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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unsolicited review of the whitney biennial (not really a review just stuff I liked)

  

  took me about four hours to get through all of the works on display ... ="1000"] “[This painting] looks at how multiple things can be true at the ... , especially as you descend or ascend around the speakers suspended in the spiral

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 25, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  on. You can think of essay questions as instruments which elicit a ... best we can, which is how we've settled on our current format of ... to elicit enlightening information about you, or what sorts of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2021!

  

  colorful new new MIT welcome center will soon be ready for you to see! more on that later this summer it is time for those of you who might want ... . Admissions officers can explain complicated processes and provide words of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  code. See if you can figure out the "secret code" within the unscratched ... lottery," he says. "I can assure you that that's not the case. I'd simply ... If you enjoyed the story of the MIT Blackjack Team -- the movie "21

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Walk down CourseRoad Lane A boulevard of broken dreams and dropped classes

  

  visualizes dependencies and degree requirements, and lets you drag and drop classes to plan what you want to take each semester. Pictures make more ... . CourseRoad is a wonderful tool because it lets you toy with alternate

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 24, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  whose lives you get a glimpse into. A round of applause for the champs ... , we couldn't get Tim on short notice, we realized our slow motion ... . For those of you with the stomach to watch, I offer you this video

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  , frostbite is no fun and neither is being wet all the time. In case you haven ... crazy IAP snowstorm from last year. My advice: don't worry about what you look like, get the puffiest and longest coat, the craziest wool hat, the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  *waves goodbye* Homeward bound

  

  ! But, when I look back, I realize that maybe I don't. I've been getting ... and get ready to head home for the summer! I haven't spent more than two ... walk off, diploma in hand, you'll be hearing this.

  • by Snively '11
  • May 19, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  We frequently get requests to blog about transfer admissions, and now ... there are many students who will get into graduate school at MIT ... Emily, who many of you interacted with during the transfer admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biology-inspired design from MIT alums What happens when you bring together nature and technology? I think you'll like the result.

  

  whether or not science actually sells. You can read the full interview here, but here's a little sample: InnovationNewsDaily: Jessica, you have a background in biology and architecture. Jesse, you studied computer science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  greeting of the coming holiday. You can tell a lot about someone ... -paints... "Are you a kindergarten teacher?" asks the sales clerk. "No," says Kelly ... followers. 3.) Trace the outline of your hand (preferably the hand you do not

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have classes

  

  chunk from 8. 6.004 (Computation Structures): Another class where I know ... 't actually need this class, so it will be the one that gets dropped if I get

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Facebook & Google Plus open thread on social media. teach me something.

  

  ed sites to "go social", if by "going social" you mean things like ... our office, but by students. We of course have our Facebook page, where ... box called the Wall. It was open only to college students, and you could

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events We’re Pumped For! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  heading to the tunnels. If you're interested in learning more about/getting ... undergrads here as it is for pre-frosh, so we are all just as hyped as you are ... ! We just wanted to highlight two that we think you really should NOT

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  contemplating the prospect of having a class on Junior/Senior P/D/F. You get to do ... DID YOU KNOW? Prussian Monarch Frederick William used to kidnap ... royal guard. Like a freshman? Haha, no, you aren't allowed to do that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  . You can read about the history, which was chronicled by Matt, here, He ... people ever tell you how pretty your cities are?!?!) I have about 200 pages ... , but hey, we're MIT students, right? :D So you've probably heard of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Live Kernel Patching System An MIT alum and graduate student just released a system for applying Linux kernel updates…

  

  cool system that I think some of you might like. Ksplice is system for ... loaded, can be used to immediately patch vulnerabilities or introduce new ... telecommunications providers and anyone who hates downtime. “It allows you to hot patch

  • by Evan B. '10
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test—Field Experiments in Economics A new class on experimental social science, including: race discrimination, gender differences in behavior, persuasion,…

  

  and can teach us and how to conduct them. The class has three major components: 1. In lecture, we will discuss (and you will read research papers ... will aid you in designing, conducting, analyzing and presenting a field

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings

  

  a whole MIT community that can’t wait to meet you. Congratulations and ... applications, I’m excited to start meeting all of you! Kim was kind enough to let me guest post on her blog to let you know about some exciting

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions Available Online MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.

  

  ://decisions.mit.edu. decisions.mit.edu You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009