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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  rest of the mice. Hmm, what else... one day I was doing a DNA extraction ... Although most of the time I coast through my days in lab in a whirlwind of science glee, I have to admit that every once in a while, the lab

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  i’m studying abroad this semester hello europe

  

  semester! For real! Okay, sadly, it's a remote program, because *gestures wildly at the state of the world*. Last semester, I took a non-credit class through Budapest Semesters in Mathematics. Here's a photo of me in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 7, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  the table without ever being consciously aware of doing so. -There's a ... 're doing grows old quickly, so that's enough of a brain dump for now. I ... Nearly two weeks ago, I promised you a Post of Substance™ to be put

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  took off, Boston dropped beneath me, a sea of darkness cut through by ... awesome Nigerian food—how I missed that!—and looking forward to a wedding ... circular dancing to a synchronized warble my cousins shimmied to, the heavy

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  ’m anemic, but I just could not remember to do it. This ended up being a good ... or incrementing them a little (read 15 books, do 15 photoshoots, etc ... to learn how to install wigs and do my own nails. There are a few other

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  Oh, you all thought you were getting a blog post from me? Not today ... other than "AGH MONKEYS WHY DO I FAIL AT LIFE," stories about what I've been doing with my life and which flights of stairs I've fallen down this

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  myself up less over the idea of always doing at least a fair amount of work on my birthday, because now I know that it's a sense of responsibility ... 've learned a number of things: At MIT, the week of my birthday has always been

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my test scores?

  MIT uses a holistic admissions process, so test scores are just one factor among many for evaluating your preparedness for MIT. Test scores are ... determines an admission decision (there is no single factor), but they do help
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  enough time to do anything else. Same lesson, I guess, but it hits a little ... lesson: I felt like there was never enough time to commute, do ... ."]I cannot do everything I want to.[/annotation] And this teaches you how to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  go; whatever you do. Stove-cook your oatmeal and never look back. We understand that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  go; whatever you do. Stove-cook your oatmeal and never look back. We understand that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  go; whatever you do. Stove-cook your oatmeal and never look back. We understand that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  EA, RA, and Transfer Updates Including the status of MyMIT tracking and the latest for those impacted by Sandy.

  

  should look equally good on a desktop, laptop, tablet, iPad, Kindle, mobile phone, iPhone, whatever.  What do you think?  Let us know how it ... documents. Do not worry/call/email if something is not showing up yet on your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day, Tau Time As the admissions decisions approach...

  

  60 Minutes?) What do you think?  Are you sold on Tau?  Or are you a Pi

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2010! By now many of the Early Action admitted students have received "Da' Tube".

  

  choice? Do you have reservations? Are you still in shock? Drop the Nance Effect a line and we'll chat! Tell us your story. I especially want to hear

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Sunday Everyone Go read Marilee's post... NOW.

  

  have done so, and have decided not to do a post of my own, because you

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  feeling disenchanted by a place that had been previously shrouded in a ... I had attempted to be (for lack of a better cliche) jack of all trades and therefore, master of none. I was more of a humanities

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  paired with a mentor in the Boston area to do an original scientific ... staff has a problem, I’m the one they call. But who do *I* call? Through ... than I learned in one year of being a student… and I’m not even working

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  last minute application panic for the procrastinators

  

  , please watch this calming .gif of a cat: Take a deep breath. Mmm ... date; it can be helpful to add them to a calendar app or spreadsheet ... the clock is ticking down. Anything might happen—there could be a power

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  semester wrap-up snaps and snippets

  

  was an mit student again. i took four and a half classes and worked a ... for the aero/astro degree. here is a part of that airplane (i worked on the software/communications/avionics subteam):   i learned a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 29, 2016