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  Windy city

  

  the first part of his hour discussing the 5 percent of the universe we ... matter" like stars and galaxies. The other 95 percent of the universe is a ... remember at this time of the year. No matter how things turn out for you when

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  rest of my IAPs at MIT. There are actually quite a few options in terms ... program associated with the University of Grenoble. It sounds really fun ... !). It was literally lifechanging. It was my first time out of the country

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  weekend in the White Mountains. The PE course offering at MIT is incredibly ... operate a Tech Dinghy, which is the most basic type of sailboats at MIT. In ... your Swim Test offered in the beginning of the year, and it basically

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  gigantic tub of ice cream that you can get at Ben and Jerry's, an ice cream ... professor of Psychology at the other Cambridge school. A lot of events in ... success. You can go to a community college and still end up at the top of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: I’ll be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend and so will other people from MIT

  

  similar talk those I've given at Maker Faires in the past, but new to the ... slightly outdated) version of Marty's talk on the same topic at last year ... I blog a lot of retrospective trip reports (see, e.g., ISEF 2016, IOI

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Announcements

  New bloggers? New bloggers! [cue fanfare]

  

      After several hours of discussing so many good applications that were submitted this year, we inducted nine new bloggers ... a Victorian woman but now creates chaotic Google Docs at 2AM (though

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 7, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nano @ MIT Puppets! Research! Nanotechnology!

  

  specifically. However, many of MIT's larger departments offer courses and other ... movement is to get a UROP at one of the many laboratories conducting nanotech ... piconewtons of force!). Professor. Angela Belcher's research group sits at the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cancer on my mind Wait, shouldn’t that be Carolina?

  

  place of its kind trying to come at diagnosis, treatment and prevention of ... diseases. The gallery on the first floor of this brand new center is ... are also eligible, as are MIT collaborators at other Universities

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 18, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  Western Massachusetts, along with wide swaths of Vermont, New Hampshire, New ... , which featured winds and pressures (975 mb) characteristic of a Category 2 ... areas of Western Massachusetts. This kind of snow, which is unusually

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  , engineering, or another field of study at MIT. This major includes a three ... media, ranging from New York Times stories to Twitter feeds. Provides ... taking a course load of nearly all writing classes, four or five at a time

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Refactored

  

  New York Times), on international education and admissions, and on ... buckets of mail, plus all of the online application pieces. It's pretty ... MIT portal, be patient. We still have a lot of application pieces to enter and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  choosing the abridged version

  

  . options at the end of my job search i had offers from the following three ... new york, which i was interested in because most of my friends will be ... childhood. a lot of them are smarter than me, or better at problem-solving, or

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 20, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  were made at the Cambridge headquarters of NECCO (the New England Confectionery Company), right next to MIT's Random Hall dormitory? Ah, many of my ... ? Check. Dating? Check. A wedding engagement? Check. A little bit of class

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  't offer only math and science. No, MIT isn't male-dominated ('09 is 47 ... make assumptions about applicants. At the Harvard Admissions Institute ... on the topic of extra-curricular activities. We collectively lamented

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  responding to various offerings of the universe made in these media. Twitter ... have imagined they had an interest in the universe, or in science at all ... -term health of modern astrophysics from having cultivated public support at its

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What programs does MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) offer?

  MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) runs outreach programs under the School of Engineering at MIT for underrepresented ... students free of charge.  
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  -time favorites. When I accepted my offer to come to MIT, one of the first thoughts ... give a reading of his new book and talk about his writing process, which ... 't realize how important of a role they play in your life until you back at the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  Bravo at MIT, so this evening I watched Battle of the Network Reality ... course, I turned down a job as head literary critic for the New York Times ... depressing read, although Foer does find several new (to me) ways of expressing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  We’re So Back a collage of preseason

  

  Southern New Hampshire University. We won this game 5-2, and it gave the team ... is a span of two weeks in the summer before the semester starts, where ... for the fall season. This period of time is when the hyphenated word of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2029 are now ... the MIT Class of 2029, and as of *checks watch* right now, we have offered early admission to 721. Though they are all different in their own

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2024