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• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  "Body Battery" - it's basically a measure of how much energy you have at ... energy in the tank. Because I'm dumb. This was one of the first ever super ... not know me at all because I wrote blogs back in the dark ages of 2008

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  30 days, which comes with various, non-specific benefits, and lot of ... kind of avatar defines me as a person?” Who cares? Spring semester was, in a word, frenetic. I loved all of my classes (or at least the idea of

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  compete for resources and face hardships. Music induces release of "feel ... Biology of Culture: Bridging Art and Science Straight from the scribbles in my notebook, a smattering of quotes, points and diagrams: "I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  after. From her balcony window, I can see the bright lights of the town ... sets. I can imagine the outline of the forest I would see in the distance ... . Except it’s not that simple. Some days, I wake up at 8 by some messed

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  compilation of links to some of MIT's many student health resources at the end ... : Costs so far: $213.50 total billed, of which $0 was covered by our ... negotiated rates, of which $367 was covered by our insurance plan and $189 was

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  . There are a lot of resources here to help you get the support you need so ... . Putting it together has been a bit of a stressful process (see what I did ... one night a week in our office on the 4th floor of the student center

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  process, and then if he trips a couple of times because he's hurt, kicking ... winter around here. I'm done with yet another MIT Wednesday, consisting of ... mid-afternoon. It's been a busier than usual couple of weeks though

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  about my work and the process of (independent) research soon! Jeopardy ... [/annotation] by going to Texas Roadhouse. It's time for us all to renew our vows of ... hear a seminar or other presentation by a member of the MIT faculty

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT women Rockin' the two X chromosomes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  

  those who are interested, there are a lot of resources for female students ... people are really interested in the experience of female students at MIT. I ... people are interested in this question, I find it decidedly odd... sort of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 20, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  as part of the admissions process. You can read about our revised ... simply not a part of our process anymore.   How does this apply to ... discontinue the use of subject tests starting with the 2020-21 admissions cycle

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  . And sometimes I walk by EC and can’t recognize any of the people sitting ... '."]Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science[/annotation]offers a 12-to-18 month Master’s of Engineering, only available to MIT EECS

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does the Office of the First Year do?

  The Office of the First Year supports a number of programs that ... year headquarters as well as a resource during your undergraduate years. The mission of the office is to provide excellent services and programs
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  -long assortment of classes for middle and high school students organized by the MIT ... -dotted territory of being awesome.) Leave time to potentially stop by multiple CVSes ... took at the end of the process. The fruits and vegetables used, clockwise

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  analysis of natural disasters on natural resource firms) and a 10 page ... went in it, but additionally learned a lot about the process of economics ... -intensive (CI) humanities classes you have to take as part of your 8 class

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  by walking past it a few weeks ago (it's a bit out of the way). They ... , because of how unique it is to an MIT education. I wanted to update my spiel ... office to catch up on non-reading work and meetings and I spied a bunch of

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are We Waiting For answer: FPOPs to begin!

  

  Freshman orientation for the Class of 2018 officially begins in two ... participate in one of 22 Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs (FPOPs), which offer students an early introduction to in the social life of learning at MIT. As

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  , but because of the highly selective nature of our process, we did not ... luck in the rest of their college admission process. The balance of the ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  iCampus, which is funded/sponsored by Microsoft. Undergraduates ... ; * To foster new modes of inter-institutional collaboration; and * To ... educational technology learning; * Build tools that define the cutting edge of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  a perfect long weekend in other words: i did no work and now am kind of a mess

  

  with so much energy before.    the show went by in the blink of an eye; with each dance, i felt so enveloped by the excitement of the ... by Eve Ensler. it’s composed of a series of monologues and group pieces

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  effects of aneuploidy, say by inducing further energy stress, to eliminate ... characterized by any deviation from an exact multiple of the haploid number of ... that!! Needless to say, I was pretty excited by the end of the talk

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012