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• Blog / Admissions

  You Complete Me What makes an application complete for Early Action, and related Q&A.

  

  're available; this is mostly for the Regular Action selection committee ... I see that there's been a bit of discussion in the comments about the ... set of scores now; we won't need them until we go into the Early Action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  major, not a major crisis necessarily, though it certainly is a question ... .[/annotation] The truth is, though, that an undergrad plan studying all of the fields ... -majoring is out of the question.   With all that in mind, I went into

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Melis and the AXO Chocolate Factory AXO Fondue was last night!

  

  of which have houses. We help our party at the AXO "Mansion," which is ... : As this is the first big event that I planned, I got to learn the ... the same event, you know it's the place to be and be seen =) Last night

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  Galactica: Is this the best science fiction show ever? What do you think ... ? Who do you think are the last 5 Cyclons? Is Starbuck a toaster? Is she ... for your mind, not your body. Look at the bright side: unlike the real

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wake Up Calls because The Big Picture needs you

  

  definitely not unnoticeable among the masses of people who obviously slept the ... can't understand my notes is not because they are written in some odd ... every single student is a massive super genius. (Proof that I am not is

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  from the future. I got a crash course in not burning out - and my mentor ... somewhere in my future. Such is the promise of my dreams, my education, and ... . It's odd to think about it in this way, but MIT is one of the last

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  ... ...the first thing you think about is a certain protein used in recombinant ... one test My fate and class grade is sealed With one test I'm the good ... grade is comprised of 4 exams. I've been getting A-'s in the exams in that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life or something like it Apparently this blog is supposed to be about my life. So here's some stuff about…

  

  exclamation points and intruige. But alas, my life is full of the same sorts of ... basically one of the gods of stem cell research. The man is a pioneer in his field, is routinely quoted in the New York Times, and he knows my name. So

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Coming to a theater near you! (Or auditorium... or gym... or lecture hall...)

  

  This is my last week in the office before I hit the road to come see ... the recruitment, not the travel. I'm looking forward to the school visits and the big regional info sessions. I'm not looking forward to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Every square is a rectangle A brief look at every student activity at MIT.

  

  the term, working desk is a great opportunity for me to make a little ... last one is really annoying, so I make people who ring the intercom show ... , although supposedly this is the only collegiate square dance group in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  molecular research is not necessarily the right future career path for me, but ... one. :p Truth is, I have not been doing much this semester other than ... aging pathway of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (a roundworm that is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Learning about the ABCs Apple Bake Competition, At Burton Conner

  

  The Apple Bake Competition is an annual event held by the [annotation ... clear the M does not stand for anything else, contrary to what my floor ... ="so i admit that we historically have not had the best track record with

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 29, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  "Mechanics and Materials I," is my first class that's part of my major. I'm not ... like the plague, so being willing to practice it is a huge first step ... (home of the OLPC) and its description states that it is Intended for

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  half of the grand plan is moving fast on track. Two weeks ago, the MIT ... so much energy to each class, it was hard not to be excited. After the ... winning; but when the goal is so clear – “ECTC Division I Champions (again

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  school and it is one of the best videos of all time. It is tangentially ... ! And when you're not tackling the life emergence question, what are you ... , and they are awesome (see picture, sign as not-Andrei). ^ That is not

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Let’s Take a Walk until orientation!

  

  you read the description you'll see why I called it that. The PDF is ... Orientation is about to arrive and all of a sudden MIT will be ... maybe even meet some new friends. Orientation is just like CPW all over

  • by Snively '11
  • August 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  change the world. Let's not forget that there actually is a world out there ... the meat of this post. MIT is the greatest place I know to study any ... . The low student-to-faculty ratio is definitely something you should take

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing

  

  ," where we write poems to the inktober prompts. We're both not really ... , water, and debris pool in the dips and valleys. The wind is still now ... voice, and sing, elegiac, to the open air. There is always a storm just

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I?TFP

  

  .004. Usually the labs for 6.004 are not so bad - they take maybe five hours. For ... 12.5% of our total grade in the class, I was not so happy about it. I ... least not without serious help. I started wondering why the hell I was

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  from the firehose this month. This post is about that, and it has a happy ending. The past is a lesson learned. I share it with you... I can ... . Every part of my body abhorred that idea. I could not, at the dawn of a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014