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• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  explanation, including a circuit diagram and drivers on his website, in case ... the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, he played a key role in ... possible now that the human genome is sequenced. The challenge for biology

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Reality is merely an illusion… Ben : The OC :: Sam : ?? . Oh wait, you took the new…

  

  anything. But should it be? Hmmm... You have no idea how excited I was for ... Race for three years now. A short twelve-and-one-half months and I will ... am done with all my work for the semester if I can be reading about

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  I thought it would be good to share here too for those of you who may ... find that this is even more so the case for people whose parents had ... people in other fields, too, but we’ll see. For now, I’ll just start with

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  braids for the first time. Luckily, I got my hair done by another student ... hair in a protective style for a few weeks and not have to think about it.  I went to Veggie Galaxy, a vegetarian restaurant on Mass Ave, for the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  job on IQ-TREE has been running for more than an hour. For my UROP, I ... supervisor. me: i've been running it for A While now and it's on iteration 700 ... try to submit it again, but maybe i put it in wrong at the fasta level

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  bit of my inner self for flaws and merits. Why, on December 13, I had to ... that. I’d probably go to a local state school and maybe apply for ... school did not prepare you for a basic survival skill. Your group was the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  spell it? A: A “pset” is short for “problem set”, and it is the most ... agree. However, for the purposes of this blog and my future ones, I will ... (and advocate for universal acceptance of) the “pset” standard, unless I

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  I've never been one for actually truly believing in karma (what goes ... summaries are short and reading them will help prepare you for class. This ... this was probably mostly due to illness, but a lot of it still holds for

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  , including staining some neurons with antibodies and preparing for an ... . 6:00 PM -- Step aerobics PE class. 7:00 PM -- I cheered for the ... in lab, be on the cheerleading squad, and work for the admissions

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  [live blogging] astronomy field camp sky stalking in tenerife

  

  14/01/2025 20:00 this IAP, i am in Tenerife for 12.411 (astronomy ... satisfies the thesis requirement for astronomy minors and some unknown requirement for course 12 (earth and planetary science) majors. as part of the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition

  

  examiners, i registered for what i hope will be the equivalent of 48 units at ... difference is that there is more room for a self-guided pace. concretely, this ... . instead, there are only one or two courseworks you actually have to submit

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 22, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  for. Most MIT students take an average of 1 or 2 finals a semester (and ... predictably excruciating to prepare for. Never again. I also regret not taking ... time, but sometimes I would submit psets that were on time and very

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  campus and NOT chill… for every friend i have whose IAP itinerary somewhat ... little sidequests, our paths mainly crossing for dinner in a dorm lounge or ... intrinsic talent for gambling…) i am currently planning on being a [annotation

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time ... requesting an extension for May 1? I have not received my financial aid ... the May 1 deadline for financial aid-related reasons. If you would like

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  A half semester told through paper grownup show and tell

  

  .022 Physics II pset, which was due yesterday. On the right is a scale for ... ; what mattered most was the schedule, which was posted on the website anyway. The paper was useful for recording data. We measured the height of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  Okay, so what I am about to recount for you happened like 2 whole ... and today, MIT hosted hundreds of middle and high school students for a ... Magnetism, for which I sought out a little help. The Edgerton Center is quite

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  recent events I've been meaning to blog about for a while - and well, I ... for the next four years without having to be (as) afraid of failure. Don't save all your work for the night before it's due. Seriously

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  heaters and electric blankets for the coming winter. Although I'd love to ... shelter for the southern Californians here at MIT, I think we can agree that ... 's probably also difficult for you to think about the world beyond MIT (don

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Days in NYC

  

  case/project work featured on our website each week. We hope you enjoy it and share items of interest with your friends and colleagues. For more ... ========================================== It Matters Which Way You Slice It: Risk Management for the 2005

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Party in the MIT This is some scary stuff.

  

  admissions website. The link has been sent to a couple of dorm lists and is

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2009