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• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA-mazing Lots of tidbits about the biology program at MIT.

  

  most is to read anything you can get your hands on -- if you have a broad ... to grad school after getting some work experience aka job...for say 1 ... credibility...What are your views... Oh, yeah, it's totally normal for people to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  you'd get to meet and interact with your adviser every week. But this ... idea of what you're going to eat for lunch today (update post-lunch: a ... advising options for freshmen, and it's very easy to get overwhelmed among

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  be weeks where you feel like you're not good enough. Just remember to ... lot of work, to relax sometimes and hang out with your friends. It makes ... certainly an unusual place. Case in point: no one really asks how your day is

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  decisions, to get an email back about a potential UROP, waiting for something ... my team can get back on the water again, and waiting to see if my ... , or between now and whatever you're waiting for. Things to Make While

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  lessons learned this summer reflecting back on a summer that flew by

  

  't actually that easy to lose getting into routines is hard falling out of ... somewhere that's not boston. i want to get out of boston. living in LA ... my summer is coming to an end. i think shuli mentioned this in a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  to be my biology advisor (if you have two majors, you get two advisors ... -- and when Albert's not in the lab, I get to take over his desk! The ... . Albert's always there to help me if I get confused or hit a dead end. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for Admitted Students

  

  Congratulations and welcome to the Class of 2013! Feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted An open thread for admitted students.

  

  Congratulations and welcome to the Class of 2013! Feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates.

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted A forum for students who were admitted.

  

  Congratulations and welcome to the Class of 2012! Feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Dark Side of the Moon Mi vida. Nada m√°s.

  

  (such as dinners and certain speaker series) and get to know us better! If ... wonderful way to get involved! And, Autumn came to visit - last night, the ... school in terms of cross-admits with MIT. If you apply to both and get

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying in China on MIT’s Budget: a Guest Post by Saul W. ‘14 Saul double-majored in Math and Asian & Asian Diaspora Studies.

  

  up at your door, you get to go hunting for your stuff in China. You get ... if you're going to do all this stuff on the street you also have to ... . Of course, there are some accidents… and then you get to see citizens

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  have to put on your gear, get on rope, ascend, change over to using your repelling gear, repel, change over to your ascending gear again, and get off ... needed to wash my hair, I decide to take a shower. Between that, getting

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  lab or get a paper published in a top journal. I have to admit this ... you get very used to working together and helping other people think ... has helped a little. Aditya is right, it's hard to get straight answers

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  Arizona doesn’t have those things, it just takes a lot longer to get there ... department that tends to get lumped together with the life sciences, but that ... in one way or another, and I’m excited to hit the ground running to get

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  ."]PhD[/annotation] programs.  Well, I don’t really have to make a decision until if I get in ... you because we want to reevaluate your application as is (i.e. it is ... you’re proud of, or a realization of how you want to better the world

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  -blank: “Do you think you’re getting all of this because you’re a girl?” That ... could’ve resorted to self-deprecation (you’re right, I don’t deserve this) to ... might be nice to my face, but I know they were secretly upset. They didn

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  you get to MIT, you’ll have had about eighteen years (or less for some of you overachievers) to figure out your hobbies and interests. Many ... ’ve spent your whole life being told to try new things and find what you like

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  glad Which reminds me, to save more money Gotta get Dial Gold - as my ... to see how much I've grown In brainpower and stamina for sleepless nights Time kept a rhythm, while we scraped along Now we start to peer

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  enough to get me thinking about giving up my Dell and lucky Asics. If I end ... enough to keep Steve Jobs busy for a weekend -- today, Apple and Nike ... of sense to me. Why does Apple need to partner with a particular shoe

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  : it's actually possible to get full credit on something at MIT. Even if ... semester would get really busy once I decided to take on one full-time UROP ... get the post up, but didn't get around to asking my senior lab manager

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011