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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A new semester but if I give you my daily schedule here, what will I fill my Facebook…

  

  physics, grade a few papers, and in exchange I get to say I helped teach a ... Python>Java is TRUE) I love python, it's so easy to read and it makes a ... their made out of is a cool party trick (at least at the parties I go to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  "Mankind has always had a yen to travel. Millions of years ago ... 'd say, "Marge, I have a yen to travel." And Marge would agree instantly ... 've noticed that my personal yen to travel is particularly strong after a long

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Document Deadline Extended to Wednesday

  

  documents to this Wednesday, February 1st, at 5 PM ET. This is a mighty good ... .687.9184 Fax is the most reliable way to get us a document. It is automagically ... email a scanned PDF of the missing document to admissions [at] mit [dot

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 30, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  I do have a few quick things to talk about. So, our good friend Ben ... office, but finally got around to it a couple of weeks ago. Anyway, Ben ... robot to compete in a contest, which is taking place tonight. If that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  -on Introduction to DNA! to seventh through ninth graders at Spark, a day ... , small bags of stuff that do a lot of work to keep us alive. We are ... on to your children. Instead of paper, it is written on a long string

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  is, albeit not a very creative one.  I wasn't originally planning to ... would be absolutely amazing to be at for 4 years. Overall, I had a very ... it was for me, so remember there's nothing wrong with taking a break to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool UROP position UROP opportunity: helping people fight obesity using robots

  

  -- Hardware The Robotic Life group in the Media Lab is looking for a UROP to help with a project applying sociable robots to the real-world problem of ... to be more successful for a longer period of time. Responsibilities of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  OMG. Bikes are amazing. So, I'll admit it: I'm stubborn. I like to ... was totally wrong about bikes on campus. I've always walked to class ... 's dad insisted on buying me a cute blue bike with a pink stripe yesterday

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: A Quick Roundup Snively and his homepage dominance must be stopped!

  

  be as good.) The point is, IAP is great, you get a chance to explore ... . Seen lots of movies (prior to this, the last time I went to a theater was ... up a Bose Home Theater System in my room. And still more to come

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  Some parents wrote to me and asked me to contribute my opinions to a ... ' forum, I'll try to respond both as an MIT adcom and also as a parent. This ... which I say: guys, I work for MIT! If a kid doesn't want to be taking a

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Less Than Perfect Bottle Rockets, Crossword Puzzles, and Half-Marathons

  

  a series of classes that a student can choose to take that helps build ... activity, no one on my team knew how to build a bottle rocket. We relied ... would our hopes and dreams be dashed by a failure to launch? Before we

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 10, 2016
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Weekend Immersion in Science & Engineering?

  WISE (Weekend Immersion in Science and Engineering) is a three-day experience for rising seniors to learn what it is like to be an MIT student. The program is completely free, including the cost of transportation to
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIA No More Why I haven't blogged in 23 days.

  

  ): Randomly contacting Ananda Shankar Jayant and finding a way to combine two of ... - I went to my first dance class as a seven-year-old, and since then ... (this idea is kind of a reach...but hey, applying to MIT was a reach for

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Introducing the New 2017 Bloggers Let's get ready to ruuummmmble!

  

  BLOGGING from a TWIN BLOG ACCOUNT, because as much as we wanted to avoid ... A couple months ago, Petey posted the blogger application, and a few ... shop in Seattle), and I gathered to select the bloggers who will join our

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  I started writing a brief response to some of the comments on Chris' post, but then it stopped being brief, so I decided to post it here ... .) In response to all of these comments, I'd like to deliver a poorly

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  : *reads* The key to making a concise mathematical...blah blah...find the ... that blogging is therapeutic and thus would lead to a similar outcome of ... ." Unfortunately, there is only one way to become a master at MIT and it's in only

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  a recent alum, I’d like to explore that a little further – and ... ? Was it the place that I understood it to be? My 1st choice? A place that ... skills that would help me learn how to get my projects off the ground in a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Fight against Gender Discrimination in STEM an excerpt from a fall class paper

  

  subject, and discovered a fascinating story about MIT’s efforts to combat ... concerns. Dean Birgeneau listened, and established a formal committee to work ... , faculty, and the graduate students, has started an effort to find out what

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Tried to Ford the River Are you even old enough to remember this?

  

  of the Oregon Trail computer game is coming to MIT and giving a talk ... , but I did =) Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it to the event, BUT I will be at a formal on the 33rd floor of a building in downtown

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  It’s The Time To Disco

  

  director Michel Gondry was here just prior to CPW, he made it a point to ... to the website Then read the News Office article Finally, watch the video: [AVI (DIVX), 5MB] [Quicktime (MPEG4), 28MB] That's a lot of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2005