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• Blog / MISTI

  Lost and Found I've been here for almost two weeks, and been lost at least half of that…

  

  a generally useless, chronological order. When you ask for a map ... train to look for my house. A woman helped me carry my luggage up two ... for days. I walked until the Japanese Ghost of Christmas Past walked up

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 12, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Making your college decision May 1st! Have you decided?

  

  heart, ... When you're at the school for you, you'll know it." - Kelli ... money and a big research grant, and a state-school with a free-ride. I'll admit that I chose MIT and that the decision (for me) wasn't very

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  Hockfield recently wrote an op-ed in the Boston Globe entitled A Model For ... of the energy challenge: Adding to the pressure for multiple approaches to this vast challenge, the time for initiating meaningful steps to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins Putnam math competition

  

  The results are out, and for the second consecutive year, MIT has won ... Putnam exam is a difficult set of 12 questions, each worth 10 points for a total of 120 possible points. Nearly 4,000 students sat for the exam

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  to go to 3.091 (Intro Chemistry, solid state version) today, to see for ... Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid, by the way) played music for the five minutes before the official start of class at 11:05am

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  year, in the playwright's note for a play I wrote called Remembering Her ... years of undergrad."]4W[/annotation]and played in the pit for Heathers, my ... that I just don't believe. If you think about it for a few more moments

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  who would be thinking of MIT, including the Davidson Fellows Award for ... database of resources for gifted students. The Institute offers many programs ... wonderful things for education in this country. While I was in Reno, I also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  short, the perfect language for MIT students. We will read greatest hits ... how you're expected to sleep for grief, so I'll try to comfort you with a scene from Tom Stoppard's 1993 play Arcadia (which MIT is currently

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Ode to the Institute Better late than never.

  

  talking of long hours Projects, Psets, Parties, Psets, Performances, Plays ... than ourselves. *hackers--my apologies for the horrid made-up name ... heavenly voices of the Logs for the video.)   :)

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Missy Cummings on The Colbert Report At the end of the interview, she and Stephen face off in Rock 'Em Sock…

  

  . A crucial note for overseas readers and others unfamiliar with The ... Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The ... named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. The character

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Past Enrollment On A Map [updated as to not freeze your browsers ^_^] My final project for 4.502 (Design Scripting).

  

  theses. Below is the link to my final project for 4.502/4.564, an ... some data into something a bit more fun to play with. ~~~ http ... Java installed) shows domestic undergraduate enrollment at MIT for each

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Bermuda, Jaimaica, oooh I want to take you to… One week of fun in the Dominican Republic

  

  for a brief run-in with Hurricane Ernesto on our second to last day. The hurricane was pretty far from us, so it only ended up raining for about two ... busy/lazy. Despite that, I played a lot of tennis and it was my basically

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Scooper Bowl All you can eat ice cream.

  

  Bryan, Boston has some of the world's best ice cream makers and shops (for ... as "nation's largest all-you-can-eat ice cream festival." For $7 (kids ... ' Cream * Rock n' Pop Swirl * Tripple Play * Apple Pie a la Mode * Oreo

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  fragments instead of blogging (for a whole damn month), I...

  

  attempt to pick these fragments out of the haze for you—because each of them ... [/annotation] and because they can help offer an unfiltered view of what I’ve been doing for ... blogging, i:   went to see [annotation note= "pop band famous for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  ("Beethoven to Mahler", for you words people) takes up the baton and covers ... history community about whether and for how long they actually met (an afternoon? a week?) but for some reason their partnership never took off

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  What should I be doing now? Tips for regular and early applicants.

  

  update on what you might want to be thinking about: For Regular Action ... for your interviewer (Educational Counselor) on the MyMIT website. [If ... 1 by the time you interview, but you must have registered for My

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  earn money for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation ... will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for ... 3-108 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 We will grant a deferral for almost any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a major road to trouble exploring interests as a baby beaver

  

  compensation, newfound freedom in class selection For many weeks, I couldn ... about college was the need for a refined major. In many instances, inside ... current interests are and that there is little room for change. By not

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Events

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

  

  and historian for Opera Boston Tue Jan 16, Thu Jan 18, Tue Jan 23, Thu ... opera. This course is geared for both beginners and those wishing to ... : Geared for Grad Students or Post Doc. in Science or Engineer Science and

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

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  homeless man asked me for money, and I responded politely, “Sorry, I don ... purchases to the cashier and slide my card and pay for my things, but then the ... for my project at work, a new and important project that I completed

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016