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• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  hours, and I'm feeling a little guilty. See, it's the MIT biology ... interviewing at MIT this weekend. They were all really concerned about the ... students at MIT could do their own projects instead of helping Professors

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  at MIT. I mean, come on--he grows ears out of the backs of lab mice! How cool is that? However, not every single UROP in the history of MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Days in NYC

  

  with 8 other MIT students. Apparently this office has the most MIT ... other MIT students who are working as externs on Wall Street, and we had ... am capped at this amount of information, I'll try to get some other MIT

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Holiday Stories Here's mine. What are some of yours?

  

  My holiday story: At the end of December my son’s preschool decided to have an after-work event at which parents would construct gingerbread houses for their children to decorate in…

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  " advice about life at MIT, only one tidbit of which I remember clearly. "If

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Return of QBert Whack-a-mole, a piano player, and a whole lot of fun. All in 24 hours or…

  

  This Sunday, QBert, a long-lost friend of my Nintendo days, and I were reunited. Where you might ask? Only at the Classic Arcade Museum in New Hampshire, of course. Now…

  • by Bryan
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  in your MyMIT account) then it is likely that we don't have an interviewer in your area. You can always write to interview@mit.edu to ask interview-related questions. "One of the requirements of MIT is that I should

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  infinite corridors, acronyms, and research as much as MIT, but alas, I did

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  Just thought I'd reiterate, for anyone who's applying to MIT this year (or next year, or in five years... whatever, I don't discriminate), that I feel your pain on the application deal. I'm applying to graduate

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  MIT it's actually psychologically impossible for me to turn down ... official MIT student, so I've always had a little bit of nostalgia for their

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  Howdy folks, First of all, thanks so much for the phenomenal advice posted in response to my last entry about raising siblings to be friends. It’s truly something that I’ll…

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  First, from the College Board: The last two registration deadlines for this school year’s final SAT administration on Saturday, June 4, are fast approaching. Today, Friday, April 29, is the…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two Sides Of The Coin… For Us Too Watching the people who didn't get in receive their letters is as heartbreaking for me…

  

  people when we read their applications. We imagine them coming to MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  students living abroad who will receive packages from MIT and posted the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  best to get you psyched about MIT. But anxiety runs high, as you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  it's a necessary part of MIT bonding. % of time you spend talking

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Answer these 13 questions and we’ll reveal the perfect dorm for you! What does your favorite dorm animal say about where you should live?

  

  -turned-blog-idea on the MIT class of 2029 Discord Server, where I was helping out answering questions from the prefrosh. MIT has very strong dorm culture, and

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  the same professor throughout my time at MIT -- [annotation note ... time at MIT ticks closer and closer to an end (for real this time, for my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  ”. Short of having her come to MIT and feel the fabric herself, there was ... Boston cold. But then inspiration struck. MIT has tons of high-tech lab ... to find the polymer structure of the fabric? Conveniently, MIT

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  my life, but it doesn’t encapsulate my experience at MIT as a whole ... MIT played radio games for the first time shot a real pistol

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2024