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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor quotes The spurious wisdom and even more spurious wit of MIT professors.

  

  , and that this is going to make me either a good scientist or a raving ... used to keep track of the funny and/or ridiculous things our group of ... motto of this class is 'Say yes to drugs.'" 7.05, Biochemistry, spring

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  efforts at MIT, and TESS is going to revolutionize our big-picture of these ... ambiguous by design, since Milton is fond of wordplay and double meaning ... and somewhere near the bigness of a star. There's no golden chain to be

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting from 10,439 applications and a dozen ties.

  

  or so, right up until we mail decision letters in the middle of March. Today, I'm wearing a tie, which is my custom for days on which the ... year's 10,466. Down the line, the statistics are nearly identical to last

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  scaled down version out of clay on campus, but one afternoon, we decided to ... project, however, although I intended not to work on anything digital or ... learned on site to design the next iteration of my project back here on

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  out there! Don't let go of your chance to fame and glory on the MIT ... . My email is up there in the banner - I'm curious to see what all of ... AUGUST 10 Update! I'm bumping this to the top of the page (shameless

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2017!

  

  blogger? The mission of the blogs is to help prospective students understand ... dragon staff 3) It's time for those of you who might want to be bloggers ... Conner 2, or plan stuff for REX, or UROP, or decide how to pick your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2017
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  Lab. And this is the inside. Clover Food Lab, which grew out of a ... /CEO and host at this conference, is actually a graduate of MIT’s material science department! We listened to presentations on "How to Invent Food on a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  This Entry is Really Long. And my pictures won't upload :(Edit: Actually, they finally did! Yay!

  

  Salem. Linh ’13 is sitting next to me sleeping, her right hand holding on to our suitcases. I probably should’ve put my suitcase on the luggage ... makes me feel like I’ve exercised enough to last a lifetime, though. On

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  't get anything out of it. On the other hand, The Hobbit is pretty ... , and are used to taking physics class in which the purpose is for us to ... Last year, my class sizes were on the order of 100, 50, 60, and 20

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  and the same triumphs - both of which can be found in abundance at MIT ... or more, ranging from as simple as who sits at the head of the dinner ... , in fact. Over the next week or so, each of MIT's fraternity houses will

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 7

  

  's trivia: Which US President is pictured on the $1000 bill? (The answer is in ... in Richmond, VA. I had lunch again at the Steam Cafe, which is turning ... finally got around to reading a bunch of articles from the MIT News Office

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  . I guess the moral of this story is to trust everything on the internet ... stretching, which silk has (on the green part of the structure) but polyester ... letters. They also didn’t look or feel like other silk fabrics I was used to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  -working girl is happy with her life but has been so focused on her career (or you ... make their own or just come and vote on their favorites. To me it was the ... depending on the start date for my job, I might go to Germany. MISTI is very

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  and the best way to do that is on foot. Even just a short walk along the ... students are welcome to attend either of these programs on the hows, whys and ... to participate, what type of research is appropriate, what to expect

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  is now.) Anyway, I know I got some quality naptime in on Friday, which ... to 5 on her level of eye contact), and then left. I was invited to stay ... . On Saturday I got some basic instruction on how to use a lathe, which

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Instructions on how to receive your decision online.

  

  Hi folks, I'm pleased to let you know that we're on schedule to ... . Decisions will be available to those who meet all of the following criteria ... applied in Regular Action, or were deferred in Early Action (the system is

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  call the "fun" library, which is to say that it has the kinds of books ... ."]fourth floor[/annotation]of the Student Center, which is nice and easy to get to ... trek: it's the library for the Sloan School of Management, which is all

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Chalk of the Week chalk art at the welcome center

  

  . Is it blessed or cursed? I can't say for sure, but now it's on the ... wheels on them so you can roll them out into the lobby for visitors to see. Every week, I've been putting chalk art up on one of the boards, as well

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 27, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now (Actually) Available Online

  

  Update: the once-in-a-century alignment of Super Pi Day appears to ... best possible team to climb the mountain that is MIT. There are also ... , next fall. Of the students to whom we do not offer admission today, we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the Class of 2012 and would like to request a one-year (or sometimes two-year) deferral from starting at MIT, it's now easier than ever to do so. On your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008