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Blog / Miscellaneous
Being First is Important There can be many firsts
in an entry. We work hard to find pictures for you guys, and then we have to resize, upload, and link them in. I know I would appreciate it a lot if you would write the names of what's in these pictures down and -
FAQ / International applicants
What if my country has a different academic calendar?
We're aware of the different academic calendar in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, South Africa, and other countries in the southern ... in their home country and begin studies while they wait to learn their -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Something is coming, part 3… And the anticipation builds!
To begin, add to Next, mix in a little of this (slightly nsfw for about 3 seconds) Now, put Jess and I in charge, give us a couple of months to stir, and what do you get? Wait and see! (no spoilers in the -
Blog / MISTI
Vive la France!
I'm about to head off for a two week in vacation in Paris, Rennes, and Bordeaux. In the meantime, you can check out the MIT France Program, one of MIT's awesome international programs. Current music: A.R. Rahman -
FAQ / Academics and research
How awesome is MIT Physics?
The MIT Physics Department is one of the best places in the world for research and education in physics. Fourteen of their alumni and eight of their faculty have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. -
FAQ / Academics and research
What’s the Deshpande Center?
researchers to make a difference in the world by developing innovative technologies in the lab and bringing them to the marketplace in the form of breakthrough products and new companies. In turn, those innovations can help -
FAQ / Life and culture
Are the Arts active on campus?
More than 50 percent of incoming first-years have prior training in the arts, and more than half of all MIT undergrads enroll in arts courses each year—with nearly half of students participating in music and -
Blog / Academics & Research
This is it. the last "what classes I'm taking" blog
break is in 4 weeks and graduation is looming on the horizon and real life ... student in graduate school, but more on that in another post). In any case, I still have to get through all of the following classes in order to -
FAQ / First-year application
How does MIT consider extracurriculars?
We read applications from students interested in everything from apiculture (beekeeping) to building nuclear reactors in their garages. We ... realize that students in the U.S. have a huge array of extracurriculars to -
Blog / Academics & Research
The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes
side project, culminating in a presentation that caused me to stand in an embarrassing well-what-do-we-have-here pose in front of a nonsensical slide that I designed as my group members snuck micro-naps in the back. The -
Blog / Admissions
Tim Is So Beautiful to me
I began writing the script in July 2011. We started filming in September. We recorded the music in March. We premiered in in April. That ... . The credits in the video say simply "created with love by many people at -
Blog / MIT Life
The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.
DID YOU KNOW? I. M. Pei, who graduated from the MIT school of architecture in 1940, designed the glass pyramids in front of the Louvre. "Agh, I'm so tired." "Guys! We can get a great picture with the pyramid. Get in -
Blog / Academics & Research
Jaden Smith was in my 3.091 lecture!!
How Can Mirrors Be Real If Our Eyes Aren’t Real -
Blog / Admissions
MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in Texas and Arizona Learn about three great schools at once in the American Southwest.
Brown & Yale Universities for meetings in Texas and Arizona. Details ... seniors) to hear from three great universities all in one place. Each school ... visited Northern California, Nevada, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio in the -
Blog / Challenges
everyone i know goes away in the end why i've never done misti
. i was given the chance, in april 2021, to spend the first half of 2022 in imperial college london. i spent a few days thinking about the decision, and talking to people, and declined in the end, because i "didn -
Blog / Academics & Research
A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.
This will be the first in a series of entries focused on my ... because you end up with both bachelor's and master's degrees in a shorter ... 's not just for engineers. Undergraduates in the Dept. of Urban Studies and -
Blog / Hacks
Fall Hits MIT… in the form of a Giant Spider! I promise I'm not a blog-hog, this is just too good!
Let's cut right to the chase: THERE'S A HACK IN 6C! Natanya's already told you about 6C, but I'll bet it didn't feature a giant spider on ... definitely decorated for Halloween in style this year! -
Blog / Academics & Research
MIT’s Fight against Gender Discrimination in STEM an excerpt from a fall class paper
can definitely say that I learned a lot and improved in both reading ... , that was not exactly the case in practice). I wanted to learn more on the ... gender discrimination among its women faculty in the 1990s. Below is an
