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• Blog / Academics & Research

  News bites from the Institvte A taste of what's happening around campus.

  

  chain In the near future, the presence of human colonies on the moon will ... an international team have mapped “one of the largest and most ... have discovered the final piece of the synthesis pathway of vitamin B12

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Don’t feed the squirrels In which I work with gifted children.

  

  Spectrum duty desk in the lobby of McCulloch Hall at Northwestern University ... again! Here at CTD, there are all sorts of ludicrous rules for the students and staff to follow (the title of this post being one - those

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 5, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  Considering the lack of inactivity on these blogs in the past week or ... of the most vaguely negated sentences ever or what?), but this one was ... the undependable nature of our printer to announcements for parties to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  . All last semester I was thinking of the right way to say goodbye to this corner of the Internet, to sum up all my feelings from the past four years ... -eloquent me would end with the blog version of a mic drop, and then peace out

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Where can I find info on the School of Engineering?

  The MIT School of Engineering is world renowned. Covering everything from ocean engineering to aeronautics, there's something exciting going on in every department, lab, and classroom. There's way too much to
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  to build my list in August of my senior year. We had done the campus ... did more research on the University of Chicago. They are weird. Really weird. I liked it a lot because it stood out in its rejection of the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  New kid on the block

  

  Laureates (only 15 fewer than MIT, no biggie- notice the new sense of humor I ... past 10 years (CME) and I am proud to be one of the students on the ... have frequented since I had the intention of applying to MIT, I suddenly

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  , from all over the place: BU, University of Kansas, UVA, Macalester ... walked out of the room to talk with his supervisor), Stephen sitting across from me is doing some crazy-impressive mapping of the Whirlpool galaxy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Highlights From The Past Week A post on birthdays and bad (but oh so good) TV.

  

  actually part of the plot and (b) the kids are just so much more intelligent and witty than their counterparts of yesteryear. But it's still... The ... after 72 hours of no sleeping or showering. Will post pictures of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  frequent flyer miles like nobody's business. Those are probably some of the ... stings, when I'm feeling sad, Arial (the font), the spelling of the word ... : The odds of achieving this are a little greater when you attend MIT

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  choice of MIT, I mean it. I'm on a mission to spread the New England winter ... shenanigans. Exhibit A: On the last day of finals, as if to celebrate the ... of snow. Even better, right outside of the dorm where Siyi and I live

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  I have SMASHING news!

  

  rummaging about in the archives of the Bodleian I had found an old map of labyrinthine catacombs along the banks of the Charles River. So we pipped across the pond to explore the secrets of the old colonies and whatnot. I must

  • by Sir Nigel Blogberry
  • March 7, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  amongst the stars a comic

  

  , inspired me to draw the comic above. There are a lot of nebulous feelings I ... of this particularly difficult semester and the beginning of summer ... in NYC.  In an attempt to get back part of my soul after what

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  of an adventure. For instance, I came here straight from the country ... information sessions, I am always amazed at the number of international visitors ... really get a sneak peek at the life of an MIT student. These students have

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2011 MIT Class of 2015 waitlist decisions will be released today, via email, at approximately 3pm…

  

  additional students this year for the Class of 2015. Thanks to all of you on ... For the sixth consecutive year, we will admit students from our waitlist. This year, a high number of admitted students have chosen to enroll

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  Every so often, during the Q&A portion of an MIT information ... hair-pulling by even the brightest students. But in the rare cases of ... suicide. Neither academic rigor nor course of study are among the top risk

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer plans

  

  Swiss Institute of Technology). I'm working at the Brain Mind Institute ... I've spent the last two weeks enjoying a nice vacation at my mom ... caught up on all the sleep I missed during term (for some reason, while I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Gave Love A Bad Name A night of talent.

  

  to serenades. Some of the acts from the night included my former ... , Zeta Beta Tau, the prize for best large act at Sigma Kappa's Late Night. Last night, it was made a smash hit by Michael Borohovski and the Sexy

  • by Bryan
  • October 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-med, Everybody’s Best Friend If you are considering a career in medicine -- and not as a pharmacist.

  

  News Office). Congrats, Farhan! I took 21A.453: Anthropology of the ... . Okay, now to the serious part of this entry. Potential pre-meds, read this! One of the most common questions I receive about MIT is about its

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  quiet moments out in the rural English countryside

  

  located). in fact, it’s so small that it usually appears on the 2nd page of ... chicken wire. its discovery in 2010 won the nobel prize because of its ... ."]graphene[/annotation] and motors and stuff, which i think may be one of the coolest jobs ive

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • July 19, 2023