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• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  A few years back, I began keeping a tab of life's certainties ... uncertain when you hold them too close. Still, I add to the list. Markers of ... and uncontrollable, I return to the list. I remind myself of what I know

  • by Ella T. '25
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  process the decisions, I thought I'd offer some thoughts on the process ... great care and thoroughness that they deserve. On behalf of the entire ... your stories with us. We have all been truly inspired by them. Many of

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  assume that I am pre-med, or else shudder at high school memories of ... 't either of those things. Biology is an incredibly challenging, multi ... majors: 6-7, 7, and 20. I am fascinated by the workings of complex systems

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  just taken a leave of absence. Taking a break from the Institute is not unheard of here. I can think of several people I know who are currently ... better. A lot of emphasis in choosing colleges goes towards student life

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  . I hate the number 23 so I threw in 2 of my favorites to get us to 25 ... laws of physics." This is untrue. Chuck Norris can change the laws of ... Oppenheimer said "I am become death, the destroyer Of worlds", He was not

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  Name: Mari McQuaid Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions ... University for two years and then my degree from Harvard Extension in Art ... on campus too! Just the general gestalt of the place is very cool

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Fair Season

  

  on the Time Traveler Convention. Anyway, check both of those out. Last ... , and I didn't lose my voice =) The most popular question of the night ... 's Department of Architecture is the oldest school of architecture is the United

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  " brochure, which I think does a very good job of offering suggestions for your ... what the name of Nance's baby is? We're very curious =D" I think I'm at ... ! ------------------------------------- Rafael wrote, "wow, thats a bunch of applications! Btw, how many people are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Post: Started From the Dorm Room Now We Here starting a startup while at MIT

  

  to MIT, I wanted to be the first man on Mars--or even one of the nerdy ... aerospace. From the start, I knew that MIT had a strong culture of computer science--’Course 6’. So much so, that about a third of my class ended up

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  cloudless and the temperature was 73 degrees Fahrenheit. I had only two ... beautiful spring day... ...when pushed off the roof of a 7-story dormitory ... should have tossed the upright piano onto the baby grand instead of the

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  the classical style, you have to prepare the 7th degree of a chord in ... stunningly brilliant example of a diatonic descending 5ths progression in A Minor, making special note of the soprano's oblique motion against the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  many pink dresses come to 2.009 :D

  

  finally sleep after the launch). Tune in to our presentation!!! I'm one of the presenters for Pink Team, but I own two pink articles of clothing: a ... 've been offered four dresses to try on. Just seeing them in my room fills me

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  , graceful, and the kind of person who, when I'm tired and crying at 2 in the morning, will bring me a box of chocolate (Twix ♥) and offer me a hug. I've seen her in a variety of roles over the past year and a half or so: she

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  heartbreaking, than I imagined back in July when it was spoken of in distant ... admissions veterans were probably speaking in the IHTFP tone: that mix of dread ... 't know that I'm at the "embrace" stage of my MIT evolution (I think I

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can get anything you want… ...excepting Alice. Or a good blog entry.

  

  another week or two before I get back in the swing of things. Incidentally ... until the middle of the night--it makes me nostalgic for my own Freshman ... circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 17, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  preparation includes—at the very least—one year each of college-level calculus ... on a case-by-case basis and depends on your course of study and institutional offerings. The transfer admissions process is highly competitive
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ana Posada: Improving the production of an HIV medication Ana Posada, who just graduated from MIT, spent a year and half of her undergraduate…

  

  The Class of 2007 walked across the stage last Friday, and among the ... offerings at MIT. Among her many experiences, Ana worked in the Sinkey Lab, one of the few MIT microbiology labs, for one and a half years. She says

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  the wide range of resources MIT has to offer. If you're applying to ... Career Week. Events of Libraries Week include: Photos with Tim the Beaver ... accused me of having with the Lewis Music Library.) Events of MISTI Week

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summary of the Semester I'm a senior and it's super weird.

  

  I'm a senior! And it's November of my senior year at MIT! Crazyyyyy ... an eight minute bike ride north of MIT. Well, a little longer than that ... Do you want to see a picture of my cat? Of course you do! SHE'S SO

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 9, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  reading, lots of reading. And it has easily been one of my favorite ... could offer and it's been so much more. There have been three aspects to the work to date. Script Kiddie 101 The primary portion of this

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013