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  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  As the summer rolls on, we're starting to get a lot of questions from ... 'll answer these questions. Our approach to application "essays" is not a ... 's questions: We know you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  describe the specifics of what I do, but gives a general idea of why. It also ... Biomedical Research, with shots from my lab and our greenhouse. It's a pretty ... sequence. This is a data sample of a portion of the Arabidopsis metabolome

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Movie Marathon, Pt. I Watch ALL the things!

  

  Ah, readers, we meet again. I'm sorry it's been a while. Much as ... Simmons dining hall, I graduate in about a week...! ...But we will not ... never seen a movie involving time travel that I did not like. I can

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair technology, stickers and internships

  

  semester, Techfair is a student run career fair that showcases some of the ... . It's a day long ordeal, with the actual career fair running from 10am ... Bot, "a drink mixing machine that can build a custom mixed drink with

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  looking at a presidential election quiz; a long discussion about the ... 't become different colors. For example, what looked pinkish face-on became a ... - that somehow it's a victory for every human being. So, I managed to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Total immersion An MIT-Italy student finds her way around Rome

  

  ’ve come into a fuller realization of how interconnected Rome is. The first ... ). It took me a while to work up the courage to take a different bus to ... my bus only came every twenty to thirty minutes. So I stepped onto a

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  More for Admitted Students What to do now if you've been admitted to MIT.

  

  MIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only available to ... transportation) of MIT -- driving and parking in Boston is not a good experience ... enter themselves on the guestbook, it's a good way to share your contact

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  : We have received 18,064 total applications, a 1% increase over last ... system isn't showing a document yet, relax and wait just a little while ... applications have been read. So don't worry. At this time, do not send a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  sweetness of acidic foods after miraculin is equal to that of a 17% sucrose ... approved by the FDA as a sweetener or food additive, but is mass-produced in ... . Interest in miraculin spiked after a May 2008 New York Times article on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  MIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only available to ... -- driving and parking in Boston is not a good experience. Local Admitted ... themselves on the guestbook, it's a good way to share your contact information

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  had a realization the other day that Cambridge is my home. I will always hold a place in my heart for Colorado, and I will be comfortable where ... sure it has been that way for the past two and a half years, but it is

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  the best engineering school in the world—we have a circus live behind our campus for a week every fall!” This all being said, I should ... Gardens where the circus is actually held. Rose ’14, a Simmons resident

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Nerd Love Beauty and the Science!

  

  while enjoying a complimentary meal."), or the Tech's annual "Sex ... currently pursuing a PhD in analytical biochemistry. Here she is on PBS ... : She was your typical biochemistry "whiz kid", who geeked out as a lab

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  Charles River has been replaced by a partial one that I can glimpse if I ... . It's so nice to be back; I didn't quite have a whole lot of time to ... !! I've pseudo-met my campers via a brochure that was sent out, detailing

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  MyMIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only ... distance of MIT -- driving and parking in Boston is not a good experience ... admitted students can enter themselves on the guestbook, it's a good way to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  admits from Texas; I more or less got my wish, with a few Mainers thrown in ... admirably ambitious - it was a pleasure to meet you :) The RA telethon will continue on Thursday, so if you didn't get a call yesterday, don't worry; we

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITSO Gone Wild! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] MITSO performs with Aardvark Jazz Orchestra!

  

  Orchestra (MITSO) played an exceptionally original and edgy concert. As a ... . This concert was unique for several reasons: 1. We premiered a newly ... symphony was composed by Charles Shadle, a faculty member in the Music

  • by ARTalk
  • March 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Update: App Tracking & More All of the mail has been processed, and MyMIT Application Tracking is up-to-date.

  

  a good time for you to check up on the status of your application ... Part 2, Secondary School Report and Transcript, Evaluation A (math or ... time. We will wait a while longer before having it evaluated to give you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of Class Sick.

  

  some reason the idea of spending five hours in lecture sent me into a ... jokes aside, I am actually sick, and I haven't been this sick in a while ... were starting - because a few days ago, I got kicked out of my

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Noam Chomsky and the humanities at MIT Chomsky gives a talk on Iraq on May 23

  

  will provide them with a well-rounded education. Will they graduate from MIT knowing about math and science and nothing else? Would attending a ... century English literature exclusively, then the Institvte is probably not a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 25, 2008