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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hack Punt Tool: The Musical Now, the music can be yours.

  

  been released! A little bit of background, in case you missed the ... "punt" is to put work aside in favor of doing something fun - or more ... (like all MIT freshmen are) to be super hardk0re. In fact, he's SO

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chem Lab Boot Camp!

  

  Camp. The footage has now been edited together in an engaging way and will be released throughout the fall in episode format. You should sign ... for updates here and you should also read this post in Inside Higher Ed

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Walter Lewin ESG Lecture Oh, you know, only one of the most famous Physics Professors of all time

  

  lucky enough to video tape. Covering topics from why he majored in physics ... further ado I present to you "Walter Lewin ESG Lecture" in all its 68 ... wonderful, down to earth, person. Tune in next time for a life update! My

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  ¡Vámonos! An introduction to GRTs and the support system at MIT

  

  more valuable than ever. In the MIT dorms,  you have your friends ... -speak for RAs and they are the "grown up" figures in the house. (We ... aspects of MIT you'd like to learn more about, let me know in the comments

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  Even though I'm now two years out of high school, I still keep in ... time. Two of her kids are old enough to be in school now, but she ... past students of RSM are now studying. I've never been in a program

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  of which has kept me incredibly busy. To put much of this in context, I ... old people do. So basically I had to edit this down a whole bunch in ...  ever! Unless I got 20 points out of 20! (that is, 20 factorial), in which case I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  floundering in the amount of work you have to do The word itself comes from the ... , In Time ), and I have to decide how to spend it. MIT is a culture ... new opportunities (I'm sure many of you are similar). In the past, I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  events have happened in my life. I experienced the best FPOP ever aka DPD, travelled to all parts of Boston in a mere 4 hours, had fun at REX events ... 't limited to pizza), spent a night in the New England Aquarium, and finished

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  being at school I've lived in many different parts of the housing system ... you can re-rank the dorms you'd like to live in. Maybe REX changed your ... to pick a place you feel most connected to the people in. I can

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  150. We're in the news!

  

  F-I-N-I-S-H-E-D. My last final is over, my boxes are packed, and I need to check in for my flight home in six hours. My one-week-old brass ... shared a few pictures with you guys in her entry, but I'm adding a few of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 20, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LIGHTS. pretty pretty

  

  most creative minds. It all culminated this weekend in the light festival ... ado, LIGHTS in the river! LightBridge Liquid Archive Light Drift (Those orbs in the river actually correspond to orbs on

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  ... aren't you supposed to be in school?" which is totally a legitimate concern. But in honor of "Patriot's Day" (I honestly never quite figured ... project in case you couldn't come to CPW and see it for yourself), but I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Will the pie be bitter or sweet? Hint: it's a trick question.

  

  weighted against one. I don't know which envelope you'll find in the mailbox ... open up to you, wherever you end up. Best of luck to you all -- in admissions, yes, but more importantly, in life.

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Founder’s Letter A historical perspective.

  

  giving a lecture in the Dowse Institute in Cambridge, and shall have time ... man read in a very distinct voice quite a pertinent and touching reply ... lively interest in the matter, and I think will help it substantially. I

  • by William Barton Rogers
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  Last week, six of MIT’s most illustrious professors gathered in 26-100 in a quest to solve one of the greatest conundrums of our time: latke ... the dinosaurs). After fighting two world wars over it, in 1946, the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Date 2011 Decided to announce the announcement of decisions.

  

  decisions.mit.edu and log in using the same username and password that you use ... in to decisions.mit.edu. To ensure that you will receive a decision ... beneath the log-in box on the right. We are MITLeaks. Expect

  • by MITLeaks
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!

  

  MIT. Howso? Well, 18 is the number of years in a row that the Nobel ... 't believe me? Check out the timeline. This year's Nobel Prize in Economics ... ", or the costs attendant to searching for employment in down labor

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  very same Walker Memorial in which I have endured many a painful midterm ... next few hours were spent lost in the whirlwind of glorious endorphins ... Cormick at about 11:45 pm, naively thinking that I would be in bed by 1 am at

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  .” You may have even uttered a version of it yourself. For me – in high ... even more by saying that there are many ways in which I am a “typical MIT ... what it all means!) But in many ways, I’m really not your “typical MIT

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2010

  

  students from the waitlist in a 3-round process, and previous years were very similar. We'll know more about how this year looks in a few weeks. The ... students, if any, could be admitted from the waitlist, while in parallel

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 13, 2010