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• Blog / Academics & Research

  joshua angrist shares the nobel prize! and the research is *so* cool

  

  ’s outcomes. Now, why does step 3 work for computing the causal impact of our ... Some of you may have heard the news already, but if you haven’t: on Monday, Joshua Angrist, the Ford International Professor of Economics at

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 14, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Pachyderm Photography I'll try to avoid elephant jokes. There might be one or two, though, just for…

  

  of the day)EVERYONE I KNOW: There are elephants being marched down Mass ... it rhymes), because while MIT does have a communal love of gargantuan ... running all the way to the Museum of Science by the Charles just to catch up

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Case of the Considerate Robbers and other winter adventures

  

  cash, an iPhone, a set of keys tagged with the apartment address, and a ... It was the dead of winter in the smoggy capital city of Chile ... and plagued nightly by the severe lack of central heating, about thirty

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • August 3, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  point is, of course, that the longer you’re away from something the more ... MIT. The bipolar weather. The strange architecture. The random middle-of-the ... class for mechanical engineers - you learn the basics of using a mill

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  I wrote a blog at the end of last summer subtitled "so many different ... , like I’m in the middle of a field and there used to be a road I was ... , and looking at the future I saw only hazy outlines of possible paths. At

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  , there are 19,000 or so of you worried about the same thing right now. Good ... want to keep any of you waiting longer than others (also the reason why ... ’re looking for. The most relevant tags for all of you are Freshman Applicants

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  After talking to my friends during the first week of senior year and ... 've realized I may be one of the few people who regularly has days off. This was ... achieve it, the result is the same: a couple of 24 hour periods each week

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  Let's continue the series Introducing the Class of 2013... Sean '13 Terence '13 Christy '13 At the end of the article about Sean, I've attached ... brilliance might be rare, the 2008 film from Columbia Pictures does underscore

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  crochet. The essence of crochet is creating an appealing piece. However, appealing is subjective and ultimately depends on the values of the maker and the functionality of the piece itself. For example, appealing

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] A Journey to the W I D E by Wide Tim (Margaret Z. ‘23, MEng ‘24)

  

  good hopes and  Imaginations of the universe,  Digits, letters, and ... -illustrated incarnation of MIT’s mascot Tim the Beaver']Tim[/annotation]has become a ... his 3rd birthday, and he's celebrating some of it right here on the

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 13, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2014! That...that's not a factorial

  

  resolution this year. -- It’s 2014! 2013 was the year of Wrecking Ball, What Does the Fox Say, the premiere of the Class of 2017, the finale of the class of 2013, the government shutdown, and a host of millions of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  the possibility of acceptance, this is silly, I’m nowhere near good ... petals. Baby bunnies hopping around gleefully at your feet. The smell of fresh sweat and tears exuded by seniors everywhere in the midst of their

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  Lab, and those students are assessed by members of the program (staff or ... p-sets to test students' understanding of the material. But aren't we ... cheering squad, and MIT is no exception. I had the pleasure of being one of

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  the MIT Museum. Not at MIT, you could take a tour of Fenway Park, walk ... says: 'Because of the late date of our Visiting Program those who wish to ... by May 1st because of the ongoing admitted students weekend, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Banditos Misteriosos Everybody enjoys a ghoul dance party!

  

  many colleges, actual exciting things happen. The concept of a flash mob ... time Halloween themed! Here's the gist of it: If years of Halloween ... moves that we will be doing. The choreography does not necessarily

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2008
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  Regular Action. In the email, please include your full name, date of birth, and the email address that you used for your QuestBridge application ... Bridge application, along with the QB supplement, in place of our first
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Last Night What I did last night, on my last night. CambridgeSide Galleria & Brokeback Mountain

  

  confused about the name of 14.41. I have heard it at different times called ... also economics majors, I didn't exactly escape the world of my major, but ... of the varsity women's crew team We challenged Debbie '06 to tie a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  production was pretty good, but not really inspiring. A lot of the soliloquies ... So, we had this great idea of going to Shakespeare on the Common, a ... did a pretty good production of As You Like It, but I must confess that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 4 Finishing Exams and The Future!

  

  world. It does a wonderful job of taking the reader step by step through ... internet, and all of the good that it's spread can do, I enjoy following ... and futuristic extensions of the human body, whether it was Doctor

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  -clack of my fingers, as they smacked against the keys. The glare of the TV ... "You're good to submit!". I was kind of doubtful seeing as how quickly I ... , staring at the white of the screen contrasted by the surrounding darkness of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019