Search

Search Results

• Blog / Classes

  2.009: the product engineering process the best class at mit

  

  , though, nothing beats the energy and celebration of the 2.009 Prototype ... pounds of gear, and being surrounded by an out-of-control wildfire. A ... .  Personal Reflections The design process has a bunch of phases, as you can

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  Break New Ground Join the NEW MIT-Chile Program

  

  of aquaculture, agriculture and natural resource engineering is focused ... MISTI is pleased to announce the launch of its eleventh country program, MIT-Chile. With generous support from the Chilean Ministry of

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  anxiety, and also the lack of opportunities and counseling resources in some ... meeting, we want to have the energy and stamina to provide the best of ... I just returned from seeing an LSC free sneak preview of I Heart

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  important part of the admissions process. The interview report is often one of ... , while you're thinking of it. And I certainly recommend contacting your EC ... Jeopardy-style questions. It will be more along the lines of Tell me about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  admissions process. The interview report is often one of the most helpful ... . I hope that you'll also use your EC as a resource during the process ... , who was one of MIT's Educational Counselors, or ECs. He had retired to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  ; by consuming a certain kind of medicine, I am making others worse off ... modeled this sort of behavior. Basically, vaccines have positive ... . Read on, grasshopper. Here's a simple derivation of the private demand

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Biking the bridge I biked across the Golden Gate bridge to Sausalito

  

  of San Francisco do this every weekend, but do they do it on bikes they have rented by the hour from Bike and Roll? I think not. The ... to walk our bikes down a steep set of stairs, across a path underneath

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  's in part due to my winning combination of Pepto Bismol chased down by ... and Bring It On. Most of the dorms have free movies you can rent from ... So I'm sick right now. Again. It's some lovely combination of fever

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  selective schools. Because I wasn't held back by someone else's ranking of schools, I could apply to a range of places (in terms of selectivity). By ... decisions at the front end of this process. This meant that I was in a great

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pottermania hits MIT Excitement for the release of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.

  

  event based consumption, and so forth. Yet very little of it has reflected ... the release of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series ... time around, but on the morning of July 16, 2005 -- when the sixth book

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  column from an MIT student deeply affected by the sight of food riots in ... “poverty” doesn't always refer to the consequences of astronomical tuition ... of soup), social life, free food hunts, and a dumpsterload of potential

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  's energy and environment problems. Today, I've got two pieces of media to ... Zag, hosted by Marsha. There's a nice piece about MIT research on more energy ... of the energy challenge: Adding to the pressure for multiple approaches

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  traditions are a way of transferring spiritual energy from the speaker to the ... an oral tradition is, it means the way this current of energy is passed ... ’ll use for the rest of this post most of my life has been dominated by

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Saying Yes (or No) Decision time is upon the Class of 2014. How to choose?

  

  're enrolling this fall (Yay! Welcome officially to the MIT Class of 2014!), that you're declining our offer of admission (it's okay, we know you ... ). Let us know when you've decided, and for sure let us know by May 3. An

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes and Casting and Birthdays, oh my! What are "Things That Wake Me Up at 9am"?

  

  rattle off mean. Here's a great explanation by a class of '13 about how the ... easily one of my favorite classes. Taught by ESG's own Gabrielle Stoy, ES18 ... and Fencing, the Pirate's Certificate is a bit of MIT lore. Taught by

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work and Energy Can't do the former if you don't have the latter.

  

  my first 5.112 exam of the year. As I scrawled energy equations all ... Having spent the majority of orientation meeting new people, staying up late, and climbing on roofs, I met the start of school with a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  community. I went home until the end of the semester and moved in mid-May, so I wasn't involved in the process of finding an apartment. I'm told that it was a hellish six hours involving four tours, lots of walking

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  Content OpenCourseWare is one of MIT’s most famous resources, used by ... The Festival of Learning is an annual event organized by the MIT ... community radio, run entirely by MIT students and alumni. Many of my friends

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  to think about the admissions process again, even though that's sort of ... trying processes I've endured, with the anxiety of not really knowing where ... 's such an abundance of amazing things to do, both on campus and around the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I study Global Change Science/Climate?

  of Global Change, and the MIT Energy Initiative. ... address fundamental questions about climate processes with a ... predict changes in the global environment. Additionally, a variety of