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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  waiting in line for some iced tea this morning the two architecture students ... called transparent concrete. It's really only semi-transparent (for now) but it still reminded me about how much innovation there is in an

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  Weigel's two silver medals in the summer Olympics for speed walking ... given him an advantage) * The initial plans for mapping the human genome ... in California. * The first mass demonstration against the communist

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Photos of Freshman Spring 📸 My attempt to take a photo a day for an entire semester.

  

  be an exercise in visual art and composition. But for me, it would also ... be entered in a lottery for a $1000 dollar scholarship. For kids up to ... Period, I stumbled upon an idea for a Cool Project™. Blue Period is a manga

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • October 31, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  ; I blame it on being an only child and growing up in NYC. This is all ... I'm writing this blog sitting on an Amtrak train speeding from Boston back home to New York. I took my last final exam, for [annotation note

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Supporting our DACA Students MIT’s commitment to the safety and well-being of all students has not changed and will…

  

  citizen. I have the particular patriotism of an immigrant, rooted in deep ... assure you that MIT is stepping up for our DACA students." In it, she ... support for undocumented students, and, in this uncertain time, I wanted to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  Hockfield joined U.S. President Barack Obama in calling for a "truly historic ... opportunities for students interested in making a difference - so if you're at all ... for developing countries. ...and more! In the lab: Center for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Additional Questions & Answers Regarding Music At MIT If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college,…

  participating in an ensemble for credit. If one is participating in MITSO, Wind ... as scholarship opportunities to take private lessons in voice or an ... majors. There are no pre-requisites for membership in our ensembles, other

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  in the prospect of leaving are you proud of the work you've done?

  

  permanent or constant in my time here at MIT except for blogging. Even my ... regret wash over me. New waves of kiddos are coming in to make MIT their ... a little over two semesters left in this school, I wonder what impact

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  !, 2003 (this puzzle, instead of a word answer, has an image for an answer ... another quality stapler in the office for me to use, so all is well in the ... required only for students in U.S. school systems, do other students need to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back 2 school

  

  an airport and i was in the second-to-last row window seat on a redeye ... to be anxious about returning to school for my last semester. there was a big window in our house and i sat on the couch in front of it and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 10, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  . (2) n. An inelegant shortcut to get something done quickly, for example ... . (1) Someone with a high level of expertise in an esoteric, usually ... points for using these in your comments, or, even better, as many as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  teacher can download together with an answer sheet for a classroom ... homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Interview I think that I forgot to tell you about that

  

  front of you? is this an identity test?]: Um, I live in ... broke the ice. We both felt very silly for meeting in Canary Wharf. I ... talk about myself in a two-way conversation than in an awkward one

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  know how to lose friends with grace. in a way, i am thankful for you ... tw suicide mention and angst!! to the skeletons in my closet ... ? the you is directed at certain people in my life and instead of writing

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: CrowdMath, by Art of Problem Solving and MIT PRIMES, is a thing now a brief note in between committee breaks

  

  A few weeks ago I got an email from Richard Rusczyk. Richard is the founder of Art of Problem Solving (AoPS), an online school and community for people who love math, and we occasionally talk about what's going on in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  my textbook by Richard Taruskin) has been an acquired taste for me. In ... concerts in the past week, for free. Concert #1: Verdi's Stabat Mater and Te ... , Elizabeth '14, and Troy '15 were in the chorus, Ben '14 was an excellent

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Waitlisted Students

  

  This year well over 17,000 students applied for admission to MIT in the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute ... waitlist. We will have more information for waitlisted students in the

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  other direction (as in, now that I’m an alumna), it’s time for me to ... Tech for the past two years and know that he is not only an enthusiastic ... , and I like to think that I speak Japanese (I took it for 3 years in high

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / Residential Life

  back in east campus, the sequel jiggity jig (again)

  

  plus. it's an extremely nice room and i'm very glad that i live in it ... picture of my old room, with my key: and here is my room now. i am in a ... doubles. (i was in my room last year because covid policy meant no one was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 18, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students Answering questions for those who were deferred to Regular Action.

  

  Report for your updates. Should I send in a whole new version of my ... in materials beyond the Midyear Report is appropriate for you -- all ... Here are some FAQs for deferred students... Is it all over for me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010