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• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  parallel. That is to say, order doesn't matter. (All of this assumes you have ... 'll hold on to it until the rest of your application comes in. The same goes ... in either order. One related question is, what if I plan to take

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  graduate student in physical chemistry. It's good to get different ... about professors you're close to is that they make you call them by their ... like to read it... although I don't think she'll like it!). With only

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  , it is theoretically possible to room with a person of the opposite gender, so long as you can convince the RAC to let you do it. (This is ... , since it wasn't a very full flight and I had a whole row to myself. 7

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Back From The West Coast ...with thoughts and conclusions on the recent serious posts.

  

  thread. But this blog is what it is, and Matt & I have to stay within ... such as my blog is not the place to have a discussion on highly serious ... is benjones at mit dot edu. If I am not able to help, I will find

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  Midyear Report is an online form that is required of all students, and is to ... MyMIT tracking is up-to-date with what has been processed. If you were to call, basically all we could do is tell you that MyMIT is up-to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  exploit this behavior. As they say, it’s now a feature, not a bug. This is ... Uncanny valley is a phenomenon where an eerie and unsettling feeling arises when looking at something human-like. This is why humanoid robots

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  FourFiveUnits all you could ever want to know about my semester schedule

  

  expanding to fill its container. I am enrolled in 45 units, which is 3 ... tl;dr: Look how empty my Firehose is compared to the other bloggers ... number of units required to maintain full-time status. It's still four

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  . It is currently New England Cable News' "video of the day." The Tech ... -year core subjects in math, physics, chemistry and biology. It is a small ... Initiative: "Planet Earth is a monument to the magnificent complexity that can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  growing over time continuing to become myself

  

  my friends, they pointed out to me that even if that is true for most ... to that...) I was still learning, academically and otherwise, but it ... came back to campus I realized I'd forgotten what it felt like to move

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 31, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  dry. Suffice it to say I was not expected to participate in sorority ... 's sororities is not to put unsuspecting girls through Formal Recruitment. Formal Recruitment, while giving people equal time to all five of MIT's sororities, is

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  't seen her blog since I got hooked to the MIT site - four months ago. Is ... season is starting! I don’t know for sure, but I’d say you can expect to ... ]hould I [s]ign the part on top where it [s]ay[s] I waive the right to review

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  project is to compose a movement of a string quartet, and it’s cool because ... structures that allow computers to accomplish anything, ie. how is it possible ... further optimizations to implement and gave up. it really is a great project

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  , Mexico is home to 375 identified amphibian species, making it the country ... City is home to 18 million people, making it the third largest ... Today is the fifth annual Save The Frogs Day, a day to spread

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  costume for you! Pro: It's an easy costume to pull off when you promised ... : (Whether it's a scream of joy or anguish is a different question.) #3 – The ... there (with a fun Tech twist). Pro: It's unique! It's bold! Is this not

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  sunny as it is, this never happened much. There were a few memorable days ... if Bostonians are less accustomed to snow, or perhaps it really does ... the four-ish inches we currently have is enough to close down the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  of the gigantic moving carts and, somewhat clumsily, maneuvered it to ... possible. After attempting to wipe it up a bit, I quickly deposited it at the ... !’ to me like a sled dog, at which point [annotation note="I did not. It

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  talking about in the morning, and I managed to catch a glimpse of it on my ... definitely a great way to spend 20 minutes between classes. I think it's safe to say MIT is one of the few places on earth that would choose to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  to play today? You guessed it... Admissions: You Make The Call. So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to a highly selective college or university? How hard can it be? All you need to do is

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You Heard It Here First Short Skirt, Long Jacket

  

  . Rumor has it that it will be matt pond PA. We'll just have to wait and see about that though. Last fall, Hot Hot Heat came to campus. Last spring ... Sleepwalkers My freshman year, the headlining band was Piebald. They went on to

  • by Bryan
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  won't get around to marking it. This is a tough supervisor to have ... essay, pset style questions, or past exam problems. The goal is to finish ... have time to grade it and provide feedback. What actually happens in the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014