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• Blog / MIT Life

  Howdy Where are you guys going to live? Etc.

  

  Thanks to everyone who submitted applications for admissions blogging ... left before the EA deadline, for those of you who are procrastinating ... all end up. I have a lot of blog-comment-questions to respond to - look

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What MIT Is Like for Non-Technology Majors a quirk of the institvte

  

  Institute of Tomorrow: They help come up with advertising campaigns for For ... Since its founding in 1861, MIT has been a special place for ... -edge science from the leading educators in our chosen fields for the low, low

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 1, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  lord, it is time for a blog post the huge semester has gone halfway by

  

  truly enjoyed to stay in. As I tried to come up with a few examples for ... ! they are extremely helpful."]S^3[/annotation] that week, looking for extensions on assignments, looking for a way to cling to the raft of life while

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 13, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  so much for taking the time to meet with us. My name is Anna Ho, and I ... in Maryland, building cameras for telescopes. The woman to my right does research on the sun at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  , and I encourage you to Google and PubMed for updates (and please post what you found in the comments for the rest of us to see). I hope you ... in the mornings before my parents woke up. After my little brother was

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

  Yet Another MIT 2010? Alex Doonesbury needs to choose a college.

  

  college decision is up for a vote (aren't you glad all college decisions aren't made this way?). For the next week, you can vote on Alex ... cartoons indicate Alex will take a gap year, either to "consult for a

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

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  resting up in preparation for all of your RA applications! We will be back ... deferred or those of you still finishing up your RA applications in time for ... mostly closed for the holidays and not accepting emails or answering phone

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  cluster in the dome, waiting for their turn to climb up the wooden steps and ... astrometry, UVA now uses it primarily for teaching and public outreach. On the ... (yay!) as well as new friends. After my radio astro talk, I talked for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about coronavirus for free this fall the new subject will be broadcast to the public beginning tomorrow, sept 1

  

  up for classes. I'm co-teaching an a first-year advising seminar on media and the election, and so for the past week I've been meeting with ... them signed up for a new discovery subject being offered by Course 7

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a most beautiful camping trip it's always good to get back to nature <3

  

  It's pretty common at MIT for living groups to take advantage of the ... , headed out for our annual camping trip in seven rental cars, with trunks ... set up our tents in the dark (read: with difficulty) on Friday night

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT, Time to Step Up? just in today

  

  Youtube video supplements in college admissions As applicants, what are your thoughts?

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  up, so for a while my idea of being a grown up was tied to my parents ... , for the longest time, I thought the idea of "building credit" was ... with the assumption that you should only use your credit card for things

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  to run for office less than two years previous; his desire to try to do some good for the city he had grown up in and around. He asked me about ... out to vote for him, the first time voting for many of them. He asked me

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  today, Catherine circulated an announcement (and syllabus) for a new class ... credits Urban Science for Public Good: Gender and Racial Equity in ... the Media Lab/Center for Civic Media back in 2014 and have been thinking

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i used a selfie stick for good and other things i did in 6.811

  

  a client that was looking for a way to use his iPhone to take steady ... the popular grip shutter for iPhones is just the little circuit you see ... to maneuver his phone and did not need a giant robot arm to do it for

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  exciting opportunities for Admitted Students coming up in cities around the ... ; Soak up some SoCal sunshine for an afternoon get-together in Santa ... MIT account for the most up to date information and RSVP if requested. There is a

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Want To Play Music @ MIT? (informally, that is.)

  

  playing with (and for) other people. This dream took many forms when I got ... in an a cappella group for most of college as well as college choir ... moments, however, were those found in the less formal, impromptu picking-up

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  Something unexpected has happened with my classes this semester. Up ... or systems that use it. For instance, the second week, we focused on ... the paper, they gave their test subjects a specification for some type

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  live are preparing to celebrate Marathon Monday tomorrow but for those of us in the Admissions Office the weekend is more about getting ready for Campus Preview Weekend (CPW). Next weekend will be a busy time for us all

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  classes for junior fall. One of the classes I'm in this semester is 6.042, or in regular-speak: "Mathematics for Computer Science". It. Is. SUPER ... , passion for problem solving, mathematical exploration, and experimentative

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014