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• Blog / Events

  Student holiday! lots going on!

  

  Regulations of the Faculty 2.11: Classes shall be suspended during the following ... the Registrar in consultation with the Chair of the Faculty[…] — Day ... 's Muriel Cooper-esque. There were lots of Museum staff around all the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The landscape of the Charles River around MIT is almost ... , swimming and fishing are progressively re-emerging as about 90% of the length of the river is now considered safe for swimming. Health risks remain

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  for some logistical reasons, and then the start of the semester was ... ! The experience of college has so far been incredibly fast-paced and ... community--I recently ended my term as president of the Ethiopian

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  University as part of the Cambridge-MIT Exchange. I was disappointed to see no coverage of study abroad at MIT in the blogs, so I asked if I could write ... drinking tea all the time is kind of true. At 11 am everyday, my department

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  You may track the progress of your application in the application portal. Materials submitted through sources other than the application ... business days to process materials at the busy Early Action and Regular
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  horrifically cursed system of units, where 12 units is considered the equivalent ... more typical 5.5 to the exceptional 7.5 of sophomore fall. So, once again ... of my life—the SuperUROP corresponding to 6.UAR, a year-long class

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  start at the stroke of midnight, at the sun’s first rays, or at whatever ... me rolling out of bed on a particularly warm Thursday morning in the ... alarm shatters the sweet silence of my 4-hour slumber, but I use ninja

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  hands on some power tools- of the large variety. One of the principle ... was the setup for a lab where we analyzed the gas velocity profile of laminar flow of nitrogen in a long tube. Notice all the wires. Each lab

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You don’t know what a robot is? I dig Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert digs MIT. Thus, I dig MIT.

  

  , except that he vastly underrates both Galaxy Quest (one of the best movies ... better than two stars). Now, Roger Ebert didn't like "War of the Worlds", and not just because of the whole Tom Cruise/Oprah thing. Rather, he was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  It's almost May. For those of us who are not on the waitlist committee, May 1 (really May 2, since May 1 is a Sunday) marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next. From an admissions perspective

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  reagents. With the use of the special Parafilm M dispenser, which are sized ... conveniently cut off uniform sized strips or squares of 2" (50.8 mm) length. The ... asked about the availability of some other thickness, there is, at this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  weekend, i knew i'd spend a lot of time on the hunt, and i was really ... people together to floor pi: pizens, students who are friends of the floor ... after that weekend, none of which i had started at the time. i did manage

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wrapping Up First Semester Two more weeks to go.

  

  months immersing myself in as many books as I can cram in the windows of ... the end of the semester and fifteen more the following semester! A lot ... called Significant Figures that talks about the histories of some of the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  Whitehead Institute, Mike works under the auspices of Prof. Harvey Lodish and ... cloning of the adiponectin receptor. Identified in the Lodish lab a few ... and the liver to promote the metabolism of fatty acids and glucose, as

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fantasy Feast Fantasy foods and costumed friends.

  

  . Below are some of my beautiful costumed friends and some of the food they prepared, photographed by the amazing YQ ‘16. The foods highlighted in the ... cake, deviled eggs, onigiri, and pork stew. The strawberry kiwi punch is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Bill Gates It looks like you're trying to inspire philanthropy...

  

  to look at the work of the D-LAB, Jameel Poverty Action Lab, One Laptop ... examples of how MIT students are already involved in making the world a ... Bill Gates was on campus today to speak about the need for innovation

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Flowers in your hair

  

  !! "Pulse: Waves From the Motherland" is a demonstration of the extent to ... Students' Union, the MIT Caribbean Club, and the MIT chapter of the National ... come see it! Come join us at the 2006 production of The Vagina Monologues

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection

  

  Quick update: Right now, the "committee room" (room 10-100, converted for the purpose) is very quiet, but in 2 hours it will be abuzz: selection of the Class of 2009 begins today at 1:00pm Eastern Standard Time. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  When are decisions announced?

  the release of admissions decisions, however, you may receive a package ... -March for Regular Action. We'll email instructions for accessing the decision letters as soon as the official release date(s) and time(s) have been
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another one! The return to campus, round III

  

  promise you: the excitement never wears off! Even after a day full of ... of a thrill upon seeing the Dome for the first time in months. As soon as I stepped out of the cab, I could tell that everyone else felt the

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • September 11, 2017