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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Television Show Decisions Three hours is about as much time as I'm willing to waste on television each…

  

  ;   Ugly Betty I had no interest in this show but my mom told me to ... So here's the story. Each year I allow myself to faithfully follow ... Tivo, bless you) means I can watch these four shows in about three hours

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  mail, but that was back before MIT had the technology in place for online applications. (What???) I'm hesitant to dole out reams of application advice, but there is one thing that I am confident in recommending to you. (And

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting the new bloggers! With a new school year approaching, it's time to pick the next set of bloggers.

  

  of the following). Option A: In a paragraph or two, describe to us a ... this year's senior bloggers: Laura and Lulu. Our objective will be to ... undergraduates are welcome to apply. We hope to hire 3 incoming freshmen and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Aiden Wrapped a year in review

  

  , and everything in my mind exists in a battle-to-the-death style list of ... important that happens in December. But, I refuse to break a trend and ... interest in genetics and bio for me as a career path, so to that I owe it

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 3, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)

  

  interested in connecting the two, mostly because I wanted to respect some ... besides MITAdmissions.org in case you want to read about science and cats ... Nearly five years ago I added a Facebook share button to the blogs

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  The future of, well, pretty much everything seems to be coming to us ... visited prior to this summer -- received a huge boost from 3D printing. As evidence, witness the burritob0t, one man's attempt to use technology and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ADITL MIT's Technique spearheads one of the most interesting projects I've seen on campus recently.

  

  on campus were doing the same thing with the same purpose: to take part in A Day In The Life, a project open to the entire MIT community ... , and staff alike have been uploading their photos to the website, which

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You Can Plan a Pretty Picnic ... but you should also research the weather.

  

  , physically, intellectually, and emotionally reacting to the three weeks I spent in Zambia. To make a long story short, the only road to Mwape (the rural village where we were supposed to stay and perform water testing for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  my literary career. Just in time to introduce you to Random Hall ... decorated like a homeless guy's scrapbook. In addition to the gems below ... It's a little-known fact that McCormick Hall is home to not only

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  this blogger does not exist join me in the uncanny valley

  

  epochs.[/caption] I look like a lamprey in (b). (c) seemed to have ... fake images to train CycleGAN was clever, but in retrospect that probably ... a style image in addition to an input image during [annotation note

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 28, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  An MIT Community Vigil for Black Lives

  

  to say about the struggle for racial justice in America today, they ... virtual vigil. As the announcement for the vigil read: We gather in the wake ... , faculty and staff will lead us in prayer and reflection. The speakers at the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruminations and room-inations Written on the anniversary of one year ago.

  

  The past year in retrospect is a telescoping compression of proper time, collapsed into a high-speed parody of months that used to stretch ... orientation events that turned out to be either unrequired or just plain

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 30, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  . Regardless, I covered my costume, went to a really cool meeting in the morning, went to my class, handed in my problem set, and went home and crashed ... the candy wrappers in my room and trying to help me write this blog post

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  in the flower evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is ... of life in three parts: to be with each other. To work towards a better ... scribbles in my notebook, a smattering of quotes, points and diagrams: "I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  skating rink. Students got to ice skate for free in their creative Halloween costumes. In my freshman year, the “best costume” award was given to a guy ... ’m sorry to say that I took a more conventional route, as I stayed in lab

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  first snow it snowed on campus

  

  in Cambridge, MA. Wherever you are in the world, please take a moment to enjoy these various snow photos taken by MIT students ... outside my own dorm window[/caption] It doesn't snow too often in my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Kendra

  

  representing 65 teams from more than 50 schools participated in the first "P3" competition, which was held at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on May 16 and 17. To win the P3, a project had to demonstrate how it would

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 11, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  How do I apply as a veteran?

  If you are a veteran and interested in learning in any way, shape, or ... for your service. More information about applying to MIT is available on ... ), committed to supporting the academic, financial, and personal goals of
• FAQ / Testing

  How does MIT consider test scores? Does MIT Superscore?

  highest score achieved in each section. We do this in order to consider all ... . Standardized tests are required for every first-year application to MIT. However ... evaluated within an applicant's context. To view test score statistics from
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  a fire alarm and have everyone in my dorm freeze to death in the ... Yesterday, my mom had some “silk” scarves shipped to me so I could ... scarves arriving in a box that literally said “CHEMICAL TEXTILE” in big bold

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025