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  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  students of a wide range of ages and backgrounds. The event officially began ... everyone who came and made the night a huge success. To those of you who have ... In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what I did this semester in broad strokes!

  

  ![/caption] At a high level, 2.004 introduces the analysis and control of open and ... long exposure). For the second half, we learned the whole process of ... first place: the rub of charcoal on skin, the choke of woven fibers, the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  rage, as explained by thermodynamics I had a bad day and soon a thermo exam

  

  snapshot of any random part of me at any given time and the possibilities are ... bad just because the first month of the semester had been super stable ... reality, everything will be done on time and at the end of the week I won

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 25, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  vegetables, and then suggesting that I might send the evidence of his misdeeds ... the organic processes of  both scientific and personal discovery. ... ,  in favor of blank pages that forced them to create their own images

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  have a Brass Rat. I've completed most of the "book" classes and am about ... of the semester than the beginning), and 2.004 was just, well there ... . The first test was unlike anything I was expecting and I got a standard

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  the MIT Class of 2027, and as of *checks watch* right now, we have ... , and most recently here and here.   Given the competitiveness of our ... , and go crush the rest of your college applications (or whatever else you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  (first-generation and/or low-income) community, the weight of that choice ... . HEARING GLIMMERS OF NEWS EVERY NOW AND THEN OVER THE YEARS, BUT NOT LETTING ... Wizard of Oz in 1900']AND THE THING HAS FIIIIIINNNNNNALLLLY COME OUT

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  year. By that point I had filled out the core part of my Common App and ... before my senior year of high school, I went to meet with the IB ... a few oddball private schools thrown in there. Nothing on the level of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  nevertheless every piece of your life seems to fit into the right spot. You ... buildings seemed to be the embodiment of innovation, the students I saw ... each and every day, and my meeting with a Professor Hammond gave me the

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  around the language and watching native Chinese faces with their look of ... conversational, I can read and understand most of what I write. (Having the chinese ... , one of the things that my students and friends are most interested in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  cambridge, and we quickly discovered we had the same memey sense of humor ... picture i ever took on killian court was of me and the rest of the camp t ... hair and growth and change here. despite the both of us looking quite

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students: MyMIT Updated Important and cool new information on MyMIT: check it out now.

  

  . Across the country (and across the world) there will be meetings of students admitted to the Class of 2010, as soon as this Saturday! Check out ... Students admitted regular action have a whole bunch of new stuff on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  During my first pass through the Logan Airport security line, I was ... 'm playing sine waves in the shower. i sincerely apologize and if you need me ... the same time was thrilled to have a change of scenery (finals period

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  young and naïve freshman away from home for the first time. The feeling of ... ’s, and a whole slew of other acronyms leave you with a warm, tingly feeling ... -eyed, confident, and on top of the world. So, now, this may be the moment where you

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  had, and so missed our first lecture. Oops. [] One of the things I ... the future. The first few weeks of term have been really hectic, mostly ... sings Happy Birthday at the top of their lungs and gives speeches

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  cognitive augmentation probably the most mindblowing course i’ve encountered at mit

  

  tasks and surveys, except some of the participants’ VR bodies resembled ... the far side of the room and the tame version is on the near side. this ... of rewiring senses the brain already processes, like vision and balance

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 19, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  [Guest Post] All About the MIT Panhellenic Association how some MIT students found their "home under the dome"

  

  friends, and as communities. Hi there! We’re the authors of this post ... organize social events) and in my sorority, I hold the positions of Special ... same big"]twin,[/annotation] and [annotation note="Little: the inverse of

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  this summer and that I should perhaps fix the formatting of my résumé and ... the list of companies beforehand and had a rough idea of what industries ... . But many don’t. A lot of the due dates are rather early and can fly past

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  prepositions at the ends of sentences and phrases. See how annoying I sound if I ... . You’re putting yourself on paper. Recognize the things you did and fell in love with. The traits that make you whole. Does that sound scary? To me it

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  our first quiz, which was quite challenging and took me the whole two ... as the first piece of historical writing in Western society, and also ... science, math, and writing, so I've chosen the following mixture of classes

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020