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• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  into their imagination enough," Jones says. Her remedy: "Let's free up a ... sometime the only) option for students looking to be challenged and ... for love of learning is a great reason to do so. In our admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  Below is one of the robots I built for 2.007, MIT's extremely popular introductory design and manufacturing class: For reference, here's the first ... , I was comfortable with all of these tools, thanks in large part to the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes—Fall 05

  

  Secretary for Economic Policy with the U.S. Treasury Department. Currently ... It's always awkward to post an entry about my classes for the ... II professor: Robert Fogelson format: one 2 hour round-table discussion

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  weights, play football and help his dad with construction. But he's brainy, too, with a penchant for chess and crossword puzzles. He's headed to MIT ... sought after by top colleges -- a remarkable achievement for any teen, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home Away From Home Complete with Batman mask, kettle corn, and ticket stubs

  

  's zoom into some of the more interesting parts! On top we have a couple ... crux of my media collection. It starts off with some classic newspaper ... we hit a series of novels that starts with The Hitchhiker's Guide to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  for you, but it will not play a big role in our admissions process. If a ... 's student drag show. With over 30 student and professional performers, and an ... significant name recognition for the event at MIT, both in the LBGT and allies

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, he played a key role in ... & World Report profiled 20 people as "America's Top Leaders ... your SO / parents / kids also have rules about messing with your house

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  1 Month, 0 Classes IAP tomorrow and an opportunity to mystery hunt!

  

  looking for a team can sign up as unattached hunters. New hunters always ... @mit.edu Sponsor: Mystery Hunt I'll be playing with some of my best friends this ... because everything is pretty much optional. MIT with no class?!?!?! SCORE

  • by Bryan
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Television Show Decisions Three hours is about as much time as I'm willing to waste on television each…

  

  's where you come in. The contenders: LOST I've been an addict for two years. Clearly this will be one of the four; no need for discussion ... one up either.     America's Next Top Model I blame my

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  for 18.02 (multivariable calculus), which is one of the freshman GIRs ... bunch of undergraduate minions - I mean, employees - to help out with the ... ) problem sets I'm responsible for grading every Friday, and where I bring

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  with an unearthly chorus of low self-esteem for the past week. Take a ... -fried broccoli flower, and the crunchiness of autumn tingles with the sound of ... first round of tests on the undumped-upon freshmen. It's been a rough week

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  've been ending my days with 30 min on Netflix. I get ideas for blog posts ... are for our next blog posts. Somewhere between being frustrated with ... "Afeefah, do you still write for the blogs?" I've gotten this

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots Here's how I spent my summer.

  

  coding.  Our group was especially pressed for time - and with so many ... catch you guys up on what I've been doing. I will start it with a post ... around for summer UROPs.  I'm Course 6-2 (Electrical Engineering and

  • by Piper '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  student: faculty ratio. For freshmen and prospective students, how ... Ware, basically freshman fall but free"]MIT OCW[/annotation] or youtube. I liked ... .[/annotation] Was it an experience I could be fine with? Of course. I would probably

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW roundup Meet the Bloggers, dinner with a physics professor, and a photography contest for those of…

  

  faculty members outside of class while scoring free dinners at top ... highlights: Russian mushroom-filled crepe pancakes, topped with sour cream and ... Factoid of the Day: I've never paid for food from the MIT Student

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  , living with a host’s dorm community, eating way too much free food, talking with researchers and faculty for proposal feedback, and overall ... night was fun. I stayed in touch with another finalist because of our

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  intimidatingly) as a “bomb cyclone” hit us yesterday with a foot of snow, and it ... to hike Mt. Everest, but when the high temperature for the day has a negative sign in front of it, you really stop caring what you look like

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  THE BURTON THIRD BOMBERS pset, party, pset and party party, rinse, repeat

  

  how much they love us and we thank them for putting up with our antics ... and couldn’t ask for a better community to live with.  [caption id ... Alright, here goes.   I’m a Burton Third Bomber. For the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC’s Q&A with Dean Kelley of Pixar’s Coco (he also worked on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Monsters University, and The Incredibles 2)

  

  better studio and you want to work for the best and work with the best. So ... storyboarding on a film that’s CG has more limitations for what you can do with ... some of that stuff for Korra too), there’s a lot of that fun, frenetic

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  the traits you start with, for example your hair color, your eye color ... with a huge capacity to extend and improve human life. For the most part ... -long assortment of classes for middle and high school students organized by the MIT

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013