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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Entrepreneurship invasion I love it when students start useful companies.

  

  So yesterday, I'm in my office trying to catch up on email when a student who I haven't seen in a long time stops by my office. In the process ... know to join the team, too, at least for the summer. The company is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

  

  in, but we went over and hung out for a while. My friend Mark made a t ... Topics in Mammalian Biology) and 9.301 (Neural Plasticity) -- both were ... , seeing your friends for the first time after the summer, and helping a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All my pasts and futures A blog entry about band and quiz bowl, to prove that I'm still hip.

  

  competition, I sent an e-mail to my floor telling them to keep three things in mind. 1. The third-largest city in Ireland is called "Limerick" 2 ... came up in the lightning round. Do you do quiz bowl? You should know

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class-tastic

  

  for Computer Science. 21W.785, Communicating in Cyberspace (he's in ... In somewhat sharp contrast to previous terms, I'm taking only three ... of time to work at the lab -- I'm scheduled for 16 hours per week this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am dumb

  

  :30 as usual for my 9:30 Tuesday/Thursday class, 9.15 (biochemistry and ... blowing so hard that my new umbrella broke in 30 seconds, and then I was ... , and I got soaked from the knees down in the torrential rain. And then I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey look, I’m famous…or something

  

  Hey, cool, my column's in the Tech! See? My column was a response ... where I find it sort of exciting to be in the Tech, assuming that I'm not ... and Interpretation of Computer Programs) test in 20 minutes and was not

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  are united by a thirst for knowledge and an indefatigable work ethic ... Kappa Late Night, a fall talent show for charity sponsored by one of MIT ... hundred MIT students in the room was simultaneously struck with that exact

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  'm pretty sure they don't actually see me at all in our room since I've been ... . In order to gain some valuable experience manufacturing products, we get to design and manufacture plastic yoyos in this class! Definitely

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  As I lay face down struggling to move in a puddle of 40 degree water ... could to get a better look at was was so alluring a distraction in the ... my mind reeled to remember the name for it. Then all of a sudden I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• 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…

  

  , and how they arise in development--as well as looking for other special ... Kanwisher received her Bachelor Of Science in Course 7 (Biology) from MIT in 1980, and her Ph.D. in Course 9 (Brain & Cognitive Sciences), also

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

  A Look at Unified Engineering and the Aero/Astro Department Back in business.

  

  You can't take any other classes in the Aero/Astro department until ... 'Are you sure?' (Read more about the trials of the course in the intro ... in which the student body revealed most obstinately, "Yes, indeed, we

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 30, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  lots of words and a tungsten cube monologues and dialogues.

  

  in the past couple of months, my floor has found itself back in the ... it is. i stand there with the cube in my hand, my brain going, is it ... hold it for Matthew, who had come for this recitation, and declare, it is

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • December 20, 2023
• Blog / Events

  The REX That Was a review of the most recent confusion

  

  .g. TDC for 2015, 2014, and 2013). This year, in an attempt to make REX ... with the (soon-to-be-introduced) new bloggers for the Class of 2020 to ... so saw the Class of 2020 arrive on campus for their orientation, of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 6, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  of art or read a book for enjoyment in a while, but I don't know how I ... lopsided houses in school and haphazardly scribbled drawings to proudly ... the "reading kid." I read books with friends in [annotation note

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  In middle school, I repeatedly listened to Lupe Fiasco's hit singles ... various ridiculous schemes to get in, since we were sure it would be ... , referencing Wenjun's only current internship offer in Tempe, which he

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  highlighting done for you? ;) THURSDAY night, 7-9pm+, iHouse International Dinner! I live in this really small living group on campus (smaller than frats, sororities, and ILGs) called iHouse - in fact, there's only 20 of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  homecoming to a new school year and adventure

  

  closes in, I've started to get my hopes up high for the school year and ... years since I had been back in Loop, a hall I had lived in for a semester ... its work or its academics, but for moments where I can sit in someone

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 16, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  . We believe the word limits as stated for the essay questions in the ... Admissions is currently closed for the holidays, and is not accepting emails or ... -time questions. There are many answers already here on the site -- for example

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  much more grounded in facticity, but for every dashed bit of romanticism ... 's easier for us to notice this in other people + people are more open in some ... for others if you’re struggling in a class, the people who help you out

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  Starbucks in Canton, the first suburb outside of Boston city limits for some ... yearlong membership for $45! it's pretty worth it if you don't have your own ... annual bike auction where you can get decent bikes for prices comparable or

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023