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  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  some kind of terrified misery, drowning in math and science. I came ... My hometown is a real-world manifestation of the phrase "the wrong side of the tracks." In fact, I'm from the wrong side of TWO tracks. In

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mexico things my MISTI experience

  

  research at a tiny university on the outskirts of Mexico City, which was a ... impression is that at least a good majority of students who apply to MISTI do ... university. I ended up living there for the majority of my time in Mexico and

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 10, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  News bites from the Institvte A taste of what's happening around campus.

  

  provide some snapshots of MIT: 3/26/07: MIT models interdisciplinary supply chain In the near future, the presence of human colonies on the moon will ... an international team have mapped “one of the largest and most

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  P(Happy Chanukah)

  

  that the vast majority of students applying were like you (and, as I ... of you: entries for the Intel Science Talent Search are due at 11:59pm ... asked of late. I'll address a couple quickly now, and get to some others

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  , and several thousand people are in the process of applying to MIT. The ... now to apply again? Every year a very, very small number of students ... *Correction as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?

  

  6 from A Musical Offering. Now, since I kind of suck at piano, I'm one ... "Sexiest Vegetarian of the Year 2004" by PETA. So maybe one of these days you'll go to an information session at an ivy league university, or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  to Hell, Hadestown in a song that introduces the cast of characters, before we know anything of the plot, we are given a spoiler to the whole musical. expect a bad ending. hermes tells us this in one of the most upbeat

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  Last week I, along with most of the admissions team, attended the IvyPlus 2011 conference at Yale University. IvyPlus is an every-couple-of ... are great matches for the university and who might not otherwise apply

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Coffee in the Pagi-nation [joint post] breaking cruel rituals

  

  college application essays over cups and cups of coffee. After some brutal months of SAT subject tests and trying to figure out how to apply for ... of the Paige Universe (or Pagi-nation, as she prefers to call it): math

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  University, the kind of stuff they brag about on admissions tours. But then I ... (School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences) faculty. The dinners are ... (sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year) How I Learned to Stop

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  event coordinated by Clover Food Lab and MIT’s Department of Urban Studies ... , because Michael covered it fantastically. That's the outside of Clover Food Lab. And this is the inside. Clover Food Lab, which grew out of a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  . Regardless of what you major in, or how many degrees you leave with, or what ... downtown to pick up the envelope, and the rush of feelings that went along ... MIT email addresses, and even then, you could only see the profiles of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  researchers at the Technical University of Denmark, both having to do with the ... required class for Computer Science majors. It’s a special kind of class ... lecture notes, do a pset, repeat. This semester, none of my classes have

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Felicitation Answers... and hopefully minimal snark.

  

  applying for University this year and I have no idea where to apply, besides ... matter how attractive you are, there are plenty of people at MIT who are way out of your league. Professor attention silly the willy asked, How

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  used to be really good at taking tests. I never had any kind of test ... .01 exam. So on the back of my index card, after writing in all the last ... before the exam. (Despite the fact that I was always sort of afraid that a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  sick to school so both of you can go shopping... who are you to refuse ... summer, two of which were Memorial Day and July 4, and I've gone in almost every weekend. I deserved it. The first step in my day of laziness was

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  you (this applies to other elements of your application as well). Note ... Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... accurate). A description of the current interview process is posted here

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

  : not the 1000-1500 degrees C of red-hot metal, but ~2400 degrees of white ... cw: I discuss some injuries with varying amounts of needles and blood ... of the other skills I practiced was self-care. I learned to let myself

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s that time of the year again If you want to do a UROP this semester, now is the time to contact…

  

  Fund which supports women UROP students pursing research in the School of Science. ItТƒфs pretty easy to apply for one of these awards, just write that you are applying for the award on your proposal coversheet. If you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate: Latke vs. Hamentashen The post-coverage.

  

  - Professor of Political Science (middle right) The debate was moderated by ... , Jewish food is not. However, tonight, one of the largest lecture halls at ... unique is that the professors use their own field of expertise to support

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 6, 2008