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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  his cell phone in front of the Stratton student center :-) ***** "and ... competition! Thanks! One of the biggest culture shocks coming to MIT for me, a kid out of a public high school in Salem OR, was the difference in

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  , we were both scared and even averse to the idea of our reputation ... sudden change in our personas, and we really did not like the idea of that ... focus on the arts. They were just in their 3rd year of opening and were

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Women of the East Side 2015 Calendar The stresses and strains of organizing a giant project

  

  of the beautiful ladies of the east side of MIT's campus and culture ... goes to a student who lives on the east stide of campus, and the fund is ... the impossible, with the help of numerous people including Erin K. '16

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  about life and criticisms of American foreign policy. All in all, it was a ... Satrapi said something along the lines of: "We live in such a conservative ... AIDS, there is a lot of joy. And life without joy is pointless." It

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  A Summer in DC what i've been up to this summer!

  

  friends and get ready for the next school year. A lot of first ... , hand-made, and revamped goods. It reminds me of the Fenway Flea in Boston ... a lot of food places, both with the MIT-Washington program and with

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • July 30, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Walter Lewin ESG Lecture Oh, you know, only one of the most famous Physics Professors of all time

  

  sat with us and answered any question we threw his way. Taking the most ... watch the videos and finally finish this drawn out introduction, without ... first year at MIT has flown by and it's about time I update you guys on

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work I Ruth and I paint our rooms. First in a seven-part miniseries directed by Ken Burns.

  

  of the Wall Street Journal (sorry Mitra), Ruth applies the first gentle ... and perils of vegetarianism, but I got a little involved this evening ... Parisian and Earth Dance, while I've chosen a somewhat bolder palette of New

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  MIT's version of homework. And by "MIT's version", I mean that while a ... . At times, you've driven me up the wall, literally. And I couldn't be ... something I started at 11pm the night before it was due, and finished at

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  the first time and got hooked. Those two clubs were easily the defining ... As a freshman in college, one of the most important things I do is ... ? Do I leave my dorm room enough? Am I taking the most advantages of the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  income threshold. And for the 50 percent of American families with income ... First, let me start with a venerable and ancient blogger apology ... Communications and Special Projects — I am doing more writing than ever, but the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  in situ hybridization) into an empty tube instead of first putting the ... :30 pm. As I walked out 3 hours later, I had the beginnings of a blog entry ... about more than fibroblasts and the hepatitis C virus. From lab, I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I join the IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge?

  One of the highlights of MIT's yearly academic challenges and competitions, the IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge, connects students with the passion and talent to improve the world with the experience and resources of
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  . I am very much a supporter of taking chances and increasing the number ... wrote my application, and I got in :). As far as solving the meaning of ... is the nuts and bolts of what MIT is. As far as how easy it is to meet

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  with somewhat of a plan, and you'll probably be fine. Some members of the ... into one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in ... future you’ve always dreamed of (and, no doubt, the one everyone *expects

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  struggle my way through writing the essay, and I think there are some ... that they’re capable of being an MIT student!” I mean really. Stop and ... shop building your FIRST team’s robot, the little kids you counseled in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  ’m Mollie! I’m one of the five or six(?) original bloggers, and I was the ... specify subtype and area identity in the projection neurons of the cerebral cortex of mice. (I wrote a review! And drew the pictures for it!) I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Choosing a Major there are so many

  

  catalog—Course 1, Civil and Environmental Engineering—and liked the idea of ... end of April, and I resolved to find a major, the major, the one true ... is an opinion of my mother and not necessarily the opinion of MIT. “I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  perks I was looking forward to if I got accepted. The first was a Brass ... right of passage, a treat you only get as a student, and there's something ... the *gasp* login screen. Simply type in your username and password (both

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  "Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are the basis of this ... surviving the elements such as storm and water and eventually I want to put ... 's Strandbeest stood in the rain on a patch of pavement outside the Media Lab. With

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  -foot building of limestone and glass, the largest research building on campus ... computer science department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the ... of patients with, say, schizophrenia and then pinpoint the genes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005