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  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The Riemann Zeta Hypothesis was voted to be the most ... from high school was voted "Most likely to prove the Riemann Zeta ... 're going to adopt it for the incoming class of 2012. No no, not really. Well

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  started “The Digging Club”: I led two friends to a patch of grass on the ... everything familiar to me. Until then, my summers had been taken up by academic ... neuroscience; I read books by Oliver Sacks (who's my hero and should be yours

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  -time MIT faculty. It is awarded by other faculty members, which means the ... year's Killian Award and the person scheduled to teach us "What is a gene ... inability to engineer the DNA in yeast so that I could create yeast strains by

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  i (don’t) want to be alone on loneliness

  

  this larp. and yet, all i want to do is play video games (like slay the ... the seniors. i don't want to play the game of "is this the last time we ... get taken. the third row goes from just me, to another person near the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  A hack, for cap 🇺🇸 spoilers-free

  

  in the MCU (and is from the Boston suburb of Sudbury), seemed to ... , including tributes to Batman, LOTR, and R2D2. If you're unfamiliar with the MIT ... their best work in the dark), hackers installed a Captain America shield

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  the door. Please note that no RSVP is required. The meeting itself will ... . This is also a good chance for students to meet their interviewer face-to ... open Q&A. We'll take as many questions as we can and do our best to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  really like it--i'm content to be left alone most of the time, and i get to ... quick dispatch from my new room on the first floor of senior haus, just to share how my semester is going. somehow, 1.5 weeks into classes

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  that the biggest barrier to getting a good grade is their failure to turn ... the same way you might ask someone to define a vector space.   ... turn it in, and get distracted by something else on Canvas…and miss the

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Odds and Ends It's what's left

  

  ludicrously fast the semester was flying by when one of them pointed out exactly why that is. Turns out, the combination of September starting on a ... in at a pathetic and embarrassing two (not counting the two days we get

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Magic Of fluorescent cells and robots

  

  and freshman year is the time to build your foundational research skills ... or the coming spring, don’t hesitate to ask your supervisors or ... tired by the end of the day! But I am really happy though since I am doing

  • by Linh V. '13
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.

  

  's find a time and place to meet up and get/give back your stuff. As you ... 's entry -- this is a challenging time for the MIT admissions office, and hearing your thoughts, whether supportive or critical, is always

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  forbidden gatorade cell media looks tasty...

  

  cold bottle of media is advised. Other notes: “This is probably the best ... taste of alcohol. Is this safe??: 0/10 Probably not -- in addition to the ... with “Try not to drink the media.” This really just implies that cell

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Changes To Your MyMIT Account The no-online-notification thing may change in the future, but unfortunately not this year.

  

  A quick response to some of the questions we've been receiving: you won't notice any change to your MyMIT account until we're confident that ... longer any apps to track, only decisions... For those wondering about the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  RecomMITted On Ring Delivery and the halfway mark

  

  forward to in the next two years. PC: Chheangkea Ieng.   Best ... ; This semester has been by far the toughest, most challenging to date ... — come to get to this point — the celebratory halfway mark. The brass rat

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 2, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  eleven, not until you're almost twelve. That's the way it is.” working on ... Adult. And you don't always feel smart Adult either. That's the way it is ... life is about the day to day, the work you do each day to build towards a

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Admitted Students Welcome, Class of 2013!

  

  . =p 9,323. Stay by your phone (yeah, the one you put down on your ... with your friends, and relax! Take the time also to enjoy your senior ... 'll probably get more information about this in the package with your official

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  spent a couple of hours in the morning waiting to be seen by the doctor ... up throughout the night. When it was about time to get up, I crawled ... perfect for allowing mobility without allowing the foot to get further

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  --radical reenvisioning is the only way forward I see. Where can we go for healing and peace ... desensitized to the brutality. It is not enough to change the practices of police ... into what the people want it to become. Now, this country is going to be

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫

  

  see the need to sugar-coat any of this. If this is your first time to ... and potentially prompting them to not apply to MIT. The truth of the matter is, if I haven't met you, I'm not your friend. I don't want you

  • by Snively '11
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Application question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions? Answering FAQs about the awards section in the MIT application.

  

  way to fill this out. Do your best to place things where you think they ... tried to make the distinction. One way to think of it would be this ... message is this: there is no wrong way to fill out this section. Don't worry

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2009