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• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  successfully bargained for academic extensions and excuses. When working in the ... available (as in trying to drink from a firehose). (context: MIT)” I drank ... ’t say for sure when the Plague started, but I remember clearly the day it

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Update The latest on app tracking, app numbers, etc.

  

  for Early Action.   Early action applications on the rise Expected 6500 applicants will be another record for MIT admissions By Joanna ... , which would be 800 more than last year's 5,684. The increase in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  the interviewer will evaluate you in the process and what role the interview plays in selection so while I’d planned to start at the very beginning—a very good place to start, I think I’ll have to start in the middle

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  Opportunities Program. Undergrads get to participate in real research with ... and sends pictures of the sky for signs of exoplanets. [caption id ... an exoplanet orbits a star and passes in front, it causes the light

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  describe how I’ve been feeling, but I know there was a point in the past when ... you tend to notice and find significant in life are partly reflective of your own internal state, and I keep noticing in various unrelated

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  David Helfand: "Unfortunately we don't have time for a formal Q&A session, but I'm sure that Neil would be happy to stick around for a few ... -- to what extent outreach is valued in the scientific community." Neil

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  people!   In the comments some of his classmates shared similar sentiments: *dislike* for not recognizing your own awesomeness, but *like ... very much, but uh... why?" These comments aren't fishing for compliments

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  to do this for me. Later (in a silvery package) I received an official ... . But really, for me the institute has been great in this regard. I hardly ... as it has been for the last 2.5 years. part 2: the IAP in the title

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  undergraduates, whom we admitted, in the main, four years ago. In the intervening ... guides, and, in my case, the students who took my classes. We have had the ... during Convocation four years ago. Tomorrow they will gather together for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  start up in that field (see: genome sequencing). Aim for small wins first ... in 3 months? The answer is to shorten your cycle time by aiming for ... cost and cycle time.  If the costs in a field have come down recently, or

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  have to kick it into high gear for my 6.042 exam on Wednesday. I spent ... Wednesday, I squeezed in some final study time from 10am to 12:30pm before ... thought were acceptable answers. I barely finished on time and handed in my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  “trained” for half an hour to compete in a mock-race. Everyone was super ... announcements for free activities. Over Memorial Day weekend, we met the Boston 1 ... students affiliated with it) also offers free classes in water sports like

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  for now, I’d like to share three pieces of advice. These three pieces of ... amazing mother repeated this to me almost every night as she tucked me in. I must have heard her whisper “the sky is the limit” in my ear thousands of

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Events

  A Latino Christmas An introducción to Next House's newest student group.

  

  Yesterday was a big day for the news media, what with the automotive bailout drama, Obama appointments, riots in Greece, and hackers installing Linux on a potato. But last night in Next House, a very different kind of

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 11, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  I know what you're thinking, "Whoa, two posts in two days? How can I ... stroking for the day, the real reason is because today was so cool, so ... , but to be cultured and knowledgeable about the world you live in. They

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 4 U What you should do at CPW, assuming you like exactly the same things that I…

  

  :00, 2:30, 3:00 or 3:30 for a fun-filled tour of the Tester Lab, down in ... DID YOU KNOW? MIT means "WITH" in German. CPW! CPW! Hey prefrosh, I ... , George, gets here in 6 hours, at 4:50 AM. Usually I offer to come out to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interphase This entry has nothing to do with cell division

  

  about deferring for a year, and here I am giving you information on how ... an entry for you guys on one of many summer opportunities for you guys ... a term at MIT. For some of you, this might entail working a part

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  Tension filled the air as people were ushered in to 6-120. Scientists ... been confused. There were small groups of people in corners, talking busily, people running around in lab coats with clip boards, and caution

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  on body image me in my head, me in the mirror

  

  One. It's the first time I'm seeing Sean in three months. He's the person living nearest me whom I've known for the longest—I think we've been friends for four or five years now. The first observation he makes upon

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Product Design, MIT style Sometimes, lab is the best place for a dance party.

  

  adventure known as 2.009. This is the famous capstone class for seniors in ... graduated and went home to spend a wonderful summer outside in the sunshine ... it. It's infamous for the inordinate amount of time that it requires of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 28, 2009