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• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  I live in Massachusetts. I am a freshman. I am in college. I go to MIT. Even though I have been repeating these phrases over and over in my ... ’t believe it! MIT is like this entirely new planet in which I am yet to

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  to the liquor store across the street. I'm in Greenwich Village. I like it here. There's this quote in this book--possibly my favorite book--called Let The Great World Spin--by Colum McCann, whom Yuliya mentioned in this

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  to do. In simple terms, we want students to pursue the things that ... that are educationally sound for them to best prepare them to succeed in ... in the areas that are most interesting to them. We want students to

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more ... participants, including ~15k in the United States last year. Bebras USA is led ... International Olympiad in Informatics, and Rob Kolstad, the former lead coach of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Central Ohio Summer Send-Off Event celebrating the Infinite Connection

  

  guests here is unsurpassed in warmth and joy. Last year, I came as a ... friends in Central Ohio. Calm upperclassmen who taught me how to pronounce ... . Rejoiced in the decided spring. Next, ready to blast off into our dreams

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Snot, Livers, and Fractals What a world.

  

  really left this place. I just lurk and cruft and linger in the tunnels ... Lydia is a kind shepherd of the blogs who puts too much trust in my sense ... -inspiring bodily functions lingering in the back of my mind. Lingering... UNTIL NOW

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cue the montage music

  

  changed, as I am still (sort of, I’ll explain) in school at MIT, doing ... me assure you that I graduated with a MechE/BME degree in 2008. I have ... , meaning I’ve finished the first two years of medical school (in the Harvard

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Turning on the Light A note to the MIT community.

  

  going on. The idea of a shooting occurring on campus was impossible in my ... 're not alone. As Michael touched on in his blog, we're in this together.Take some time today to reach out to people in your dorm. Check on how they

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  BREAKING NEWS! Find out about your life of pi

  

  . The researchers also discovered this text in an accompanying bottle ... are released, access decisions.mit.edu and log in using the same ... decision online before logging in to decisions.mit.edu.    

  • by Richard Parker
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Associate Advising and the MedLinks Program I'm sick of unpacking, so here's a blog post

  

  ." *Differential Equations **The error function. It's used a lot in stats, probability, and diff eq. - We're in the midst of freshman orientation, so now ... staff (who works in admissions, maybe, or in the Office of Undergraduate

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two cakes and six cupcakes ...they may or may not resemble astronomical objects.

  

  I mentioned that I'm in the midst of a summer research program at the ... C-O regions in the Whirlpool Galaxy, using data from the Very Large Array (of radio telescopes) in New Mexico. This is what the Whirlpool

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  DDR Tetris Read: The silliest video I have ever made.

  

  stand partner in the MIT Symphony Orchestra had made. Then, a couple ... cello section social. Then, I let the footage remain in my Flip ... he surpases me in coolness by an overwhelming and embarrassing amount

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  This year well over 18,000 students applied for admission to MIT in the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute ... yourselves. As always, please keep the conversation civil and friendly in our

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT EECS students travel the world

  

  MISTI's eleven country programs offer internships in every MIT ... fields among our students, however, is Computer Science. In the summer of ... The host: I worked in a small software engineering team that are

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  the tough semester is that between having my time tied up in school and ... , hastily labeled "Ideas for Later". And in this box I keep, surprise, ideas ... down. Then I'll throw it in the box, and whenever I get antsy about

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maker Faire 2011 cool people who make cool things

  

  one of my hometown crew from back in NH, but he now lives out in the bay ... Earth Solar. I've been out to Palo Alto / San Mateo in the past, but never ... used to build terrific things back in high school - incredibly elegant

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Maker) Women Rock We are what we celebrate

  

  an issue I've written about before in other venues on the subject of ... engineers. I agree with him. And I agree especially in the case of women. I ... here studying in fields - especially STEM - in which women have been

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 23, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread For Those Not Admitted

  

  This year well over 17,000 students applied for admission to MIT in the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute ... yourselves. As always, please keep the conversation civil and friendly in our

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT = The American Dream As usual...we procrastinate like mad before finals.

  

  My 5.60 Final is tomorrow at 9:00. In just about 18 hours, I will be ... , I think I'm in plenty good company :P) Anyways, one of my favorite ... you want to be...we talking a bus driver, a secretary, two kids in MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Live from the Glass Lab! it's...tuesday afternoon??

  

  in the MIT Glass Lab this week. Since space is so tight and so tightly ... 3 webcams in the lab. Feel free to tune in. Live, from the Lino

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2010