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  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  ’s history helps with your consideration of committing to MIT in the present ... choose to participate in a variety of musical clubs, French or German plays ... of its peer institutions in accepting women, who also got to work in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  You don't need MIT to be a success. Don't get me wrong -- I think MIT ... Gillespie applied to MIT from a relatively small public school in Georgia. He was the first applicant from his school to MIT in a long time, perhaps

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nonlinearity My conjecture on finding my way through four years at MIT.

  

  , I was en route to spend another five years at MIT pursuing a PhD in ... invited to participate in such a committee; however, having gained what ... 's very easy to project a very linear path for your life or your experience

  • by Bryan
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Story Oh goody!

  

  realized that in order to burn cereal Sara must have been a spectacularly bad ... taunting and the teasing came to a head. Sara misspoke one day, and Yuki ... As I've said many a time, but will say again for new readers, I live

  • by Snively '11
  • July 19, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A Faculty Dinner We invited our favorite faculty and staff to our hall for an awesome dinner!

  

  , we had a greeter at the door to welcome them to our hall. Most of us ... him a beautiful birthday cake, decorated in circuits. We all sang ... , he didn't get to eat any Angel Food Cake. He only got to look at six

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Application Materials? What to do if your MyMIT tracking shows missing documents.

  

  more you need to do. I assure you we will have your scores in plenty of ... action needed to be taken by you. You are at no disadvantage of your ... , it will be appropriate to send in an additional copy of this missing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Exploring Boston Frozen yogurt quests into Boston

  

  Avenue (living in East Campus, the closest dorm to classes, we have a ... was Red Mango, so my friends and I would call going to get frozen yogurt going to get Red Mango.  Sadly, the closest Red Mango to MIT is kind of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  More from Ahia I even manage to do MIT-related stuff when I'm 750 miles away.

  

  for a few days), since my fam is hopping on a plane to LA early tomorrow ... me and Adam in the stands. Surprisingly, I've gotten to do some MIT ... treats and a frosted star cookie, and got to speak to the entire group

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  was a huge success, more info on it later), taking daily trips to the Au ... mug), hanging out in New York City, and more. I’m really only getting ... Charles River on a spring morning. As I sit on the train from New York to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ana Posada: Improving the production of an HIV medication Ana Posada, who just graduated from MIT, spent a year and half of her undergraduate…

  

  to perform a critical step in the production process. By inserting a ... , GA, will head off to Dartmouth for a Ph.D program next year. As an ... 5 chiral centers and takes about 2 weeks to produce at only about a 50

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  'm told is currently a super hot topic in astronomy! The goal of the ... equipment to detect and do studies on extrasolar systems. A lot of extrasolar ... binaries to indicate the existence of a binary star system. So, when one

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2007 Dancing and dining with 950 engineers; candids of Bryan and Sam included (~25 pics)

  

  in a tux **Many thanks to Gheorghe '07, from whom I stole many of ... event secrets. Seniors took a break from their theses to celebrate, among ... your careful attention to detail, ladies Crazy tents People love

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  Sorry for the blog vacation guys. We're scrambling to get ahead in our work before we retreat to selection committee tomorrow. (Don't get ... there," said Dean Jones in a phone interview, referring to the competition

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wanna be on the Radio? (Update) CPW: T Minus 4 Days

  

  than willing to link to it if you send me an email with a link to your ... Thanks to everyone who volunteered to write a CPW Blog Entry. At this ... I'm going to stop asking for volunteers. But, if you have a personal

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  table. So while we're buried in the committee room, here's a topic I ... we offer has grown over time as a result of advancements in science and ... the information age.) What will people be able to major in in 2105?

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  So in Burton-Conner, you're allowed to paint your room under several ... off to 3 feet, and then used the shelf like a super-ruler. No, I ... , it's necessary to record your observations, so I whipped out some

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  In a little while, I’ll be gone This is not a blog entry. I'm not here, this isn't happening.

  

  GERMANY!! To entertain you, though, here are a few random finals quotes that ... Act of 1957 by speaking in from of the Senate for 24 hours and 18 ... afterwards. ...and honestly, that while is just a bit too little. Anyway, after

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  family went to my parents' friend's restaurant in Rhode Island. If you're ... Boston on Friday night. We expected to hit a lot of traffic, considering ... did face was while waiting to fill up our tank at a NY rest stop for a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  just finish the work in time to submit things. Additionally, I'm taking a ... walk to the department so you can get a taste of what it's like to study ... Cambridge University students swap places for a year (or in my case, a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tuesdays with Linda It's kind of like making smoothies but not.

  

  their UROP. Basically, in a nutshell, I spent 2 hours sending emails to ... possibly interesting to me. Not having much exposure to a lot of research ... the design of a bioreactor. Basically, the goal of the bioreactor is to

  • by Bryan
  • January 31, 2006