergamo, famous for its split-level upper and ... famous city in the world for street food!) and took in the sea, the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 17, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  this is the real life I love in-person MIT eom

  

  Whenever I try to think about the last year, it doesn't feel real. In ... in the "before times," of course. We wear masks in class, and because ... absurd amount of fruit snacks in the past month. Despite the covid

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  Bavarian Rhapsody I'm just a poor boy, I go to MIT.

  

  nation before you go there, especially in a language so well known for its ... . In München, the standard size for any beverage is 1 liter, pretty much ... are a lot different from parks in America. For example, there are a lot

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  industry for a bit first. My intention has been to work in the industry first ... moment in many ways. For one, I’m once again sitting in front of my ... I’ve mentioned a few times in the past about being unsure as to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  -paid, people who choose to major in Course 6 are "selling out" or "only in it for ... been right in my zone of proximal development for that. It's so ... goals for yourself! All of this sucks me in hard, and on the days I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  -Nehisi Coates, who writes for the Atlantic - which in the past year became my new ... sophomore who is still unsure what course to major in. But the reality is not quite so. I'm a senior who's majoring in Course 4 Architecture and will

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Monday Actually, I think I just made it to Tuesday.

  

  potato farmer in Idaho. I digress. Here's my schedule for the week, which ... 7:39 PM: It's Sunday night. I have four exams in the next week. Hey ... his homework in a leather briefcase and can run from Random Hall to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  gone was any trace of you i think i am finally clean

  

  holding in my freshman year of high school, giggles behind lockers and sneaking out of classrooms, sitting next to each other at lunch in between periods. I've been in love before, where love was 18 hour phone calls and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT: Coding over Cookies sights from the hackathon [pictures inside!]

  

  -night "insomnia cookies" to breakfast bagels with half-and-half milk. Toss in a hallway lined with air mattresses for catnappers, and throw in a bunch of ... flocked to HackMIT to crowd themselves into a gym for 30 hours and make

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Decisions Coming soon to a web site near you!

  

  Hi folks, So sorry for the delay in posting this - we wanted to be very confident in the decision release date before announcing it publicly ... . ----------------------------------- What is the process for receiving my admissions decision online? In order

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  :00 until noon. It will be in Johnson Ice Rink. For fourteen weeks the Final ... , and decided on this one for brevity's sake. Still, you must know, the ... " became an important EPA goal. While this promise was not reached in time

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006