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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eric Lander, spring rolls, and the New York Times two of those three are related

  

  number 1, and thanks to the obscene amount of tuition I'm paying MIT I was able to attend number 2 (and am also missing number 3), which is why I woke up early* this morning and trudged bleary-eyed over to room 26

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MTV Wait, I think that name might already be taken

  

  lamenting our lack of access to Pixar's render farm and kicking myself for not ... to start 3.091 (Introduction to Solid State Chemistry) over on Open ... Archive section. Right now you can watch the Mollie/Christina and Dr

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  loving MIT and choosing the institute as one of your college options. Thank ... some retail therapy and watched a few episodes of Friends to distract ... , whatever result you have, will take it in stride and move forward. Throughout

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  we are twins … but ARE OUR AGENDAS?!? (not clickbait)

  

  favorite backgrounds from Steven Universe! Another reason I like physical ... agenda, but I usually fail and my agendas always end up 90% empty. I think this is mainly because assignments are pretty repetitive and after I get

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Poetry we do that.

  

  The last post I made was about my summer, and I haven’t even written ... to work hard and play hard, and helping out with Terrascope. And because I enjoy life-pondering and expressing it, I’ve also been taking a

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I went to the Arnold Arboretum!!! i become one with nature

  

  On Friday, I went to the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University for ... North America, and is home to over 1.3 million trees, shrubs, and woody ... other works include Central Park and the U.S. Capitol!! The quizbowl geek

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Pumpkin Drop Trick-or-treating is not enough.

  

  landing? You may neglect wind, viscous drag, and the altered aerodynamics of ... and snow left over three million homes and businesses throughout the ... below the Cecil and Ida Green Building. The Green Building, MIT's Building

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  later entry and instead use this one to give you progress reports over the ... share. 9:15AM The good news: we worked late last night and made a big dent ... the deferred and denied letters. Today we will finish the admit packs

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Green Monsters

  

  Championship Series. My friends and I had planned a West Wing season premiere party, but, really, as much as my friends and I love the the intrigue of ... .253.3400) and we can tell you who that person is. Also, you need to contact that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 21, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

   Burchard Scholars dinners and we got to talking about INSPIRE, a cool project that ... Course 9 – Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Outside of classes and UROPs (that ... in the humanities, arts and social sciences. Q: What is MIT INSPIRE

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  undergrad, and your undergrad school will change you, whether for better or ... -year-old undergrad applicant and me as a 21-year-old grad school ... education at MIT. I'm smart, okay, but I'm not, and never have been, one of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From Atlanta I heart Exploding Bacon

  

  I said then, ...FIRST (which stands for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was founded by inventor Dean Kamen and ... inspire students towards a lifelong devotion to science, technology, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  road trip here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors…

  

  I got kind of used to walking places and taking the T. Eventually I got lazy and started using Lyft more, for the convenience and also ... (only $15 for a 1-year subscription, and cars typically hire for $12/hour

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 21, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m so ill. like, in the bad way

  

  me unable to do much more than mumble incoherently, sleep, and chug ... and feeling woozy, and fell asleep for about 14 hours. Upon waking, I began to sacrificially prepare myself for a massive MATLAB lab and a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women Rock All sorts of folk, and folk songs too.

  

  ), 15% Hispanic, 10% African-American, 1% Native American, and 9% International, and our minority community provides all of the cultural resources ... rate that is much, much higher than many select private schools, and even

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class of 2009 Ring Delivery The '09s get our brass rats. We think this makes us like, so cool.

  

  .) The reception was held in the Boston State Room, and it was pretty ... last Thursday, and while I'm not big on getting dressed up, semiformal attire was "encouraged," so I sucked it up and put on a dress. I left

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  (and if you have decided to come, please do send it in!), we will reply ... , and to await the Next Big Mailing (NBM) in May. 2. Yes, I will be ... event at the American Regions Math League (ARML) at the Penn State site

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Florida, complete I'm back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a…

  

  , where I was due to do a meeting in Tampa. Like in Orlando and Miami, I had the opportunity to meet and dine with the Tampa Bay-area Educational Counselors (ECs) before the Central Meeting. The Tampa ECs and I dining at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  The selection process continues here, and there's not much I can ... admits and mailing the early action decisions as soon as we can. I'll keep ... school Class of 2006) that you know and encourage them to expand their mind

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  someone’s gotta do it, but not me is it cool not to care?

  

  existence, to make sure they kept going another year, and for more years after ... . i wanted to give middle school and high school students a chance to go to programs and take silly hour-long classes about fandoms or quantum

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 16, 2022