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• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  months of his life on hall. When the evening came, we decided it was such ... lights of Black Bemis and talked, which is a popular quiet-night activity on 5th East. We were soon joined by Lex '00. One of my favorite things

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  . Even more fortunately, MIT offers a wide variety of courses ... of people periodically have brilliant ideas which they then go over in ... and intricacies of a satisfying plot. Unfortunately, not all of these

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mexico things my MISTI experience

  

  research at a tiny university on the outskirts of Mexico City, which was a ... impression is that at least a good majority of students who apply to MISTI do ... university. I ended up living there for the majority of my time in Mexico and

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 10, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  year, I ended up applying for the IAP Madrid program offered by the ... This IAP was my first time ever outside of the United States! El Mirador del Valle--the most beautiful view of Toledo. Photo credit: Rachel

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  Last week I, along with most of the admissions team, attended the IvyPlus 2011 conference at Yale University. IvyPlus is an every-couple-of ... are great matches for the university and who might not otherwise apply

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

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  yeah, I haven't written a blog in too long anyways, so I owe all of you ... kidding. My research deals with the characterization of a novel gene in the aging pathway of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (a roundworm that is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  Well, today was my last day of class as an undergrad. Technically the last day of class is tomorrow, but I only have 7.28 (molecular biology ... think I've attended a grand total of one since the end of my freshman year

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?

  

  6 from A Musical Offering. Now, since I kind of suck at piano, I'm one ... "Sexiest Vegetarian of the Year 2004" by PETA. So maybe one of these days you'll go to an information session at an ivy league university, or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  61 Photos from my Time at MIT from freshman to senior year

  

  wonderful way to say goodbye for the summer. Speaking of friends, my best ... friend. Is it emo enough? Spotted at the Boston Museum of Science: one of the sample songs to learn about sound was performed by the MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 3, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Coffee in the Pagi-nation [joint post] breaking cruel rituals

  

  college application essays over cups and cups of coffee. After some brutal months of SAT subject tests and trying to figure out how to apply for ... of the Paige Universe (or Pagi-nation, as she prefers to call it): math

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  of Math & Science Sacramento, CASaturday, September 9, 2006 at 3:00 p ... Country Club Plaza If you're in one of these areas, I look forward to seeing you! And for the rest of you, say hello to my colleague who comes to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  —  should think about the process of preparing to apply to MIT. Since that time, it's remained one of the most widely read and shared posts on the ... Almost 11 years ago, I wrote a blog post called Applying Sideways

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  college student, save for ramen.) Speaking of dining halls at MIT, Baker ... live in one of these residence halls in order to eat there (which is good ... just cooked large amounts of angel hair pasta with ground beef in black

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  passed through scribbled notes passed in the halls. A general fact of my ... My hometown is a real-world manifestation of the phrase "the wrong side of the tracks." In fact, I'm from the wrong side of TWO tracks. In

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  used to be really good at taking tests. I never had any kind of test ... .01 exam. So on the back of my index card, after writing in all the last ... before the exam. (Despite the fact that I was always sort of afraid that a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  , Random Hall, and Bexley Hall. As you might be aware, I now live in one of ... I hear Early Action decisions went out. Congrats to those of you who got in. If you got deferred, don't take it too hard, plenty of people

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  you (this applies to other elements of your application as well). Note ... Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... accurate). A description of the current interview process is posted here

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Google

  

  would go up on the team’s Hall of Fame wall. We sat outside, surrounded by ... the Special Olympics with Googlers at the University of Southern ... With several of the core General Institute Requirements out of the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 5, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  ...we mean it. To all of you waiting to hear back from other universities ... experiences with all of you through the admissions blogs. Whether I talked about ... prospective members of MIT's Class of 2012 - foremost in my mind. I hope I was

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  . Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may ... Ever heard of Alan Lightman? He’s one of the most famous professors at ... have heard of some of his books: Einstein’s Dreams (1993), Good Benito

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007