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• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  , get back in the game because you have a big decision to make in the next ... this class. For many there is a perception that the only way to increase ... much pain you must be in right now. You too need to allow yourself a

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  "there's so much going on that you're bound to find something that will get ... obesity. To find the receptor, Mike and his colleagues are using a technique ... to bind adiponectin." By identifying and isolating those special cells

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  efficient way to get into a lab. 6. In response to my entry on Adam's and my ... , since it wasn't a very full flight and I had a whole row to myself. 7 ... dressed (in my world, putting on track pants and a t-shirt != getting

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  selective a college was because I knew that some would be harder to get into ... schools, I could apply to a range of places (in terms of selectivity). By ... to apply (I'll explain this in a minute) and honest with yourself in

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  problem was I didn’t get to do much of it. So armed with a greater ... sweaty and a lot nervous, both puzzled and dazzled by this kooky place ... administrative role and a great opportunity to learn about how nonprofits operate

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  Springing into Junior Year actually not Springing, just Spring

  

  genuinely interested in the subject that it’s hard not to get a bit interested ... called Revit. To get a grasp of it, on the first day of class, our ... ="the last day students can add a class to their schedule without a fee

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  left the house, and then forgot to publish it. Well, here it is, a year ... -description attached to this post may have, despite my best efforts, given some of you a ... TWO YEARS. I should get a raise for that), it's Cam's thoughts on the

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  that are designed to give you a first hand view of the college by having ... available to me? Does work study mean that I'll get a hair-net & spoon for ... gracious to send you. I know that most of you will put it all in a big box

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  . We’ll get to go through a mock process, including having to write a ... was actually surprisingly hard to get into, as are many CMS and HASS-A ... takes time for you to settle down at a table and get all of your materials

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Love Potion No. 9 roses are #FF0000violets are #0000FF

  

  like seeing that I expected to be studying a lot of the time. Would we ... amusing ones, try to identify what they are. r = 2a(1 + cos(theta)) C7 H8 N4 O2 (sorry, I can't get subscripts to work) Well, I'm off to

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  course, our very own Admissions blogs and MIT websites. This took a ... can’t wait to arrive! Remember to be careful around the muggles when disappearing into Terminal 3.14 at Logan Airport. Meanwhile, I have compiled a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  try out things you didn't get to do before. Learn a new skill. Play with ... won't get to see for a while, and now that you (presumably) don't have ... months. As this week comes to a close, so does MIT's week of finals. This

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Interview with a Mystery Hunt Winner An interview with Kat '10, a member of Palindrome, last year's winning team and this…

  

  . My favorite thing about going to a place like MIT is that you tend to ... admire her up the heezy because last year she happened to participate as a ... begged her to answer some questions for me, because while we have quite a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Bang! Update [3] Gotcha!

  

  pistol team is on its way to West Point in New York for a shooting ... evening against West Point, but first we had to get there. What we ... them (I shoot tomorrow) so I got to take a bunch of pictures! They use

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bryan Owens: Developing bioreactors An interview with fellow blogger, Bryan Owens, to find out more about his awesome UROP…

  

  redesigning the device. "We were having a really hard time getting fluid to flow ... currently developing a bioreactor that may potentially be used to accelerate ... tissue. The goal of the project is to design a high-throughput device that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  muscles tremble at the end of a workout, when you’ve pushed to the edge of ... while living in my car, to shower — but I never hit a solid routine. A guy ... , since you couldn’t skip a workout and promise to make it up the next day

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Starting over sucks but sometimes you have to do it

  

  , so I knew what to expect by the time I became a senior. Each round had ... 'd stay up until 2 a.m. in hopes that we'd get to see a sliver of change ... how much effort I put into my classes, I can't seem to get a result that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 16, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an unnecessarily detailed normal friday finding things to blog about when you're swept into normalcy

  

  motivated by my desire to not subsist on dining food on a daily basis ... . the rain started to get worse and by 8pm, lightning crackles in the sky ... in light [annotation note="i was fortunate to acquire both a waterproof

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 27, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  . This marks the end of a very good start to what will be a very good ... , which I haven't been able to do for a while. If there's one thing I ... me, and I have to work hard to make sure I get enough of it. Burgers

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  think it is a lesson that many of the people who get admitted to MIT would ... Trouble to get a little helping hand. plus *all* mit undergrads are covered ... interview; you know how to prioritize, triage, get stuff done. But it teaches

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021