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• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  , because you get to see where all the creative energy of the student body ... Cooking" and "How to Make a Bike". Or those who want to explore a new field ... to do with turning an idea into a commercially viable business

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  't know how to get people to listen to them," she said. Perlman believed in ... after, a teaching assistant at MIT enlisted Perlman to help him. "He ... improvement, she redesigned a program with graphics such as turtles to make it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  -on Introduction to DNA! to seventh through ninth graders at Spark, a day ... , small bags of stuff that do a lot of work to keep us alive. We are ... on to your children. Instead of paper, it is written on a long string

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  glory of Tuesdays, in which I get up at 7 to bus over to Harvard for a ... only is it a pretty big line to get in your head, a lot of the times I ... have a propensity to spit upon all popped collars and finals clubs, but I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  words again. But then I thought that I may never get to call "Big Rock ... pictures, which speak for themselves. The Big Rocks have a lot to say, just ... cold, and the way the sun disappears by four bothers me a lot actually

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  had been on my to-do list since getting to MIT. It’s a pretty good way ... mechanical engineering, I made a point to have a more relaxing IAP while still ... first of which is a swim class, so I can finally get the swim requirement

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  complete-- but we get by as best as we can. This is what makes society and ... comes to the rules of society (or subsets thereof), I am often (at best) a ... : Don’t Break It. Song: Back to Black, by Amy Winehouse While the last

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  assigment. If you're a prospective student, allow me to explain. During the summer, you get to rank the dorms in order of preference, based on ... July, you get sent a temporary housing assignment (this year, everyone

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  deadlines and requirements). By getting yourself organized now, you're ... would like to write on your behalf, it is a good idea to have a conversation with each teacher about a) if they would be willing to write you a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  be completed by you, the applicant. The Report serves two purposes: to ... -date and to be patient as we process thousands of documents. By not calling ... : We have received 18,064 total applications, a 1% increase over last

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  potential to not only get into a good school but flourish there; however, due ... Now, I can be pretty sure that most everyone applying to MIT has a ... like I could have found a cure to cancer, ignorance, AIDS, made an

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  This is where my decisions have taken me perspectives from grad school

  

  , being so deeply engrossed in a topic. And I get to take this depth with me ... ; *         *        *   I used to think of decision-making as a complicated optimization ... they had time to talk. That person became a mentor to him, encouraged him

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

  

  I would have a problem if Snively managed to get more posts up than me ... . Chesterton. In any case, the entire point of that little tangent was to get on ... classes, but I know already that it's going to be a rough semester. In the

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  important points in there. A common question I get a lot was articulated by ... “trick way” or “back door” to get into MIT. Your application is not a game ... So, by a show of hands, how many of you are stressing about college

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  fucking idea" and to enter a relationship with someone almost done with ... promptly thrown into a slew of new experiences; they have to learn how to ... conducive to functioning on your own. you'll also miss a lot of social and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  going in to lab.” When Emilienne started her UROP, she spent a lot ... region, and which areas might be affected by it.) Once, she created a ... to talk personally with the professors. I was so excited by everyone

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  up to it to get a physical note, but it was all a fairly easy process ... 's in part due to my winning combination of Pepto Bismol chased down by ... remember giving them my name and symptoms and they told me to take a seat and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  , about a mile from MIT. It was a convenient 8-10 minute walk to get ... getting a body pillow for himself, I decided to order an extra body pillow ... to use the cover for a last minute gift. So Walounge will hopefully get

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  . Dupont Gymnastics Room Today, I went to get a drop form signed and fell ... My cat is a little ball of static lately. It can't be too much fun to ... of my toothpaste and finally confronted the task of getting a new tube

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  populations. I've come to see the Internet (and now blogs) with a strong ... you a backstage pass to the theater of the absurd, better known as ... be a minority to glean wisdom from, or participate in, this blog? Au

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005