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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.

  

  (genetics for the former; cancer, latter), 7.012 is an appealing choice for ... name for brittle stars? Ophiuroidea!), figuring out vascular transport in ... . Aside from the few that choose to enroll in 8.012 [Physics for the Truly

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  much gave up on looking for an internship and started researching ... 't even sure what field of internship I was looking for, seeing as I was ... "Sorry, we're not looking for freshmen" or "We prefer people with prior

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 2

  

  , defer, deny) is. Because we have a clear idea of what we are looking for in MIT students (if you've come to an information session or read My ... With a difficult day and a half of selection behind me, I'm looking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  in space when STS-115 launches. More than one-third of the nation ... total of more than 15,000 hours in space. (Check out the MIT Astronaut ... the Lab for Manufacturing and Productivity, rowed for the Varsity Women

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  numbers come in: this year's admit rate will be 13%. For every student ... ;t get in, the tears came. Some would call me foolish for getting this ... community of people, as long as you have the courage to go looking for them

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Florida, complete I'm back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a…

  

  Meetings... it's a busy time! While I am back in Boston, look for my next ... MIT portal, in the orange box on the left there is an "Overnight Program" link ... overnight with an MIT student, go to classes, eat in the dining halls, etc. If

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  Last Tuesday was a big day for MIT's class of 2019. After two years ... 's a pop culture icon. It's a beacon of kinship between alumni. It's an enduring symbol of class pride and school spirit. And right now for MIT

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  " became an important EPA goal. While this promise was not reached in time ... :00 until noon. It will be in Johnson Ice Rink. For fourteen weeks the Final ... subject is that while not every building at MIT might look "good" to you in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  In the South for prospective students; in the mail for incoming students Travel & email.

  

  doesn't really set in that they're an MIT student until they send their ... care about you, here are some tips for choosing an email address: You ... Hello from Georgia! We had a fantastic meeting last night in Atlanta

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cows, Cheese, and Myristic Acid, Oh My! (Almost) everything I learned about fat (and educational videos), I learned from 7.S390.

  

  in East Campus for free, bond with Ceri R. ‘16, who was also taking 7.S ... , an amazing pizza restaurant in Kendall Square that you should all go to ... . ‘16 made an episode for and which Elizabeth C. ‘13 runs! They make all

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 19, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  cats, camping out in the kitchen warmth. everyone raiding the fridges for ... free software like gnuradio), you can have a working FM radio in about an ... you ever wondered what FM radio signals look like) * * * * * * * in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  a position that matched the type of technical work I was looking for, in a company whose workplace culture was a great fit for my personality, with offices in New York City. I was really looking forward to the change

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool UROP position UROP opportunity: helping people fight obesity using robots

  

  -- Hardware The Robotic Life group in the Media Lab is looking for a UROP to ... ! Position will begin in IAP or spring semester and could last for one semester ... Just a reminder...there are a lot of new UROP opportunities for IAP

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selection? They're selecting the earlies...

  

  leaving for the day :-) They both looked kind of tired, but as you can tell ... about nothing but MIT for a while. Hang in there and feel free to weigh in ... I can't believe it. It's been a whole year. An entire year. They

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  Brief note: I am currently in Ohio, shopping for wedding dresses. And ... MIT graduates hold the world in our hands (cheesy, but yes). If you look ... at his feet, there are reeds in the form of the Roman numerals for 24

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  Massachusetts to Malaysia) will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2011. If there's one in your area, you should check ... beaver totem (go MIT!) carved for them. Wednesday San Antonio, Texas, in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete feat. women's soccer & meche

  

  straight to the bus for our first game of this week — an away game at Lesley ... my class D-Lab: Design for Scale, we had to get welding trained in ... on an 8 game win streak and they are the first team we’ve lost to in

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ROTC Is Life (In a Good Way) Everything you ever wanted to know about ROTC at MIT (and then some)

  

  . Looking for more information? We have a Part II in the works and it will ... Tessa is on the right, excited for an incentive flight on a KC-135 ... this summer for an 8-week Russian language immersion program through a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  's pretty amazing to stand in the middle and look around. Against one corner ... develop a plan for a stair-climbing wheelchair. Blanco submitted a design in ... when the chair is tilted for climbing. The spokes in essence behave as

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ Some Q & A regarding testing for MIT admission.

  

  category, we will use the test which makes you look best. Q. I am an ... , or TOEFL, in addition to the required SAT Subject Tests. Q. I am an ... There are always many questions about our testing requirements. For

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2007