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  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  addressed to you. It’s a long weekend and thus an excuse to pretend that ... this post is so long). Thank you all for your emails and kind words and ... your specific questions. This post is long because I didn’t want to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  ROI on most undergraduate degrees. It is incumbent on all of us to do better. Colleges and universities need to do a better job of centering ... requirements for a degree. So students, as you are exploring campuses in the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Ali Khademhosseini: Building tissues, cell-by-cell Khademhosseini, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the joint MIT-Harvard Health Sciences and Technology Program,…

  

  undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering and Masters degree in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto, he came to MIT to pursue a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  people appreciation post <3

  

  the early universe with Jorian whose level-headedness is genuinely ... was really exciting. my professor for the early universe is a legend and ... completely switched isn't the most fun combination. it took me very long to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 2, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  ’s applying to the entire U.S. News & World Report Top 20 universities ... student who dreams of the same elite university half the school is applying ... circumstances.   long story short Fatefully I tried to pick my battles

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: Attend Local MIT Admitted Meetings! Note to ADMITTED, CURRENT, and FORMER Students

  

  universe, and everything with an awesome group of people and free food! If ... wonderful discussions about life, the universe, and everything with an awesome ... of local MIT meet-ups is a positive one regardless of how long you

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 26, 2017
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  that have long divided the world, being the source of almost every battle ... scientific community convened for the first time at the University of Chicago ... other universities around the country, including MIT, which hosts the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  (adcoms from colleges and universities, GC's from high schools, independent ... for guidance counselors" where all the colleges/universities set up ... a pretty long day. We got to Tampa around 11AM, checked into the hotel

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bed arrangements in dorms, and beauty on campus

  

  room in Burton-Connor too, as long as you clear it with the house manager ... 're universal. In some dorms, such as MacGregor, all the rooms are singles. But ... universities, more like a government (or these days, government and corporate

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  And miles to go before I sleep. Here we go again.

  

  long night ahead of you." Great. The thing is, I know how to handle these ... Night of Toolage: a long, long night of grueling problem sets due the next ... Of Toolage, cementing its place in history. As long as there is MIT

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  two years and are unaware of the current state of American politics, the first black president of the United States. (If you are, in fact ... first African American president of the United States, was about to give

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  happiness. I spent a semester burned out because it took me a long time to ... sooner. David D. '17 You're coming to MIT, one of the best universities in ... opportunities over the next four years as long as you go out and actively seek

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Thing I Love About MIT… Is how easy it was to use an assignment to pick up a cool internship.

  

  ). The term-long project (and ~40% of our grade) was to write a detailed ... (and then scale it up to other technical universities). Companies would ... /internship applications. Anyway, long story short—While I was doing market research, I

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  ". The universally loved Tony Eng designed the course to reprogram ... ) - ...I've been putting this off for a long, long time. 6.815 (Digital &

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  computer for so long (except non-working vacations or trips). ACCEPTANCE ... side-effect from being here for so long - you become tethered to your ... university in the US - perhaps even the world. i usually can get MIT signal in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  other universities as frequently as possible. Enjoy! /further ado ... impressed with Sam's effective use of long exposure during the CPW Activities ... , as long as they don't go to Harvard.

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  parodies, and we also played a long, very hot, and relatively uncoordinated ... by longing than by reason." (www.washingtonpost.com). He points to our ... universe. I'll try to read it before the end of the summer, but feel free to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  course of my job of turning turkeys into oil, there are long periods of ... the universe at a quantum level. I don't know. I'm an engineer, not a ... minute-long standing ovation on the last day of class. He was definitely

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  category of cultural differences like "toilets are heated and have a fake ... grueling school system to university, a 'tenured' job is practically

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Testimony from an ’11 By: Debbie, '11

  

  ! Caltech's 'prank' this year was pretty sweet - they make a fake issue of the ... this is such a random picture. But like, I guess the university needed a

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2007