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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2005, and in 2006 he received the ... come to MIT? A. I chose to come to MIT twice - in 1983 as a student, and ... remember how weird it was to be back at MIT - I never conceived of coming

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  's kind of what going back to MIT feels like. So I visited back in February ... want to get technical about it, CPW served no other purpose for me other ... , "Ohmygods I can't wait to watch bouncy balls fall out of the sky and play in a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  6.001 seems to be unique in just how it manages to pull it off ... conspiring, which means that I need to put that to an end. In the next little ... invented at MIT to teach the fundamentals of how to program. The first class

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  been said. There was much to reflect on—in one hour, Professor Flowers ... human to learn how to apply calculus to improve the world. Machines ... human cognition to pose questions about ethics—how things should be. We

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school

  

  Well, there’s certainly truth to that. I arrived in China almost two ... kindergarten! I tried to go in, but got kicked out after 2 seconds. Qin ... . To get to the peak, you have to pass through something like a dozen

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  So Long, So Long, Front Foot Leads the Back One Go on, and it won't be too soon...my Texas road trip (Part 1).

  

  manage to get directions from a friendly pastor in the parking lot. I also ... . Aside from the cabrito, I didn't really get a chance to have some ... ended around 10pm, some of us went to Chili's (one of the few places in

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  251 talks – avery a new podcast that comes out every week

  

  the talks happen in my room, which is room 251. the general goal is to ... about MIT in general. most of the people i talk to will be people on my ... recording session. i'm working to get the podcast transcribed, and also get a

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The kindest cut Blog and night and red all over.

  

  running up five flights of stairs to get some Neosporin for me from one of ... DID YOU KNOW? One of the top 20 Scrabble players in the country, and the #1 ranked scrabble player in all of Massachusetts, is a sophomore at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Talent Show ua innovation gets lit

  

  in the virtual environment and not have a clue how to reach out to ... possibilities digital events offer compared to in-person ones. First years Favour ... . It was originally intended to be an in-person event, but the committee

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a college student’s life My life consists of library visits and pizza delivery, because I'm totally original and stuff.

  

  America, or something. In other news, this is what I see when I log in to ... residence in Massachusetts. All I had to do was bring a credit card statement ... blog entry and get back to one of my two 20 page term papers. I will

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  , or even months, before things get back to normal. Please know that for ... with your individual circumstances, whatever they may be. Get in touch ... . I was happy to be able to help out. Now, as I watch from a hotel in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Forum Monday Let's make a list of questions that you feel you REALLY need answers to ASAP.

  

  week only) I'll batch the questions and reply twice daily. So to get ... Today's post is a bit different from my regular posts. As we get closer to application deadlines I know that your anxiety level is on the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Refreshment We need your help!

  

  's basically an initiative to encourage people to make a positive difference in ... mentioned, the other camp counselors and I have been trying hard to raise ... , including bake sales and Stuff My Cups; now, we're involved in something even

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Let There Be Prefrosh! And let them build ALL the things!

  

  Just one year ago, I had arrived at MIT as a prefrosh, ready to start my new life in Massachusetts.  I came here early to do a pre-orientation program (FPOP) known as FUP, where I got to do all sorts of cool community

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  A sporting chance

  

  really enjoyed the ability to participate in sports without it taking over ... to participate in college. But I still wanted to be active, and my dorm ... to really get into it. We had our own Baker House jerseys and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 22, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  ’s advice on how MIT could best explore its historical connections in this ... , meeting in the MIT archives. In December, the students presented to me what ... to the community: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT, we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the ... needed to get the job done right.   It was an incredible amount of work ... 2025. Getting to "meet" so many capable, compassionate students through

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2022 Wait List An update for students who accepted a place on our wait list

  

  have put in to letting us know how much you love MIT, and regret that we ... to assess how many, if any, students we will admit from our wait list ... that we might be so fortunate as to see you at MIT in the future, perhaps

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common, but more EXTREME! You even see a bunch of people swimming in it all the ... fear, nothing to doubt. So, in the space of about five minutes of river

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT announces new College of Computing coordinating the teaching, research, and ethics of AI across all programs of study

  

  , we are building on MIT’s established leadership in these fields to ... , research and innovation, and to prepare our students to lead in every domain. To state the obvious, AI in particular is reshaping geopolitics, our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2018