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• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  ://web.mit.edu/mitir/! -- Forum on American Progress will be releasing a booklet, America in the World: MIT Speaks, that showcases 25 undergraduates' responses to the ... , and what should the United States do to solve it?" Two fellow bloggers

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  [/annotation]raved over the aurora: Professor "Sorry to bother folks, but given how many ... lucky to live in a city that had 24/7-accessible rental cars. We were lucky to live in an area where the aurora was visible. And, we were lucky

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  applying to us for Regular Action, but we presume you're getting a lot of ... decided to shift the deadline in part to provide[annotation note="As well as ... renew themselves for all the work we have left to do in Regular Action. We

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  wasn't the smartest person in the class -- it was great to have friends ... , informatics, and biology. In each country there's a selection process to try to ... participating in the IMO, Lander went on to Bachelors and Doctoral degrees in math

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Hartford meeting wrap-up Giving a better answer to a question I was asked in my Hartford meeting.

  

  seemed to find the session helpful and informative. I did get one question ... more full answer to that question: In addition to lab classes and the ... % of its solar array, and yet still the MIT team was able to finish in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jugal Shah- Improving the technique of High Resolution Quantitative Autoradiography Sophomore Jugal Shah is improving a boron imaging technique that may potentially enhance a promising…

  

  Education (INIE) program. Getting to work in MIT-NRL is an amazing opportunity ... ) along with a minor in music (Course 21M). As a testament to the diversity ... Most universities aim to attract well-rounded individuals with varied

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the ... ’t wait to welcome them to convocation in Cambridge this fall, where they ... . Getting to “meet” so many capable, compassionate students through this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  posts, which only made me more nervous and sure that I would never get in ... offer even if I did get in (clearly this was just an ill-planned coping ... self-doubt. In hindsight, it’s easy to recognize that they spoke out of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  managed to get in some fun (mostly while feeling guilty about doing so ... move out). In the days leading up to our unprecedentedly luxurious break ... ,[/annotation]and I was t i r e d. I was ready to sleep in! To relax! To have fun! Well

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biology-inspired design from MIT alums What happens when you bring together nature and technology? I think you'll like the result.

  

  . How in the world did you both go from doing engineering at MIT to ... their wares to the street in this summer's Renegade Crafts Fair in ... interested in the math side of things, how physical systems make order. But I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application now available Apply now at MyMIT.

  

  and binding, and ability to be viewed in a 2-D environment, before ... have in previous years applied to MIT or started an application to MIT ... Happy September! You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Gettin’ Fancy Two formal events in two days?

  

  of emotions leads individuals to document their experience in odd ways ... of the Brass Rat in lieu of an arc reactor seems to invoke imagery of ... in reference to the fact that most people wear Brass Rats on their

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun Times @ MIT (Pt. 1) Life's gotta be fun.

  

  different. In terms of classes, this upcoming semester is going to be my most ... dresses up nice and goes out to dinner. I'm sure this list will get longer ... quickly. Case in point: in the past two and a half years, I've learned the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  my residual fascination with Tarzan contributes to how much I love the ... clueless is normal. We are beginners in everything we do, from reading, to ... 't scary. But, as we grow older, we learn how good it feels to be the best at

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  on, pass/no record grading, acclimating to city life and being in one ... decide which dorm to live in for the year) is fake too! McGregor, to my ... freshmen guys because I'm going to talk about my rush). You've probably

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tying up some loose ends On getting old and doing things I hadn't yet done in Boston. Also, hot dogs.

  

  in the face with an arrow. (That's not really relevant to the fact that ... stuck in your head for days on end, returned to conducted the BSO (he was the principal conductor from 1980 to 1993) in a special event called

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  of Germany to get to Prague hopefully at around 4pm, just in time for ... extreme car challenge, you get to save the world at the same time. The ... as you go, what could be better? Once/if you get to the finish, which

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  -electronic recommenders also have great problems in these cases, so black sheep is an ... changes us in complicated and difficult-to-explain ways. During CPW, many ... contemplated going back to sleep and worked on my urop instead. then i took a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  rand.random Random photos of 2016

  

  and space. But thanks to modern technology (particularly, in this case ... reason to share otherwise, and little captions of what was happening in ... , unimportant things, and see how they were sometimes tied to big, important

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Burchard Scholars Program (old time stamp: 11-21-09) - this entry is five months late >___

  

  there was a massive photo flurry. I didn't get to be in the pictures since ... to provide a 40-minute seminar in their field of research to the group ... ), Burchards is designed to be an "intellectual feast of the greatest minds in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2010