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• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I join the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change?

  . Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change is MIT's response ... heart of much of the Program’s work lies MIT’s Integrated Global System Model (IGSM), a linked set of computer models designed to simulate the
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  likely. My pantry of food resembles that of the Soup Nazi. Anyways, I grab ... this thing called the Lagrangian and The Principle of Least Action that ... , the lecture on Monday was on some of the basics of differential geometry

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Events

  happy year of the rabbit featuring the wilg bunnies

  

  conveniently, it is the year of the rabbit, so of course we had to incorporate ... ="attachment_84800" align="alignnone" width="368"] we made hats for the bunnies ... [/caption] [caption id="attachment_84818" align="alignnone" width="407"] the hats would

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 23, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  the God of War team.[/annotation] after dropping all of my stuff at my ... few pedestrians as well, so walking on the streets is kind of lonely ... most of the skyline, not some scraggly palm trees on the side of the road

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  himself an actual MIT class. As usual, Prof. Sadoway (former Chair of the ... music for the five minutes before the official start of class at 11:05am ... part was Sadoway was moving fast. Not lightning fast, but the kind of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

    Did you know the soda can top (or "pop" can for those of you ... , that last half of the sentence was difficult to type given that I ... the superposition of all the little solutions. It's not that hard to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  elusive skill of patience – waiting for the bus, waiting on a friend at a ... feared the finality of it, all at the same time. I find the act of ... : Grab some popcorn and escape the stress of this world for the stress of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  everything is going in a positive direction. :) The rest of the summer was ... the hell out of my room. Coming up in the next three weeks with ... I'm back on campus! I just finished my 10-week internship at the New

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Trick or Treat! Smashing pumpkins, and no I don't mean the band.

  

  I begin this entry with a photo of the aftermath of one Saturday ... : Far. So one of the highlights of this weekend was the annual Pumpkin Drop where students drop pumpkins off the top of the Green Building

  • by Bryan
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2012 Night at the Movies '21,' the MIT Blackjack Team movie, opens this weekend... who's in?

  

  As you probably know, the movie 21, based on the true story of the ... MIT Class of 2012 Weekend at the Movies So how's it work? Well, the most ... (or post it on the MIT 2012 Facebook group). Please include names of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery Potato martinis at the courthouse

  

  with the first half (2/4 years) of MIT. That is both an exhilirating and ... 10 of the 12 members of Ring Committee. This is the outside of the ... . The roof of the cylinder lobby ring area. A jazz band played for the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  In the CollegeConfidential discussion of my blog post The Difficulty ... basically, it's a perfect setup for the Illusion of Validity Why is MIT ... fewer-than-half of applicants insufficiently prepared to do the work at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  While reading Whitney Zhang's article in the Tech on the history of ... the legendary Debbie Douglas, director of collections at the MIT Museum ... regarding the real and perceived threat of fascism.” Faculty found that course

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Today was the first day of classes at MIT. Once again, the Infinite Corridor was abuzz with activity, people excited for the new year of classes. For the Class of 2011, these are their very first MIT classes. I only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  Late on Sunday evening, just before the first day of MIT's finals, hackers erected a giant statue of Athena, the patron goddess of wisdom, in the middle of Killian Court. Alerted to the hack by email and word of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  but haven't had the chance yet--I've heard some of his later piano ... awesome. The music program at MIT is actually quite strong, and one of the ... high school, I had the pleasure of singing under Dr. William Cutter in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week of work

  

  something due every day of the week. Monday: 18.310 test corrections were due. 18.310 is Principles of Applied Mathematics, the discrete version (18 ... wondering. Wednesday: The weekly 18.310 problem set was due. It had a lot of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  As I write, our terrific Records Office team is processing the largest volume of mail you've ever seen. There is a lot of mail to be opened, sorted, entered into the database, filed, and reviewed. My advice to you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  awards, one of the sisters announced: "Okay, and the next winner is number ... Mitra. So did Mike Short. Apparently, pretty much every one of the several ... an interviewer say "1024!" and if the applicant says "power of 2!" they

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  all the fun things that you sort of forget about when you're taking ... the airport to the heart of the city, and the Heathrow Express sure ... the Natural History Museum of London. Sunday: My liberal arts side

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013