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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  I love going to the MIT Media Lab. Being part of the MAS Freshman ... communication between man and machine. And it looks like the USS Enterprise merged with the Men In Black Headquarters, except without aliens (for now

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us

  

  , the only sounds I could hear were my rhythmic breathing, my steady heart ... snug. Out the window, giant snowflakes fell to the barren ground outside and the sun’s rays streaked through a break in the clouds as if the

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  Stepping Up MIT brings the best out of people (in between psets of course)

  

  time. But if a challenge is laid down for the MIT community, odds are you ... MIT's Public Service Center, and Kristi Kebinger, the PSC's Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator. Together, they founded the FSILG

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  A lot of comments from my last entry touched on the leadership topics I’ve explored in the GEL Program, which I thought was pretty exciting ... confident in their the ability to “function effectively as a member of a team

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  something truly serendipitous. Back in July, when I created the 2010 Blogger Application, I included as one of the optional essays the following prompt: You awake one morning to find the zombie apocalypse hath begun. You are in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Checking My Calendar I know I'll eat my words come late September, but I'm looking forward to three…

  

  The New York Times has had an interesting set of articles over the past couple weeks about vacation time in the U.S. versus Europe. The ... something I noticed a couple months ago – this: What's that, you ask? The top

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  left the house, and then forgot to publish it. Well, here it is, a year late. And now, to hit the road for Vermont. Hope this helps with those last-minute applications, though. Hola! The title and mini

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Factoid of the Day: I've never paid for food from the MIT Student Center. (Secondary factoid: The primary factoid does not indicate that I have ever shoplifted food (foodlifted?) from the Student Center. Just so

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

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  Trivia: Which MIT Professor was the top scorer for the first US ... professor teach? [answer at the end of the entry] I remember sitting in my ... ) next to a friend of mine from Singapore. At the time, he was the only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  ? My UROP advisor is on American Inventor, and next Wednesday is the final show, where the viewers have to call in their votes. It would be ... , and hopefully, call in and vote. Here's ABC's summary of the show

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  MISTI-India: Community Health Internship The MISTI experience of Gilad Evrony '07.

  

  occurred to me that although MIT is one of the best places in the world to learn how to solve problems, many of the world's most pressing problems ... in the summer before my junior year, and I was deeply affected when I

  • by MISTI Program
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Your questions & my answers.

  

  Daniel wrote, "Any idea what date the application for '07 will come out? The website just says 'July'..." We expect to receive this year's paper application within the next week or so, and will have it on hand to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neuroscience classes

  

  9 and course 7). Most of her course 9 classes have been of the ... and the obvious intersection of her two majors. It's also what a lot of people think of when they think of "brain & cognitive sciences" (the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Additional Questions & Answers Regarding Music At MIT If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college,…

  so in college, you may be surprised by the wide range and high quality ... -led music groups over the past year, but we also get lots of questions from students who are interested in MIT's faculty-led ensembles such as the MIT

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  discovered while trying to verify the title of this entry. Oh dear, I wasn ... around the country. But I digress and philosophize. To pass the time until the ageless cyborg Ryan Seacrest oversaw the ball drop in Times Square

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Special October Events

  

  Though I haven't had internet for the past week, there has still been plenty to keep me busy. Here are some of the many events from this time of year, both dorm and city-wide. ------------ The Annual Burton

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Rebecca Black, the Old Spice Guy, and How to Sell Staplers the makings of a great IAP

  

  during my first semester at MIT. The past two weeks have been surprisingly productive, tiring and relaxing at the same time. I've learned that Python is ... .) Over the past two weeks, I've attended two different business seminar

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 21, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  I went to a lot of classes in the first week of the fall semester. According to my iCal, I have spent nineteen hours in class in the last three ... Reasoning in AI. Wednesday, 9:30 AM. Stayed for the entire class. This class

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  I get the feeling that everybody is very jittery about the multiple ... MIT, so I thought I'd talk a little bit about the money situation and how I've handled it over the past four years. Four years ago tomorrow

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exodus from Cambridge in which MIT evicts us due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  This is a (long) post detailing the week in which both MIT and Harvard announced that they were evicting the vast majority of their ... , March 9: Just Another Day Tuesday, March 10: The Announcement

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 22, 2020