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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  language that introductory computer science is taught in at MIT), so I have ... check if your computer is plugged in. It turned out that I wasn’t able to ... of physics is trying to figure out which angle is which? I mean, you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Art UROP and an Animation Job Yes, these exist here!

  

  UROPing is a very MIT thing to do. “91% of MIT graduating seniors ... MIT, we knew we wanted to UROP at least once in our time here, because it’s a great opportunity, and it almost felt like an MIT

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  knew what I was getting myself into. MIT is, well, MIT, right? After ... . 2. You actually need study skills at MIT. Okay, so this is kind of a ... life in general to be happy with your work, and MIT is a place where this

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  Undecided HS Senior once again persuades herself that MIT is the best place ever. In summary: because CPW. But here is more (from April 8, 2014): I ... . I’ve expressed these “MIT is a perfect fit” sentiments before, with a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  more minutes, it emerged that the man is an MIT alumnus: Class of 1952 ... to go bouldering on MIT's climbing wall. As we rounded the corner, a woman called out: “Please, will you help us? We need somebody who is very

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Update The latest on app tracking, app numbers, etc.

  

  processing. The current status of your application is now shown on your MyMIT application tracking. MyMIT Application Tracking This is a good time for you ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  names, we just don't memorize those. 4. And about class numbers -- MIT is ... : Blue is walking, red is subway, green is bus) I started off in the ... . Mostly I just window-shopped and enjoyed the sun. MIT teams winning The

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  started the fellowship on Wednesday. The city is lush, green, unfamiliar. The air is heavy with humidity and heads and hearts, this week, are ... concrete basin. I have been on Dallas all day. My throat is dry and hollow. I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  is one that I've learned more and more throughout my time here at MIT ... streak of a week is getting old). MIT is truly an incredible place to be ... solutions to all your design criteria, and then your proposed solution is just

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  MIT, being at the forefront of a lot of things, is a very neat place ... there is high voltage on the other sides of those signs, right? That ... (which, thanks to a guy named Ohm, means you'll die). Your best bet is to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  business, MIT's BatesCenter has begun fabricating its own foils. This is a ... detector.) The composite sheet is then patterned with an array of 600 ... the Laboratory for Nuclear Science (LNS) at MIT have developed a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  ’ll waive it. There is no benefit or advantage to applying to MIT Early ... MIT is a part of the same world it is disrupting. Whether you want to or ... is that if you come to MIT then there are many faculty, labs, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  How to Survive a Tough Semester you {grieve, choke, laugh, choose, pray, ask, live} you learn

  

  what MIT is like; you need to do something, but it is very hard, but you ... My schedule this semester is, to put it kindly, pretty [annotation ... ="my advisor, various course 16 professors, my friends, my parents, MIT men

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 15, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  the audience I am directly talking to is meant to be members of the MIT ... busy MIT is it can be really hard to meet people any other way.  So ... ’re in. For MIT, this number is meant to coincide with the number of hours

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Expanding on Pass No Record It's not so much a time machine, as it is a dodgeball cannon!

  

  3) Nothing is new anymore During your first semester at MIT you'll be ... classes, and as a whole MIT is very good, but individual students sometimes ... between first semester MIT grades and any other grades is that ALL FIRST

  • by Snively '11
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t worry, the king lives…

  

  Hi Everyone, As you've now heard, Mr. Peterson is going offline to ... . So my task is to keep the trains running efficiently during that time ... year is mostly just to not break anything. (For the clueless, these

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 7, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  . MIT is served by the Kendall Square stop on the Red Line, which is at ... Transportation Authority is here and Google Maps is here. Learn to love these websites. I spent a great deal of the summer before my freshman year at MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  *Independent* Activities Period Part 2 our second IAP apart!

  

  both did one-month long externships through the MIT externship program that the MIT Alumni association coordinates. It is a super cool ... this program is only open to MIT students, the application pool to these

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  academic year is completed, and as such, it's also the time of year that MIT ... graduate student at the MIT Media Lab and is a part of an art collective ... contributions to MIT life, culture, and academics. In the realm of arts@mit, this

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  and a half. At MIT the equivalent course is 18.01. It takes 3 months. If ... throw at them. This is why finals at MIT are a whole new kind of special ... completely done with their year at MIT, there are still hundreds of students

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008