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  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  classes you can only take at MIT. Every week, we get a new guest speaker for ... get to critique scientific papers right in front of the authors! Every ... ! The thought is so terrifying and yet so cool. We also get to hear

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  freshman student, I decided to jump in and get started on problem 4, just to ... MIT, you might be left wondering just what it is you've managed to get ... academic way of saying "homework", and the answer to what you'll be doing on

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  night becaue you thought you'd get better rest on the plane, when you're ... 's probably time to get my shoes back on. Three weeks filled with neuroscience ... practice, and a couple long shifts on the ambulance before I get to fly back

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Katrina I can't stop thinking about it.

  

  can answer this question: when New Orleans rebuilds, what can be done to ... regarding your applications to MIT. If you have any questions or concerns ... been affected by this - this tragedy has been on my mind every waking

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  It isn’t what you know, it’s who you know The rules of the networking game

  

  networking abilities.  You can choose whether to let them in on your secrets. ... suggestions on who to talk to. Don't be afraid to go talk to people at career ... in your lap. Rule No. 2 Talk Don't be afraid to talk to people, no

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  where you're going to live, REX is the perfect time to explore MIT’s dorms ... years and upperclassmen, and get a feel for everything MIT has to offer ... classes begin next week. But over the last week, the Class of 2026 arrived on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  hit me at Chipotle because I was too focused on the due date to pay ... surprisingly easy to get to: it’s only an hour away via the Fitchburg commuter ... , four friends and I drove to Mt. Monadnock in New Hampshire, which somehow

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  one of these dorms, you're required to buy a dining hall meal plan, in which you get discounted meals but in order to break even, you need to eat ... tooling problem sets with your friend at Baker, you don't have to walk all

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  I want to tell you about a friend of mine who is on television this ... interviewed Brandon about his experience on King of the Nerds. How did you get on the show? I was contacted by casting and asked to make an audition

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2014 FAQ

  

   you'd like to add. Note your full name and "QuestBridge" on ... completed your testing by October, do not worry; you do not have to remove MIT from your rank list because if you do not match with any school on

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  meeting, he gave me a list of professors to get in touch with. One of them ... we could actually get to all my questions. There’s now an e-mail thread ... special out-of-class talk on cosmic strings to anyone from our class who was

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  from Boston to New York City and another bus from New York to ... grasped two other seats and sat down on the new low seat. Then a boy came ... climbing up the walls, and bubbles knee-high on the floor. You know you’re

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  means we get to consider changes and additions to questions we include on ... to help connect students with resources on campus…
“  And when it comes to resources on campus, MIT has the rainbow lounge, where I will be

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  'd ever get to explore or do. I've tried so many new things, met so many ... Six minutes ago I was supposed to be out on my flight from Los ... , trivial updates to, no one to call on Discord and watch Adventure Time with

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  dear kuya i promise this post is mostly in english

  

  while since you've Decided to test your chances And reach for your goals ... miss speaking Tagalog? Kuya, if someone talks to you Do your best to ... , for older sister. kuya can also refer to any older male person. back in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  , seizing on an opportunity to get me into the kitchen, asked me to come up ... 'm sorry, but you're wrong. At other times, it's quite a lot to handle, and I almost don't know how to get started with things. That same

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Last Look Back 201920192019

  

  as a New Englander now?) 29) Went to Salem, MA on Halloween Weekend ... to get my Brass Rat 12) Unknowingly ended up in a private Sting ... With a little less than an hour to go to 2020, I'm feeling some kind

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Answers, and live updates Live from a lecture by architect Steven Holl.

  

  my degree in Management Science). Famous architects like Holl get to ... left. Originally, MIT tried to build the dorm on the right (the zig ... architect of Simmons Hall. I'll update you on the lecture and also answer some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask A VC Boston 2016 networking with over 20 venture capitalists all over the startup scene

  

  could pitch their startups to the venture capitalists and get feedback on the spot. I didn't have my own startup yet so I just focused on getting ... Pad but in the shape of a sphere and it goes on top of your car". Towards

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  these soon. Best of all, I get to bond with new residents, transfers and ... , I decided to focus instead on Education. I was planning to work in the ... to deliver workshops on providing competent and inclusive care to teens

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016