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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  Frebel from the Physics department. In 2007, Professor Frebel's team ... starry sky Professor Frebel made at the Las Campanas observatory in Chile ... .118 Paradox and Infinity, turned out amazing. Though offered by the Department

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Sexy MIT Engineers My

  

  Freshman fall I decided to join a sport. I had never played sports in ... caught a disc was in the end zone, scoring my first point ever. Memories ... IAP, throwing myself into all this sprinting caught up with me in the

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  myself and my colleague Dawn Wendell, a Senior Lecturer in Course 2 (and ... the admissions process (like our Maker Portfolio which we offer through ... culture (where students build unicycles in their dorms and hack all night

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  offerings of chemical engineering industry opportunities. Recently, I came ... applicants must be able to demonstrate proficiency in at least one programming ... qualities, which leaves me wondering how in the world it makes such a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  in to the weekend, I think you can learn a lot. That being said, CPW is far from "fake" -- actually, it is the true MIT, in a supersaturated ... probably won't see much in the way of tooling, of students working on problem

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I'd known it would come to ... structure in constant, intermittently blinding dust storms. I'd look up and ... 'd only been 48 hours since I was just sleeping in a bed and feeling clean

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Blast from the Past

  

  Bryan's fraternity, ZBT, for…an 80s party. And as soon as I walked in the ... much time in Photoshop because I didn't want to be programming in Scheme ... a link to the full subject listing offered at this year's Splash!, but

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  most succinct advice I can give is from Adam's dad (my future father-in ... situation anyone in our family encounters. 1. Get psyched. 2. Stay with it. 3 ... people seem to think that the most important thing they'll learn in college

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Special October Events

  

  Sunday the 23rd at 3:00pm in the Porter Room. Winners will be announced around 4:00pm and eating will commence. $500 in prize money will be awarded in the following categories: -Apple Pie -Apple Cobbler, Crisp, or

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i’m back .gif not an undergrad, not a grad student, but a secret third thing

  

  [annotation note="in library and information science, which is not offered at ... ="attachment_83349" align="aligncenter" width="300"] in case i get a new avatar, i ... in my friend's car to head back to the West Coast. We stayed in small

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  offer at tulip, a start-up in somerville"][/annotation] that i eventually ... activities and already-brimming corpus of memes has kept me sane in this quiet but stressful, oftentimes [annotation note="i ran speedtest.net in my

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  , not new: as I blogged last year in the wake of Hurricane Michael ... they are all interrelated. More on that in a minute. I am writing this ... regarding our policies and practices in these cases. The main takeaway is that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  than I learned in one year of being a student… and I’m not even working ... country and the world. They all come to MIT, stay in Simmons hall, and get paired with a mentor in the Boston area to do an original scientific

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008 – Another Highly Satisfied Customer! (Guest Entry) CPW! Meet the Bloggers! Free t-shirts! Tim the Beaver! Exclamation points!

  

  , I am cool enough to now say, “I am enrolled at MIT!” In fact, I just ... who tried to convince me to go to a public university, I was definitely ... doors in the infinite corridor until I found: After the chat group

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  class sketching an adventure in speedrunned pedagogy

  

  explain the kinds of things I learned, in a very simplified manner, as a ... about what is computable in general. What types of problems have solutions ... edifice to build that theory. To answer this we think in terms of languages

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • December 23, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  that I supervised about MIT in the Marvel Multiverse. Jade just published an article about her research findings in Technology Review. It ... even wrote about a pair of Spider-Man Shoes I had painted in high school

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  THE FINAL FANTASY 7 REMAKE IS OUT since 6/15/15, i have literally lived for this moment

  

  explain and sort of requires knowledge of the entire in-game universe to ... just know me in person - might know that I have one true love, and its ... since I first played it in 8th grade, and the characters and the story

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 16, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  of people. I've definitely succeeded in that goal, both at Senior ... probably take literature classes in college without taking literature classes in high school, but good luck trying to take math classes in college

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to get around MIT hunger pangs [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Culinary art = delicious art.

  

  school students will be leaving home to go to a university knowing little ... 't overlap). Stick the tray in an oven on the lowest setting and wait a day ... hot water with honey and sesame seeds (throw in a touch of sesame oil or

  • by ARTalk
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  that the "Sell By" date should be taken in a literal sense - "the milk ... to you for my dad's desire to keep expired milk in the world a little ... brought to you by the letter E! EEEE!") In a perfectly formed and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007