Search

Search Results

• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009. Q. Can you ... our undergraduates can become central players in the hottest, most revolutionary, most life-changing research going on anywhere in the world. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  bacterial sense). You see, though it is impossible to see in this photo, I ... they sprout is. I am like a great lion, tawny and magnificent in my ... , personally, and to the leadership I have shown in the realm of proper beards

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  in a pre-orientation program they thought I'd be able to help. Instead ... lights. (I was temp'ed in EC during CPW) How much is the real MIT like that ... and 8 nights was the itinerary, if I recall correctly. We would camp in

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We even learn stuff here! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  As I told you in my last entry, my mother has become concerned about my life here at MIT. I mentioned awhile ago that by now, basically my ... yes. I am enrolled in 4 classes and one seminar this semester, so let

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Potpourri Blog Post food... etc.

  

  obviously, I was desperately trying to pack in as many food groups as I can ... profound blog post, so I’ll go ahead and zoom in on some the crazy things ... , but right there in one plate I’ve covered 3 groups on the food pyramid

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 21, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/18/21, 3:14 PM ET i guess the title kind of says it all, huh?

  

  early action, and because you are the closest in age to the 2026s and I am ... So, on Slack I asked Ella '25 and Jenny '25 to help me with this...and...well...here’s the announcement blog you’ve been waiting for? kellen: Ella! Jenny! I

  • by kellen manning
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  A Snively CPW By: Snively' 11

  

  was actually seeing people in person that I've been seeing online ... a dorm has a ball pit, I need to stay in it, because it is ... I soon found myself completely in the dark. Good times. Oh, and did

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  the amount of digits we can commit to our long term memory. Therfore, in ... can connect with numbers. Even on a given street, we are unique in our ... reflection of how amazing God is. I’m in awe. Utmostly, and fully in awe. <

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred? Shameless thievery from a colleague's blog topic (sorry Matt).

  

  . Please let me know how I can help to put it into a perspective that helps ... are a great many more of you that were deferred that admitted. I'm sure ... say the least) to all of you. Please take heart in knowing that you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  , I was fixing for a crepe late last week and strolled in to Sebastians ...  Breakfast Tour in Boston this week, if I have the time - but I think I missed out ... I'm a small-time, not very experienced foodie - but I'd like to think

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Term 2006! Spring Term Oh Six starts today (music video included).

  

  in differential equations (this man is in his 70's I think). I ... think you can understand why I founded the Arthur Mattuck Fan Club on the Facebook. In a previous iteration of this entry, I promised a music video

  • by Bryan
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  been sitting in my drafts box since. However, I still believe, fervently ... maybe we can benefit from focusing on that instead. 03/14/2015 So I ... us a happy pi day, and I realized that today was the day, and in t

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  said. I can say this from experience. It's a lot of fun; don't miss out. ... Dynamics in the Tiny Bacterial Cell, in the Fall. - we toured the Broad ... marathon including Gattaca and Aliens in 6-120 Orientation is by far one

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

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

  

  Earlier this week, I attended an event in Washington DC where I got ... college admissions season can be a particularly anxious time for students. I ... consoled me when I didn't get in, celebrated with me when I did, drove me to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Events

  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  underneath my bed or in the closet, I put on my best MIT gear and made the ten ... restaurant in Boston? Cambridge? Nah, my parents wanted Maseeh Dining. I didn ... nine of us in there. I felt so bad for the chefs! We enjoyed ourselves to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Get It Done Keep On Keeping "On"

  

  -length weekend, if you don't have Monday off). I know that fall of senior year can ... in the forgotten mists of 2004, I was editing the newspaper, the lead ... Hi all! A few updates over what is, for us, a long weekend. First, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  . In fact, I spent a good 20 minutes listening to some super ... picking something from the least brattiest band in the world. I settled on ... except for the counselors and it was the first time in my life that I felt

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  have feet in your shoes You can steer yourself any direction you choose ... can get all hung up in a prickle-ly perch. And your gang will fly on ... ! Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in? How much can you lose

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Reuse Poetry Giving things away

  

  "I got it on Reuse," people say, with the emphasis in the word falling on the re-. When I see the word elsewhere and say reuse in my head ... . I gave in. I now speak in numbers and nicknames and mailing lists

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  . For the Class of 2011, these are their very first MIT classes. I only vaguely remember my first day of classes at MIT back in the Fall of 1996. I ... role we have to play, and I can tell you I consider nothing more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007