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• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  In February, MIT President —  and noted admissions blog commenter —  Rafael Reif announced his intent to step down after 10 years in office ... , now you know why."]in the auditorium of the new Welcome Center

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  , I was telling my sister about hunting for a place in Boston, and she ... remember back in high school, every college admissions officer highlighted ... research. Some promised that every student could do research at least once in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  all time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember

  

  the present, lingering in corners of the past. revisiting things that ... provide updates on what i'm currently doing, or new and exciting things in ... things in my life right now. "how are you doing? what have you been up to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 14, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  I’m also interested in math-related things that aren’t directly math ... ’s actually in the sense of, “the place where something originates”, like alma ... ”, which I think is way more reasonable. In Tagalog, mathematics is sipnayan

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  around to call for climate justice. At MIT, and other schools in the area, students gathered to strike. In Boston, people gathered at City Hall Plaza ... . I managed to squeeze some time in to go into Boston in between picking

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  First, just to allay the inevitable questions in the comments: we're still heads-down reading applications and meeting in committee. No final ... to post something I've had in the backlog for awhile.  Last year, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Tips for the EA deferred send us your FUN form by February 15th

  

  who were admitted or denied in EA. Deferred students, however, will have to wait a little longer as we reconsider their cases in Regular Action ... I send? The only "new" thing you need to send in is the February

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  products). We (my mom and I) arrived in Shanghai last night. Today (June 3rd ... choice in going back to China. But I felt a pang of both regret and longing this year, one that I wrote about it in the “我没去过北京/I Have Never Been to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aeroastro privilege all-expenses-paid tour to seattle and los angeles

  

  Being a major in Course 16 (Aeronautics and Astronautics, or Aero ... get access to our own machine shop, laboratory, and lounge in the ... camp" known as Unified Engineering, smiling in front of a 747 at the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventure Coming full circle at MIT

  

  in lab during the last month than I did in my own room... which is a little depressing. But in the end it was all worth it. I got to work with ... this amazing makeover on our product in 20 short days. We went from the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  essay was easy—in fact, fulfilling—but true storytelling blocked me like no other. In high school I became interested instead in poetry; not ... meaning in the everyday arcs of human experience. But still, I struggled. I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Christmas: The Playlist and much music was had.

  

  recall that I'm in an a cappella group with a lot of really great people ... /calendar year at 8:00 in room 32-123 this Saturday, 12/7! We've been preparing ... many wubs. There's a Red Hot Chili Peppers song with a guitar solo. In

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook ... day would be fairly dull to keep up, at least in my opinion. It's really ... about something, in the shower or while walking home from school, and then

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ for Maker Portfolios You have questions - I have answers!

  

  , while I've been making things in my spare time, we've also been getting a ... learn, create, and problem-solve in an project-based environment. In ... , images, and video to record it. In total, all video elements must be less

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biology-inspired design from MIT alums What happens when you bring together nature and technology? I think you'll like the result.

  

  began as flirtations in an MIT dorm has turned into a profitable company ... and necklaces. Each piece in their collection begins as a computer ... coral or fractal growth pattern of the veins in a leaf. After taking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  winner receives $100,000 and two years of support from Thiel's network in ... centuries—at the very least. She started working in a biogerontology lab when ... disrupting the current research paradigm by changing the incentives embedded in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Love Affair: 11.027 & New Orleans [by Janet Li '12] Spring break in NOLA.

  

  [by Janet Li '12] A house decked out in Mardi Gras swag in the French Quarter. How did you spend your spring break? Eight students in the ... standards in New Orleans. Course 11—Urban Studies and Planning—is

  • by ARTalk
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  blogosphere, rest assured you’re in the right place. It is Elizabeth here. There ... past couple weeks – his sonnets and in particular, Romeo and Juliet – and ...  was made in the 90’s by Baz Luhrmann (who also directed Moulin Rouge! and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students Answering questions for those who were deferred to Regular Action.

  

  knows what it will be this year.) What should I do now? Should I send in ... Midyear Report, which will be available on MyMIT in about a month. On the ... activities, etc.). We will accept updates in other formats, including mail and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  weeks ago. It was a momentous occasion in my life, a turning point from ... see, in my family of five, we all like apple juice so much that if we ... as much apple juice as I want, as often as I want, in whatever size

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010