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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.

  

  tips and tricks for the farmer's market this summer, because I learned a ... crowded the market was and thought it was probably a good place for ... went to a friend's house for brunch, so I just tossed some of my already

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Better than a Ryan Cabrera poster Want a Warhol in your dorm room?

  

  line outside the gallery doors for a second chance to participate in this ... Want a Warhol in your dorm room? Today is the final exhibition day ... ) to borrow for the entire academic year one of nearly 350 noted pieces

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  A/N: This post is coming out weeks after I intended for it to; please ... reasons for this. For one, at this point in the semester, I had a growing ... semester. Portioning out exactly 2 hours a day for calorie consumption feels

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  My ML model finished training right after I finished this post technically i *am* doing work right now

  

  Junior year was a milestone for me because it was the first time ... code to run on my computer for my UROP project this summer, which is ... ="aligncenter" width="768"] clarification: this is a scientist who just got their eyes

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2024
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you converse civilly ... unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2020 Hacks Back

  

  out in little silver tubes. Every year we enclose something different. A few years ago, for example, we challenged students to hack their tubes; one aeronautical adMIT sent hers into space. This past spring, for the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Update The Waitlist Committee has finalized decisions and has emailed all waitlisted applicants.

  

  We are writing with a quick followup to Matt's recent entry. The ... waitlisted applicants. A brief overview: Of the 629 students currently on the ... yield for international students admitted in Regular Action was quite high

  • by Decisions
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat, RETREAT!! A weekend vacation.

  

  goodness for GPS and my 4 co-pilots. So amidst a weekend of planning for the semester ahead, we took a break to look at the stars (which you ... miles in the snow to get away from MIT and plan for our upcoming semester

  • by Bryan
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2009 note #2

  

  Many of you have already received it, but for those of you anxiously ... lottery will run June 1-17. As a historical note, I helped to secure the funding for the very first i3 project, and several of my very close friends

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Biological Engineering major

  

  From Wednesday's faculty meeting... Motion for a Bachelor of Science ... . The Faculty recommends to the Corporation the designation of a new ... recommendation of the Biological Engineering Division. December 15, 2004 For those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What is the MIT QuestBridge Supplement?

  Our MIT QuestBridge Supplement is a way for us to gather some additional information on our QuestBridge applicants. For QuestBridge Finalists ... Bridge Supplement. If you are a QuestBridge Finalist that did not rank MIT, you can
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  distinguishes itself not only for its seriousness of purpose but also for its ... campus, around Cambridge, or even farther afield, that amaze for their creativity, cleverness, and difficulty of execution. A 1958 prank in which the
• Blog / Events

  Dance ‘Til You Drop 53rd planning a 53-year old party i've never even been to

  

  alumni addresses for updates, we had an addressing party. With a few dozen ... Con for our funding needs and received a couple thousand dollars. The Band ... , but now they're a bit too popular for us to book them. This meant that

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  by leaving only a very small number of spaces for regular action ... international students.   This year, we received 3493 applications for ... the applicants. A similar number of students were denied, while those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Answers, and live updates Live from a lecture by architect Steven Holl.

  

  be viewed on MITWorld... look for it there in a few weeks. I'm signing ... Hi! I'm blogging live from a lecture by architect Steven Holl, the ... you that you have a host, and that you will be well taken care of while

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Interview with a Mystery Hunt Winner An interview with Kat '10, a member of Palindrome, last year's winning team and this…

  

  she was leaving for summer vacation, she gave me a peach Snapple. I mean ... begged her to answer some questions for me, because while we have quite a ... hunt for the HS. I took a lot of his classes and after I got into MIT, he

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ancient Chinese secret, eh? MIT researchers discover an uncommon cure for the common cold.

  

  found himself stricken with a case of influenza, exhibiting such symptoms as nasal congestion, a sore throat, and a mild fever. So, he called up a friend from high school, who happens to be a pre-med (DING!) at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  stuff. Day One: - we heard a talk from a postdoc, Lyle Simmons, on DNA repair. Lyle will also be teaching 7.341, Not Just a Bag of Enzymes: DNA ... - a free performance courtesy of some street performers - we ate

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A Morning With Sir Tim Berners-Lee This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the guy…

  

  This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners ... answers questions for kids. I particularly like his answer to the last question. It was a bit weird to be sitting in the same room with the guy who

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  I need to post something. The blogs have been dormant for a few days ... , Delhi for 2 days, and Gujarat for about a week. (GF's family background.) You might ask why I'm going to India for such a short amount of time

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012