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• Blog / IAP

  H^3: Home, Hummus, and HBV The end of my first semester (and Pass/No Record D:) and the beginning of a…

  

  college. At the same time, take some time to thank your family for the ... . But skiing at Whistler with my family and eating endless 12 course Chinese dinners with my relatives for a week was great! Still, nothing

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  with hiking or museum visits or at least some shopping. But this vacation ... IAP-you operate at your own level. Want to go abroad or do an externship ... , you can stay home. It’s whatever you need to be ready for another

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  will all live happily ever after :) El Fin! ...for now at least   ... at least), there was a magical dorm where hundreds of grad students lived. The grad students had inhabited this dorm at the corner of

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am only slightly less boring than usual The title says it all, no?

  

  it nearly impossible for me to type anything at all ever. Getting ... 's being in lab all the time for my UROP and working at the Senior Haus front ... has walked through the lobby at all, probably because they are far more

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The fight’s begun but not yet won me vs. vista

  

  resource right at my fingertips. You see, MIT offers free MATLAB to its ... days in a row and had a bunch of guys poke and prod at it. The verdict ... without incidence. For the summer I learned to use Octave. Then I finish a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  year is a pretty normal time for biology people at MIT to get involved ... So the presentation that I was making Photoshop slides for last time? I ... "shut up Mollie, you've been dating him for over two years, I know he

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  ("90% for MIT at the moment") wrote, "So I guess the thing you guys can ... the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is ... 's still been done for a couple weeks now :(" And Anonymous wrote, "Why have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  like everybody's jovial grandfather at Thanksgiving, how Professor Hatton ... stereochemistry, Professor Licht's awkward humor that nobody ever laughed at because 5.07 is taught at 8:30 AM, Professor Hughes's earring, Professor

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  on biology-related projects at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ... has an incredible amount of passion for research and loves that at MIT ... a job. He says, "at MIT, it's good to always be on the lookout for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  Brass Rat Each class year at MIT officially gathers three times -- once, at the beginning, for the freshman picture; once, at the end, for graduation; and once, halfway through, for the unveiling of the class ring. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s going on inside my head It might not have been so very important.

  

  threw a dinner party for a bunch of people Friday, including Sam's Mom ... most healthful food in the world, is actually bad for you, because it ... . 2. I got an A on my Pulitzer-worthy essay for German I, "Mein Freund

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  , "For UROP do I have to do research connected with my major?" No, not at ... lot of mail. At least a dozen buckets of mail came in this morning, on ... on your tracking system yet. As Quinton says, "She'll be apples." At

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  ... but I've been really hosed these past 2 weeks. -Freeze- For those of you ... fact that people say an education at MIT is like drinking from a fire ... into a routine at MIT. Psets due every week on Tuesday and Thursday

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  I've been involved, in some form or fashion, with MIT Admissions for ... is by yours truly, Advice: "If at the end of the application process ... or two, at least at first, and spend a long time just thinking. When

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  I experienced at CPW was just amazing. How can one compare an MIT education to a drink from a firehose? There is so much more than water at MIT! Thursday, I arrived at CPW two hours later than intended. My flight through O

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  kids at school. The dogs at home, waiting for their owner to return.  I ... professor that I've had the pleasure of learning from for the past three ... for the course is to pick a spot in nature relatively near to Boston, go

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Where I Call Home california california cambridge!

  

  Jeopardy at 7:00PM sharp, where our family gathered eagerly in front of the TV to yell trivia answers at an Alex Trebek from the past. It was ... sniff at my hair. It was the feeling of comfort and love that seemed to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  on your first 18.02 pset. And by "working," I mean "staring blankly at the problems, quickly growing frustrated at the fact that none of it ... good at learning it - it takes forever and a day to understand everything

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  a salmonella saga weekend outing tingz

  

  grounds at 9:30 and had to wait an hour for two people to grab their ... festivals involve a good deal of standing still for hours at time, which means ... , given how much work we have at ALL times. surprisingly, I was able to pull

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  .k.a. Piper). Gave myself my first zsig. Ate out at Uburger for a fun ... IAP makes everything at MIT more enjoyable. The past week has pretty much been a whirlwind of activity. For once I have absolutely no problem

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008