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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  originally going to be published by the Harvard University Press, but virtually ... reading is my sole activity these days. I read The Kent State Coverup, an ... books on the Kent State Shootings themselves. Basically, after a series of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply to be an Exchange Student, Special Student, or Visiting Student?

  An Exchange Student enrolls at MIT to take classes as a non-degree student. Exchange students are affiliated with a university in which MIT has an established agreement, and both universities exchange students with
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  [by Ken Haggerty '11] Last Thursday was THE perfect day. The sky was cloudless and the temperature was 73 degrees Fahrenheit. I had only two ... harsh. It was certainly entertaining, and the fake-out was funny, but they

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  State's honors college (+ full tuition/room/board scholarship). I was ... OSU or other state schools and are now planning to work in Columbus ... state school environment. Sure, you can find a group of equally smart

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Fight against Gender Discrimination in STEM an excerpt from a fall class paper

  

  Science and Engineering for universities across the United States. This ... . President Charles Vest eagerly endorsed the Report. He stated in his preface ... within universities is part reality and part perception. True, but I now

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 6, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  Undergraduate Degree Audit looks like: This is a very lonely situation, because ... : ??? Uh oh. Visions of watching your friends receive their diplomas while ... . * * * Six Hours Later * * * You return, except now it's MANY MORE degrees

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Best from staff

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  admissions, I tell them, not inaccurately, that, as someone with an degree in an interesting but impractical field from a state university graduating ... when I began. I have a grad degree and a grad rat. But, most importantly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  's relatively universal is that the receptors are anchored to other proteins ... effects on memory-like states. Relatedly, patients with fragile X (a ... you get your bachelor's degree, are you required to get you master's and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Xanga Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part one.

  

  school. 23. I love taking pictures. 24. I enjoy girls who are fake. 25. I ... New Year's. 49. I am wearing a fake gold ring. 50. I love my friends ... play the guitar. 57. I state the obvious. 58. I wish I was at summer

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  nourished by the university."]Aulus.[/annotation] (Me: "Mom, if you were my ... overshadow the fact that he truly needed help. So, I made some fake sourdough ... were fake. I was so happy -- but I was so nervous. Was he too cold? Did

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  Bucknell University, I envisioned news clippings about horrendous hazing ... . Rush events are fake. But rush is meant to introduce you to every greek ... decide which dorm to live in for the year) is fake too! McGregor, to my

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Events

  I graduated My brass rat is upside-down and my dorm room is bare

  

  moment, I wear mine as an alumna. Then we started receiving our diplomas ... in elaborate robes, waved at Prof. Bertschinger, accepted my diploma ... advisor. In Prof. Guth's Early Universe class (8.286, which I took

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  Summer Science Research Program (HSSSRP) Michigan State University High ... Young Scientists (PROMYS) The Ross Program Stanford University ... Program (SSEP) Women's Technology Program (WTP) Programs open to out-of-state

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  staffers why, having gotten a degree from such a prestigious university, they ... it was all a joke. Mr. Lazar decided to attend Cornell University this ... ." While visiting a private college in New York state with her mother

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  even one protest in front of the state Capitol in Sacramento. Truthfully ... under Taiwan's Universal Health Plan, I really had no sense of the great ... uninsured, covered by federal/state/county aided health insurance (Medicare

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  The berry of the West African Synsepalum dulcificum (miracle fruit) bush has been popular in the United States since the 70s for its ... Zev B. ‘08 thought they tasted fake, and prefers the sour versions of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline: Your Questions [Updated] With the Early Action deadline fast approaching, I'll try to answer some last minute questions.

  

  question on the self-reported coursework section. It states it should be ... universities, MIT has a quota for the number of international students it can ... "recruitment" that other universities do. Certainly, we will recognize your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Snot, Livers, and Fractals What a world.

  

  , so folks like Prof. Ribbeck are trying to create fake mucus ... .) In a weird convergence of universes, I ended up teaching a class that

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  burg, and I could count down the miles to home. I live in State College ... Pleasant Gap. The town revolves around Penn State, is surrounded by farms ... university shields us from the recession and a sea of red shelters our tiny

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  want to enroll in a US school towards a diploma (we not not require a diploma, but it might be a good idea). You cannot enroll in a degree program ... general idea." Some public universities do have exact percentages of what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005