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• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  about it from a random e-mail (probably sent to all of the dorm mailing ... later, I sent this e-mail to my mom: “I’m going to go, even though it ... times.” "One of our students said that his dream is to study history at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  now. January is the last month for Regular Action applicants to take ... course, January 1 is our postmark and online submission deadline to apply ... Early Action updates Please continue to be patient with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble This ain't your AP English class's Shakespeare.

  

  One all-too-common misunderstanding I've encountered about MIT is ... he doesn't like the arts - but the truth of the matter is that MIT ... other "artsy" things you might not expect engineering students to be

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 23, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  —and the tools to make our own new beautiful things. This blog post is about ... rest of this post is by someone who, in addition to being an in general ... is a masterpiece. If you have the Internet for it, I strongly encourage

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Conner 2 Trip to the North End Bother bother bother bother

  

  A bunch of people from my floor decided to go to the North End to get pizza and pastries the other night. I didn't feel like writing about it so I decided to just film it instead. I present to you, what it would

  • by Snively '11
  • February 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One wonderful day I might just make it, after all.

  

  with three people. I volunteered to organize and compile it by 3 PM today ... my laptop, taking it from wireless connection to wireless connection on ... I REALLY NEED HER PART BECAUSE I HAVE TO HAVE IT ALL ORGANIZED AND

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  two years after my book auction in retrospect

  

  On April 16th, 2020, my life changed. That’s a kitschy way to put it ... memorable than usual, because it’s the day my first novel went to auction. It ... begun to claw its way through the United States, and a month earlier, MIT

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  FUN Form FAQs U is for Ukelele

  

  obligated to fill up the form—it’s okay if all you’re sending us is semester grades. But you DO have to submit it, regardless of if you have updates or ... want to see your latest grades and any updates. It’s okay if you don

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  those of you who didn't make it to the end, the epilogue reads: Footage ... calling, who prefers to remain anonymous, insists it was a "sincere ... , for some reason, chose to enroll in MIT's hardest physics class, dubbed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Monkey Dance

  

  Julie Mallozzi to do a screening of her film at your school. It's a great ... appeal to some of you... The (27th annual!) LSC Sci-Fi Marathon is a ... work at 6:50pm tonight and was in the mood to do something interesting

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

  Why I’m Baking Cookies Tonight. IAP is a beautiful time to do lots of something or lots of nothing. Or…

  

  ' mice an' men / Gang aft agley.” - Robert Burns, To a Mouse And so it’s ... to the house and was running out the door with my shoes untied, it was ... IAP is perfect- 2 weeks in December wouldn't be nearly enough to unwind

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Some notes for applicants Thoughts for both EA & RA applicants.

  

  been sent to MIT. Our College Board Code (for SAT and TOEFL) is 3514 and ... to have to give bad news to so many students, but it's a reality that ... interest to early and regular action applicants. For Regular Action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  dig up some tears is due to the fact that I'll be living on the MIT ... Housman's had his hand in it. And the cool thing is that this distinguished ... Adam is rude and/or Professor Durant is very gracious. We went out to his

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory?

  : unraveling the mechanisms that drive the quintessentially human capacity to remember and to learn, as well as related functions like perception
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blended Learning at MIT benefits of technology in MIT classrooms

  

  and resources outside the classroom. It is the “21st century ... platform is the main source of learning. For others, it allows a blend of ... collaboration. Since there is no need to debate the answer, learners can spend

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  hogan: Is your mind blown yet? It’s a completely different world. This ... . We shared a hall with a few other physics classes, and it looked like ... marched up to a group of proctors, and tapped one of them on the shoulder

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  Guth." Is it ever appropriate to address A Famous Person by first name ... course, live in the Milky Way, although it's hopeless to try and see that ... to immediately re-open it to e-mail my mom, sprinted outside to tell

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Promise of Ending ...is labor and sharing and loving.

  

  ." I noticed that it had to be in by February 9 or I would suffer a $40 ... History Channel that was trying to determine the precise location of Sodom and Gomorrah when I decided to check my grades, like I do, you know

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Half-Century of Hacking MIT's original hackers are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short…

  

  caffeinated soda and delivery pizza. If you do go to MIT, resourceful rooftop applications might come to mind. And either way, it wouldn't be hard to assume ... If you don't go to MIT, when you think about "hacking," you probably

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  We Saw a Sea Turtle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  ! Oblaka nizko viseli, i my tikhonechko peli...... Sand is sticking to our ... she did, she began to very quickly shuffle her way back to the ocean. It ... that marked her nest. Here is a video of the event! We tried our best to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 14, 2018