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  Beaverheimer (Pi Day 2024) 3/14/24 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  what Pi Day brings, so our best advice is to savor the little moments and ... .mitadmissions.org/apply, click the link to Log In, then click “Forgot Your Password?” and follow the instructions. If you still need help after that, feel free to email

  • by Tim
  • March 7, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  . Through the Council for the Arts at MIT, you can get free or discounted ... question whether it makes up for the lack of opportunities before. I thought ... is not the entire class, those few people feel the most prominent. When

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  'm told is currently a super hot topic in astronomy! The goal of the observations is to test if the Wallace Observatory has all the necessary ... eclipse is observed by a big drop in intensity in the light curve readings

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Punting

  

  Punting is a really relaxing and nice way to spend the afternoon if you’re not the punter. My name is Lucy and I’m a junior ... -MIT Exchange Program for the 2007-2008 academic year along with 24 other MIT

  • by Cambridge
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  , leaving you hints and leaving you guessing. This is the entry where all is ... luckily I regained my composure. My group was awesome and ready for the presentation so we decided to chill before the show started. This is when the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Quick Update I am busy, this is short.

  

  owned- so we go on all the rides in both parks for free on our lunch ... . There's a difference between hard and advanced. The only prereqs for the ... have taken. I don't think the class is going to be easy, but it starts at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What’s new? Life in Radiohead's hometown

  

  one every night for three pounds, or about $6!) What is the uniform? For ... -PhD.) For those of you who are "new" to the blogs, I graduated in June 2008 ... ) Classes I’m really enjoying my immunology program. For a taste of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  Today is an exciting anniversary -- July 20, 1969, was the day Apollo ... film "Giant Leaps," produced for the Giant Leaps Symposium: It ... work is rocket science," they started the interview with the question

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  easily be mistaken for it. And the rest... Well, the rest is the work ... have a lot of work to do (as has been the case for, quite honestly, the ... , highlighter, or anything else. A good deal of the surface area here is made of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Comfort Matters A unique application process

  

  , allowing for a certain amount of lounging during lecture. The desk is a bit ... 's utilized for a bunch of classes (including many for freshmen) and is ... it's quite hard and not that comfortable. The desk is spacious

  • by Snively '11
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  , for example, for the "My Science" assignment. That's because my major is ... professor) said "this may be the first subject for you for which physics is ... , and are used to taking physics class in which the purpose is for us to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  applications. One exercise is that we will discuss the same three folders that we ... , including wrapping up our fall travels, developing more content for the my ... of Chicago. This is a school serious about its academics. Check out the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  simple it is. I make it every week or so for my family in the evenings and it’s a nice treat for the summer. The thing is, when you put everything ... , and is a crazy thrifter (he actually has the craziest finds i've ever

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What kind of things can I do during IAP?

  If you think MIT is all work and no play, let us take you for a spin ... spring and fall semesters, the Independent Activities Period is a special four-week term at MIT that fills the month of January. For more than 50
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Coming Full Circle C’mon & zoom, c’mon & zoom, c’mon & zooma zooma zooma zoom.

  

  trying to do the same for K-12. My role in all of this is mostly marketing ... ’m working for the organization that was responsible for teaching me English ... tackling the working-from-home life. It is actually quite difficult because

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Spy vs. Spy The former directors of the US and Saudi intelligence agencies speak at MIT.

  

  moderated by MIT Professor of Chemistry John Deutch. The talk is hosted by the Center for International Studies. What makes the talk particularly intriguing is the roles previously played by the two speakers. Prince Turki

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Forum Monday Let's make a list of questions that you feel you REALLY need answers to ASAP.

  

  closer to application deadlines I know that your anxiety level is on the ... the rules: Make sure your question is general enough to be of help to others that read the Blogs. (If it is VERY specific to you please

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 2

  

  admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is well known in college admissions circles for her conviction that the increasingly ... message is, relax! College admissions is not the end of the world!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Extended to January 3 We have extended the RA deadline. Happy Holidays!

  

  MIT Admissions has extended the deadline for applying for regular ... deadline, the longer it will take our records office to process and for it to ... over the holidays and is, even as I write, busily processing all of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  decisions for Early Action have been made. We'll release the decision date ... to post something I've had in the backlog for awhile.  Last year, I ... -year academic experience at MIT. The initiative, which is ongoing, has been

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018