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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  superior culture for learning. These three branches are the colleges, which ... arrange for me to have approximately 4 supervisions per class per term. The ... subject exceedingly well. In preparation for these supervisions, you are to

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  breakfast for those 10 extra precious minutes of sleep. Get ready for class in ... up some experiments, let the ones that need to run for awhile incubate ... time for a UROP). 1pm - 2:30pm Off to cellular neurobio (7.29). Hunger

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  for Global Health Practice,” (HST.939) we had a lecture by the world ... science/engineering award available, and is famous for his use of polymers for controlled drug delivery. If listening to him speak about his

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The View from 1000 Feet Life after MIT ... kind of

  

  8 months ago, an email from MIT asking me for money read something ... secure links below, and arrange payment for any charges shown. Statements ... 50 cents a day. Today, an email from MIT asking me for money reads

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  looks like I’ll be sticking around the lab for an extra week), presenting ... go out to the suburbs for that) and wandering on sidewalks for hours ... Killian Court, going to more events by the Lab for Chocolate Science

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  for no reason. Rar.) I was in the floor lounge to distract myself from ... lounge on Tuesday from 8-10 pm for the season finale of veronica mars. Not ... , I angrily support Wesley's reservation. As an avid VMars supporter for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  When I first got to MIT in August and checked in for Orientation, I ... off of it and realize that there's more stuff that I can check off. (For ... shouldn't!) Now that I've had too much fun for the weekend (wait, that

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  sometime the only) option for students looking to be challenged and ... for love of learning is a great reason to do so. In our admissions process, we are looking for students who enjoy a challenge and love learning

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  Association Vice-President, or UAVP, of MIT. In March, I ran for president, with ... 'm no longer UAVP. I wrote a column for the Tech, with a lot of emotional ... comes out for Commencement. So I decided, why not publish it here? My

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  write about while cheering for tonight's MIT mens' basketball game, and I ... cheerleaders. Do you cheer for the chess club?" Ha-frickin-ha.) Varsity sports ... gyms and free practice hours for members of the teams). We have an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  . We evaluate everything based on the US system. For example, students ... evaluated in context. "In my country (Kenya) students who sat for the ... . One of the questions on the app. asks, "What do you do for fun?" and

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The middle days of the week

  

  achievements, it is responsible for the Book Exchange, the Ride Board, and the Big Screw charity fundraiser. For some reason, MIT's chapter has drawn ... . Seuss book Mr. Brown Can Moo, for NBP's braille literacy program for blind

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  international students.   One of my goals for keeping this blog is to demystify what admissions officers do. I think that for many students, the ... less hectic) season, but it allows some time for deep thinking about what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Trp

  

  Building 100000 for you binary fans) and read, among other things, about how ... is moving quickly! All of this is good news for those of you excited ... limitations be seen in negative while considering me for the admissions?" The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  you're not interested. but for this post in particular, i think it ... than you have to. and if that is you, you are incredibly valid for ... , with stories just like mine. But I’m writing this anyway, if only for the

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  first one to wake up. I curse the morning air for being too cold to go back to sleep, and after checking my phone for five minutes, I get out of ... notebook, and she greets me good morning too. I work on a problem set for the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  THE BURTON THIRD BOMBERS pset, party, pset and party party, rinse, repeat

  

  Alright, here goes.   I’m a Burton Third Bomber. For the ... us lmao"]quite a reputation.[/annotation] BC is known for its floors ... that we were ever good at hockey...we’ve been in the D-D+ league for IM

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020
• Blog / CPW

  the two sides of CPW CPW as told by a prefrosh and an upperclassman

  

  don’t rEaLly regret it—it helped hype me up for everything to come ... that East Campus runs for the prefrosh, which probably sounds a lot ... staying for the weekend, before RUNNING to the Course 15 Luncheon. I then

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 24, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  . More on that later. I'm in Phoenix for the 2016 Intel International ... engineering research fair for high school students. Every year, millions of high ... qualify for more than $4,000,000 in scholarships, Special Awards (which are

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  clothes for years, had the same hairstyle that I had had when I was just a ... . Before I left home for Boston, my parents asked me the million dollar ... . It just meant now, instead of waiting for things to happen to me, I was

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015