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• Blog / Academics & Research

  “…being a geek works out…” A UROP at the Center for Sports Innovation.

  

  researcher at the MIT Center for Sports Innovation, has an impressive list of ... development of improved sports equipment. Kim Blair, the center's director ... . Last fall, equipment designers from Specialized, one of the leading high

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give MIT Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences a Chance Yultide Day 5

  

  This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover ... experts in the field, and often the world at large. And all of the HASS

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Marching Band Refused to Yield Band in the name of love.

  

  with some pictures. So, to answer all of your questions, here is the ... fact that most of the events are on Saturday afternoons, which means like 3 people oversleep every week. Also of note: the awesome drum cart

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 4, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  This is a season of stress. The release of Early Action decisions ... from studying that I can't help but share with all of you - the first ... , who is one of the most amazing singers I have ever come across.) At 8

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Katrina I can't stop thinking about it.

  

  Oh my god. I can't stop thinking about all of the people who have ... the comments. Most importantly - those of you from the areas that were ... too). It's a feeling of helplessness - other than donating money I don

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  I'm often asked about supplemental material. None of the below is ... music and would like to be a part of the music community at MIT, you may ... participate in the arts community at MIT, you may send in slides of your work

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  correctly, one of the bloggers in our meeting mentioned that they would read the blogs in 4th grade or so. I, for one, was definitely not one of these avid readers of the blogs, and I didn't hear much about MIT before

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW Weather Machine Strikes Again a frivolous day in the sun and grass

  

  -making process (the part where he explains his thoughts leading up to using vinegar to slow the breakdown of pectin in the potatoes is pretty cool). As ... The weather sobered up just in time for CPW, and we celebrated the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  during my lunch hour at the Z center this summer. Clary Clish, director of ... been working since 2008 in the rapidly growing field of metabolomics ... on that! Well ok, you can, but from the looks of the research, I need

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW time waits for no man, woman or beaver

  

  first CPW, too, and I can tell you that the sheer quantity of options is daunting (in a good way). Luckily the level of enthusiasm all over campus is ... call/email to us can't unravel the mystery of CPW, the only thing left to

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 22, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  ago, I was counting down the hours to the release of the Regular Action ... the anxiety, but beneath that, there was a layer of community. It ... . It’s probably part of the application experience. When the countdown

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  also took some pictures of my own outfit at the dinner, but I decided ... , we checked out the State Museum of Pennsylvania, where we saw this proud beaver preserved through the miracle of taxidermy (or maybe it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cool running Well, it's warm running now, but just wait about two weeks.

  

  Laura and I have the same birthday. What's the probability of that ... the lack of meaningful updates recently; my life has been tremendously ... Dartmouth on the bus to visit and I gave him the grand walking tour of Boston

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  anew what a wonderful wor(l)d

  

  about the breakdown of it. The structure of the word entices you to wonder ... of the labs in the tunnels. I enjoy passing by quick performances in ... piece of art that changes every time you look at it. I wonder about the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 23, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  As a freshman in college, one of the most important things I do is ... ? Do I leave my dorm room enough? Am I taking the most advantages of the ... thing that dawned upon me was the concept of "average." Being average is

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  pictures of my desk at off hours of the night or of the trail I traverse ... office hours, but I promise you I, like the rest of the students at MIT ... used in solving the problem. I promise you; it's actually one of the most

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Fighting Indifference MIT and MLK day

  

  religious ceremonies, different in that the population of the former is ... , difficult to sing, requiring of the vocalist loud, straining pitches to match ... has been watered,/ We have come, treading the path of the slaughtered

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Meet More People a guest post from Amy F. '20

  

  !!) place because of him, along with all of the other wonderful people I ... feeling of being on the absolute same page with someone else, of being known ... be famous? In what way?” to “Of all the people in your family, whose

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  one of the new academic year.) The blogger meetup came about because ... remedy the situation, bloggers would meet together at the first of the year ... 't it? And the wound is kind of gross too. Needless to say, a split chin

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  the pace of the content that was being fed to me. Turns out, (for me,) that understanding the material isn't the hardest part of coming to MIT (at least, not yet). That's not to say that the pace of learning isn

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014