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  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  foundation. Ask any young Cantabridgian to expound on collagen, but s/he may ... , and you will acquire literacy to write your own. At MIT, students are ... . Last term, students hosted a Chinese New Year gala on a scale that we

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  start of summer tidbits i'm alive

  

  've ever been, and I'm sure they'll only get harder. :( But I got to spend ... this fall. I was lucky enough to get an offer from a company called ... beginner decks and learning the rules for now. :) I want to keep working on

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 12, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  to get our final events together before I had to leave on Saturday ... time as possible together.  And damn, did we manage to do it. On ... hurt like hell.  So I proceeded to get a tattoo and then party until 3

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / Events

  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  . ------------------------------------------------------- Since you are a member of the MIT Class of 2007, You get to ask a professor out to a nice dinner on the town. And we'll pay for it. So, not only do you get a chance to interact closely with amazing teachers

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  has to say (seriously, go read it). But I wanted to hone in on the point ... try to always make the best decision, your life will later read back as ... scanning through job listings on Indeed.com, this position happened to come

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  worth trying anyway: best to get comfortable on campus before the ... , but he was too late. On my first day at MIT, I talked to my roommate ... me to pass the 100-yard (~91 m) test. I gave up midway on the first two

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

  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 December 1 ... complete and you did not match to a binding school. If you take MIT off your

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  deconstructs the psychological nature of hacking, and gets to the inner zen of ... unusual but relevant introduction to MIT, I highly recommend this video on ... Samuel Jay Keyser gave a talk on the history of hacks. In Where the Sun

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  grade) to have a significant impact on your overall performance in the ... you to explore before resigning to lose points on your grade. Here are ... talk to someone, or need extensions on your assignments. I have found

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  advised to bolster your courage and read on. Much more interestingly, the ... , coming to you blogged from the Athena cluster in Building 12. While your usual author is at home in H-burg, I get to tell you about my recent

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  I wanted to offer a few more comments on the interview. While we have ... something else of interest to your interview. This is not a requirement or an ... counselors). If you love to play the violin, play the violin - even if your

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  little... hypocritical, I know. But it happens. It's very easy to get ... from UROPing this summer, I've been trying to get out and explore Boston ... on the full 19 meal plan last semester, I didn't really get out very

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  have stuff to do at work. Unless you're working 16 hours a day plus weekends for some crazy consulting company, you're probably going to end up ... new work arises, and you're actually learning something in the process

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  ; far be it from me to weigh in on it with empirical evidence. But what I ... 's hard to accept brilliance at face value when, well, sub-A level grades on ... comes to curiosity and the receptiveness of kids to new ideas and the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  15 AAS members to lobby on Capitol Hill. This Monday afternoon, his ... . The talk is titled: “Delivering Your Message on Capitol Hill” and I take ... . That’s part of why you were able to get this precious meeting time. So

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  auditioning, and get interviewed.  If you are selected to be on Jeopardy!, you ... earlier this week: Computer Program to Take On 'Jeopardy!' YORKTOWN HEIGHTS ... call from an MIT senior who is going to be on Jeopardy! tonight. Pretty

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  to East Campus, and became an entirely new person. One that was happy ... this have to do with you leaving Maine and moving home?” Well, on about ... ' values on the events side to try and make it add up, but it doesn't matter

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  recorded as a P on your transcript, and a fail is sent to the backrooms ... collecting every block in the game and getting killed by every possible mob, to ... absurd amount of people using it (as Vincent H. '23 can attest to), I’m on

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  progressing Mandarin studies, and he pointed me to his new OpenCourseWare 21F ... on serious issues like stress, depression, sexuality, etc, but to encourage students to get used to talking with them, they'll take any kind of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  get more green-blue clothes but i somehow never find the time to go ... that you're not committed enough to changing yourself. i don't think that's true. you're really earnest about wanting to be better, whatever "better

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023