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  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  limits of our knowledge every day - and that's why I'm so excited to be ... isolate a haploid strain that can not grow on glycerol and want to know what its genotype is with respect to the nuclear GLY1 and mitochondrial ρ DNA

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  It's been four years since I applied to MIT, and while I've been ... want to major in, which department or program at MIT appeals to you and ... ’m drawn to MIT’s unique writing department, which offers both creative and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  questions. Karen asks: "This is a bit random and irrelevant to your entry ... College Confidential and the like might lead you to believe otherwise. Your ... space to tell Admissions something they wouldn't know otherwise. And now

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  My History of Task-Management boy, is it a long one

  

  going through a "jesus I do NOT have my life together and really need to ... to shit; in the beginning, I'd created a beautiful cherry blossom theme ... random shit to keep track of, but honestly, I had so much going on in high

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  not happen overnight, and it does not happen to everyone. I'd like to ... .  What changed? Me. I changed. Who was once a headstrong, ready-to ... 's campus. Dan and I listen to music, bake cookies, cook lots of foods, and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

    While it's easy to think and talk about the incredible ... it's much akin to trying to appreciate the shirt your friend is wearing ... does afford the opportunity to appreciate all the other ways MIT has

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  , especially those who are focused on writing and teaching. So I was pleased to ... , should learn to write prose that is clear, organized, and effective, and to ... ,[/annotation] and I am happy to see that trend continue. First, Professors Nick

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  to pretty much anything, so if you’re still doing some last ... (this job is so convenient!). I decided to create this post as a practical ... actually follow it or not, at least allows me to calm down and start doing

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the First or at least, I used to

  

  of my shoulders. I didn’t buy dorm decor and didn’t spend much time in ... of a pink shag rug, and every piece of laundry that I still need to do ... slams against it, and the beginning notes to The Middle by Jimmy Eat World

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  , I go to many classes and drop them quickly. If I buy junk food and I ... my reservations—I thought it was bad form for them to ask me how much I ... know if a better time works.") to no avail. Eventually, I left, and one

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  This semester I'm taking a class called "Sustainable Energy," and so ... problem that requires you to use the heat equation and see if you finish ... year I actually went back to my high school and successfully taught the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  creates perfect little dams. And then the rain is free to collect everywhere ... electricity. It has no right being this cold out if it's not going to snow." And ... . But it snowed. And then is started to hail. And then it started to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  dilemma right now is choosing between 18.100B (Introduction to Analysis) and ... to be hosed trying to prove that 1+1 does not equal the set of ... various living groups grapple to outsplurge each other on steak and lobster

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  We Stan Matt Parker i'll try not to mention the parker square

  

  beautiful, and (some) mathematicians do use calculus in their day-to-day life ... trying to figure out a) what maths after calculus looks like, and b) if I ... or Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension (to name a few

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blagoblagz*: Why I’m a History Major at MIT (Guest Blog!) By Dora '11, who is a Physics and History double major and is super awesome.…

  

  made a pact to share the fruits of their research and resources in a ... to a liberal arts college to study history, politics, and international relations, but couldn’t really pass up going to a school like MIT and still

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Montreal a.k.a my awesome birthday blog a.k.a the end of IAP Photo's! Adventure! It's like a comic book, but real!

  

  calculations to derivate the coefficient of friction on complex surfaces and sum ... , Halo, Mario Kart Wii etc. until shouts and laughter gave way to silence ... , maybe now you know what to expect better than I did. that does look

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  gradually become clear and solid to me. The argument Firstly: What does the ... under a "veil of ignorance" as to who they are and then asked to create a ... ,” which I ended up taking this past spring, and (to put it simply) thought

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  High School Summer Research Programs And the science competitions that could potentially follow

  

  A cat ran on my keyboard So here is a link to MIT's list of summer programs at MIT and elsewhere, check it out! It really summarizes things well ... MIT MRSEC - Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  previous semester, I checked the “Other” box and moved on to the rest of the ... learned in classes to create a tangible product. Did you know that Collier ... school! And not to mention those professors with scientific results named

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  fun facts about random stuff sometimes i just like learning new things

  

  to new scenarios — to create. On the other hand, trivia is much more ... to learn about and it feels very much like not-school :P (Definitely does harken back to my science bowl days where I memorized so much random

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 5, 2021