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  On abnormality

  

  biology research is one of the loves of my life). So I decided to devote ... extremely absentminded and occasionally forget which day of the week it is. I ... them... I suppose the weirdest and most anal thing of all is that I have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP 2006

  

  companies, but in my humble opinion, the best thing about this is career ... living. Mmm, I can go running in the park if it's not too snowy. Someone in ... restored at my house -- I hope everyone who is still without power (and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Exploring MIT’s sports facilities there's so much to see!

  

  It’s a beautiful spring day here at MIT – the sun is peeking through ... athletics facilities for a while now, so I think this is the perfect time to ... short walk away from the Z Center is our first destination: Roberts Field

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The middle of the semester I'm kinda over this workload

  

  postpone project work to clear the time. In general, my philosophy is not to ... the point where I have so much work I’m not enjoying myself any more ... that’s unique to me. The middle of the semester is a perennially bad time

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 28, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving season blue blue blue

  

  [annotation note="the housing process at MIT is not random, but in the larger ... incredibly hard to leave MIT, if not the first year, then the second. it is a ... , especially if you are not careful. i was not.  spread sparsely among the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 4 Finishing Exams and The Future!

  

  their manned space ship gives us hope that the commercial option is not ... these past few weeks. The major theme here is the future, robotic arms ... how this new research achieves this goal. And the best part is that this

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  community as students. My new office is far off the infinite corridor so while ... MIT is an amazing place and having the chance to discuss what, to me ... to figure out what admissions officers are looking for and it is the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  the next sing mixer was not powerful enough to remove the static, so ... next sing speaker to serve as a monitor during the concert (a monitor is ... , performance, and teardown. ohms time commitment the week of concerts is usually

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bedbugs (fiction) A short story. (It would make me happy if you moused over the bedbugs.) =)

  

  ’t get in trouble.” “No Mom, we did not get in trouble.” There was the ... ? Is that legal?” she said into the telephone. Mrs. Concord stood up ... the blog post but I really, really did not want to completely spoil the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Potpourri Blog Post food... etc.

  

  morning? Going to Steam Cafe© at noon. OK – Maybe that’s not exactly the ... CHICKEN. CARROTS/CELERY. I understand this is not by any means high quality ... , PRESERVED FISH Compared with the example above, this is hardly real food; but

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Managing a Full Plate Both Food and Life

  

  breakfast/brunch (normally it ends up being brunch cause sleep is not for the ... has definitely increased, I could not be happier with how life is going ... eliminated that. Although sometimes I feel like, “AHH there is still half the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  is not to get MORE students to apply to MIT, it's about getting the ... , the world economy has not been in such good shape over the last few ... -recession environment. As Levin pointed out, this was not the decision that needed to be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Quentin Smith Google Quentin Smith '10.

  

  leader of the tech world is pretty impressive. Perhaps it's not entirely ... Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the fall, is one of two Presidential ... specialty is quality assurance. "They won't let interns touch any of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  special.  Not being special is okay. You grinded out evenings in the ... .111 final, with our TA looking very confused. not sure if the entertainment ... in some form, so I wasn't fully in the high school mindset? Not sure

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  bill is a monthly flat rate, we have the luxury of leaving the fans on ... apartment is near the Berklee College of Music and the Boston Conservatory off ... is so conveniently located more than makes up for the little quirks and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This entry has a surprise ending While you wait for decisions to come out, I remind you that people at MIT…

  

  's not whether you get in or not that truly matters; the important thing is ... doing laundry. (The “Did You Know?” opener is a throwback to the olden ... that you have failed a test is the equivalent of eating a burrito

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Who is the Class of 2028?

  Check out our First-year class profile page to find out more about the members of the Class of 2028.  
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  is not taught as such—but should be. He laments the fact that students ... it hast to do with the way math is taught in your school. Or maybe not--not ... presenting this part of the book, it was definitely not the section of the book

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  from The Nance Effect. As hard as it is to believe, even I needed to take ... community. What is more important that community? It's the place where you ... see signs that The Nance Effect is great community. I watched as total

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s trending?: My Computer Vision final project Where trendy styles = adding styling to trend lines

  

  , this is not a trivial problem. For instance, imagine the variety of ... , not just what the data is about—are more memorable. So our system ... ! For those of you who aren’t familiar, Computer Vision is the study of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 11, 2018