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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  hard kicks in the face. (Remind me to tell you about how I failed my swim ... applied to MIT in the first place. And now that you're in and you've sent ... in the darkroom have carried over to lab classes in my major; sometimes

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Wish I Was an Astronaut I was a nerd even back in 3rd grade.

  

  well. What is the nerdiest creative project you've ever had to do? ... Not really...but I used to. I wrote this little diddy back in 3rd grade, just thought I'd share. Mollie, maybe Adam wants to make this the

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  found the secret on guarenteed [sic] Admissions to MIT This comes ... achieve 2 of the 5 you are in. 1. USAMO 2. ISEF 3. 1600 4. 4.0 (unweighted ... record: There is no guaranteed way to be admitted to MIT. Certainly, it is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  Oftentimes the best way to learn something is to teach it. I ... rest at the top of a hill of height h. What is the angular velocity of ... so we can use conservation of energy. Everything in orange is energy

  • by Snively '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist and transfer: quick update No decisions yet, but some notes & reminders.

  

  the transfer students we are able to admit. And of course, like in our ... can admit. For now, we are waiting to see how many of the 1597 admitted students choose to enroll by the May 1 deadline. After that time, we will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Prof. Acemoglu’s Clark Medal On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe, there's a story…

  

  , 11 have gone on to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. MIT Economics ... , there's a story on the John Bates Clark Medal being awarded to MIT Economics Professor Daron Acemoglu. The Clark Medal is awarded every two years

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Have Your Cake & Drop Date Too The Baker House Piano Drop, and the Spring Weekend Concert.

  

  classes can be added to your schedule in the first 5 weeks of the term, and ... of Drop Date is the Baker House Piano Drop. According to The Tech ... One of the biggest events of the spring at MIT is always "Spring

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  in the arts faculty that I finally decided to check it out and squeeze ... creation of plays about science in addition to discussing the cultural impact ... required to play more than one role; in the case of Truth Values, Ms. De Cari

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  Laverde's all the time. I'll be continuing to work in my undergrad lab full ... go on a vacation to the Bahamas (yessss). Adam is less excited about ... masters in aero/astro. He and I are moving into Westgate, which is an MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  . To some degree, the disconnect is easier to explain.  I no longer live in the Cambridge area.  The Red Line no longer delivers me to the ... special to me. The feeling of connection is a bit more complex. When I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The best Metro station ever The Metro does it best.

  

  Metro, to get downtown. While I was waiting around the Medical Center station, which is located next to the NIH and my house, I saw this ... blotting in a Metro station! (By the way, a Western blot analysis is a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  , meeting in the MIT archives. In December, the students presented to me what ... to the community: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT, we ... distinguished member of our history faculty, Professor Craig Steven Wilder is the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  (Guest Post) esolangs oh man

  

  programs very sad and long. In short, OREO is pretty useless. On the flip ... Malebolge (with 2 E’s) is the 8th circle of Hell, according to Dante. That ... lived in Jenny’s current room during orientation week before the Next

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 5, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13 ... 's rate, approximately 1 in 9, is a lot lower than when I applied in 1996 (1 in 4) and is even notably lower than it was for this year's MIT seniors

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  What’s in an MIT Student’s Bag A sneak peek into what we carry

  

  : Unfortunately, I am not immune to the allure of selection bias, so the MIT that is ... in ways that are nonverbal, which largely has to deal with the things we wear and the things we use. In high school, I used to joke about how

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  remotely or travel to the region and do them in person. I was fully ... June 15th, do the training week in-person, and possibly be able to travel ... in the third week of May, which spurred MISTI coordinators to reach out

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2020 Wait List Decisions We're sending out wait list decisions today.

  

  effort you have put in to letting us know how much you love MIT. As someone ... admitted students choosing to enroll at MIT (also known in admissions ... space to admit students off of the wait list. Today, around 5PM Eastern

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Missy Cummings on The Colbert Report At the end of the interview, she and Stephen face off in Rock 'Em Sock…

  

  (pronounced kohl-bair rə-por – the t is silent in both "Colbert" and "Report ... Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that ... female fighter pilots. She flew the F/A-18 Hornet. At MIT, she is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  school in the fall. Anyways, remember to reminisce, even in something that ... wasn't given a ticket to Commencement. So I went with my friend in the ... was busy getting lost in the moment. This is the photo I almost

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  try to see that far There, in the middle of a moment You're halfway to ... ’s okay, too. For now, remember that you're in the middle of the ride, and we’ll see you back here in March. So you're stuck in the middle of a

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025