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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Revolutionary Technologies at TechCrunch DisruptNY breathing office walls and credit-card sized computers

  

  found out that you could obtain tickets for free if you participated and ... , sponsoring companies offering prizes for use of their APIs, and copious amounts ... avoidance technology for your car, and Hungry Host, an app that tells what you

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  . Laundry is $0.75 per washer and $0.25 per dryer. You can pay for it with ... owns and maintains a small exercise room for residents. This is ... -rise. Each entry has between 32 and 48 residents, and shares a common lounge

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  ). Course 6-9 (Computation and Cognition) is a joint major between the two ... unparalleled number of opportunities for scientists and engineers and the ... joint major between Course 6 and Course 9 was in the works. I was fine

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  " and/or the book on which it was based, Ben Mezrich's "Bringing Down the ... story centers on MIT alum Mohan Srivastava '79. Srivastava, a Course 12 ... a gift, and started thinking about how the algorithm behind the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  let’s talk about financial aid a different kind of holiday miracle

  

  , congrats!!!! I'm sure you're off somewhere floating between denial and pride ... the U.S. that is need blind and full need for all of our undergraduate ... does that actually mean for the MIT student and how does it reflect in

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 24, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  More IAP updates

  

  The Maslab 2007 competition (the culmination of the class for which I've been TAing this IAP) is tomorrow evening, and I am excited. The teams have been working very hard, and dealt well with setbacks. There was an

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  light that, for simplicity, we can measure as an angle between 0° and 90 ... that quantum phenomena, as absurd as they seem, are real. And for once, I ... process for us and dramatically speeds up experiments. Instead of placing

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  ) bush has been popular in the United States since the 70s for its ... receptors of the tongue and activates them in response to acid, making sour ... Japan through genetically modified tomatoes, E. coli, and lettuce

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  Princeton for two and a half years. Why do I do this? Because the money's good ... Okay, I'll admit that it's been a slow week for me, so I'm going to ... Chicago economist Steven Levitt. He received his PhD from MIT in 1994, and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  things that make noises for those lost

  

  disapproval from others. fear was developed for survival and may trigger strong ... see and things to do, but probably also in a pile of emotions you can't really identify. so here is a guide, for those lost. this emotion is

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • March 15, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  back in east campus jiggity jig

  

  hometown. mae's been gone for two years, and a lot has changed while she ... i moved back to east campus last weekend, and to continue the kinda ... helped with transportation again, and i had the foresight to distribute the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  made a "syllabus" for my summer. I gave myself goals and intentions ... in a good way. What I Actually Read Between the World and Me, Ta ... Today is the eighth day of fall and the first day of winter in my

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  applied to Teach for America in October, and I received the book as a gift ... Lauderdale with a magnet program, and the extreme disparity between the quality ... 've been floating around this school for the last couple of months doing

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Debunked I clear things up.

  

  here, I've only been officially blogging for a couple of months, and I ... ), I don't know. Need to pass the time between now and admissions? You ... propped up in bed and listening to the Toy Story soundtrack. Anywho, I

  • by Snively '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week of work

  

  and Conflict in the Middle East. My paper was on the relationship between religion and politics in Lebanon and Iraq. It was an interesting ... it. 9.71 is fMRI and High-Level Vision. When I say this, unless I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  adjusting to prices and scrounging for the best deals, I've found a way to ... Plan vs. Cook-For-Yourself Food is by far the most expensive, and ... for freshman (and also the most common) both cost $3824.25/semester

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  consists of problem sets, papers, alarm clocks, and in my case, rowing ... of MIT’s willingness to pay for you to travel) including England, Holland, Uganda, Boston and Mexico City, this is the first I feel I have

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  college admissions season can be a particularly anxious time for students. I remember waiting for decisions, being both excited and very scared. Of course ... fit For your son or daughter, the college search and application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  recognize and provide opportunities for unusual interests and aptitudes; in ... emphasis on providing for unusual interests and aptitudes, for me, is the ... regarding the real and perceived threat of fascism.” Faculty found that course

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was ... need to go to a regional event and see for yourself. FIRST might just be ... in college, but I am far and away the better for my FIRST experience

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010