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  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  engineering to pursue a PhD in biological engineering at MIT. (It’s not as crazy ... protein engineering and computational biology to try to understand how a ... said goodbye to possibly one of the most amazing decades of my life. A

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  delightful to you. Freedom! A chance to be expressive and creative in front of ... am going to do it." Every little success felt tremendous (what? a note ... grin on my face. It was so much fun. It's much less humiliating to stick

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  magazine, Technology Review. (I'm trying to track down a copy of the ... clueless, and much more interested in the actor making a cameo (I won't ... On Friday, the movie Iron Man opened (and opened big: a $100 million

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  . On those days, I get a lot done. I find myself able to work for like ... , trying to write a blog post. And on these days, I get constantly distracted ... about how much energy I have to do “work”, or “productive things”, I have

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  . For those of you that don’t know S.A.T is a page for Asian people to ... that got a lot of attention, and I thought it might be a good idea to go ... felt like I knew what I was walking into when I decided to go to a school

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  ...you'll have to wait a few years, and see! Thank you all so much for following ... been able to take a photo with truly everyone in it ^^; And of course, I'm a blogger, and have gotten to know a little of the administrative side

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  To a lot of people, myself included, getting into MIT is the dream we have worked for years to finally reach. This is just a little excerpt on me getting into MIT and why it meant so much to me. Enjoy!!!! Finally

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  program (where I wouldn't have to take the MCAT and would be guaranteed a ... have to take the I-never-want-to-ever-take-this-again exam a.k.a. the ... held on to the idea that they wanted to make a difference. They inspired

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  , dancing) be valued as much as a techie passion (like building stuff ... , this is a paraphrase):   "MIT is not a good place to be if you don't like math and science. But MIT is also not a good place to be if you only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  Lightsaber Club used to meet in here and sometimes I'd stop for a few minutes ... be living in such a beautiful place, and I tried to appreciate it while ... opportunity to be a researcher there and surpass my own wildest dreams. Blue

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  sequel (or what I thought would be a sequel) to 6.046, design and analysis ... , and I built a bookshelf with Cory to hold our disassembled Legos. After ... I need to be, something I need to be doing, but there's no way to get

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  campus. my tenure as a physical resident of ec had just ended due to the ... center offers a lottery to all students (grad or undergrad) for a chance to ... room or common area. if you're selected, you pick a time to visit the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  few weeks ago, I made a trip to 7-11 in a shirt, a long jacket, and no ... downstream. But I had a map in hand, and I was determined to reach the X I had ... myself a lot of questions. What do I want to do with my life? Once I find

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  response: Hi, Essays are a wonderful way to connect with the selection ... basic proofreading to three figures for a full-blown rewrite - the irony ... place where you get to say "hey, I'm a human being, let me

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  . When the questions began, I will admit to being a little perplexed by what seemed to be widespread confusion. When I was a kid, I recall ... , once put it, “If you have to pause, for more than a second or two, to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  as a Tech Caller, which means I call alumni, talk to them, and ask them to donate to MIT. It’s a fascinating job, and it deserves an entire ... to talk or donate but are polite about it, and others—a very, very

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Admissions Excavation Chris gave me a box of stuff and this is what I found inside

  

  Flashback to about a month ago, when Chris sent an email to all the ... to help out with a side project. A couple back-and-forth emails later ... -lived time capsule, which was actually pretty fun to delve into for a couple

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  we needed to do to get a second floor unit in place. In recent memory ... I've had all kinds of feelings about returning to MIT as staff a ... first got to the office, our information sessions even showcased a picture

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  food. Not wanting a fight this morning, I ran to the kitchen, and dug ... visions in my head of what “the return” would be like. A chance to be ... over us like a palpable shroud. I was already dangerously close to being

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  overall experience much more enjoyable. Second, it is a good way to start ... -years. It may take a while to adapt to life at MIT—indeed, it took me three ... ="I am not trying to wander into a philosophical discussion here. the point

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021