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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  to get some kind of perspective on what's out there should start by ... thought it would be nice to get away from that for a year. This isn't to say ... written by professional mathematicians exposes you to insights you might not

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  get enough sleep (and food) on the two flights it took to get to Manaus ... MIT). To get there, we took a boat ride up the Rio Negro – one of the ... to pass the time by singing the songs in our upcoming concert. Before

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  loves her some frappuccino, so we decided to get right back on the T and ... nothing else to do, we capped off the evening by strolling into the nearby ... So, we had this great idea of going to Shakespeare on the Common, a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  ? Sounds crazy, right? – because you want to get away from your parents as ... or class ranks or gossip or student club presidencies to get in the way ... just returning to school in the fall, you finally get to work on that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The One and Only Melis

  

  thought that it'd be imposing of me to ask if I could get help from her in ... that I'd try to narrate her story by myself, but I soon realized that ... was a no-brainer. I couldn’t seem to get the research out of my

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  back to MacGregor, a thunderstorm hit. And by hit, I mean a torrent of ... appears to be passing by Boston with only a moderate amount of wind and rain ... Declaration of Independence (not the signing; get your facts straight, kids

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  time to blog about a nice little semi-formal event that wasn't just for ... we are nerds that are totally socially inept and get all flustered, panicked, and uncomfortable at dances. This stereotype is widely disproven by

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  . Once you’ve gotten started, submit your Intent to Participate by December 30, 2015 and get ready to submit your final research abstract, report ... In the midst of a whirlwind-like semester I promise to eventually

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  have their neighbors be eaten by countries, have entries dedicated to ... prodding, as long as he gets to bite back. Aside from class, there's a huge ... this exists. Don't let it get to you! Monica queries: I have been

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  worm - not bad eh? Not to get into the science too much here, but the ... as a model to see what these genes actually do by knocking them out in ... consistently over 30 hours per week running assays and getting results. I used to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  , unwilling to give up its secrets. Frustrated by the lack of cooperation from ... week, this is usually two hours or so, to make sure that I can get back ... lyrics by fun.']fun.,[/annotation] "Walking the Dog" Yet whenever I cross

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.

  

  notebook? If so, I'd be happy to come get it from you Thanks, Mitra I got ... 's find a time and place to meet up and get/give back your stuff. As you may have guessed, I was thrilled to get this email and am currently

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  "I'll just get by this semester and be more organized next semester ... I'm gaining money rather than losing it. Lastly, I also wanted to get ... This New Year, I want to try a resolution that would mandate how I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  get to keep a blog. No joke. Part of the requirements are to write ... plenty interested. I've even managed to get myself tangled up in potential ... ." That's SO WEIRD. You don't get to say things like that unless you're an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  [live blogging] astronomy field camp sky stalking in tenerife

  

  Minesweeper by 10 seconds (to 120 seconds)!! we found a supernova in a nice, big ... full week of observations 2) sometimes supernovae get eaten by gigantic ... while. i was working on reducing data to get light curves of Alinda, a

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mexico things my MISTI experience

  

  're applying to, but fortunately, the deadlines and requirements vary by country ... impression I have is that not getting an internship has much more to do with ... UROP" to anyone who asked about summer plans, when truthfully I had no

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 10, 2016
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  sometimes, but this semester proved to me that I can get it done. 2.009 pushed ... coming year: get more rest. I pushed back a lot of responsibilities to ... getting to collapse, I had to write two final papers, an application essay

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  finals and my leaving...) and I haven't been able to resist snapping some ... delightful wander around the city. We got back to MIT just as the sun was ... began an adventure to find the highest spot on campus which was both

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admitted Student Spring Meetings… ...the event when I decided MIT was for me.

  

  opportunity for many of you to attend spring meetings hosted by ECs and alumni ... learned a lot at the spring meeting I attended and had a great chance to get ... Okay, I admit it! I decided to come to MIT without the benefit of an

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  will be sleepless nights. There will be weeks you have to choose which work to do because you have too much and can't do it all. And there will be weeks where you feel like you're not good enough. Just remember to

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007