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  Check the Mail Pyramid!

  

  to see how high I could get the stack. I also have sensitive hands - I ... throwing your app in the trash!)   Happy New Year! ... documents and such on the blogs the last few weeks. Things like: "

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  the cell gets both a red (your gene) plasmid and a blue (unknown gene ... to sell my organs piece by piece on the global black market, I'm pretty ... advisor. On a day-to-day basis, I work independently... after working in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  wasn't even an MIT student. (I also can't forget getting lost on the way ... "...woops, wrong HAL. Anyway, let's get back to the Fourth. Two years ago, my ... 'm working on a great UROP, I have plenty of fun projects to spend my spare

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Live from Reg Day Somewhere between meetings 5 and 6

  

  ), then what classes I was going to take. Some background on this: when I ... walked back to New House (our dorm!) together. There, I met with the new ... , to discuss the upcoming year, brainstorm new programs, set some goals

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  growing over time continuing to become myself

  

  to notice. This IAP I've realized that, continuing on a theme from my ... getting the chance made me all the more determined to actually make ... really nice, this IAP, to be able to reflect on the fall semester and see

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 31, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  : blogging for MIT admissions!) Even though I didn’t get, or even attempt to ... gone to MIT and gotten a job at the career fair! Also in attendance on ... Computer mouse with retractable cord, which doesn’t seem to work Headphones

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exodus from Cambridge in which MIT evicts us due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  , my dad texted me to confirm plans to come get me on Sunday. I made ... my words. The only way to know what it was like to get kicked out of ... New cases in MA: 13 On March 9, Princeton made an announcement

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 22, 2020
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  actually a nice place to learn something new on the spot and apply it to ... interested to partake in social activities. Though to be fair, you get what you put in, so my detachment is on me.     There’s an innocent energy to

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  my problem list weird brain things

  

  least.) anyway, every day i'd wake up to a new message from someone ... some official record if i got covid and wanted to get paxlovid." when i ... said. "i think it should be on your chart? maybe you just can't see it

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 8, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogger Decisions Released Many thanks to all of this year's incredible applicants!

  

  the way, let's focus on the positive and introduce our new bloggers. In ... convince you to watch Notre Dame football with him on Saturdays. Derrick ... 2011 this year (which means that he gets to go to Iceland over spring

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Love that dirty water

  

  that I've returned from a long time away, I'm getting ready to head out ... stories to tell on the road. Perhaps the best stories were provided by Prof ... was seeking undergraduates with French proficiency to go on a two

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  getting to know each other through some applied meeting of the minds, in a ... relationship. Anthony's take: this looks like a *very* promising way to get well ... isn't graded on a curve, and 50/100 is a passing grade. If you're a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  selected to travel to Stanford Splash! Let me know if you're still available ... grad students excited to teach. Kids excited to learn on a weekend ... on their kid taking all the classes he or she wants to take (trust me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  until Regular Action if that allows you to get the rest of your life in ... an FAQ to explain what to do if your application is disrupted by ... future, remember that: You should focus on taking care of yourself, your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  prepared you to dive headlong into the rigors of MIT, but on the other end of ... and staff who have agreed to take in a group of wide-eyed new cadets ... (but don't lick them. That's weird). From extremely hands-on to more

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  (everyone's got to do them but at the same time, you're all thinking "pass ... interests and I'm always running around trying to join some new club or put ... I really need to explain this? If you're reading this, you probably

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  Focus on getting educated. Learn to talk. models for thinking . Use your ... among the many resources MIT offers to get the little bit of extra help on ... your breaking point, and learn how to make time for yourself in order to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MCAT Advice For the pre-meds out there, MIT or otherwise

  

  materials. If you're good at self-studying, however, and have access to ... the best: (1) Examkrackers - I didn't get to use their "1001 Questions ... this book to be on par with or even slightly better than the EK orgo book

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Updated MIT Groceries Guide (guest post) A requiem for Stata.

  

  -make recipes with the rest of the world. If you're interested in learning to cook ... guide to getting groceries as an MIT student. I’ve been quietly ... selection. I haven’t been to these markets, but you can check them out if you’re

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 4, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  things are they working on? How far have they come to get here? What do ... microphone, you don't have to answer any questions--instead, you get to witness people's confused, surprised expressions. You're the one that gets to watch

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012