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  Revolutionary Technologies at TechCrunch DisruptNY breathing office walls and credit-card sized computers

  

  , sponsoring companies offering prizes for use of their APIs, and copious amounts ... time. The last day of was particularly hectic. The conference ended at 6 ... future of their industries. Sadly, Disrupt fell on the same weekend as MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Events

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  had a similar idea, and both of us e-mailed the powers at be (Dave) and ... flags at the top to give them similar angles, and then tape the back of ... conversation (meaning 90 degrees of Tang will sever a conversation clean in two

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  my MIT admissions essays a retrospective

  

  the only institution in the country to offer an undergraduate degree ... think I wanted to have at least one of my main essays relate to urban ... it fit well here. At the time, this was my favorite of the MIT essays I

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 14, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  stressful experience of my whole time at MIT. It turns out that there's more ... . She's been doing interviews for faculty positions at all kinds of places ... handed me a degree progress sheet that showed I was four electives short of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  of my life at this place. I LOVE IT. So why would anyone want to come ... reason to say so. If I think about my daily set of activities at MIT, I ... or can you actually do it here at 18 years of age? I return to a

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Molly Pounds Chicagoland's Molly Pounds '10.

  

  LONG / Northwest Herald CRYSTAL LAKE - Molly Pounds' love of horses ... admission to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - as a high school ... , adding that the big company would pay the expensive costs of horse care. "I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  .091 helped me discover my interest in course 3! At the end of each class we ... .177: Astrobiology, Origins and Early Evolution of Life (1) It's not offered this ... version of the class offered in the spring, 12.409! Return to Table of

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  use, at a fraction of the cost of purchased charcoal. Good work ... . ''Usually a degree in engineering means you'll eventually be working on cars ... here's just one example of a) how hands on the class is, and b) how it

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Admissions Decisions Now Available Online News about the 2011 Regular Action cycle.

  

  released on March 14 -- Pi Day. This year, decisions are being released at 9 ... year. We admitted 1715 students for an admit rate of 9.6%, or fewer than one of every ten applicants. Because of the size and the strength of

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  the end in itself. Take advantage of what MIT has to offer you, because ... Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I ... surprised - I had not expected it at all! Enjoy your victory, but remember

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  assume that I am pre-med, or else shudder at high school memories of ... , and I love using big data to look at the "big picture". Because of this ... opportunity! Everyone should come to the premiere of Season 2 on November 4, at

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Under the Dome A full day of free fun at MIT

  

  display at the Media Lab, or a bunch of physics demonstrations. I also hear ... . Only a day at one of the coolest institutions in the world, with your ... seem to have a thing already for free events at MIT. I'll cut to the

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  semester wrap-up snaps and snippets

  

  lot. i helped design an airplane in 16.82, one of the capstone options for the aero/astro degree. here is a part of that airplane (i worked on ... i contributed to in my urop at the center for civic media:  

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 29, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

  

  near Columbus) Degrees: Biology (Course 7) and Brain and Cognitive ... Sciences PhD program at Harvard Favorite class you took at MIT: 7.31 (Current ... , who's going to be a Nobel laureate, taught 7.31. Favorite professor at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving and a Small Hack Quick updates from tropical Boston

  

  complaining about the outrageously cold weather, but a quick glance at status of my hometown - 5 degrees Fahrenheit with 6 inches of snow - puts the relatively tropical Boston winter at the top of this year’s list of things to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  of the Rubins Lab at MIT. Her lab hosts a number of undergraduate UROP ... number of MIT grads in space at one time, though -- last November, 4 MIT alums were in space at the same time: They are 4 of 34 MIT alumni

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  offered that meet a few of the HASS requirements. Terrascope is a bit different from the rest of the FLCs in that what they offer is less about ... 1pm. With the large number of classes offered, you're then allowed to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  one thing that strikes me is that there are a lot of MIT applicants who like tennis, both playing and watching it. Thus, I'd guess a lot of the ... Class of 1985, has been named the Executive Chairman & President of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  Five months ago, I took on the position of Chancellor at MIT – a position I think of as a dream job. For the previous six years, I had been ... Chancellor at the University of Cambridge is the Duke of Edinburgh. I recently

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  The Class of 2015 list of 101 things to do before you graduate has challenges of varying degrees--I can proudly say I've already seen a concert in ... got to knock off a task that is surprisingly easy to finish at MIT

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011