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• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  , drawing my eyes like a beacon. And in that moment MIT unfolded for me, as I ... they wanted to study, what they liked to do for fun. What made them tick ... first discovered my passion for biomedical research. Unsurprisingly, every

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  semester). Unless you want to be amazing and take 8.012 or 8.022 (Physics For ... 's affectionate synonym for "Technology-Enabled Active Leaning" and basically ... , homework can now be due late at night, or on weekends. For 8.01, there are 2

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  music supplement via email addressed to [email protected]. For performers ... need to be a music major for this to be considered (most people who ... most music classes or to be a part of the music program. For more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  video game and joystick, a detector for interplanetary communication, HDTV ... major. Hanhan’s love for Course 6 is contagious! In high school, she ... Corporation. Currently, she is a lab assistant, or L.A., for a new class called

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  -shifting' for modern time, media Robin H. Ray, News Office Correspondent ... for good. Instead, producers, writers and filmmakers must engage in ... to imagine future directions and applications for our more

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  'm studying Mechanical Engineering with Biomedical Engineering, for instance ... take anyway) -18.03 for the Harvard-HST Program English: -2 terms of ... said it wasn't a good school for premeds. In some cases, this is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  important to me? What did a school need to have in order for me to be happy ... schools for me, rather than pushing me to apply to the schools they thought were right for me. This required a lot of work on my part, but it was

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  time for everyone; I've been at the verge of tears over this awful, awful ... charged with admitting a Class of 2010. And even for students who have had ... normalcy returns. Please know that for students directly affected by this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  And it’s all beginning…

  

  former Rush chair for MacGregor, agrees with me. One question I hear ... intending to stay there. What value is there for me in looking at different ... 've found something you like so quickly, and maybe it is the best place for

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  it, and we met in the Anthropology Department's conference room for ... " and refuse the food. For some reason, this really bothered Sam -- maybe ... program for students who want to go to medical school. MIT has no official

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  Lab at MIT's Center for Cancer Research studying the delivery of small-interfering RNA (siRNA) in mice. It may seem odd for a student like me, who plans ... goes well, this mouse model can be used to create a therapy for influenza

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bed arrangements in dorms, and beauty on campus

  

  seperate beds?" I can't speak for every dorm, but at East Campus, most rooms ... choose whatever is more pleasing for you, bunk beds or two separate beds ... singles, doubles, triples and quads. For a quad, I suppose, one could have

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Radio Radio

  

  WTBS [now TBS] for his station, and contacted the MIT radio station with ... allowed by the FCC, Turner and the lawyers for both stations found a legal ... condition that WTBS-FM would apply for and receive new call letters. Turner

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  installation. For the blogs, I wanted to go into a little more detail on the ... for decades. The magazine we send to donors is literally called Spectrum ... was also working on a lighting project for the new MBTA headhouse

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  – it’s 8 pm, and you’ve been blowing glass for four hours straight. You ... [/caption] Do you dare to reach forth and scoop a spoonful for yourself? If you ... )[/caption] Much to my dismay, the instructors conveniently had an explanation for

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part four) senior trinkets

  

  thought this might give us some sense of closure for the end of the school ... for Thanksgiving Break. The one visible in this picture shows the three of us in space! 2) Tickets for the Vessel, Come from Away, and the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  May. the rules for adding to this playlist were very limited—i mainly ... school year. later, though, i choreographed to it for my dance show, so i ... met in Taiwan is in. i listened to it nonstop for three days in November

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Events

  media we’ve been into recently musicals, food videos, memes, and misc.

  

  it is *top secret* stuff for now. So, look out for that post around mid ... useful if you're looking for some distractions (specifically if you're a ... . But for some reason, we LOVE it! Our fave songs are Your Day, Lilacs

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  explain yourself, either. There isn’t space or time for uncertainty. The college essay is yours. For more, see this writing advice from Chuck ... required. For example, my Common Application essay ended with “weird is the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  you get to MIT, you’ll have had about eighteen years (or less for ... of you probably have been playing an instrument for years or participating in art, dance, or theatre for just as long. I mean, you

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012