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• Blog / IAP

  IAP, and trivia answers IAP begins tomorrow.

  

  )! IAP is one of the most fun times of the year. It is a time where ... 'll travel 13.7 billion years back to explore the Big Bang itself and how state ... assistance and personnel to IT infrastructure and training. We would like to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 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…

  

  surface of high-temperature superconductors in an attempt to understand how ... his interest in his research. They met and before he knew it, Vivek had ... work in any particular group, so if you're not having a good time, it

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Charmed, I’m Sure What I did my 2nd IAP

  

  suggest that they, um, need lessons on how to dress and flirt. Matt not only ... the charming way to flirt. It turns out that my nerdy pick up lines ... the MyMIT website, so be sure to check that out when it gets posted

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek

  

  actively prefer those students who have interviews? Or is it that the interviews are very helpful pieces to your admissions case? Well, it's probably ... , how did they go?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2004
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Uh Oh Joke: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice…

  

  I think I missed one of the most important holidays of the summer. National Ice Cream Day was on July 16, 2006. Even though I did not go get ice…

  • by Bryan
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Legacy of a Media Storyteller [by Leila Kinney, Comparative Media Studies] Recently, Leila Kinney attended a Symposium at the Media…

  

  Fabrics group succeeded Interactive Cinema, it focused more and more on how ... welcomed anyone serious about making films, no matter their affiliation; it ... Cooper's Visible Language workshop, which was exploring how the computer

  • by ARTalk
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  a pretty good sign -- it means the department is excited about your ... . And it's all free, from the airfare to the hotel to the sunset walk on ... after my freshman year, and I think it was a really good decision. At MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston becomes Pottersville The MIT area is full of celebrations for the release of "Harry Potter and the…

  

  across the world. And of course, MIT has more than its fair share of HP ... other things) the film 10 Things I Hate About You (yes, I can't believe it ... Election (with Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick) was made. It's also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  free food—that reminded me how much I enjoyed exploring MIT for the first time as a prospective student. In light of it being the night before CPW ... soon as I went on a dorm tour during CPW. It helped me get a sense of all

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  magicians trying to learn magic

  

  existed on a scale of ‘competence at bodypainting’ it seemed like the skills ... . It seems to require completely different mental inputs entirely… That ... : it’s really hard to be noticed, so i want to be the kind of person that

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  a crosswalk to go over to where it was waiting, and had to backtrack ... is so lovely. i wish everywhere was like this. it's not too hot yet and ... ="!!! we get an entire day off for it too"] will be attending E3 2019 with

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  on Google Earth highlight how much it towers over the rest of the ... ="aligncenter" width="438"] I couldn't have done it without them![/caption] My team ... to how we structured each rep. After each strenuous climb, we spent a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Forbes and MIT there's graphs in this one

  

  's 7.9% acceptance rate! Speaking of MIT, how many MIT alums end up on ... knowing how what industries Forbes thinks MIT is innovating the most, so I ... , it looks like the bulk of awardees are in science, enterprise tech, and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  type of math. Maybe it’s the physicist in me. So when I heard that MIT ... question: what is an integration bee? Yeah, I know. It’s a little ... ’t know the rules. But it turned out none of the other competitors were

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blended Learning at MIT benefits of technology in MIT classrooms

  

  technology in its classrooms.  Professors and students alike are engaged ... and resources outside the classroom. It is the “21st century ... platform is the main source of learning. For others, it allows a blend of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  A Letter to CPW Prefrosh let the onslaught of CPW-related posts continue

  

  in London, so decided to make a trip out of it. Unfortunately, I'm not ... , so that pre-prefrosh, parents, etc can see it. CPW IS COMING! HOORAY ... ! We take CPW very seriously. We consider it one of the highlights of the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger

  

  about Kansas, I've heard it all before. No I don't live on a farm, no I ... blog posts about it(each one of those words is a link) along with this ... in. I say most likely for the sole reason that it will

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  how hard is it to land a research position in the first place? All of ... 't heard much about it until you've heard it from an MIT student - and a ... dorms are a great look at how one can maintain the work/everything else

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  department of Sandia National Labs. How? Talking. I hardly ever shut up about ... 're interested in neuroscience..." It turned out that he had a niece doing ... strangers. She wasn't keen. My internship hung in the balance. It continued

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  something like a teacher when you talk to them. And this is how... I know ... 've already done it and they love to talk about what made their MIT experience memorable and why it was ultimately their choice. They experienced it all: the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008