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• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot #1 Short summary of a long week.

  

  of Boston's air pollution. Soaked in a brew of life ... the retina-searing tears of rain that had glommed in the gutters of my ... morale-raising sight of Professor McGreevy in an orange T-shirt, sprinting

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  that I might pop back in every now and then if the occasion's right ... Change.org, MySpace, and more than a dozen high-profile NGOs. In short, the ... to do is go here and click on the "Vote" icon in the top left

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.

  

  fruitful one for me. To recap: Late May -> Early July: Back in Taiwan ... Without Borders - the Taiwanese version) into the Aborigines villages in Taiwan. Early July -> Early August: Back in MIT, working on a UROP

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Why no blogs!? I'm busy, ok?

  

  Why no entries lately? Because MIT's Freshman Orientation is in full swing and everybody on campus is crazy busy. With what? Stuff like the East vs. West Water War from yesterday. Photos courtesy of our ever

  • by Snively '11
  • August 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  P.S.—Check out the Booklet!

  

  I forgot to mention that America in the World: MIT Speaks has been published! You can check it out at http://web.mit.edu/cis/pdf/FAP%20Booklet.pdf.

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  below in the comments, all the way through midnight tomorrow... If you ... information: Students can request an extension of the May 1 deadline in order to complete and contemplate financial aid. Please contact Joanne Cummings in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.

  engineers do that they won't have to ask! I graduated from MIT in aeronautics ... ways in the snow to get to the Institute back then. After a stint in ... Propulsion Lab (JPL) in Pasadena, California. JPL is the place that sends out

  • by mitblogs
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Not Admitted A forum for students who were not admitted.

  

  With an 8% increase in applications, this year was again the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting less than 12% of applicants means that we had to turn away many, many incredible students. For those of you

  • by Decisions
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Can You Save the World’s Oceans? Who, me? Yes, you.

  

  taxa currently fished by the mid-21st century (in the year 2048 ... decrease in biomass (living matter - like fish, shrimp, scallops, krill...etc.) in the Atlantic Ocean from 1900 to 1999. Just in 99 years... Source

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 8, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  things in the Hobby Shop, and checking things off of my “101 Things to Do ... participate in the January Scholars in France program, an incredible program for ... spend two weeks in Paris trying out all sorts of restaurants, visiting

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Into the Sunset [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] My fascination with color guard, and participation in a colonel's…

  

  in the Air Force." Both men instantly had my respect. One of the many ... of us arrived at the Dave Powers Room in the Constitution Inn in Boston, each of us immediately felt a little out of place. We were standing in

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  project on visual image processing in the Schiller Lab. More recently, he ... in the special sauce that makes MIT such a mecca of talent, but it ... MIT’s campus in 1996 as an undergrad and has not ventured far from

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogger Decisions Released Many thanks to all of this year's incredible applicants!

  

  So we were a little more efficient this year in making decisions (i ... before reaching final decisions. In the end, we reached consensus without ... amazing applicants to whom we were unable to offer spots. To those of you in

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Graduation Picture Book Photos from graduation because I've lost my writing skills (~23 Pictures)

  

  I decided that since I still cannot write intelligibly in order to summarize what four years of an MIT education can do for you, I'll just post some pictures from graduation until I process everything.

  • by Bryan
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri's novel comes to the Cambridge screen

  

  Jhumpa Lahiri. Lahiri was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for her ... Transnational Cultures. Video of the latter is available in the Language Learning ... ; Ashima's first years of marriage in America; the Ganguli's trip to India

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This one goes out to the parent Fire! (she's comin' down on her own, now)

  

  KNOW IF I GOT IN TO MIT!! MAYBE THEY SPONTANEOUSLY DECIDED TO POST THEIR ADMISSION DECISIONS AT 10:37 PM TODAY! URAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!" In doing so, you may ... detailing the future of fossil fuels in the United States. Although renewable

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life as a Talent Scout I could be the next Randy Jackson.

  

  week, in preparation for a CPW event that my fraternity hosts every year ... performed with guest performer Marilee Jones. What surprises are in store for Battle of the Bands 2007? I guess you'll have to wait and see ;-) In other

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Students Operate On Hawaii Time! MIT's learning environment supports a wide range of learning styles and experiences.

  

  . This may sound like we simply fall back into a well-worn rut, but in fact MIT is quite remarkable in its constant pedagogical experiments and ... also is remarkably active in exploring innovations to classroom

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MITES, RSI and WTP deadlines approaching Summer programs at MIT for 11th graders.

  

  juniors who are interested in studying and exploring careers in science ... ), sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous academic program which emphasizes advanced theory and research in mathematics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A Night with Cranium Myth debunking and Cranium!

  

  filled of Cranium. Some of my favorite quotes from the night: In a "Club ... your eyes open? (Keep in mind Cloodle is the sketching competition where your eyes are open. In Sensosketch, your eyes are closed.) Apparently my

  • by Bryan
  • January 26, 2007