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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  oh, the crash and the burn

  

  People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry in an effort to get back into ... took me getting a whole fucking virus to finally take care of myself and that I was relieved to get COVID because it meant I could catch a break

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  , and the bonus that I get to work with plants (Arabidopsis thaliana) as ... series, I decided to make an episode about some things I do in the lab! It ... in order to amplify the correct fragment I'm interested in, I can run

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  the Welcome Center a good front door to the Institute. In order to do ... mission too. I hope you get a chance to see it soon.   ... included a list of creative touches we had added to the space to make it feel

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  In The Mail Well folks, the time has come. The letters are in the mail.

  

  to reflect the clean-shaven face, as promised (sorry mootmom, but a pact is a pact). :-) Enjoy these other pics from the day's festivities ... over. Have a great weekend everyone, and best of luck to each of you. :-)

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Alia Burton ‘05 Name: Alia Burton; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

  

  character: Garfield Advice about applying to college/MIT: Let your personality show through in your essay(s). Share your goals, interests and ... class and do research in any department; "nerdiness" and quirkiness aren

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  It's been another late night at work, but I wanted to at least post a ... , we are in the process of matching you to an MIT student host. If you ... an art exhibit at MIT (in the New York Times!). And for now, off to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  neighborhood. In regards to the latter, it is the exact opposite here at MIT ... first week of classes, I don't think I've ever taken a day off to relax ... little closer, it wasn't hard to see that East Campus had a niche for

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection notes A brief update from selection.

  

  stage.In parallel, we are preparing to mail out decisions. All decisions ... Solomon '06 did stop by to drop off a copy of the new CD by Resonance, which ... numbers up, we are likely to see a record low EA admit rate, lower than last

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything again & again my senior iap

  

  , good). We had such a good time, in fact, that we're going to try cooking ... This is just one in the onslaught of many posts to come about what ... in the back of my mind until I was finally able to finish it over IAP

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  senior appreciation post in which i rant about my idol

  

  , and still be so ready and willing to take in a lost, naive freshman with ... from everything you have ever known and loved and to settle into a new ... about it before- some of you have even lived it yourselves. In addition to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 15, 2020
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?

  'll have earned not only your degree, but a commission as an officer and ... each week and a required summer program at some point prior to graduating ... MIT is proud to offer Army, Air Force, and Naval ROTC programs on
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i’m doing typing in a comfort style for a change

  

  it done in time, but that left me no time to give a good go at 6.006. i ... two weeks of class at mit doesn't mean you get to catch up on the stuff ... ago. i'm going to have to deal with it for a few months. the internet

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  making solar cells lessons from my nanotech class

  

  new to the field, how to use the same tools they use in a digestible ... like magic to me - in the sense that the material was so far beyond my comprehension that it was indistinguishable from magic. that turned out to be a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  , at Snowbird in Salt Lake City. Disclaimer: to be fair, I took a tram up ... summer set up for a demo for a VIP visitor. In a few weeks, I will need to ... family got 2 new Maltese puppers!); at a ski resort in Salt Lake City for a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! REX! Politics! Science! (Vlog and a Riddle) You have 2012 jars of 1-kg mollusks, with 2012 1-kg mollusks in each jar....

  

  , leaving 2012 0.3-kg resealed mollusk shells in that jar. You need to figure out which jar they raided before you take the mollusks to market. Your ... is happening! Science is happening! And I decided not to twitter

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  improve your chances of being admitted to and receiving aid from a US ... things to come from this group in terms of information is the international ... ; on the most recent list, we're third, supplying $8,628,074 in aid to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  three a cappella groups, and was lucky to get into two, but I ended up ... died in his sleep when I was 10, back when I was barely able to hold a conversation in Bangla. I’ll never get to know him. I periodically deeply regret

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  are good for you). Also, before I get to the list, a disclaimer: R ... . In fact, I spent a good 20 minutes listening to some super ... Taken a Math Class at MIT) See, I wanted to write a post on stuff I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  danger!awesome firin' mah lazers...at basically any(every)thing

  

  went to danger!awesome. danger!awesome is a laser engraving and cutting ... walked in to danger!awesome, here are the other people who were there ... $28 to make this a so much more dangerously awesome gift.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Back Bay 5K Cool running... so cool that my legs were numb. (11 pictures)

  

  As I wrote in a previous entry, I signed up to run the Back Bay 5K last Saturday. Results here. I very intelligently chose to walk across the bridge in flip-flops. For those of you who were not at MIT last

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 10, 2006