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• Blog / Academics & Research

  happy palindrome week! conventions, patterns, palindromes

  

  and who works in/around the field of interactive fiction. I think it ... Here in America, our vaunted exceptionalism takes many forms ... -DD-YY[/annotation] means that in America today is 9/10/19, which reversed reads the same, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  essay, go to 3.   3 How can you describe your essence in 250 words? 100 ... ’t write about your time in prison.” I heard this in a video once. There are ... that: (1) your essay is written in a consistent tense (“I sat on a cow

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rush, rush Why you should live on my floor, with special guest star Paula Abdul.

  

  can make his eyes go in different directions. I'm just glad we're not ... ), which you can read about in everybody else's blog. Basically, during the ... other university gives you this much housing choice. I'll be busy in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  so I wanted to fill it in with a different class. "Ok", I thought, "I ... .100A has been very helpful (I can actually do psets), and 9.00 is ... Hello. It's everyone's favorite angery boi... KING CRIMSON!! I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  timeline if I ever find myself sunk too deeply in a social media morass. I ... . From the panoptic point of view of our office, we can tell, almost feel ... . That's ~22.5k new cases, with an average response, from a human, in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  , we can afford to take some time off. As for me, I'll be spending about ... I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer ... ? Preparing for the influx of summer visitors. Beginning in a few weeks, crowds

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  With another add date passing and classes in full swing, I thought I ... that interest me. The report is in after 4 weeks and I absolutely love ... Winston and his no electronics policy I was wary coming in but all my fears

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009. Q. Can you ... our undergraduates can become central players in the hottest, most revolutionary, most life-changing research going on anywhere in the world. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 2 our experience trying to prepare for the animation industry at MIT

  

  effects can be SO cool! We watched some of the Pixar in a Box videos on Khan ... the surface of what you can do in AfterEffects, but we are glad we know ... academic flexibility where you can learn these skills through atypical means

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We even learn stuff here! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  As I told you in my last entry, my mother has become concerned about my life here at MIT. I mentioned awhile ago that by now, basically my ... yes. I am enrolled in 4 classes and one seminar this semester, so let

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Potpourri Blog Post food... etc.

  

  obviously, I was desperately trying to pack in as many food groups as I can ... profound blog post, so I’ll go ahead and zoom in on some the crazy things ... , but right there in one plate I’ve covered 3 groups on the food pyramid

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 21, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/18/21, 3:14 PM ET i guess the title kind of says it all, huh?

  

  early action, and because you are the closest in age to the 2026s and I am ... So, on Slack I asked Ella '25 and Jenny '25 to help me with this...and...well...here’s the announcement blog you’ve been waiting for? kellen: Ella! Jenny! I

  • by kellen manning
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred? Shameless thievery from a colleague's blog topic (sorry Matt).

  

  . Please let me know how I can help to put it into a perspective that helps ... are a great many more of you that were deferred that admitted. I'm sure ... say the least) to all of you. Please take heart in knowing that you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  .     Depending on where you go, you might be asked - as I was ... sciences department in between. But course 17 (Political Science), though seemingly only a science in a purely semantical sense, is a hidden gem here at

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Get It Done Keep On Keeping "On"

  

  -length weekend, if you don't have Monday off). I know that fall of senior year can ... in the forgotten mists of 2004, I was editing the newspaper, the lead ... Hi all! A few updates over what is, for us, a long weekend. First, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  . For the Class of 2011, these are their very first MIT classes. I only vaguely remember my first day of classes at MIT back in the Fall of 1996. I ... role we have to play, and I can tell you I consider nothing more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  . As you can see, your GC has a very important role in the College ... will snap like a maple tree in a hurricane. (I have no idea what that ... is to be respected and taken seriously. There is no doubt in my mind

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  homesickness is merely this: don't stay in your dorm room. At least for me, I tend to get more and more depressed the longer I spend in my dorm room. Thus, I hardly spent any time in my room during the first couple of weeks

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  opportunity to put some of your thoughts in a textbook. I've had the distinct ... original. My second UROP I started in Summer 2006, and it was undeniably the ... , I tried to do numerical analysis of the propagation of radio waves in

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  three best restaurants in the Cambridge/Boston area but I love them all ... /hipster atmosphere that keeps me coming back. I really can't say enough good things ... Hey guys, I'm back to blogging once a week after a ridiculously crazy

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013