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  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  fabulous experience which challenged me to stretch the limits on my ability ... thought that you guys might like to see the responses and maybe think about taking some of these classes in the future, whether on OCW or at MIT

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Believe in your magic a thank you to the 2018 applicant class

  

  about this, this quote from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince came to ... doled out to him by both Fudge and Scrimgeour, the Prime Minister cries ... view MIT as a magical place and compare it to Hogwarts. They view the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  experience the technology, hands on. Our goal is to make genetic engineering ... the ability to transfer a trait from one creature to another ... material -- sets out not simply to educate but to also be part of the early

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hack Punt Tool: The Musical Now, the music can be yours.

  

  tetris game, or putting a police car or a telephone box on the dome. To ... plan to construct something on the dome. They have to deal with the ... . WHY? Because the soundtrack to Hack Punt Tool, a musical about MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  food but the Ethiopian side of me is so used to people begging you to eat ... any ties to the other side. It was so bad that I would leave a movie ... . Now if you’ll allow the non-linear nature of this post to continue I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  also worked a full time internship during the summer, in addition to ... . This turned out to be a good thing because it made the summer pass by quite quickly. Unfortunately, when I got to MIT, the work continued but

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  reference to Cambridge and its neighbor Somerville) The weather here sucks ... 'd make the trek out to Davis Square via the T (the Boston subway line). The rain was annoying, but hey, it's not that far from the Davis station to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Useful items to bring for dorm room

  

  useful for their room. I'm not a subscriber to the whiteboard-on ... outlets in each room, but they don't always tend to be in the most ... which to furnish their (or their student's) dorm room. While I am not

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  started off at MIT, I thought that the only way to learn was to take a bunch ... wants to make a decision like that assuming that it would determine the ... very easily and was running out of time to do the other things that

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  ’s normal to depend on others, but this year I saw myself confronted with the ... that even after that, I will get to collect these sweet postcards on the ... about my current model of the world / AI. related to reflecting on what I

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek

  

  I almost forgot: for you regular action folks, the deadline to ... know that there are four different states your interview can take on the ... 'll focus super-hard on all the other pieces of your application. No worries

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  With Orientation set to begin for the new MIT freshmen this weekend ... the scholarships* needed to attend this elite Northeastern university. Ward and Landers, who attended the 2007 Project STEEM camp on math

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  the class structure, but it also made me want to do something more hands-on ... now; on the contrary, I loved it and will try to pursue it as a career ... taking the chemistry GIR? To answer that question, let me tell you the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  and financial cost to family, and so on. but the most chilling part for ... the rest of my life working on whatever i wanted to. of course, the ... to take on a new commitment, you should accept it if the commitment is

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  Continuing on the thread began yesterday... With 10 days to go until ... as good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can ... package on the April 1st date we were told?" Joe, I'll look into it. And

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  gone to MIT and gotten a job at the career fair! Also in attendance on ... the floor space in my room. It’s now in cups on the desk, hanging from a carabiner on a nail, displayed on the ledge around my room, hidden in a desk

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventures in Math Conversations in the world of math.

  

  in the math community. A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to ... run the San Diego Math Circle, which I had a chance to visit. A Math ... students for the purpose of exploring math. On the Saturday morning that I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.

  

  on campus. The only prize for the winning team is the honor of writing ... 12, at 12 noon in Lobby 7 (the "main entrance" to MIT). It will last until the coin is found, usually sometime Sunday. To give you a flavor of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  fall semester, my natural, MIT-conditioned response is to rattle off the ... what any of those numbers mean - have to force myself to say the actual ... to MIT.) All humor aside, that basically brings me to the point of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  on using tools like fMRI to find out information about the way people ... an oh-so-healthy college student meal of pizza ordered on the internet ... vegetables don't just grow on trees, people. Ahem.) After dinner, she came to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005