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• Blog / MISTI

  Lodger Third in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring the country of Moldova.

  

  qualified no longer existed at the time of competition -- Serbia-Montenegro split into separate countries a few weeks before the beginning of the ... -hundred-something bears, each one decorated by one of the countries in the United Nations

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  )I'm almost not sure if I should mention this, but my friend Ankur '03 is one of ... the geek category: alums of Caltech and the University of Chicago.Regular action applicants across the country are concerned about the processing of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  Times has seen fit to devote more inches to the topic of gifted education ... Talented Youth (CTY). I'm glad to see one of my favorite teachers from my ... fourth most emailed story of the day -- maybe people really do care about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  established Davidson Academy, coming to Nevada residents courtesy of the folks ... some of the nation's most successful magnet schools -- but I am glad that the news of its opening gave the Times an excuse to write about gifted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Prof. Acemoglu’s Clark Medal On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe, there's a story…

  

  On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe ... to an American economist under the age of 40 for making a significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge. Of the 29 Clark medalists to date

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  of 2014 will join them as alumni of the Institute. The 148th ... Storify, or via #MIT2014 on your social media system of choice. I must ... of 2014, including Anna, Emad, Kate, Natanya, and Tom, were the first

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Gettin’ Fancy Two formal events in two days?

  

  ) and the end-of-season fencing banquet. Here are some thoughts if you’re into that kind of thing. The Photography of Ring Delivery: Ridiculous Poses and Pictures of Hands A data summary-esque analysis by Ceri

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  GTL the secret to a successful summer

  

  A couple of weeks ago, Chris Peterson tried to describe my life as ... 've concocted so far. 1 box of questionable purpose (If you're wondering, the ... marginally better than party balloons.) 1 night of fireworks, thunderstorms

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photodiary now with 0% instagram, 22% my cat

  

  you through the unsatisfying yet convenient medium of cell phone ... minute. Either the ounce of fluff in its jaws was somehow dulling its survival instincts, or it was wondering if I was made of the same material. I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 9, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Burchard Scholars Program (old time stamp: 11-21-09) - this entry is five months late >___

  

  in many of my old blogs, but I never wrote about it in a single place ... -seminar program initiated by the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Science at MIT. Every month, Professor Resnick invites a member of the department

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  for "Crew of the Week" and you can all help our crew team be recognized ... little support! For those of you unfamiliar, Crew is sort of a big deal ... where a lot of people sit in a very small skinny rowboat and row super

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Leaves, Strawberries, Doors Pictures of campus, faculty dinner, another door. (7 pictures)

  

  to turn as early a September, but only recently has most of the campus ... ). I'm not a very good photographer, but here are a few images of campus ... , Physics professor Scott Hughes, Professor of Urban Studies and History

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  So Orientation is pretty much also a week of free food. The saying ... your first week at MIT. Since Sam and Mitra both have covered many of ... Midway, I'll just try and cover the aspects of Orientation that have not

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  determine the DNA sequence of thousands of tumor samples, looking for ... of all such mutations, which would be freely available to researchers ... different name, would determine the sequence of the DNA in at least 12

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  As many of you know, I'm an avid reader of the New York Times. Reading the Sunday paper is a favorite part of my week. During less busy times of the year, I'll do the crossword in the Magazine. Also in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly ... of applications I still have to read. The other work (yes, other work ... I have responded to all of your comments and emails (this time, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  followed with immediate mention of “troubling data” and “important decisions ... the body of the announcement. Here’s a screencap of the message: There is a good chance you’ve heard about this already, since a lot of

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  a perfect long weekend in other words: i did no work and now am kind of a mess

  

  i had SUCH a nice President’s Day weekend. a lot of it was consumed ... first Mocha Show performance was on Friday night, so a good portion of my ... , grabbing dinner as a team, and putting egregious amounts of stage makeup on

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  farewell, first semester p/nr-ing just hard enough

  

  for the past few months, Nashua conjures images of flatness and tranquility, of quiet car rides punctuated only by the soft hum of the engine as trees flow endlessly past the window, of loneliness and stagnancy and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 19, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  After a stressful week of essays after essays, assignments after ... from London to Bath around 8am. The most adventurous part of it is ... ’t make an effort to travel. But every time I managed to drag myself out of

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012