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  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  the computer science minor. 8. Having regrets. At the end of the day ... be interesting to explore some of the less-than-optimal decisions I’ve made while in college...   1. Trying to go for the computer science

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  yeah, I haven't written a blog in too long anyways, so I owe all of you ... kidding. My research deals with the characterization of a novel gene in the aging pathway of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (a roundworm that is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  the sense I got from friends on social media was a general consensus of ... : humanitarian crisis, deeply divisive politics and high-profile incidents of terrorism were one of several dark pockmarks on the face of the bygone year

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Year of the HASS thoughts on single-tasking, cheese slicers, and the tyranny of the mind

  

  class, it’s the first time that the number of hours my classes are supposed to take is less than the actual number of units, although it’s a bit underestimated because of my cross-registered class. Why am I taking so many HASS

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  might be, are spending more and more of their precious childhood ... begin, in the interest of honesty and full disclosure, by telling you the ... approaching. MIT would like talented students to apply to these programs. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog

  

  This is a guest post by one of my friends, Heidi Z. '27, one of the ... massachusettsian". (shoutout DEAPS '23!) As stated in this post, IAP is one of the most unique, liminal pockets of time at MIT, showing that a month can

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  For many, holiday time is the season of giving. While on this blog I more often talk about aspects of MIT that are freely offered to the world ... showcase some MIT-related products that are for sale. All of these are real

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  that I need to put in this work now for when I apply to schools this upcoming fall. And this is true: most of the classes I am taking are just classes I want to be on my transcript when I apply to college. Even if it

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  (s) (check all that apply)”. At least for myself, this is an easy question to ... mark it and move on to the next part of the application. For some though ... an ethnic category through no choice of their own, had it easier at

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  “Choose Your Own Adventure” MISTI edition

  

  Malgorzata Hedderick (Associate Dean of MIT Undergraduate Education), Melanie Parker (Executive Director of the MIT Global Education and Career ... the agonizingly stressful yet undoubtedly invaluable process of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  under Taiwan's Universal Health Plan, I really had no sense of the great ... water but keeps on vomiting it up, fever of over 100 degrees, has no ... with MIT, so be forewarned. =D Since the middle of June, I have been

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  the spring. Two of the three freshman chem classes are only offered ... upcoming term. It hurt me to do it; 9.15, only offered in alternate fall ... , however, was this: Schedule: doable? Um, no. Regardless of how set I am

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  you take advantage of what MIT has to offer, there are going to be ... whether you'll be able to take advantage of everything MIT has to offer for ... Okay, now for the next post addressing one of your requested topics

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  at the University of Chicago called Cascade. I would have never learned ... classes of ALL KINDS, not just relating to math/science. A lot of programs ... several of my Saturday mornings after I found an old CD containing Bobby

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  community? a university town? Sometimes I'll use the power of the web to help ... , or or Wednesday, or a Friday, or possibly another day of the week, so it's a "Reading Day." I have already picked up a big stack of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do homeschooled students apply?

  MIT has a long history of admitting homeschooled students and these students have been successful and vibrant members of our community. We don ... applicants, like all of our applicants, are considered within their context
• Blog / Events

  Lilly Chin The Spiciest Memelord

  

  so readily frequented by my floor that we have a stash of Beantown coupons attached to one of our refrigerators and an entire system for ... restaurant recently introduced a new kind of delicacy--the memelord burrito

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  -and-pasting, the entropy of the universe will not increase as much as it would had I ... hundreds of wonderful and intelligent female students but also the best-tasting water on campus. Last Sunday, I filled up two entire bottles of sweet

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  of gaming on the culture of today as well as the culture that surrounds ... lecture. Classes 6.034 lecture (10am-11am) This is our third lecture of the ... able to go into a computer science class for the first time and actually

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  summer 2021

  

  but also want to feel disappointed at peoples understanding of science ... interesting having to balance work with being in one of the most beautiful and ... offer (blogpost on work and whatnot coming soon). There were days, though

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 5, 2021