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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Travels Winter break is here!

  

  Believe it or not our term at Cambridge just ended. The terms are only 8 weeks long and amazingly short compared to MIT's semesters. Many of the CME students are taking advantage of our 6 week winter break to

  • by Cambridge
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a driver, I’m a winner Things are gonna change, I can feel it.

  

  and organizing data to send to Andy in Switzerland so he can keep ... competition for me in the field of SPAM. Here's my award-winning speech. "My ... , Spammy, Spamalot, Spamtastic, or Spamalicious... if you're not into the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  from my own room in Burton-Conner on my new (to me) laptop and will soon ... to be on the Burton half of the building in a double, but my room had to be "crowded" (meaning they were going to squeeze and extra frosh in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  time. Two of her kids are old enough to be in school now, but she ... ; far be it from me to weigh in on it with empirical evidence. But what I ... tests at MIT would beg to differ). In fact, as far as innate ability goes

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  around to call for climate justice. At MIT, and other schools in the area, students gathered to strike. In Boston, people gathered at City Hall Plaza ... . I managed to squeeze some time in to go into Boston in between picking

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Reaching for the STARS* *Small Town And Rural Students

  

  select group of 16 colleges and universities, including MIT, dedicated to ... intended to build upon good work already being done to promote greater access to post-secondary educational opportunities. At MIT Admissions, our

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 4, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  us in addition to the many activities they're planning for Campus ... to be in Boston that weekend, and want to stop by, we'd love to host ... Vanilla Sauce We'd love to meet you and your family in February if you

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Not so FAST heading to MIT on Saturday for some FAST Thinking

  

  At the end of my first week in my new job, I attended a gala reception in the MIT Museum celebrating the kick-off to MIT”s 150 Celebration ... to hear the Language of Music by the Lontano Ensemble in the Kresge

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the ... worry about this. In a case where we need to see a mid-year report and it ... . In other words, if we feel that a mid-year report is needed to make a

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  always put in my best effort to try to make it up to them; however, for a ... any time just as long as you put in the effort to physically get out of ... once the second semester started. In order to compensate for the

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  . But I didn't want to be the guy who was estimating my position in the ... didn't want to be the guy who inquired about GPAs, or put my resume or ... feeling here at MIT. I'm free to pursue what's academically interesting or

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  much a lot of the stuff written in the MIT forum (and elsewhere, for that matter) makes me want to throw up or strangle the writers, it doesn't do ... next to it, the Lausanne Historical Museum. Or the city's Ancient Roman

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  consider applying to or attending the Institute. Since this is my initial ... EECS - pronounced "eeks" - or Course VI to everyone at MIT). I also have ... to be willing to participate; if you engage yourself in the vibrant

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  people or how to chameleon in various social situations. I have a lot of ... to grad school or possibly working if I find a cool company who wants ... 've been in a while. Sometimes I'm afraid that I'm not 'MIT' enough to blog

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  well (and is volunteering to do this in their free time). It’s also a ... deeply about the things you’re interested in and why, and to tell your ... , and RA interviews in January and February. If we are not able to offer

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  assigned, at least in the physics department. I had to send in a form and indicate: 1) Whether I'm more interested in experimental or theoretical ... I have an interest in astrophysics, and/or atomic and optical physics

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published! MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at…

  

  you'd like to join the MURJ team to write News summaries or doing editing, email me at [email protected] or [email protected]. In any case, pick ... news headlines include: *Macular Degeneration Induces Reorganization in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  far from perfect or close to my speaking ability in. But I took Chinese ... choice in going back to China. But I felt a pang of both regret and longing this year, one that I wrote about it in the “我没去过北京/I Have Never Been to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?

  

  certain if I have ever heard it referred to in words. People say ".009" or ... either an acronym or a number. There's a quirky language to MIT, a handful ... the neuroscience department, so in this case 6 and 9 both refer to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 7, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy Belated Hearts Day copy/paste irl, afk and everything

  

  reestablish some continuity of self—to read, to go for walks, to look people in ... disappear in college, but they’re up to you and the people around you to keep ... Day this week, especially if you’re a grownup or otherwise not in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2015