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• Blog / MIT Life

  Engineer, Blogger… Rhodes Scholar (!) Melis wins the Rhodes Scholarship!

  

  scholars and will spend two or three years of graduate study at Oxford ... College Women Competition. At Oxford, Melis will do the M.Sc. in integrated

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  Massachusetts to Malaysia) will host parties in their hometowns for students ... events mostly occur this week (MIT's Spring Break week), though some will ... (or "The OC," if you prefer), in the home of Dr. Joanna Tan '74. Monday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  curb climate-threatening carbon dioxide emissions is short. It will take ... and building alternative vehicles capable of 300 miles or more per ... mature sector of the economy will pose complex challenges, universities

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  ... Of course, it's nothing new for a film or other work of fiction to ... with Will Smith's character, saves the world in the film Independence Day ... the film Good Will Hunting Capt. Harold Barnes (aeronautical engineering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  will last until the coin is found, probably sometime Sunday. Many teams will have "warm-up" activities prior to the beginning of the Hunt, and at ... or so people participated in the mini-Hunt, divided into three teams

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  limited example of my hall, I will do my best to explain how. On First East ... upcoming shuttle launch, we will most certainly know. Some adore Mathematics ... synthesized electronic music, or live piano improvisations based on the songs of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.

  

  Junior-Senior P/D/F, and they can't satisfy any Institute or departmental ... have a point, I swear. I will make it.) No one, least of all me, wants ... ago. It's only when I'm driving home or falling asleep that I start

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  takers, and, mostly (or so I hope), study for the next exam. It’s all kind ... pajama pants or clothing that totally doesn’t match. Sometimes I carry a ... to Seven Eleven, the frequent walks to the Charles River or to a friend

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  and eat food. Prognostication Tonight you will find yourself pushing ... Outfinite. Then it will become windier, and you'll push the cart faster to compensate. On your way to your destination you will pass by many people

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain the context of my grades/scores, and/or provide additional information?

  On the application, there are designated spaces to provide additional context on how the pandemic or other circumstances may have disrupted your coursework, access to testing, and extracurricular activities. If you feel it
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do dual enrollment students apply as a first-year or transfer applicant?

  Students participating in dual enrollment programs or taking college-level courses while in high school apply for first-year admission at MIT. If you apply to MIT while you're still in high school, you're considered a first
• Blog / Athletics

  We’re So Back a collage of preseason

  

  1. Welcome Back to Campus Preseason Kickoff Preseason for fall sports ... 1="102640" image2="102774" image3="102642" image4="102641" /] 2. Team ... preseason is the time to get to know each other better. [carousel image1

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a walk down memory lane in the form of albums

  

  are related to some of the artists listed above! 1) I realized I was bi ... or the vocals are lacking, but I really enjoyed the rawness and the bluntness of the music. It didn't feel underproduced or lacking at all; it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  kid who studied for a couple hours and got it. Lesson #1: Hard work and ... assignments, or in class. I tried answering it to the best of my abilities. When ... will look at and think "Hmmm, it looks like you dropped the ball. What

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Digging through old bookmarks time for some blasts from the past

  

  , so read into it as you will. Hopefully you'll find something ... nonsensical, or the way mathematicians often hold obvious truths at arm’s length ... music you don't know about. It will ask you what music you like and then

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work VII The triumphant conclusion! Plus, the CIA is watching me.

  

  Charles River. My death-defying cabinet-climbing paid off. Now she will stack luggage up here and nobody will ever see it. Entering my room ... will be placed in this little alcove so it's against the left wall, but

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  [annotation note="and if you look to your left, you will see a biochemist ... or take advice, but there's some mirscucha valley in the middle where given advice can be digested by the recipient regardless of whether or not

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

  

  present. I hate physics, so of course my family buys me a book about physics

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  Special Relativity with a brief intro to General Relativity is 1) a physics ... cause I will not talk to you if you are not holding a muffin for me.). It gives out 1 pset a week of variable difficulty and length. The shortest

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  in China. - Dance Troupe, currently only Saturdays 1-2, but will have

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006