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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  fail. Completely miserable, frustrated, and on the verge of tears, I ... took a physics class in high school but it was more hands on and not AP ... day of 8.01 was quite fun, I enjoyed it, but we took a pretest and I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Entrepreneurship invasion I love it when students start useful companies.

  

  of use. Click here or on their logo below to see the demo... I thought ... is drew houston '05 (founder of dropbox and the 'mit friend' from the ... So yesterday, I'm in my office trying to catch up on email when a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Democrats, Republicans, sportsmanship, books The unbearable awesomeness of literature at MIT.

  

  sheep, at least one side of which is black." So today I came home and ... goes like this: "An astronomer, a physicist, and a mathematician were on ... la la la I'm going to read Interpreter of Maladies and then The

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  .g. experience on a sports team), and creativity (e.g. mastery of an instrument ... Update on 8/19/2008: Prof. Jeff Karp has been recognized as one of ... (Nature 405, 681-685 (8 June 2000)) got a lot of attention, and people

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

  completed classes on difficulty, pace, and other factors on a scale of 0 to 7 ... on your own). Take advantage of the resources your professors and TAs ... the requirements of your specific major(s) and minor(s). You can create

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  an inspiration to students, and one of them Charles Fendrock ‘ ... this comes a plethora of resources and activities, which I’ll try ... next four years in favor of concentrating solely on my classes. To my

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  ’t sleep, but I am not one of those. None of my close friends are, and I ... within a taped square on the other side of the gym. I don’t suppose ... protein on your design project was 100mM instead of 100nM (something that I

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  semester 4, take 2 positivity edition!

  

  changed. On a bad day, this loss of my previous selves (and therefore, the ... versions of myself and try each one on for size. Like cooking (I swear I didn ... ! There is a lot going on, obviously. I could write a lot of posts. I could

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 23, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  questions that are completely optional for any number of reasons and are ... to list out all of their high school courses and grades, but we really ... ’t. Overused metaphors, clichés and responses devoid of thoughtful reflection

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  experiments, analyzing data, and preparing my results. With all of this on the ... take care of and be on top of A few miniature experiments including ... background events in your detector, leading to a lot of trial and error on our

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  balancing work and fun because fun is the seasoning of life but needs to ... uncover the truth and beauty behind depriving ourselves of sleep to slog ... Facebook that I clicked on while bored. But this is what I get out of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  any of the classrooms and see hordes of hyperactive chillin's running ... , and I'm sorry if I missed any of the bloggers, but the point is ... wide variety of backgrounds but you never hire any varsity athletes, why

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  of meat?  Toss a watermelon back and forth in some sort of deranged ... strange object was placed on the facade of lobby 7. I'm not really sure what it is, but it definitely says Bad Ideas on it and it advertises Bad

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  good. And breathe. Slow inhale on a count of four, hold for a count of ... wanted to take a breath and collect some words of encouragement from ... who wouldn’t be? My usual defense in this kind of situation (aka any

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  putting on the Tim costume. And an application. And a video. In fact, there’s an entire website moderating the rental and upkeep of Tim. If you want a printable and check-able list of all the steps to becoming MIT

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  thinking about, and where the time I put in materialized in the form of cool ... excited and who cared just as much about their projects. Of course, I ... , and ended up working on the project all the way until MIT began. And in

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Notes From The UK [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and not only…

  

  an enormous stein with the United States seal of a bald eagle on it and ... learning exactly how their graphs are derived, and probably plenty of ... in an equation, and you have to be on your toes. Something I like

  • by Cambridge
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  wrote, "I sent in my affirmative reply on March 21st, and have yet to ... citizenship and they got rejected coz of the opposite reason, that's why I am ... 't one of those)" Carmel and Dan, you do not need to do it now, since you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  Well, I got my wisdom teeth pulled on Thursday afternoon, and I ... of right now, the corners of my lips are raw, and I still look like a ... can get you out of some requirements, and you can take advanced standing

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  foundation. Ask any young Cantabridgian to expound on collagen, but s/he may ... . But as Justin said, Cambridge students keep an eye on the long-term, and ... Atlantic and don't want to learn any other way, then be happy to stay where

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008