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  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  , this goal is a manifestation of the MIT Mission, and the admissions ... In September 2021, when I posted about the new Welcome Center that is ... more like MIT. The last item on that list was: ~something else~: that we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Entrepreneurship invasion I love it when students start useful companies.

  

  is drew houston '05 (founder of dropbox and the 'mit friend' from the ... of catching up, he asks me about how one takes a year off from MIT. "Why are you taking a year off?" I ask. Well, he tells me, he, an MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Fabulous Festivities & Fireworks for the Fourth The annual Boston Pops concert and fireworks show.

  

  separates Boston from Cambridge and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the ... , and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the Boston Pops is combined with an amazing fireworks show, and is televised

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2007
• Blog / Events

  4th of July Celebrations Boston, and the MIT campus, are great places to celebrate the 4th of July.

  

  and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the middle of the Charles ... much with Photoshop, but you can see the barge is right in front of MIT ... arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has a front

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  MIT is harder than your high school. In many cases, MIT is harder ... , your next stop is a TA or professor for the class. Most TAs at MIT are ... them will be #1 anymore. This is not Lake Wobegon -- not everybody gets

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’m studying poetry to be a better engineer, and this is why

  

  , em-dashes and alliteration. Why? There is a good argument to be made that art for art’s sake is reason enough. As Robin Williams said in Dead ... mind the other day: Poetry is important for the same reason that a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 14, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lip Sync & Toons Real singers and fake singers ...sort of like Jessica and Ashleey Simpson. (~17 pictures)

  

  freshman imitated Ashlee Simpson '0never Sarah '06, who is an MIT ... Last night, I attended a concert by the MIT/Wellesley Toons, one of MIT's a cappella groups. Towwards the end of the concert, Lee-Kai '07

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2005 Economics Nobel MIT's intellectual monopoly over game theory knowledge continues. (~9 pictures)

  

  Nobel week is always an exciting time around MIT. Bryan and Matt have ... cooperation through the lens of game theory." Aumann actually is an MIT alum -- he received his Masters and PhD from MIT in Course 18: Mathematics

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  deeply consider why I found MIT so hard--and exactly what it is that causes ... cool, and also touches on a lot of the general reasons as to why MIT is ... specific take on the matter.     The reason MIT is so hard is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Admissions Math Month, Part 1 – Duality There are two wolves inside you

  

  Did you know? Of all 7,238 MIT Admissions blog posts before this one ... ]\LaTeX[/latex]. And they’re all Paolo’s! That changes today. MIT exposes us to so many ... everywhere, from algorithms to superconducting circuits. What is duality? As a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2015 This week, the new freshmen arrive on campus!

  

  This week, the new MIT freshman class begins arriving for orientation programs. (Classes will begin September 7) This year's incoming MIT class is ... than 1100 students who are all excellent matches for the MIT mission and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  year it gets to just be too much. MIT is much better summarized in little ... I have something to say about MIT that I believe is important or gives ... The ironic part about MIT and wanting to share everything that

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  I Could Never Do it Alone People of a semester, thank you

  

  know it's cliché, but I know it to be true. At MIT, friendship is defined by necessity. MIT is hard. It is as challenging emotionally as it is ... I finished my first semester at MIT. There's so much to write about

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  , etc... There is no typical MIT student." Well, no offense, admissions ... from these blogs, the MIT student population is remarkably diverse and it ... the question, "What's the typical MIT student like?" and then they have

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Harvard-MIT Student Debate on Pakistan this Friday

  

  Harvard and MIT have organized a panel discussion on Pakistan ... , and Saad Zaheer and myself from MIT. We'll each speak for ten minutes ... . This event is especially important in light of Benazir Bhutto

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  Maeda -- former MIT graduate and MIT Media Lab professor, former President ... interested in the pursuing both comptuer science and design here at MIT (I just declared Course 6-3 on Friday! And there's also a new Minor in Design that is

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  NSBE MUSE Colloquium my first video

  

  Last week, I attended the MUSE Colloquium hosted by MIT’s NSBE Chapter at the Black Students Union on campus. NSBE is a wonderful ... Place won $350: 3rd Place won $150. Long time MIT Lecturer, Sekazi

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri's novel comes to the Cambridge screen

  

  collection of short stories Interpreter of Maladies. Jhumpa Lahiri is no stranger to MIT. She spoke here as part of the MIT Writers Series and ... Transnational Cultures. Video of the latter is available in the Language Learning

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  The ‘Game’ Supporting inter-collegiate relations.

  

  to Yale.) And WAIT! This really is not just a rivalry of two schools, MIT is in the mix too. MIT has a long standing tradition of hacking the ... Game. This was my first time in all four years that I'd been at MIT that

  • by Bryan
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Cannon Hack The famous tale of the Caltech Cannon Hack.

  

  recently been informed that Fleming House (tm) is at MIT RIGHT NOW and is ... the grandest celebration possible. And thus another great chapter in MIT ... away in a "much less elegant fashion" than the MIT crew. The Brass Rat

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2006