Search

Search Results

• Blog / Admissions

  Quick hello from Albuquerque I'm in New Mexico for ISEF.

  

  talked of making a "left turn at Albuquerque") (No sign of the High School ... ). Apparently the weather was pretty crazy today ("the sky was like at the end of ... A quick shout out from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I am attending

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  Office: MIT physicists create new form of matter June 22, 2005 CAMBRIDGE ... among physicists: They have become the first to create a new type of ... So today at work, I had a little "free time" so I decided to peruse

  • by Bryan
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  eyelash. He was quiet for a couple of minutes, stared off at the wall, then ... 'd already thought of that. At 12:55pm, I found myself outside my 8 ... through some possible courses of action, and settled on: moping. First, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Double whammy.

  

  for another dinner afterwards at one of my favorite restaurants ... . Careers AND Grad School. Thursday: Wake up at 5:05 AM. Board taxi to Logan ... ; instead, I slept. Land in Houston. Now, here was one of the most exciting

  • by Bryan
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  of the universe dribbled into the drabness of real-world practicality ... included about half of the astrophysics faculty at Caltech and MIT, which ... database of acronyms. I vividly remember that Professor Max Tegmark at MIT

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  I've realized that at this point I've pretty much conveyed this type of image concerning my life at MIT: While true some of the time, I ... attempts at not getting buried under mountains of work. Sometimes I fail, but

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Just a few notes -- that's all we have time for right now!

  

  event this Thursday at 8pm EST / 5pm PST. I hope you'll be there! If you ... once again made the NCAA (Division III) tournament! You can follow all of ... Debate Team of Adam Goldstein ’10 and Bill Magnuson ’09 won the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  a professor at MIT, Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer ... University professors are often portrayed as self ... , Prof. Kellis was honored as one of Technology Review’s Top 35 Innovators

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Released TODAY @ 6:28 p.m.

  

  reading this post will end up at other colleges next year. If you are one of ... MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2017 will be available today at 6:28 p.m. (Deep breath) Please don't be crazy and

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 14, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  -"sellout" culture that's prevalent at MIT, I feel like a good number of people would ... are ones that offer a lot of fulfillment. Things are a bit hypocritical ... acceptance of the fact that they are a student at Yale. I know that getting

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  another day of spring when canvas went down and i fell prey to overcommitment (again)

  

  ended up sitting at one of my favourite spots on campus and listened to ... in February, all the way at the start of the Spring semester, I claimed ... deceptively beautiful Boston Spring. Even though I woke up at 1pm (and

  • by Janet G. '27
  • May 14, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  now my new favorite topic. I read The Unfolding of Language: an ... "gonna" isn't just verbal slang- it's really becoming a new word. Look at ... Headquarters Office, at [email protected]. That way he can answer more of your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Mechanics of Blogging How do I do it?

  

  seen a new post appear at the bottom of the main page, the date hadn ... you drag over all those colored boxes at the top of your screen and look at all of the options that drop down, we get to choose from those. We

  • by Snively '11
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Making your college decision May 1st! Have you decided?

  

  heart, ... When you're at the school for you, you'll know it." - Kelli Keuhne (professional golfer who attended the University of Texas) Right ... perform amazingly at the school of your choice. So I'll be lame and close

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  universities out there (some of which actually admit kids with no AP's!). Many of ... enough to post it here as well: As with most of my posts in the parents ... helpful. Numbers mean nothing to us because ~70% of our applicant pool is

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  practice. Yay! We grab dinner at one of the few restaurants in the area, and ... A brief intro... Last Wednesday, I left MIT to compete at the 2016 ... -January. Wednesday I’m done with my last class at 3pm, and return back to my dorm to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  being at school I've lived in many different parts of the housing system ... best chance at being put where they're happiest. Of course no system is ... live. At the end of REX, you can enter the readjustment lottery, where

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  ! ================================================= It could have been any number of early mornings my freshman year at MIT ... graduation. For most of my time at the Institute, I fully believed them, using ... any of my academic classes at MIT prepared me for many the challenges I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Video: New Zigzag MIT's podcast takes on athletics on campus, and more.

  

  A new episode of MIT's video podcast, Zigzag, is now available. It includes a nice piece on MIT athletics as well as a Thanksgiving story. Zigzag is produced by Academic Media Production Services (AMPS) and is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  EAPS Field Trip In which I pretend to be Course 12 for a weekend

  

  ! This video is pretty much just a compilation of me squinting at the ... .S. Victory! Beat the Sunday at midnight deadline :) P.S.S. Welcome new ... Towards the beginning of the school year, my friend Rachel R. '16

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 14, 2014