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• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  like 4 hours long in the dead of winter. So it's kind of a good idea, if ... DID YOU KNOW? Upon hearing one of Bach's motets late in his life, Mozart reportedly remarked, "Finally, here is music one can learn from

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  to afford. A major challenge for many people is finding fuel, usually ... projects that really do help people, which I think is a fantastic thing to be involved in. For lunch on Friday, I met my awesome friend Daniel and a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  be a minority to glean wisdom from, or participate in, this blog? Au contraire, mon frere! This is a place to recognize and support all diversity ... months) and a son due in early January. I've always been interested in

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  proposition that “appropriation is just” as long as it is done in a way such ... “exception” to Nozick’s side-constraint, in which a violation is considered ... groundbreaking book A Theory of Justice in 1971. Central to his philosophy is a

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  I-20. I know there is a similar option in the International Students ... The fifth in a series... With less than a week until the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vivek Venkatachalam- Constructing a Very Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope Vivek Venkatachalam worked with researchers in the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Lab at MIT's…

  

  Physics Students. (The picture is of a snow crystal, taken in a low ... they work. Vivek Venkatachalam, a Senior in Physics and Electrical ... project, he had the opportunity to spend a couple of weeks in a Japanese

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  Today is mail day. I'll save my emotional post on this topic for a ... , and lightning. I haven't seen a storm like this is ages - it's like the ... in the mail. I'm not sure of the exact number of admits, but it is very

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  impactful in a STEM related field is 100%. No doubt. 100% chance. It could be you. There is no way that a.) there are only 1500 talented kids in the ... announcements. But where to add value? Right now we're in a strange time. A time

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  play in either band or orchestra. We had "tryouts": we took a shot at ... trumpet (take a look in the mirror while blowing up a balloon, and you ... to play in the pit orchestra for Assassins, a show performed by

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live

  

  , working at MITAdmissions is more than a job: it's a commitment to compassion ... -year undergraduate admission to MIT for the aspiring Class of 2025 is now live. You can access it here.  While the application is always new for first

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update The title says it all.

  

  Well, Mystery Hunt is in full swing, and let me tell you, it is quite the adventure. I just took a quick trip back to my room so I could grab ... week. The thrill of solving a puzzle is just awesome. Obviously, I can

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  authorship on a paper that is currently in about ten different files on my jump ... rough draft of my paper. This is my last week in the lab, and I'm trying ... people I know in various states.) So for the basics. My name is Mollie

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  campus to discover there's been a hack in Lobby 10! The hack is two giant ... : "Living and learning at MIT is not a spectator sport." 9:24am: President ... surgeon. 9:28am: A parent's question: "How important is it to choose a major

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  how i handle canker sores not professional medical advice

  

  is touched (which happens often, since it's in your mouth), it hurts ... it was in high school or college. I get them several times a year. Over the years, I've tried a lot of remedies to ease the pain. Here is how

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  about freshman admissions etc. Please keep in mind that MIT is a very ... have a schedule that I stick to. I'm not one to sleep in really, so I ... 'll make sure to devote a longer blog entry to this in the near future. Given

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  So as I mentioned in a previous post, I'm taking 6.005 (Software ... the past 4 days working on 6.005. Our assignment is to create a Sudoku solver, which will read in any Sudoku puzzle and figure out a solution to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This entry has a surprise ending While you wait for decisions to come out, I remind you that people at MIT…

  

  doing laundry. (The “Did You Know?” opener is a throwback to the olden ... that you have failed a test is the equivalent of eating a burrito ... the test somehow misrepresented my abilities in a grossly disastrous

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  could handle two groups. The MITWE director, Dr. Fred Harris, is a great ... fun. And in case you’re wondering, a “wind ensemble” is the same as a “band.” I think they call it MITWE

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  "structure follows function". This is a good axiom for biologists, but it ... "normal" (though really, there's a limit to how normal anyone at MIT is ... diversity, how is it that geography ended up such a predictor of "normal" vs

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  I'm in the process of writing a post about my own summer, but in the ... . Score 2300+ on the SAT. Earn a 4.0 GPA. Participate in math team ... join a special program to study in France and get a side of buttery

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016