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• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: the creative process for Pi day videos

  

  The blogs have been quiet lately. Summer is ending, freshman are ... hibernation, but for being buried in applications instead of snow). So here is ... behind the scenes for the drone delivery video, but this interview delves a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  , we must attend to some newly uncovered facts from our past. A distinguished member of our history faculty, Professor Craig Steven Wilder is the leading authority on how the emergence and growth of American colleges and

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

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  could. MIT has been a place where I fell down and did not know how I could ... today. I don't think this is true of MIT: I am not a fundamentally ... long ago. My own blogs are, to me, primarily a benchmark of how I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vivek Venkatachalam- Constructing a Very Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope Vivek Venkatachalam worked with researchers in the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Lab at MIT's…

  

  Physics Students. (The picture is of a snow crystal, taken in a low ... at MIT's Center for Materials Science have completed constructing a ... surface of high-temperature superconductors in an attempt to understand how

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  , a faculty member, is actually one MIT's Nobel Laureates. He won the Nobel along with two other MIT alumni a few years back. From the MIT News ... So today at work, I had a little "free time" so I decided to peruse

  • by Bryan
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  experiences as a student at MIT. I hope you enjoy their stories as much as I do :-) ... : had never seen a taxi, had never been on a subway (except for the one at ... really get a sneak peek at the life of an MIT student. These students have

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Staying in Touch Family back home or here in Boston!

  

  Coming from South Florida, MIT is far away... specifically, 1427 ... back inside for a home-cooked meal, seems so long ago. In reality, it has ... about everyone, the change is sudden and doesn’t even necessarily hit you

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  How are you planning to spend the day? Jeffrey Warren, a Media Arts ... , one of the MIT students who in September launched a $150 camera balloon ... bags, a commercial point-and-shoot camera, and some helium. Each rig

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  a storyteller, and although she is often fond of stating how she ... Professor Maier, teaching is not a one-way street. I believe she thinks that ... historian should, even on-the-spot if necessary. Professor Maier is a master

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  100% Completion It’s pretty hard to do, but I’m going to try.

  

  . The long term goal is to be able to correctly fill in a blank map of MIT ... . Sidequest 7: *serious* Beat Imposter’s Syndrome. This is definitely A Thing. I ... many reasons East Campus is the BEST DORM is that it is a 15 second dash

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Cake-offs, chariot races, and salsa dancing

  

  As you may know, MIT has a strong and vibrant Greek community, made ... together is during “Greek Week,’ which was held this year from April 27 to ... the Greek Week Champions. Here are the different events and how they

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  , here is my schedule: (NO 9 A.M. CLASSES HEHE) Every weekday, I start ... field is just crazy. Look them up! I never had a true interest in biology ... thus far. It also should be mentioned that it is a major plus to hear the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  Need help choosing a MISTI program? MIT-Germany alum Nina Sinatra advises incoming interns to keep an open mind

  

  happy in your location is a valid and important concern, it is equally ... finding an interesting and useful internship, and living in a place in which ... diverse job opportunities in a given field; understanding and seeking out

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  dorm exec is to a single dorm. Every other week, we have General Body ... one of the first classes in algebra so it is a prerequisite for a lot of ... as a tool for topology, it is interesting to look deeper into the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Interning Remotely my verdict is that it definitely could be worse

  

  - so I wanted to be on a functional adult 9-5 schedule. Seattle is ... apartment, which is a solid 5K. Shower. 7-8 PM: Cook dinner, watch something ... COVID-19 really took a toll on student summer plans this year

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  Today is one of my favorite days of the year: the end of daylight ... hour. But, not everyone is as enthusiastic as I am… apparently ... backward correlates with a small increase in the number of fatal auto

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  held in person whenever possible, however you may coordinate a virtual ... . Interviews are not a required part of the MIT application. While we try to ... not able to offer interviews to all applicants. If your interview is
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  acknowledged. He said he heard that no matter how gifted or talented a student is ... .By Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek The movie "21," which is based on a true story ... baseball team, which this summer is trying to earn a third trip to the state

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there really a swim test?

  Yup, there's a swim test! There's an awesome variety of physical ... requirement can be met by completing a beginner swim course or electing to test out. Courses generally meet twice a week for 40 minutes. The program
• Blog / Hacks

  One Giant Leap For beaver kind

  

  " and it's a wee bit difficult. Difficult in that since Friday morning at 7 I've been studying pretty much non-stop. The final is on Monday ... , just because the dome is so visible and I'm more likely to see a hack in

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2009