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• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  masses yearning to learn. In support of his subversive educational ... that doesn't have to worry about cultivating diverse perspectives in a ... paragraphs in this Economist interview: “I don’t want or need to disrupt

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Coworker Shenanigans Summer friends

  

  that I could put it in the washing machine. When she tried to push the ... country. They go to school in Michigan, California, DC, down the street at ... possibly imagine needing to survive in the wilderness. During the school year

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Inside/Outside words/pictures; I really don't know what to put here... haha

  

  the transition back to twin size in September though – heh. * Drowned ... World Cup - pretend to care about in spirit of global love): French Open ... Library in New York, and then brings thousands of sketchbooks to six other

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  it to make a program that did things on the Internet. In fact, I ... account, typed a few lines in Python, hit F-5 to run, and...there it is ... 've never really had any formal SolidWorks training (in fact, if you talk to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  A sporting chance

  

  really enjoyed the ability to participate in sports without it taking over ... to participate in college. But I still wanted to be active, and my dorm ... Despite growing up in New York, I became a Red Sox fan when I was 8

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 22, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  to fall in love with, so that no matter what happens with the MIT ... very interested in attending MIT. What should I do if I hope to be ... , 2012. Next, be sure to enroll in a college/university by May 1. You

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  And tomorrow brings a new day

  

  time and sometimes there are not enough words in the world to comfort ... still contain the courage you had in applying and take that with you. To ... everyone in this world and the only thing we can do, really, is to find joy

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 15, 2021
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  On UROPs Research at a private research institute? Naaaaahhhhh, couldn't be!

  

  we are trying to integrate VR tech into high school classrooms. In this game, one person uses the VR headset to navigate a cell in a first person ... a lot of cool stuff to show off in the near future. I didn't think I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 21, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  address what every college and university has articulated in its mission: to ... children, may wish to look more broadly at the educational enterprise in the ... In 1966, B. Alden Thresher, an economist and the first ever Director

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México

  

  -Shapley   The rest of the week was dedicated to more offline exercises in ... was able to communicate with the girls and get around in the city in a ... this happen. Oh, and to Monterrey para las montañas... Priya in the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jugal Shah- Improving the technique of High Resolution Quantitative Autoradiography Sophomore Jugal Shah is improving a boron imaging technique that may potentially enhance a promising…

  

  ) along with a minor in music (Course 21M). As a testament to the diversity ... Education (INIE) program. Getting to work in MIT-NRL is an amazing opportunity ... Most universities aim to attract well-rounded individuals with varied

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  get in? tick I’m just going to shut up, put my nose to the grindstone ... break me. … I love the challenge. In high school, I often had to push ... can’t make the time to. Once an assignment is turned in, I can’t reflect

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  in a book or a travel guide or something if I don't get around to ... faced similar challenges in their careers. Even in 10.10: Introduction to ... MATLAB, and changed various parameters in the code as necessary to model

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  start in statistical thinking now. First, a few facts on which to chew: 1 ... to MIT many times, you would expect to get in in approximately 1 in 3 ... 't apply 500 times to MIT in a single year, or even in your lifetime, so it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  8 / Fresh start A month of eating and sleeping and other fun things

  

  horizontal hierarchy and whitespace in our arrangements. Pretty cool. Got to ... admission to the MFA and ICA, among other museums in the Boston area, and it ... , and single-digit-with-windchill-in-the-negative-twenties to 46-degrees

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 3, 2019
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  in Boston to celebrate gaming, and it is completely free to the public ... every developer ought to: Concept their idea like crazy—in notebooks ... /iPhone game where you match colors in a specific order to clear levels. It

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  .390 (Introduction to Computational Biology), and 20.330 (Fields, Forces, and Flows in ... as putting in time to the GEL outreach committee. Over in the land of ... afraid to not pursue things even in the face of your new friends telling

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ripping shirts and other clothing mods

  

  wrap! Here's to more hastily chopped-up shirts in the weeks to come. ... Clothes are so fun! I love tailoring my outfits to whatever is happening -- baggy metal shirts for long hours in shop, sleeveless shirts for

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Dah noo-loo Hey kah ay-ay u-nye

  

  their "talk to people not from MIT" routines. It's funny, MIT is in a bubble in that, as an MIT student, you start to forget what the outside ... actually were given a 15 minute talk in the bus about how to behave while not

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thomas Friedman on Energy & MIT A NY Times article highlights MIT's innovative energy solutions

  

  our future. MIT has been very active in developing solutions to energy ... world, including in India and China, working together to build a plug-in ... in May 2005. Since then, MIT undergrads have done wonders through

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 2, 2007