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• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  have to make hard decisions about polymers and cats and work or graduate ... . From 3D printing To designing shoes To adhesives To making ... up" is often completed with a "I want to be" or a "I will try to." We

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

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  lower/middle-class kids can't or shouldn't make time to daydream, or the ... . First, an applicant should never assume something to be true about a ... make assumptions about applicants. At the Harvard Admissions Institute

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  students to make something with it, for example. When we think about what ... old applications, which got me down to the Institute Archives, looking ... , and think about whether we want to change them.  Strategically

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Cultured C-Show 2011

  

  that I was capable of turning off my alarm and going back to sleep, without any conscious knowledge of my actions. (2) I listened to my 18.03 (diff eq) professor sing in class, to general applause and awe. (3) I ate

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…

  

  microspheres that can potentially be used to develop a cancer vaccine. Genetic vaccines work by inducing an immune response to a protein that is produced by ... the DNA into the nucleus, which Sid achieved by encapsulating the DNA in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  happen because people make them happen. MIT tends to take away the belief ... facebook group last night, and wanted to copy it here in case anyone out there is still deciding where to go for college. happy decision day

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy New Year! And so two thousand nine begins...

  

  Happy new year everyone! I'm hanging out at my sister and brother-in-law's new house, enjoying the snow and festivities. (By the way, for those who ... zone! :) ) I've made my new year's resolution to try and work out more

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come Together What do you believe in?

  

  the hypothesis "wanting something doesn't make it real", we find one physically significant counter-example to this premise. Let's start from the ... Munroe. Generally the comic is true to its tagline. It's nerdy, it's cute

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  For My Fellow Coffee Lovers Out 3 choices will soon be 4.

  

  coffee - yep, I think I could make that a daily event, especially in the ... going to turn into (first) a debate about whether or not DD's coffee is palatable (people seem to have strong opinions on both sides of this argument

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  A lively Dead Week what i've been up to

  

  's concerts. This is very handy to make sure we avoid conflicts, and also very ... , hosted all the bloggers who could make it to dinner at his apartment. It ... I'm given to understand that at other colleges, students actually get

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  one of the coolest project classes at MIT. I'll be sure to make a post ... If I had to explain what Junior year's been like so far.... I'd say ... anything...) Since I'm a visual person, I drew this little photo to explain

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  GET A BIKE very important psa

  

  "]Lobby 7,[/annotation] so if i needed to get to a class in Building 16 by 10 ... return to/arrive on campus, you should consider getting a bike. it's so ... never thought i needed to bike anywhere, but y'all, i was wrong. SO wrong

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  All the advice you’ll need for the next twelve hours not clickbait

  

  It's okay to feel anxious or excited or nervous. But if you can ... to handle, there's no shame in distracting yourself with things to do ... ". In hindsight, it's tempting to be black-and-white, and say that you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Little Snails SciFi movie marathons rock my socks!

  

  brought by the giant Traags to the Traags' home planet, where they are kept ... by the Skekses starts his dangerous journey to find the missing shard ... to do all the classic MIT things before graduating. Accordingly, LSC

  • by Bryan
  • January 28, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  . Namely:  It’s my very last semester (still trying to wrap my head around this) I have already completed every requirement to graduate (except ... to document, especially because I am lucky to have more

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  i saw you four ways to follow MIT students

  

  to vicariously ride the ups and downs of MIT. they can't tell you if ... lot to glean from the comments. of course, the platforms all have some ... embarrassingly MIT? we're lucky to have some people share their good news. there

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 16, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....

  

  To celebrate the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Google ... , you can see what the moon is made of ;-) (thanks to diana for pointing this out) Freshman year, one of my classes was actually taught by former

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did an MIT grad start Khan Academy?

  cousin, Nadia, in math over the internet. By the end of 2006, more ... fund analyst to start Khan Academy, a nonprofit educational organization created to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  , so they're going to ticket the event by invitation only with a ... as best as we can to find a venue that's the appropriate size. Also, by ... posts that mentioned MIT President Susan Hockfield's trip to the White

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up

  

  simple, right? Well, designing this lab was a marathon. We wanted to make ... the end of each semester to fill out course evaluations. Professors do make adjustments based on student evaluations, but sometimes I wonder if

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 17, 2012