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• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  there's ever been a good DJ at a school dance in the history of school ... One of the events for the class of 2024's [annotation note ... Me, to be delivered at the start of the fall semester. That reminded me of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  that time of year… ...when every day feels like 48 hours instead of 24. When's summer?

  

  it's that time of year folks, the time of year that I don't even have ... proper grammar standardized english). It's the time of year (midterms ... on a loop:   You are in the front yard of your aunt's house

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  World Pride in New York City and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ... transgender students in the college application process. One of the biggest ... admittedly do not know all of the answers. Thus, I thought I’d be transparent

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2009!

  

  about the Class of 2009. I'm very excited to see who the class will be! In the meantime, all of you '09s should check out the Firstyear site ... ... yes, we're now thinking about the MIT Class of 2010 (and beyond!). I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 2, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory?

  The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT focuses the talents of a diverse array of brain scientists on a single mission: unraveling the mechanisms that drive the quintessentially human capacity to
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  grades were actually quite good, and I walked out of the 3-hour exam after ... . Hahahahaha. That plan worked for a while. But by the second week of classes, a ... ) lecture fell prey, and, by the third week of classes, I just stopped

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  More from Ahia I even manage to do MIT-related stuff when I'm 750 miles away.

  

  night was the annual MIT Club of Central Ohio holiday get-together, where ... -cheerleader-dense part of the country (except maybe Miami, FL?). So to all the people I ... who has one of these get-togethers in their area in the next few days

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  enjoying the writing classes and my job outside of class working with ... quickly. We met and the next thing I know I'm handing in a sheet of paper ... had to apply to them with all the terms of getting a second major. So

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

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  had enough of the structure of the class and ditched it. That's ok ... 've never done proof-based math before, plus all of the open and closed sets ... . To go back to the angeriest, reddest of bois KC, the reason I thought

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  Life is busy at MIT. Most of the time, our schedules and motivation ... weeks, as the semester has built up, the value of checking up on people ... . And amidst all of this constant work and running around, we see people

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  since the second term of freshman year. Of course, I have by now missed my ... while watching the turtles at the pond where I’m working. I am jealous of ... focus on physics tonight. 6:15 — Dinner begins with the ringing of the

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Week 1 ...of Year 2.

  

  free pizza, and I’ve spent three of the past seven evenings at Harvard ... blogger; this post is an introduction. I’m coming off the levity of the best ... ; I compared the impact on US peanut butter sales of two Salmonella

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 14, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  girls just wanna have fun when u gonna live ur life right?

  

  . After a hard week of advocating for myself and my class and begging the 6 ... son of the president of the United States falling in love with the prince of Wales. I devoured the book in two days, and after I finished, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 24, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] art and things zine making + what makes us, us + thank you cambridge + yomp

  

  . I’m from the East Bay of California. I share a birthday with Mitski ... ’s part of what makes things exhilarating or exhausting, depending on the ... the parts of you that are not busy with eigenvalues and electron

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ Some Q & A regarding testing for MIT admission.

  

  may choose the second option for non-native English speakers: Test of ... must submit one of the following: SAT Reasoning Test, ACT Plus Writing ... for Early Action, you must complete all of your tests by the November

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  it with a road 45 degrees offset from most of the city, how hunters ... afraid of upsetting the chinese government, and so on   ii. of ... the topic and link you to some of the articles i’ve read  space in sf

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  though I was traveling with one of the directors from work. He was a good ... to South Korea for two weeks to work on a project. In the words of one of the trading company folks – “They chose an intern!?!? Which crazy

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  As Technology Review’s 2007 Top Young Innovator of the Year ... in the special sauce that makes MIT such a mecca of talent, but it ... developing biotech companies. From the vantage point of his office overlooking

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  the end of summer; one day, I was sitting in the office casually ... gradient across the parsec scales of our globular cluster, then it was one ... after cup of tea, then suddenly it was the day of my presentation and I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Decisions “I don’t know”

  

  's also how most of our conversations for the past two weeks have started ... face, because of the fact that we spent ~12 hours studying during our ... badly on the third exam, in which case, our fate of passing or failing

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 10, 2017