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  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  to the cemetery where Jim Morrison is buried because we had an hour to ... ironic that this huge, 100-plot cemetery is filled with French aristocrats ... know it as "the cemetery where Jim Morrison is buried." Granted that Jim

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  . For those of you that don’t know S.A.T is a page for Asian people to ... there is a level of connection that I just can’t or don’t have with you ... people. A comment you will hear quite a bit is “yeah my high school had

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  Boston is a marvelous city! During the school year, I have ... . This post is Part 1.0 of my favorite ways to burst the MIT bubble ... Street MBTA station, the Boston Common, oldest park in the country, is the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  body is not pleased that I'm getting up so early. 7:54 AM. I roll out of ... transfection mix. I use Excel, because my postdoc's calculator is sketchy ... , an enzyme whose job it is to stick pieces of DNA together. 45 min, room

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  :( charging spots near desks is far from where I live so I stay there is ... lighting is eh [annotation note="Department of Urban Studies and Planning ... floor lounge is kind of small and literally never empty MIT

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Gothic You are reading an admissions blog post. You are reading tumblr.

  

  Hemingway in dramatic black and white. There is perhaps my favorite meme that ... , especially around this time of the semester. The rest of this blog post is by ... chalkboard is already covered in equations. The desks are covered in equations

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  18.304 (discrete math) is one of two communication intensive (CI ... my math major. (The second one, which I’m taking this semester, is 18 ... grandfather, who was very, very dear to me, emphasized to me that there is a lot

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Views of Campus, the Charles River, and the First Snow with a snowman and a snow dalek

  

  My dorm, the 117-year-old Random Hall, is identical to the older ... the season on the Charles River this past Monday night. The view is of ... student. In this image Boston is on the right and MIT is on the other side

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 20, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  out of me is starting to feel like making myself vomit when there ... -quarters classes (45 credits), which is the smallest number of credits that I have ever taken at MIT (the second lowest comes in at 54, which is four and a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
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  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  community.   What IS Cru? Cru is a caring community of individuals ... ="102008" /] We do lots of events across Boston is what I’m trying to say. Some ... sounded like extra work, but it is genuinely so rewarding and fulfilling

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  Adams, chapter 6 This post is shameless. There haven’t been very many ... ). One that comes to mind is while replica plating. Replica plating is a ... uninhabited petri plate. It is important that you mash steadily. If you don

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
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  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  problem is not necessarily that you need to work "harder". Organic ... enough" is easy. The challenge is to admit that the way you study doesn’t work, or is inefficient. Maybe you spend a lot of time doing problems you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  Mashable is running a story today called New Facebook App Tells ... selecting schools to send an application to easier. On Tuesday, the company is ... students how likely it is that they will be admitted to each school on their

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  before it's due. I'm well aware that this is one of my greatest flaws, and ... hospital gown thinking, "eh, I'll breathe again in an hour or so. Inhaling is ... times, because time management is such a necessity. Sometimes I tell

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  , which is why I'm going to reprint my first-ever College Confidential post ... officer. Nothing I say here is official policy. It's my interpretation of ... blogs, is the popularity of the "stats post". Some eager applicant posts a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  Today is my first day of school as a PhD student at MIT. Today is also Dr. Abe’s memorial service. Today would have been his 99th birthday ... is a long one and remember that life is meant to be enjoyed. Thanks for

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  small subset of the whole—have no qualms about telling us exactly what is ... alumni that whatever they’re concerned about is not as bad as they think it is; firsthand information from students can change minds.) “Well, I

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  nervous prefrosh. I hope you like it! If you're curious, here is the Ze ... might lift your spirits: An Open Letter to MIT Applicants and Life is Like ... ’s no chance of getting in when secretly your heart/brain/stomach is

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  little of the confusion is actually about racial identity and identification.  In reality, most of the confusion is about how to best leverage a ... . In that respect, I appreciate the spotlight that is now shining

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  is the only path to success, which is a topic for another post.) I ... hearing that MIT is what it is because of the people who go here, but it's true: MIT is what it is because the people here create their own

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011