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• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  well. EAPS as a department is really informal - I’m on a first-name basis ... note about course 12 is that it’s really good for a double major or a ... , which is important because you have to write a thesis to graduate

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Declared My Major :D aw yeah i'm a College Student™ now

  

  a deeper understanding of how the brain produces intelligent behavior and how we may be able to replicate intelligence in machines. 6-9 is an ... -9 is related to humans. As of now, 6-4 isn't officially listed as a major

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 21, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the QuestBridge National College Match. If you don’t know what this is, don’t worry! You can ... tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Best from staff

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  10th will always hold a [annotation note='Beyond the matter in Lisbon ... wanted to put in this blog post for some time. The problem is that talking ... this institution and the work of admissions has meant to me, is too

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  "Dudamel is cool." So, even though I had no idea whether Dudamel was a music ... my program, I learned very quickly that Dudamel is not a music genre. Dudamel is not an instrument, or a song title, or a composer. Dudamel is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  sweetness of acidic foods after miraculin is equal to that of a 17% sucrose ... approved by the FDA as a sweetener or food additive, but is mass-produced in ... . Interest in miraculin spiked after a May 2008 New York Times article on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITSO Gone Wild! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] MITSO performs with Aardvark Jazz Orchestra!

  

  is an aural duality, a good versus evil, present in the music. The ... Orchestra (MITSO) played an exceptionally original and edgy concert. As a ... . This concert was unique for several reasons: 1. We premiered a newly

  • by ARTalk
  • March 15, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  homecoming to a new school year and adventure

  

  someone is making pear pie and they offer me a slice. And I need to seek out ... the commute and learning how to decorate my own room. I'll be taking a ... Railroad was hardly a ride at all, at least in the traditional amusement park

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 16, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  ISEF, here is a description from the Society for Science and the Public: The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), a program of Society for Science & the Public (SSP), is the world

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  My IAP Mugs, polymers, cats, and pineapples.

  

  Ahh my IAP is going to be so cool!!! There are quite a few things. First of all, IAP is MIT's Independent Activities Period, where MIT ... !! Cocktails 101 I'M GOING TO MAKE COCKTAILS! I'm so excited! This is a class

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 3, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One and one and one is three Haha, it tells me to write an excerpt. This whole entry is an excerpt.

  

  It was a music-filled, and unfortunately not work-filled-enough weekend for me, as I scored free BSO tickets courtesy of MIT... but that's a ... hope He hath not." Washing dishes... Mitra: "Did you know anorexia is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  if you never took the class. This is a really good system, for several ... strategies -- Drop Date, the last date you can drop a class, is two or three ... -- is there a good chance that I'll be able to get the HASS-D course I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Hello from Palo Alto My California not-so-vacation.

  

  program. It's gone/is going a little something like this. Saturday, Feb 25 ... a shuttle across the bay to Berkeley. Dinner is pizza and beer at the ... tired of missing class, considering that I have two tests and a pset due

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skullhouse CPW chicken waffles fire smores volcano steak shake

  

  make a combination that's so confusingly delicious for how mismatched it ... Vesuvius, not to be confused with Mount Vesuvius in Italy, is a blend of myth ... n' Shake A Skullhouse invention, Steak n' Shake is my all

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  how you guys are doing by calling all 390 of the early admits (sometimes ... their early acceptance to MIT. ("Frank? Hi, this is Christina from MIT ... perspective of a current student.. yes, there are girls here..") So I was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Art? It's late, but not too late.

  

  don't think you get how cool this is... A CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN!! Of ... pathway. I'm not sure what that thing is, exactly, but I sure learned a lot ... Mrs. Gekas that ART IS EVERYTHING! Here are three pieces of modern art

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Let it snow What I did today instead of sleep for 29 straight hours.

  

  story. A really long story. So since C3 is halfway between C2 and C4, so I ... -type-thing in the middle of the dorm. (As you can see, BC is basically a string of ... freshman about BC government and the election process!" Which is a great idea

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  true for all of you: "MIT is a hard place, made all the harder for the resonant, omnipresent, pounding self-consciousness of how hard it is. This ... confers and also a place like MIT needs. because the rest of the world is in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  number of aspiring students has exceeded 18,000. As a result, our admit rate this year is the lowest in MIT's 151 years; we had to turn away ... Class of 2016, which is, to me, just about as awe-inspiring as any other

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  is a drill press, belt sander, and band saw at each table We also have a little alcove that is home to a laser cutter and a 3D printer (I ... the 3rd floor of building 35 you ask? Well there used to just be a

  • by Snively '11
  • March 11, 2008