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  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  ), they would never come anywhere near biology. Group B on the other hand is ... cancer detection, how can I simulate this phenomenon on a chip, etc. I ... ) which is always a surprise to students at MIT course 20 and not. On the

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  kind of works on my phone, and since I have the VPN I can access everything on my laptop (thank goodness, because my life depends on Google ... ) was MIT’s graduation and I was looking at all the pictures on Facebook

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ROTC Is Life (In a Good Way) Everything you ever wanted to know about ROTC at MIT (and then some)

  

  program, typically on the days when we wear our uniforms. So here are our ... inspection on the left photo. In the right photo, Rachel is on the left and Tessa is on the right, excited for an incentive flight on a KC-135

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  ’t worry so much! You’ll be happy wherever you end up!”, and so on. Okay ... ? Well, I’m not on any admissions committee, so I can only speculate ... . Focus your application on some of these points. Or at least keep them in

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  through some possible courses of action, and settled on: moping. First, I ... "advice you can give me on how to move forward from here." I thanked them ... had discussed me at the grading session, I arranged to meet with him on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  essays for our awards applications, was on the drive team at the regionals ... , because MIT only accepts the most flawless human beings on the planet." NO ... , when I'm no longer on the team, that all my hard work was part of a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  , excited prefrosh and have a great 45 minute conversation, and ride on a high ... student events, talks, and dorms than you would by visiting on any other ... around the clock; there are never less than five or six events going on at

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Events

  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  ever written on the subject of Facebook privacy. So you can imagine my ... competition on a grand scale. Teams of up to 200 people attempt to be first to ... that has been hidden somewhere on the MIT campus. This past year, my team

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  : Arrived in Billings, Montana at 12:30 PM MST, on the same flight as Bowen ... (maybe - in order to digress, don't you have to be on topic in the first ... This all took about an hour. Then, we would, depending on the size of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus visit, revisited In which I dissect the campus tour/ info session and forget to clean up afterward

  

  cobwebs instead of on the interwebs (Pun #1, check). Check out what I wrote ... that night, the lights in the building would be turned on to spell SOX ... of my day goes on to include a lavish, adjective-laden description of a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  blog ,it may help her. Thanks Oh boy, I could go on for hooours about the ... 's perspectives on the topic here. I said: I'm off to grab some food, head to a 2 ... get off campus for awhile. I'm even more confident to not continue on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  ? Jess Kim is one of those people for me. I was debating earlier on what ... things. Also, lists are really easy to comment on, because you can say ... air travel, you'd think I I would never step foot on a plane again. When

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  line, it's a step function. And sometimes all you can do is just hang on ... physics their first semester here. The vast majority take a course on ... some people...and simply doesn't for others. (Karen has more to say on

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.

  

  sooner ("just tell me the decision ALREADY!"). But more on this at the ... day, I'll be hopping on a jet plane, bound for the tropical island of ... of 2011) are also the first year in which a 5 on AP Biology is no

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  ? On on side I can get a PC with tons of programs, downloads, familiarity, and 'cheap' prices. On the other side, I can get a Mac with it's super ... comes to OS, so I plan on just sticking to Windows, far superior. Although

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  Happy Valentine's Day! Answers to questions received through 2PM on ... . ------------------------------------- Am wrote: "I was admitted early and definitely plan on going. At what ... . These decisions are made on a case-by-case basis by the Dean and the

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  Thanks, everyone, for your feedback on the admitted students parties ... . Thanks Asli! Alex reported on the Austin meeting: It was a lot of fun ... stories too. It was great. [Alex] And Victoria and Lupe on the Bay Area

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  On today, Ben Jones's last day at MIT (no!), let's take a look back ... design stuff, I format stuff, I code stuff. I try to keep my finger on the ... period, culminating with a ceremonious shave on mailing day in March. Only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  , so I might be on to something?  HIGH SCHOOL I started running ... where to be on the court? How do you set up plays? Volleyball was better ... is (almost) 4, rinse and repeat. When I was on the track and the pain

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  tunes of interphase! or, how to leave home and look cool doing it

  

  hometown started closing in on me in October, and it would’ve kept doing so ... place It won't hurt ever again --and two main things on my mind: MIT ... social life early, and get a head start on exploring networking

  • by Angie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024