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• Blog / MISTI

  Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior

  

  programs left a strong impression on Emmanuel, who saw how it provided ... , from how it emphasized research to how it started kids so young. He saw ... children in the U.S., that’s it, they stay here.” While it might sound silly

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 8, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DEATH AND THE POWERS: The Robots’ Opera [by Ken Haggerty '11] An * exclusive sneak peak * of Prof. Machover's exciting new…

  

  the Media Lab and wondered exactly how it would be integrated into the ... stunning visuals and technology, but it is Prof. Machover's haunting melodies ... Technique) It is far too easy to be taken by the material—one of the

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  a knower of MIT-related things, I have been asked many times how ... be MIT-worthy that it might be worth sharing. First, I've always been ... How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker, who used to be a professor here in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  It's so nice to be graduated -- I can make lists of things that I ... weekly chores like dusting the bookshelves. It was a very good job for a ... done that year while getting paid to do it. Pretty good deal, if I do say

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  Papallardo, with its long rows of lathes and milling machines and other useful ... up for the class- but do it early, because there's a pretty long wait ... CLEAN!!!! How do you keep it like that?? ... It is true that you can keep

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Take Me Back to Tech (Guest Entry) So hurrah for technology, 'ology, 'ology oh.

  

  seriously how I am feeling at the moment. Like a lot of prefrosh, I am dealing with a lot of senioritis (yes, there is a wikipedia article on it) and I ... less than glorious. It can be summed up well in one picture yea

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams

  

  auto parts store. It doesn't get much foot traffic anymore - what ... warning: wherever you happen to be, it will get real dusty real quick once ... does a disservice to the small miracle of beauty that is this movie and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The kindest cut Blog and night and red all over.

  

  . Does anybody want a "before" picture? Tomorrow we are painting the suite ... unsettling interest (just kidding, I love it!) in seeing my spilt blood, here you go. If it's something that can be stopped, just try to stop it.

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  11,231 Applications

  

  factual errors, it does also correctly state that we have seen a rise in ... applications this year, both record highs. It is shaping up to be an extremely ... to find room for all of the many, many terrific applicants. But it also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey Sam's Mom dubs me Sami-stop-spleening-me!, because I am always spleening her.

  

  . I think the trailer's actually a little encouraging... it ... , otherwise it'd be pretty much impossible to adapt to film. Stylistically, it ... sunflowers, and the poster is pretty bad. Does anybody out there know what I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 / Field trip Art, science, and agriculture in Palestine

  

  ’s complex relationship with the land...In this era of impending climate catastrophe, it is ... Old City of Jerusalem and some of its holy sites. I was amazed with the ... stunning sunset, the perfect culmination of a long day's worth of travels and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 29, 2019
• FAQ / International applicants

  How do international students apply to MIT?

  We understand that it's difficult for international students to apply to schools in the U.S., but almost one-quarter of MIT's applications are from international students all over the globe and we're very
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  semester dreaming of how the camera would look like--promising myself to ... the Hobby Shop. If you have an idea, you can build it, and someone will ... stuck and have no clue how to begin (like me). I’m constantly

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lace, Gourmet Candy and Dorothy an inside look into the most fabulous internship in san francisco

  

  you working on? What does your startup do?" "We uh... .... we're a ... our in house developers can fathom and applying it to the gorgeous ... -- it's gorgeous!) over the past week. Because we're a small team working

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  So much has happened since my last entry, it seems impossible to ... I can’t imagine what it must be like to face such a tragedy, I think I ... 40. No woman had won the medal in its 60-year history.” Two years ago

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  believe me, this time I'm really gonna move it!). My pictures aren't quite ... proud beaver preserved through the miracle of taxidermy (or maybe it's just a fake model; I'm not too sure really). Of course, I had to take its

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  with him today and asked him what it was like to receive such a ... other. He says that MIT was the only school he applied to, and for him it ... . He chose to study Computer Science because it was an interesting, broad

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  the recommendation is much more important than how famous the ... (say, Senator Foo or Congressman Bar). It's rare for these letters to say ... singing, because I couldn't get a CD, does anyone have an old

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  meaningless sacrifice. Anyway, Sam's Mom just figured out how her brand-new DVR ... the basis that "It won the PULITZER PRIZE." I really hope that I am in ... 's seriously a genius. Long long ago, in one of my favorite MITblogs entries of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  gender, so long as you can convince the RAC to let you do it. (This is ... , since it wasn't a very full flight and I had a whole row to myself. 7 ... airport, leading us on a long detour through the city. Morning traffic sucks

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006