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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  some fun before chaos resumes again. In case you missed it, thousands of us managed to receive our diplomas after 3.5 straight hours of pouring ... don’t think “being an alum” will hit me until it’s the first week of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if my country has a different academic calendar?

  We're aware of the different academic calendar in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, South Africa, and other countries in the southern ...  high school or wait until they graduate. We suggest students apply to university
• Blog / How to MIT

  Places to Sit at MIT and study

  

  -senior" status) to finish up a degree. I'm excited to be taking advantage of this ... yeah, and to get an MIT degree. After four years, I've completed neither ... change of scenery is refreshing and jumpstarts my mind to continue working

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  in the winter of my freshman year. But life matters were really ... certainty is wildly oscillating. You can not compute the derivative of its ... . That was the first surprising turn of events. I was (mostly) certain I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Borne back ceaselessly into the past I've had a week! The whole earth was created in a week!

  

  went into a lab in the secret sub-basement of Building 66, pressed "on ... , thermodynamically, electrically, and philosophically. So, twenty hours of MATLAB and ... graduate I.M. Pei, is built in the shape of a 30-60-90 right triangle

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  engineering seniors at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Later this ... Since you're all probably sick of hearing about my summer, I emailed ... out of the ~20 cheerleaders on the squad. I think I'll just list what

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  prize of a computer and a trip to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida ... the bottom of this blog entry. You may have caught this news item ... . I.B.M. plans to announce Monday that it is in the final stages of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skullhouse Road Trip Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and New…

  

  chapter of the University of Washington, nicknamed "Phi Pools". One of our ... /25: University of Washington Today I learned that University of Washington is ... of being in a fraternity is visiting chapters at other universities

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT: Progressions what the students thought of the place in 1969

  

  about the social and political aspects of scientific and technological ... appearances of Professor Chomsky, Kenny, with the help of the MIT Museum ... 's an even older silent movie called Technology (1934) that was sent by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 18, 2017
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With Pizza, Constipation and Hell-Sucked Villains Written in the style of TWoP’s recappers, to mourn the website’s closing. Weird things may…

  

  my rights violated by the Massassassachisetts Institvte of Technology ... calm my fiery sense of injustice. So I’m probably just having some ... dreary stew of words I’ll call a story when my alarm goes off. The stupid

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  New Year Notes Miscellaneous.

  

  Technology Review had a number of interesting MIT articles, including this ... that, yes, E=mc2. The new mayor of Edison, NJ, Jun Choi '94, was sworn ... Blog Squad, Technology Review Colleges using blogs to attract students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  varying degrees of notice (1 day-5 minutes). Left: Well, these guys kept ... . This is Professor Junot Diaz. This is a book that wrote, one of my all-time favorites. When I accepted my offer to come to MIT, one of the first thoughts

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  technology into the hands of millions of the world's poorest children. This ... (and Ben and Nance) been? Reading applications. Lots and lots of ... 'm really enjoying this year's applications; I know that we have a lot of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Research Fellowship (SURF) program at the National Institute of Standards of Technology (NIST). I never thought that I would find a place that loves ... picture? Those are zinc oxide nanowires growing on the edge of a silicon

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello, I’m Anthony.

  

  of my interests in technology and travel. It came time to apply to universities and I didn't have the benefit or services of a college counselor ... It's nice to meet you. I'm a new freshman at MIT, a member of the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  expected. The high for today is 59 degrees, with a low of 51, and while I ... like accidentally drop a box of pipettes and cough every five minutes ... . Starbucks works during various hours of the day. For instance: 1. The busiest

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  me three classes away from a chem degree. Regardless of what anyone may ... intention of pursuing a dual degree said this: "Were you insane?" Maybe I am ... anything new. I bought the camera to celebrate the end of my dual degree

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Hindi sapat ang sampung libong kilometro para kalimutan ka

  

  ibang tao; pinakita ko lang sa’yo kung sino talaga ako. Ang inakala kong ... kaluluwa mula sa loob. Kahit ilang beses kong inulit sa sarili ko na wala

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 7, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Thing I Love About MIT… Is how easy it was to use an assignment to pick up a cool internship.

  

  (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). And it’s AWESOME. Significantly less ... ). The term-long project (and ~40% of our grade) was to write a detailed ... brainstorming, doing tons of market research, forming ideas and designing a plan

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  On schools & context

  

  chance of having been polished by expensive college counselors? I ... /character oriented, which I agree with, but why do so many of the kids at certain ... as a parent of a child who goes to a high school where no one has

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005