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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  If you can't explain something simply, you don't understand it well ... MIT, with a unique talent for both writing and astrophysics. Perhaps you ... Comparative Media Studies. She is now a freelance journalist and teaches science

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  where you hide). As a tiebreaker, you estimate the number of people you ... people seeking where I hide, there is no way to do this empirically – no ... 1: Hide and Seek Rules You are the player. You choose a place to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final projects from the fall three coding projects and an alien in disguise

  

  blurring effects, while Poisson image editing is a method of automatically ... work on a simulated robotic arm that can detect and stack cups into a ... Tom Cruise and wrote a 20-page script based on it. The final script is

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Q & A Answers to questions on being in a fraternity.

  

  can help you with your classes, etc. Yes, a lot of it is all about time ... )? 2. Is it a expensive activity to pursue? My response: 1. While I can ... . Anonymous asked: If I get financial aid from MIT, is there any way I can get

  • by Bryan
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  that you can’t afford a $60,000 per year education). I went to info ... in high school (like holding a job or tutoring or helping at home)? Can you write an essay about yourself? If the answer is yes to four or more

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  point is, it's funny how if you have major changes in your life, like ... reply to those people is, do your parents, or the other adults you know ... cool that there was significance and history in her room. A lot of the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  role as a socializing institution. College is a place where you meet all ... didn't mean that it's a place to idly chat with people (although it is ... to do is build a community, and an admissions machine cannot produce a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  ? It's just a rock, right? Well, no, we can't even be too sure what it is ... Binzel, a New Horizons mission co-investigator, is also professor in MIT ... is it a gas giant like Jupiter or Saturn. It, along with the possibly

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  equipment. Mike helped to build a database called the "massome" where you can ... . You can imagine how awesome Michael Xiang, a junior in Biology with ... maintaining the trails there, so I can imagine that a trip there would be quite

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  without warning. Sometimes after a long, hard semester, all you can feel is ... nice MIT perk is that you can just email most professors and they ... ? So, picture this: you’re running a marathon (a metaphorical one, there’s

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Madonna is 48 years old. Seriously. Guys, I need a ... , okay, it's true that you can just show up on the first day for any class ... like it. And for you guys, everything is just beginning, huh? Well, don

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learn Coding Before School Starts you've got one month left. go!

  

  you can control by flexing your muscles. This is where I really sat down ... you many of resources like offering you hosting space where you can ... , then during your first IAP there’s coding classes you can take like 6

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  sprouted like a mushroom in my lung. “Dangit Jess, we're getting old.” You ... touches. The result is heartbreak served on a gold-monogrammed platter worth ... the deep, dark tunnels of your digestive system without a goodbye. You

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  something like a teacher when you talk to them. And this is how... I know each of you is looking to find colleges where you feel you can spend the ... interviewers remain helpful). A description of the current interview process is

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  online work can be a helpful distraction for those of you who are waiting ... for Social Media (CMS.613/21W.751) is—I don’t know where else you could ... heard of fanfiction. In a way, it is fanfiction, but there are constraints

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  L@@K at the Class of 2015 profiles in greatness? a great profile? or both?

  

  One thing you may have missed in the site switchover is the fact that ... as possible. But before you get to the numbers, here are just a few of ... Potato Cannons, who is also an Athlete of the Year A high school inventor

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup ... . “You take a loss, don't cry about it, just embrace it. Minor setback, for ... . "If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  checks in and out. The front desk is also where you can get your mail, find ... , they have a punching bag in the main hallway so you can take out your ... 's a nice general rule. I wish I could show you more rooms, but there

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am on ... shifting can lead to a second round of waitlist admissions. It is a part of ... uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  . What you may not know is that Joanne is, like me, a die-hard Lost fan ... . You can submit a photoshopped picture, something hand drawn (comic style ... a mini-contest, initiated by Ben: As you know if you follow Matt

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007