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• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  the hell is a cover letter? What does it mean to “hang out”? Do I ... learn and grow and live. What am I going to major in? Is a minor ... decorate my room? Does this person like me (the person can be referring to

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  school possible, and therefore it creates a drive in these students to do ... Now, I can be pretty sure that most everyone applying to MIT has a ... like I could have found a cure to cancer, ignorance, AIDS, made an

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  is speculated that Rilakkuma was created to promote a less stressful ... arranged by MIT. This IAP, I decided to follow the same format and seek out a ... embarking again on a cruise to the Carribbean next week). I go home for dinner

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  love!-- there's obviously a lot of strife here, and I just wanted to ... makes up ~7% of the class each year. Is that a lot? That's hard to say ... you'll need to share resources. Fun Fact! There are 92 physics faculty

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  office has got your back. Need to register a six-week lecture series as an ... machine to pop a balloon, with at least 5 transfers of energy. The Junction ... paired with a mentor in the Boston area to do an original scientific

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  to spend a miniature fortune with me, portmanteau'ing two meals into ... walked over to Craigie on Main, a cozy upscale restaurant just around the ... fresh corpse lying in a puddle of caramel gore. (Despite my attempt to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010
• Blog / Summer

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  of a fear that I wouldn't do it "right" or I wasn't "smart enough" to ... minor, it's a really big character development for me. To start off, I ... watched a series of videos (x, x, x) to help me get more acquainted with i3

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  going in to lab.” When Emilienne started her UROP, she spent a lot ... birds to create lesions (i.e. tissue damage) to the brain and observes the ... fear (think about what areas of the brain need to provide input to this

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  into oil. How do you turn a turkey into oil? Well, Chester, according to ... a pot, grind it up, heat it up to 250 C and 40 atmospheres, dehydrate ... it to other animals), but you get a clean biologically-derived fuel out

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  - though I'll admit to not having invested that much time and energy into ... same way, but I feel a need to caution you all the same. Thus, my search ... I'm a small-time, not very experienced foodie - but I'd like to think

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Running away with the field Junot Diaz is sort of a big deal.

  

  one, bro, and I caught a f*cking bad one.' "At long last, thanks to his ... ways it’s even better than Drown." Yay. Then, much to my surprise, Junot ... heavyweights--Richard Russo, Philip Roth--Díaz is a good bet to run away with the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 10, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  smart enough to get into MIT for their college years? I've always been a ... -old's high school. We were there to listen to a presentation about a new ... the academics that he doesn”t feel much affinity for otherwise. It was a

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Events

  DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

  

  body of water Brad had promised (signed a legally binding contract) to ...   It was an epic battle, a tournament to the death. Tens of ... setting is a pretty amazing thing to have once the explosion that is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  a student engages in as much as the general outlook and commitment to ... think they need to do to be strong applicants, and what they actually need ... interest them with energy and enthusiasm. We want students to make decisions

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  -and-forth exchanges are much more memorable than one-way spiels. Offer to serve as a ... of negativity.” Much more effective to present a united front, instead ... so much for taking the time to meet with us. My name is Anna Ho, and I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

  

  relate to freddy riley a little too much. ...your love should be a thing ... the truth— you want to be needed so badly that you think you might choke on it. you need to be wanted so badly that you think you might keel

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  much work they have to do. I guarantee you that one day will not go by in ... now going to tell you about how much work I had to do last week, and you ... descriptively "How to Build Jet Engines." While this class ranks much higher on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  life in a fiery blaze. Only then does Walton choose to do something more ... they need help. They’ve created a community of people they can rely on ... comes to the rules of society (or subsets thereof), I am often (at best) a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t stop me now! I am a satellite, I'm out of control.

  

  Protein Odwalla Bar for energy, ten dollars in case I pass out and need to ... pretty much all I'm gonna need. I'd ask you to wish me luck, but I ... pretty much wishes me all the luck I'm going to need: Spammie, (and Mitra

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We all campus for iCampus Innovation and Entrepreneurship: We all love iCampus! (~8 pictures)

  

  creating new ideas and solutions themselves." Well, that's quite a lofty ... their dream a reality. MIT strategy * To transform the classroom ... excellence in teaching, with a focus on creating experiential learning

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 1, 2005