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  Biochemistry at its finest!

  

  platelets congregate to repair the cut by creating a clot. What you may not ... wanted to donate blood for a demonstration. I thought he was joking and ... Yesterday, I attended my last 7.05 (Biochemistry) lecture taught by

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When I Grow Up In which I contemplate growing up and what I am going to do with my…

  

  through EMTing for a bit to help myself. It's all figured out, right? Where ... experiences I wouldn't give up for the world. So it's okay to not know what you want to be when you grow up. Eventually, you'll get there. And it

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 8, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  We frequently get requests to blog about transfer admissions, and now ... any to do so. The numbers for this year look remarkably like they did ... lot of great students we weren't able to admit. It's true that MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Season Some advice for the EA deadline. (Relax. Be patient. Don't stress. Don't procrastinate!)

  

  submission date for documents to show up in the tracking system. We have ... lots of time for delayed documents. We are happy to be flexible with ... 'd like it to. We're reading for content, and we're used to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Food That Makes You Feel Like Home Are there foods that make you think of special places?

  are reading, thanks for all the hospitality and to my folks who took ... visited? As for me and MIT, I always get the Milk Bubble Tea from the ... Thanks to all of the students, parents, and EC's who made my

  • by mitblogs
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  's for 29 hours per day and then lied about it on my blog. (*I plan to ... allow me to redirect you up the river*. (*I'm kidding! Please don't take ... with an unearthly chorus of low self-esteem for the past week. Take a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  Our applicant pool for Early Action was really competitive, and ... is by no means the end. Many MIT students have been deferred; you can ... may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Trick or Treat! Smashing pumpkins, and no I don't mean the band.

  

  my neck for staring up the whole time, but I still managed to have fun ... evening. Here, try this physics problem on for size. If I have a pumpkin ... chunks go in the radial direction when it crashes to the ground? Answer

  • by Bryan
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  strong on my quest to get the Pirate's License. While I came for the ... First thing I want to do is apologize for not blogging in a while ... everything I learned from it in a bit. For now I want to start a series a blogs

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On my way…

  

  , and I have a few things to finish up here before heading home for the ... cancelled. I will now be getting home almost 4 full hours earlier than I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  the year by packing up all my stuff in Boston, hauling most to storage ... . Shoutout to my friends (two from MIT!) for coming to watch and cheering me on ... home for the competition, I had some time (read: a few hours) to spend

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  i walk through campus and say stuff i cannot vlog to save my life

  

  Behold. I attempted to vlog. https://www ... thought there’d be more. So one of my jobs is being a tour guide for the ... tour typically lasts around 75 to 90 minutes, and it pays pretty well. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  Oftentimes the best way to learn something is to teach it. I've decided to try this approach to study for my 2.003 test coming up. WARNING ... 're solving for!)). 2) Moment of Inertia. We need to find it. For the wheel

  • by Snively '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  tote bag tour i have so many things to carry

  

  's all of the bags I have... for now. But I'm always trying to get that bag ... ’s the perfect size for my A5 notebook, and that one’s big enough to hold ... hide no longer–I was in it for good, and I wasn’t going to stop. And that

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 2, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  to no avail. Finally, we applied for a 5-bed property that's a 20 ... expectations for achieving this were hella low, we managed to pull it off; we ... expectations and locate properties, so I'm grateful to my group members for being

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Evolution of Physics Physics gets harder as you get older, go figure.

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 Blogging Scholarship for $10,000! I don't like physics. A lot of people seem to think I do. I'd like to ... nightmarish ones for you to see. Ready? Can you handle this

  • by Snively '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  for you to share your thoughts and feelings with a broader audience. My ... I'd like to publish on this blog some of your reflections about applying to college. Not just applying to MIT, but the entire college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / Events

  APPLE BAKE channeling midterm stress into baking, sculpting, and completely destroying apples for decades

  

  addition to a set of custom-designed Apple Bake mugs for the top five winners ... ; This event was such an amazing opportunity for students to showcase their ... 't be able to hold it for the next two years since Burton-Conner is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  to the Church of the Covenant for a Fiction Keynote. One of my favorite ... lead the Keynote. Messud is famous for her New York Times-bestselling The ... Boston Book Festival brochure to him for a signature. I felt small in his

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  A Brief Addition to My Last Exposition (Or was it a narrative? My FCAT Writing skills are long gone.)

  

  key. The tube was by my front door. I missed it on my way in to find the ... My introduction to most of the MIT Admissions staff - aside from my ... comments to a post in some older blog y'all don't know about, when I was so

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 20, 2010