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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  clueless. So thank heavens for Professor Lois, who decided one day while lecturing for 9.12 that he needed to tell us "what you're getting into by ... . (Luckily, that's not a problem for most of us at MIT -- 80% of MIT undergrads

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The middle days of the week

  

  achievements, it is responsible for the Book Exchange, the Ride Board, and the Big Screw charity fundraiser. For some reason, MIT's chapter has drawn ... . Seuss book Mr. Brown Can Moo, for NBP's braille literacy program for blind

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  international students.   One of my goals for keeping this blog is to demystify what admissions officers do. I think that for many students, the ... less hectic) season, but it allows some time for deep thinking about what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  . This was the right decision -- the fellow who picked me up was from a ... sheep-lined roads than anyone I’ve ever seen. He recommended a hike up the hill at the Killarney end of the Gap of Dunlow, which I might try for

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  IAP trip to the natural history museum! turns out nature's history is pretty cool

  

  of different unusual classes and events that you can sign up for -- but ... things that you don't need to sign up for. I went into this IAP with no ... scheduled around psets or paid for in punted psets. One such spontaneous

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  enjoyed the class and think it was well worth it for getting my feet wet ... structures, and they also have similar pronunciations for many words. Some ... . shinmun), and many more. This is because both the readings for these words

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  unphotogenic). Blurred for your own safety. (Just kidding, my boyfriend doesn ... some of my closest friends around town at odd hours, it was hard for ... can help you with number one, but I have a place to start for number two

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  . MIT is not a school for the daintily-shod. For that, I direct you to the ... a metaphor for perseverance, academic ambition, or high SAT scores ... set for 8.07 sublimated by Maxwell Stress Tensor puns (I was tired that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  daily basis) while Yuki dressed up for the occasion in a suit. We went ... this." After navigating through the proper proxies we pulled up YouTube. He searched for "Improv Everywhere Best Buy" and showed me a hilarious

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  studying for the same tests. Your schedule is like the food trays in the ... , but focus more on technology for the developing world, you can do that ... ’re busy whipping up some Management Science Soup, but the student next to

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  we go! Psets are an abbreviation for"Problem Sets", which is the ... first pset for 18.01 (Calculus 1), a class that I wasn't having trouble ... picked up my pset and glanced through it quickly, counting problems to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Lost and Found I've been here for almost two weeks, and been lost at least half of that…

  

  train to look for my house. A woman helped me carry my luggage up two ... for days. I walked until the Japanese Ghost of Christmas Past walked up ... a generally useless, chronological order. When you ask for a map

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  paper ridiculous. I ended up passionately hating Joyce Carol Oates for ... Jonathan Safran Foer. Sorry for the lack of blogging over the past week, I ... Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium. They have a labyrinth there for no

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Making your college decision May 1st! Have you decided?

  

  heart, ... When you're at the school for you, you'll know it." - Kelli ... 'll admit that I chose MIT and that the decision (for me) wasn't very difficult. Seriously, I couldn't pass up this place, and I'll tell you why

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  how to be a microcelebrity or micro-microcelebrity, or micro-micro-microcelebrity, or...

  

  for like an hour [/annotation] every time I pull up to the admissions ... recommend"] like 15 hours writing [/annotation] about the food I ate for a ... stocked up on food stores from the plentiful fall, i too shall go hibernate

  • by Janet G. '27
  • July 18, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining As it stands now

  

  cringe when they see the title. Dining is the current hot topic at MIT for ... dining understanding (that's a story for a later entry, or for Laura to ... know about dining (for now!). There are six main options for getting

  • by Snively '11
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  year, I ended up applying for the IAP Madrid program offered by the ... signing up for the Clase de Conversación y Composición, a conversation class ... Lily Terry, the amazing photographer of our travel group :) For me, IAP

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  I LOVE TATTE💖💖💖 back in boston baby

  

  you again, grabbing an afternoon pick-me-up between [annotation note ... [/annotation] between psets for a much needed comfort meal. Here's to a new year! xoxo

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 30, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT-vangelion (Pi Day 2023) 3/14/23 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  you. In the meantime… well, that’s up to you! You could watch all the ... Evangelion-themed anime opening for this year’s Pi Day video!  

  • by Tim
  • March 7, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Stuff that happened on Pi Day (besides decisions) pastries and pie-ings from around the institute

  

  Pi Day is a big deal around our mathematically-minded Institute. Since the blogs were mostly focused on decisions, I figured I'd follow up ... student residences and clubs held Pi Day events as well. For a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 16, 2022