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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  eyebrow. "Really? How?" He rubs his hands together and squints. A lightbulb ... ." Carl: "HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT????" He thinks I'm a wizard.) We talked ... knowledge, then retreat again. The goal is sustained engagement with a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  each other. How we did this without words is beyond me, but I will always ... towards the advancement of underserved communities. Alia Whitney-Johnson, a ... teaching the art of jewelry making to eighteen Sri Lankan young mothers in a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  (keep in mind there is also a residence hall called East Campus, which is ... So, being an incoming frosh, there's really not much I can talk about ... boring ones? Today's topic is housing, because it's raining out and housing

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  students (you can read my trip reports for ISEF in 2015 and 2016). ISEF is a ... to San Francisco. I'll be spending two weeks on the left coast for a ... this trip to a) explain why I might be uncharacteristically quiet on the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  't have a cohesive campus until 1916, much to the lamentation of some ... was as feared then as it is today. There was a poem perfectly describing ... describe its formation. It is a sort of conglomerate containing large and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  down. She says: "MIT is not just a university - it's a concept, an ideal ... and over in my head like a broken record: "deferred is not rejected." It ... us head over to The Miracle of Science to decompress for a bit. MIT is

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  foremost because she is a woman. No no no no no no no no! I wholeheartedly ... to make is that Susan Hockfield was the best candidate by a landslide ... 'd reserved a low-profile Taurus or somesuch. After hitting it off with the

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is MITES Semester (formerly MOSTEC)?

  MITES Semester (formerly known as MIT Online Science, Technology, and Engineering Community, MOSTEC) is a six-month hybrid learning STEM and college preparation experience, free of charge, for rising high school seniors. The
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the MIT Energy Initiative?

  The MIT Energy Initiative is a platform for highly focused energy-related activity at MIT. The program includes research, education, campus energy management, and outreach programs that cover all areas of energy supply and
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  , yes, there is a disappointingly low admit rate. Believe me, meeting all ... "be yourself" is not a trick just to lower your guard, uncover your ... decisions. We are just people who once went to MIT (maybe in a time when it

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  is a school he had heard of before coming to this country," Mr. Taylor ... -bound students. "This achievement is a tribute to their pursuit of educational ... . Actor James Woods came close in 1969 but dropped out a semester before

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  —my team’s product is a physical therapy device! The coincidences this ... !']If you weren't able to secure a ticket—worry not:[/annotation] there's a ... fall, I suffered a brain injury and stepped back from my role for the

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  hosted a community picnic to celebrate The Howard Dining Hall, which is on ... I like eating. I like eating a lot. By which I mean both that I ... was a sophomore in college I once ate for the Internet. I had missed a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger selection 2008 results We have completed the selection of this year's bloggers!

  

  : "In a paragraph or two, describe to us a YouTube video, and why it is ... is the most senior of the current student bloggers? [answer at the end of the entry] You may recall that last month we put out a call for new

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  with a B-! And since freshman year is pass/no record, I was in paradise ... of class a week... so since the deadline for our project is coming up ... exercising much at all... treadmills work wonders, it would be a dream to run

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Product Design, MIT style Sometimes, lab is the best place for a dance party.

  

  assignments. The class as a whole is given a theme (last year the theme was ... you didn't notice yet, the theme here is PRESENTATION. 2.009 is a CI ... into a beautiful chick, or to fried chicken, depending on how hard you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 28, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  . Like, flying robots. Ocean Engineering is getting ready for a robotics ... . How supportive are MIT faculty in encouraging students' ideas? What research opportunities are available? In preparation for a visit program, I

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of ... symposium that I attended on Friday was quite a different assembly. Held at ... students of a wide range of ages and backgrounds. The event officially began

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  it on, considering that my room heater is consuming as much energy ... . QED: My own mother thinks that I have a stupendously boring life. On the contrary, I've had a stupendously excellent weekend while my sheets

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  second test wasn't much better (9/20) but was within a point of average ... productive. 12 hours is a surprisingly useful chunk of time. NEVER do it, it ... was hard. We're talking miserable hard. It was a test of will, to be

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008