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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  (not Nate…or his friend…) who was concerned that MIT did not offer any ... exposure to the field. I’ll try to give a brief overview of some nanotech-related ... manipulate and assemble nanowires at the National Institute of Standards and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  biology-related UROP. Before arriving at MIT, I had zero experience with ... third UROPs, offers were made to me unexpectedly in casual conversations

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  If I ever come back on being away from mit

  

  with the merciless speed of institutional change. It would take all my ... elsewhere. Movement is always relative. There are no stillnesses: you ... principle of relativity, we learn counterfactual thinking, we learn

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  institution, while holding out hope for good news from MIT. Those not offered ... admission decisions should certainly be sinking in by now. For those offered ... transfer, one needs to enroll at another institution. In order to be a

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Our thoughts go out to Virginia Tech.

  

  offices at the Institute who can offer support, including the Mental Health ... Tech have shocked and saddened all of us. We offer MIT's condolences to ... healing and reflection, organized by the Institute's chaplains, tomorrow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  role and institution to institution, some common themes emerged. While ... in question because educational institutions have abdicated their ... -forward. Institutional decision making, writ large, and our admission selection process are

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  willing to give an extension on the May 1 deadline for financial aid-related ... fantastic in-depth familiarity with all things technology related, in addition ... they want to study engineering, while other universities offer wider

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Unless, of course, you've decided to do something with all that free time.

  

  CTY also offer distance learning courses during the school year, which ... 's Talent Identification Program offers the option of either taking classes ... , check out Questbridge, which offers help with the costs of summer programs

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  meantime, I'm out enjoying all that Oregon has to offer in the way of ... . I think we could use a little more "manus" in "Mens et Manus". I talk

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston’s 4th of July Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has…

  

  nationwide (10pm et/pt on CBS). The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a ... view, and relatively smaller crowds, becomes a prime fireworks watching

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fabulous Festivities & Fireworks for the Fourth The annual Boston Pops concert and fireworks show.

  

  nationwide (10pm et/pt on CBS). The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a ... view, and relatively smaller crowds, becomes a prime fireworks watching

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  a knower of MIT-related things, I have been asked many times how ... Institute of Technology. I liked the way that sounded. It had a lot of ... scholarship with a stipend! Woo! My high school offered 8 AP classes, and I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  status legally forbids the Institution from endorsing or opposing any ... if virtually) an institution full of students with a vibrant sense of ... longstanding commitment to democracy built deeply into the Institute. Indeed, as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  Institute of Technology......) But one of the largest challenges, at least for ... means of DeLoreans and quantum what-have-you. "But Doc, I already ... nothing to do with DeLoereans. And perhaps thankfully it had nothing to do

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Institute of Contemporary Art College Night #2 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  M. ‘18 and I went to the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) College ... of art, the transparent front of the ICA offered a panorama of the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  ="MIT offers a special opportunity for students to acquire a masters degree in ... ="General Institute Requirements AKA MIT's version of geneds."]GIRs.[/annotation] The ... (usually after 5PM ET but there's no set time right now) so if you'd like to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  studying Chinese. I guess it goes along with MIT's "mens et manus" approach ... offered in the fall, even classes in the spring, so 2 was not an option). I ... transformed and defined my undergraduate career at the Institute and I already

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  pictures. Here are some headlines:   Thomas DeFrantz and the Dancing Body of the State    Thursday afternoon, Thomas DeFrantz, a ... kebabs afterwards while we talked to Tommy DeFrantz. I considered switching

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  to find a cure for cancer. MIT's motto is "Mens et Manus," Mind and ... (General Institute Requirements). 2 physics classes, 2 math classes, 1 ... relatively boring and lackluster life, this doesn't need to be extreme, just

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  Institute of Technology an institution that has been developing cutting edge ... Commonwealth Joe DeNucci Mayor of Cambridge Denise Simmons Mayor of Somerville ... Jeff Young Susan Hockfield, Ph.D. - President, Massachusetts Institute

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009