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• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did an MIT grad start Khan Academy?

  , started the online learning phenomenon in 1993 when he started tutoring his cousin, Nadia, in math over the internet. By the end of 2006, more ... fund analyst to start Khan Academy, a nonprofit educational organization
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  All applicants are requested to fill out the application with their current citizen status. In our first-year admissions process, you ... green cards are considered to have non-U.S. citizen/non-U.S. permanent
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Robot Competition 2016 robots dump (replica) tea bags in the (replica) Boston harbor

  

  students design and manufacturing hands on and culminates in the annual 2.007 Robot Competiton where 32 finalists from 153 entrees compete in various ... was inspired by the American Revolution. The competing robots had to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  challenge would be a fun activity to partake in. Not familiar with the gallon ... 't have tons of time to do fun stuff. I was digging around on my external hard drive today (which has saved my life more than once, invest in one

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  in California. * The first mass demonstration against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. * Sub Pop Records, a Seattle record label known ... Weigel's two silver medals in the summer Olympics for speed walking

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Everybody LOVES a math joke Math jokes for a Monday chuckle!

  

  ...here's one she loves to tell (copied from an article in the American Mathematical Society Journal, with a link to the article below). Seriously, she ... Could Lie Tangent To Your Curves!" with 42,000 members, everybody loves a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  Growing up in the Midwest, my "beach" experiences consisted of the sands of Lake Michigan or small lakes in Wisconsin and Michigan. Living (or going to college) in the Boston area is a real luxury because the

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  ) to me (in the comments or via email). I hope you can join us! MIT ISEF ... 'll be at ISEF 2007 in Albuquerque, I hope to see you there! ... in the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Maker) Women Rock We are what we celebrate

  

  are many reasons, reasons too complex to discuss in a PhD dissertation ... an issue I've written about before in other venues on the subject of ... traumatic brain injury, the NFL continues to sell photos of "big hits" and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Home, not just a Haus fighting the good fight

  

  handing in on time, there are no more days where I have to worry about ... never spoke about before coming to live in Senior Haus. I couldn ... more likely to deal with mental issues and struggle in school. It is a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh Yultide Day 3

  

  , I thought I knew how to handle life. In fact, I had a clear vision in ... . In three weeks, I will need to declare a (yet nonexistent) major. I ... students to know how I felt, how marvelously physics displays itself in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 28, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  our friends in Fremont!), who came to Boston to hang out over break. On ... 's below freezing, cold enough for there to be ice puddles in the streets ... Currently listening to Currently with: Raymond, Lucy, and Shannia

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Tier Listing My Classes i may have got this idea from tiktok

  

  realm of cruftiness. So, in the name of going out strong, I'd like to put ... them to anybody interested in taking them. They weren't quite S ... forced to take to graduate. And really, in the end, I only had TWO D

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 23, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  day in lab. So you may be surprised to hear that 2 MIT students, Alia ... got to spend a fabulous weekend in Manhattan; they got us rooms in a ... article! We’ll be going back to New York in the beginning of June for more

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Too busy to write a blog, check out my playlist instead stuff I listen to when I code

  

  [caption id="attachment_88319" align="aligncenter" width="768"] (not by me)[/caption] https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7gPMHAyVIzQRXAkjHDbxty?si=d3d2d64a8f1d48bb Explicit lyrics. Don't play this in front of your

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 14, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/14, at 12:14 PM ET

  

  and password.   In order to verify that you will receive a ... I've ducked out of committee for a moment to let you know that ... next Saturday, 12/14, at 12:14 PM ET.   To check your decision on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 6, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  students who went to this school in the past and used to write for us, could write only in words besides the words that most people in this place use ... different. From 1/15 to 1/31, the people who write here may write only using

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  to us later on, "Sure is a lot of brass in here isn't there?" When I ... the shoulder of the cadet next to me and said, "There's a general in ... eager to begin his career in the United States Air Force, was now standing

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Edmund’s New Toy Guitarring starring eJones

  

  Jazz (Ben has a Fender Jazz bass). In addition to the standard split ... 's freshman year advisor) I ran into him yesterday in Lobby 7, snapped this photo (notice the tupperware! what a friend to the environment...), and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanks What is your fantasy class? Vote yet again.

  

  's always nice to see the median voter theorem in action. What courses would ... Thanks for all of the advice on my previous entry. I have decided to ... international development" from an economic perspective in previous courses, and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 1, 2006