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• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  understand who you are - in context. Remember, we don't get a chance to meet ... connect. Crafting a class is similar - we go into painstaking detail to ... remember, only you can have the pieces to make the puzzle complete.

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Yay! A hack! Know what're cool? See title.

  

  practical jokes. But I'm going to build up the suspense a bit longer, because ... a photograph. As I walked into Lobby 7, camera in hand, ready to ... : Many thanks to rcg, who graciously allowed me to borrow a few of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  ...which may not be a big deal to most of you, but since I was on a ... Necklace, a series of connected parks/green spaces designed by Frederick Law ... we run to Jamaica Pond, which, as the route is also a team favorite, is

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fall Semester Recap my classes so far

  

  &M, last spring so I was eligible to take 8.021, a lecture-based format of ... note="Circuits and Electronics"]6.002[/annotation] as a follow up to 8 ... felt a bit bogged down about my inability to learn and pick up

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  Wow, lots of questions to address today! I guess I'll start by ... since the beginning of the summer. I've done a lot of assays to explore ... to sell my organs piece by piece on the global black market, I'm pretty

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  up" is often completed with a "I want to be" or a "I will try to." We ... through EMTing for a bit to help myself. It's all figured out, right? Where ... have to make hard decisions about polymers and cats and work or graduate

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

  Solar Car Pulled Over The MIT Solar Car Team got in a little trouble.

  

  were issued a fine, but if so, I'd be more than happy to help defray the ... Yesterday's Boston Herald had a story about the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team (SEVT) getting into a little trouble:   A group of MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  there are dues to be paid, you must accumulate a certain number and type ... is a Strange Place, a lecture given by MIT Physics Professor and Nobel ... to get Frank Wilczek, as he is also a writer, poet and is known to tell

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  by three dimensions: a) feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion; b ... more without working over time. The problem seems to be a lack of executive functioning: a (relative) inability to follow-through on the idea, i

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  decided to clean up the toilet, which was also a photoshoot on its own, with ... making it a calendar. It took us one year before it was released. Before ... wanted to expand the idea and manufacture a bunch of calendars to sell. Is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  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 ... . Reducing the pulsatility allows the cells to experience as close to a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a hell week do not try at home

  

  let me take a second to talk about the week i've had: last thursday ... thursday evening section of CMS.307 coincided with a 6.867 exam, so i had to make that up the next morning at 8 a.m. i hadn't studied nearly enough

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 27, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  . After stopping by a bakery to buy some roll cake (for breakfast the next ... course, Thanksgiving weekend. I have...a lot to be thankful for. Mom, if ... Thanksgiving day, we went to Chinatown for Thanksgiving dinner and had a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  catch up on other stuff, like [annotation note="i promised to make a blog ... up to a truly unbearable amount, but there would be gaps to breathe ... with items from my to do list is not a very healthy mindset and that i

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Busy times

  

  quite busy here in Admissions lately. In addition to the requisite 4 ... me. This morning was a meeting about our new viewbook, discussed in Ben's latest post, followed by some planning for Campus Preview Weekend, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  awesome for creating my new banner. Not to mention the fact that you are a perfect fit for MIT and I can't wait to see you as a freshman this fall. Remember to bring warm clothes... even our September weather may be a bit

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  your breaking point, and learn how to make time for yourself in order to ... happiness. I spent a semester burned out because it took me a long time to learn this balancing act. Focus on it early.   Andres A. '17 Try to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  energy it took to do all these things was always quite a bit. It didn ... times. Perhaps a habit I should try to tweak a bit. I was pushing myself ... November, I particularly struggled to find motivation. It's odd; a break from

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Admissions Update Updates about application numbers, application tracking, and more.

  

  released next week. The Midyear Report is to be filled out by all MIT ... (except January scores, which will take a few more weeks to arrive), and, if ... teacher may fax a copy to us. If they need another copy of the evaluation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  bills, don’t make weekend plans, don’t even finish applying to MIT, there ... , what makes this so special? why is it the end of the world? Well in a ... The Unified Theory, a.k.a Physics. That's right, it seeks to finish

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008