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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Classes Online (...and a bit about a fall class, too.)

  

  at the beginning and the end of the course so students can assess their ... perhaps the most famous class at MIT, and Prof. Slocum is one of the best ... , tools, and applications in bioengineering and a survey of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  have won the "Best of Boston" award (given by Boston Magazine) in the ... in the Z Center, but another thing to run in a nice shirt inside of a ... around the block three additional times with three different pairs of shoes

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pottermania hits MIT Excitement for the release of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.

  

  answer," he says. Fan websites offer plot summaries of all the books, and ... the release of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series ... time around, but on the morning of July 16, 2005 -- when the sixth book

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  [Editor's note in 2017: The Office of Undergraduate Advising and ... when you were in kindergarten, and the first day of class your mother ... you did on the first day of kindergarten was color. Heck, all we did on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  's your favorite part of your job?" President Hockfield: "You. The students ... the hardest thing is which of them to explore. [...] We do things in the freshman year to make it easier to make the choice of major. It is diffucult

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  . Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may ... Ever heard of Alan Lightman? He’s one of the most famous professors at ... where the speakers shared their insights about the ins and outs of being a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  advantage of one of the best opportunities MIT has to offer. You won’t regret ... her for life outside of the MIT bubble. I love hearing other students ... . Matt '11, another GEL, was featured in the winter 2011 issue of MIT

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  More info for Admitted Students just a few more things to do

  

  offer of admission (it's okay, we know you're making the best ... Congratulations to all of the admitted students! I hope you are ... preview of all the fun that we’re planning this April. Check your

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions 2007 A quick look at this year's admissions.

  

  rate of 12.3%, or fewer than one of every eight applicants. We offered ... , when the decisions come out, I know you will feel a range of emotions. I ... . One of the things that make these blogs special is that there is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT EECS students travel the world

  

  field (Physics, Mathematics, Urban Studies, etc). One of the most popular fields among our students, however, is Computer Science. In the summer of ... -Japan Program 2011 Internship: NAIST, Nara The project: After spending much of

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  of the images themselves, offering concise, descriptive language to ... everything, 'Sweetheart'?" in the manner of an elderly grandmother. I started ... 's work and calling do not lie in the theoretical disciplines of calculus

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Quad Life four girls become roommates, hilarity ensues

  

  beginning of this year. Two of the girls I had heard about in a very ... any point in time, someone in our room was rustling and some degree of ... bad day when there's the faithful five ounce bag of honey barbeque

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  the exam and the season premiere of Lost. There's no guarantee that I ... around them, if you can. So look for opportunities offered outside of your ... abundance of Diadema antillarum, the spiny sea urchin, inside and outside of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Rebound Rumble! Another year, another FIRST Robotics Competition!

  

  One of the defining experiences of my 3 years in high school(we had a ... monstrosity to compete in a game announced in the first weekend of January. Dean Kamen's goal with FRC and all of the FIRST competitions is to popularize

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  today! And third....the CPW weather machine appears to be in need of some ... . At least a few hours. Try to visit most of the dorms! Even if there ... the wonders of MIT, and you’ll learn a lot more about the people

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  the most general sort of advice I can offer. If you (mostly juniors, but ... , though, Alex.) The admissions staff doesn't have some set list of priority ... cheating, etc.). You haven't changed yourself for the sake of getting into

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  that MIT has to offer? He's the kind of person will read Marcus Aurelius ... mindset you have. It was something really general, along the lines of "what ... now... In any case, it's easy to get lost in the details of MIT as a

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  you, and where did you live? Most of the professors were, of course ... -- back when many of them were at MIT, course 9 was just psychology; the ... "Material Girl" at the top of your lungs. I found a pair of 4-inch Steve

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  coded key of how I classify the classes.Notice the relatively small fraction of classes per semester that I actually wanted to take and the ... waiting to take this class since freshman fall, and it's honestly one of the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  understood the beauty of things made by hand. I came to realize that what was ... Design. The concept of 2.00b, or Toy Product Design, is fairly simple ... the perils of group dynamics in poorly managed projects.  People tend to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013