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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  information. Basically, Lander exerted pressure on Francis Collins and others to ... the end, the Human Genome Project finished first, mostly thanks to a new ... contribution to the Human Genome Project (you know... the one that sequenced the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lost in the Pages of the Institute are we out of the woods yet, are we in the clear yet

  

  .042 midterm of the semester, which took place on Tuesday. I managed to dedicate ... I didn’t do so well on, after which I convinced myself to work harder ... , to “get by”, but far below what it felt like to be swimming in new

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  The Proposal One part hack + two parts romance = Lobby 7 love!

  

  . For example, last week, some people constructed the following to celebrate the release of the new Harry Potter book: One of my favorite "hacks" (if you can call it that) occured on May 20th, 2004 -- right in the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  contrast.   On the way back, my mom went to go meet up with a high ... could live here—indeed, I plan on it. I want to live in both my parents ... Seoul faster and more conveniently on the train than by driving, if you’re

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Contraception and Safe Sex at MIT! sexual!! health!! is!! important!!

  

  extra to be on a whole other insurance plan, so you have the option to waive the Extended plan and just be on the basic plan. To reiterate, the ... FREE AT MIT MEDICAL. YES, YOU HEARD ME. YOUR PARENTS DON'T EVEN HAVE TO

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Work, friends, sleep – pick three In which I manage time effectively.

  

  hours on a MONDAY. And I got to sleep by 1AM, and then I woke up in time ... sometimes I get on my computer to check my mail and somehow spend five hours ... . I refuse to get another 47 on another organic chemistry exam, so I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  ] You can't put on your resume things that you don't [do] Here in 3 ... out phrases or clauses just to save on words, but I did it and felt like ... important part of your application, since you have the chance to open up about

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  summer side projects a nonzero amount of them are final fantasy related

  

  before it gave up for the day. my original plan had been to work on my ... bookstore in NYC and bought it for me on the spot. i finally got around to ... love to do a thesis on final fantasy 7 (somehow). reading cracking the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Teacher of the Year MIT's notable alumni include amazing teachers.

  

  teachers was recently named New Jersey Teacher of the Year. Here's what the ... tables and are asked to solve problems too complicated for one. So, they ... class a cool place. In recognition, he's been selected as the New Jersey

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  the food processor, and you turn it back on. And you start to worry a ... . All of this to say, even when it seems like your processor is full of ... have to just keep going. And just when you're really losing hope, like

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  work // life trying to figure out the balance

  

  different places on earth, walking from memory to memory, making new friends ... "]clone[/annotation] something new every day. steven introduces me to the rest of the team, which ... "]boba[/annotation]. then it's back to the office, and i have a 1-on-1 with steven and he

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 17, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  No Touching one plane, two planes, red plane, Corn Dog

  

  Emirates hung their flags next to each other on the wall.   Meanwhile ... paraded their airplane into the hangar, it was common to overhear good ... , and compliments about everything from the landing gear design to the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 11, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  being present im in st petersburg!!!

  

  entirely new to me. And yet it’s a completely different feeling knowing that ... . So even on days when I’m stuck at home, going to office hours after ... bad to just slow down for a while, to focus more on taking in the world

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  to occupy it, one thing is constant: email. During my two years on ... announcing large social events to publicizing important surveys on campus ... least socially acceptable. Feel free to reuse them at your own risk. Tier

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  would have sprinkled holy water on it if I had access to some. If someone ... how painfully obvious that was. Of course you have to do your best. How ... well I needed to do on the next exam to get an A in the class. I thought

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a walk down memory lane in the form of albums

  

  Recently, I've stopped listening to new music releases in favor of ... this post: Birth to ??? 5th Grade?: Whatever's on the radio/whatever my ... 're Going Down (this was around 2008). I would then go on to listen to and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  Zambia here and here) Anyway, here's the new ZigZag. I've got lots more to ... just in time for a crazy week in the office. Now, I'm off on group travel ... schools can help them change the world. I could have talked for hours on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  , and I'd like to congratulate you on your acceptance! That's right! I was ... action telethon! 54 MIT students total came to chill out and check up on ... , during which Christina and I called our parents to congratulate them on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  A Field Trip Every day brings something new.

  

  what there is to know about MIT. But I don’t think I even come close. Every day, I discover something new about MIT; I’m so amazed by everything that goes on here. Case in point: over the past year or so, I’ve been

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 22, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  on our refrigerator, listing all the dishes that had to be made. It ... effort for people you care about. Sometimes, you have to break your back a ... , timing, so on and so forth. Then, on the day of, we got up at 7 AM to make

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021