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  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  solving problems in new ways, across many disciplines. Innovation means ... theme: the United States’ 2016 election, police brutality, progress in the ... societal and social in nature. Therefore, we must address these problems with

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  , securing the MIT team's first-place ranking--our team has finished in first ... --the median score is frequently 0; in 2015, it was 2 points out of a possible ... winner. In the MIT press release regarding the team's 2014 win, 2015

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  million in prizes. The Intel ISEF is the premier global science competition for students in grades 9–12.     On Wednesday, May 13th, I arrived in Pittsburgh and, as is tradition, invited enrolling MIT 2019s who

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  about in my spare time appear in class. It's seeing my favorite manufacturing videos shown in lecture. It's learning the details of fin theory in ... Engineering) a year and a half ago.  The most valuable lesson I've learned in

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Deadline where I attempt to reason through an approaching all-nighter

  

  in the large washer. Chocolate and peanuts and granola make me groan ... , have coordinated their Problem Sets to be due in almost symmetrical time ... . Challenges come in bursts and send an electrifying signal to the brain. "12

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  refrigerator), they became chapters in it themselves. How could it be otherwise?” -Anne Fadiman, in the preface to her essay collection Ex Libris ... . What if I need those vector calculus equation sheets in six years?! Anna

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  course, live in the Milky Way, although it's hopeless to try and see that ... exactly what happened in the first moments of the universe. And word on the ... . - My first interaction with Alan Guth was fraught with stress and in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  seniors and juniors, so my sophomore friend and I did not get in. So I was ... tutor in the class. My tutor was awesome and helped me through the material, and she helped me understand that what I am going through in the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  I'm writing this blog post sitting on my bed in my room at home in ... finals were on Monday, which meant I could spend all of Tuesday sleeping in ... , and arrive home in California by noontime. I promptly called up some

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  First thing I want to do is apologize for not blogging in a while ... everything I learned from it in a bit. For now I want to start a series a blogs ... treasures at and around MIT and puts them in the limelight. The first hidden

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  . In college, I think it's important to take classes that are special, in ... officially a "Medievalist"; he is versed in Old English, Latin, Old French, Old ... "special": this is a chance to read Medieval texts - significant, milestone-in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  More for Admitted Students What to do now if you've been admitted to MIT.

  

  the Medical Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book ... transportation) of MIT -- driving and parking in Boston is not a good experience ... be meetings in dozens of locales, including New York City, Dallas, San

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  , whatever result you have, will take it in stride and move forward. Throughout all of my years in school, especially during the seven years studying ... , here are some cool things I did last week! I was in London twice, once

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  . In fact, the thinking has already been brewing. As I'm talking to my ... . Because for the first time in our lives perhaps, there is very little ... important and life-changing. Some people even get engaged in college - how

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We are artists & writers extracting creative talent around campus

  

  in a literary magazine in high school, I knew it was something I want ... tap into the wealth of creative gems embedded in all the scientific ... inclusion in a glossy magazine published annually at the end of the spring

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 12, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  In the CollegeConfidential discussion of my blog post The Difficulty ... candidates. Would this produce a lesser class? The link in mihcal1's post ... foundation for much of the social science research I love best. In his article

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  experienced in my always interesting (if occasionally miserable) time trudging ... background: MIT apparently leads the pack of Ivy+ institutions in Facebook page ... they're whining about is that in 2006, the writer of Doonesbury put up a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  can be doing in the meantime: Making a list, spreadsheet, or Google ... helps in the process. Talking with your guidance counselor. We will ... School Report, which does include a letter that they write about you, in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Movies Emeritus out with the old, in with the older

  

  applications are due by August 1st! As in Monday! Get them in on time so that I have something to read next week in addition to furiously refreshing ... Belichick. In other admissions news, we just posted some old movies about MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Face Book And Study I have been doing all this and more. But mostly not this.

  

  Okay, hold up. I have a really good excuse for not blogging in ages ... those people who does course 6 in no order whatsoever. Taking course 6 in ... in. Where am I, anyways? Second excuse: I started working for

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 30, 2011