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• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The gigantic Bayer sign in Leverkusen, Germany, where I worked last summer, is the largest corporate logo in the world. So I'm here in Germany, meeting up with tons of MIT interns while staying at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  Today after the admissions info session in Kresge (where it also took place in 2005), a parent asked me if/how MIT humanities classes were ... , associate professor of literature, shows in her new book, "Collaborations With

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• 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…

  

  Under 35 for his pioneering research in comparative genomics. When I sat ... that awards generate. Kellis was born in Greece, but moved with his family to France and eventually arrived in the U.S. in 1993. Manolis, his

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

  MIT ‘10: Corey Kubber MIT will help Corey Kubber '10 "develop and grow, with some eccentric, genius-type people."

  

  Santaluces valedictorian headed to MIT, career in medicine By Kathi ... recently won a $2,500 scholarship from the Morikami Museum in Delray Beach ... each year to an outstanding local student by the Morikami Museum in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  different options next summer... thanks." In response, I have to say that my ... far less to do in terms of taking care of myself when I'm at home! There are a couple considerations to keep in mind when deciding whether to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  -cultural medicine and issues of embodiment in post-traumatic stress disorder, is presumably the last non-science paper I will ever have to write. In my life ... in my AIM away messages if I particularly like it. I enjoy literature

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  required or even expected. In general, you should not send supplemental ... send in a CD recording of you performing (cassette tapes are also ... and your talents can be considered with your other talents in your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT files lawsuit on behalf of international students alleges ICE policy “arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion”

  

  living in the United States. Since last March, MIT has offered housing to ... , Acting Director of ICE Ken Cuccinelli said, in an interview, that this ... , July 8th, MIT and Harvard sued ICE in federal court to prevent these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  fundamentals? Good question! ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯"]second[/annotation]class in the computer ... class in the sequence, 6.0001, because I did a bit of coding in middle school (before getting too busy in high school), so I took the Advanced

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  I'm in the process of writing a post about my own summer, but in the ... the grocery guide posted in May. This time, she writes about college ... are reading this post. If you are in high school, you may be looking for

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  moving out i'm leaving for a bit

  

  lived in East Campus G212 for half a semester--just barely two months ... -facing window, the sun slanted in past the Green Building in the afternoons and filled the high ceilings with a gentle in-betweenness, half out and half in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 12, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  get in— I completely understand the fear and anxiety that comes with ... MIT in your sights shows that you must believe in yourself to some ... puts their faith in you, they do so believing that there is potential in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  sophomore who is still unsure what course to major in. But the reality is not quite so. I'm a senior who's majoring in Course 4 Architecture and will ... Computers and Engineering Problem Solving - also known as programming in Java

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  “Choose Your Own Adventure” MISTI edition

  

    Last week, MISTI-China interns in Beijing welcomed ... in the Peking Duck - Beijing's most famous dish. Over dinner, we discussed our most memorable experiences in Beijing so far.  I talked about

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Lazy Day Today is one of them

  

  early. I turn a little bit in my bed before...contemplating going back to sleep. (I nearly slept again after that, but hey, it was also 1 in the ... 't feel like doing anything. I just wanna lay in my bed. Yes, I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  I'm back in the U.S. of A and have recovered enough from jet lag for ... laziness. So ~ my time in India is over :( No longer do I wake to the sound ... in India. Last Tuesday was my final day in Anaikatti, when I turned in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  11 landed on the Moon. And because of MIT's significant role in the ... celebration in the Boston Glove interviewed astronaut and MIT alumna Cady Coleman '83. (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff) In an article entitled, "Her

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Monday Actually, I think I just made it to Tuesday.

  

  7:39 PM: It's Sunday night. I have four exams in the next week. Hey ... his homework in a leather briefcase and can run from Random Hall to campus in less than two minutes and once lived in Africa and is actually

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians How many MIT graduates have been in the Olympics? No, not the Science Olympiad...

  

  thought I'd take a look back at MIT athletes who have participated in the ... likely to be in the Science Olympiad or the International Math Olympiad ... representing 8 different countries have competed in 27 Olympic Games in 9

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  'll celebrate it with my favorite pig in the world! [I promise you, the below biography is true] Peggy ("Pigasus") Peggy grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and started her ascent to stardom by starring in the Abercrombie &

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007