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• Blog / MIT Life

  Unedited notes on gravity, etc. Brief thoughts on gravity, science, and consciousness that I plan to elaborate later when I…

  

  [Tonight I worked on a problem set in General Relativity until 4 AM ... sea in the sweet wet velvet of winter eve, I looked up and saw a beach ... , including a photogenic Bildungsroman in which I visit the beach and Mc

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Adam Riess ‘92 Wins Nobel Prize Riess was a Course 8 Phi Delt with a minor in History.

  

  supernova can emit as much light as a whole galaxy. All in all, the two ... This morning, MIT alum Adam Riess '92 won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Adam Riess, MIT Class of 1992, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2011 Riess

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.

  

  Last week, I promised you guys an update with photos of my Halloween costume. So, here I am as a duke: Note the plume in my hat. Hats with ... my friends in Senior Haus. Note the mural of Death (from Neil Gaiman

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  We’re Bringing What Back? I don't think so.

  

  [ETA] (I have actually seen snow before. MIT students are not actually so dumb that they don't know what snow is. Except for Keri. Who lives in Florida, anyway??)(No, don't answer that.) Dear Bryan, I woke

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Apple Sculptures The Caltech Cannon and soft core porn

  

  I'll admit it -- the "soft core porn" reference in the excerpt for this entry was pretty cheap... but it worked, you pervert. Here are some ... . I love it! Yum.

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist

  

  I'm currently out of the office, but back in Cambridge, it has been announced that unfortunately, for the third consecutive year, and despite all ... soon (though preliminarily there are a few numbers I'm very excited about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.

  

  Folks, it is a sad, sad day in the MIT Admissions Office. Juan ... the only remaining wookie. I must go now and weep gently. May my beard ... . Salvador, I thought you were the one... (P.S. Questions from last entry have

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Supporting our DACA Students MIT’s commitment to the safety and well-being of all students has not changed and will…

  

  citizen. I have the particular patriotism of an immigrant, rooted in deep ... support for undocumented students, and, in this uncertain time, I wanted to ... conditions to work and study in the United States. This reevaluation has been

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  #funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF

  

  been one of those things where the more I put in, the more I get out ... funhogging: to take more than one's fair share of fun When I was a ... - it was all very alluring and exotic to me. Growing up in sunny Los

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…

  

  For the past four years, Sid Puram has had a UROP in the renowned ... microspheres that can potentially be used to develop a cancer vaccine. Genetic ... the DNA into the nucleus, which Sid achieved by encapsulating the DNA in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Exploring Boston Frozen yogurt quests into Boston

  

  For the past few weeks, I've REALLY wanted to go to Red Mango.  I ... was Red Mango, so my friends and I would call going to get frozen yogurt ... Avenue (living in East Campus, the closest dorm to classes, we have a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  On Friday morning, I walked into Lobby 7 to head up to the Edgerton Center, where I work most mornings. As usual, I looked up in Lobby 7, more ... actually was a hack there! Floating in the center of Lobby 7's dome was a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Newly Admitted Student Events… ...coming to your neighborhood.

  

  Hi! I’m Katie Kelley, one of the Admissions Counselors here at MIT, and now that I have emerged from my first season of reading MIT ... Campus Preview Weekend (sign up now!) I’ve been working with our fantastic

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  , there are some good beaches right in Boston or its neighboring cities. I ... Growing up in the Midwest, my "beach" experiences consisted of the sands of Lake Michigan or small lakes in Wisconsin and Michigan. Living

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2021 Wait List Today, we have closed out the wait list for the Class of 2021.

  

  from our wait list this year, and, if so, room for how many. Each year ... at MIT (also known in admissions parlance as the "yield") of greater ... you have submitted. We appreciate the time and effort you have put in to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A Very McGann Christmas Happy holidays.

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas Eve, Santa visits our annual family gathering, with 40+ McGanns in ... spend some quality time with my family... I hope many of you are taking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what a sunrise sounds like another one for your ears

  

  ) out by the sailing pavilion, there are some benches where you can sit with the road behind you and the river path in front, and watch the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Important Information about your Financial Aid Application Track your status on MyMIT

  

  Action admission decisions are made in mid-March. You can still apply for ... because we’ll be in committee making decisions about Regular Action ... things: You can now track the status of your financial aid application by

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....

  

  To celebrate the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Google has a new site up: http://moon.google.com. If you zoom in close enough, you can see what the moon is made of ;-) (thanks to diana for pointing

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  May high school juniors apply?

  information on our site about what to do in high school that you'll find helpful. You can fill out our Tell us about yourself! form and you will be added