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  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  matter of seeing the connection." During her freshman year at Stanwood High ... . It always has been my dream." Christy, one of four valedictorians at ... a series of articles about incoming MIT students. These articles

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  siblings and I looked at him. I was the biggest of us at only 5’4” 110lbs ... Americans at the competition of almost 300 students, both stood at the ... that had never really been great at sports, music, or anything else of

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jugal Shah- Improving the technique of High Resolution Quantitative Autoradiography Sophomore Jugal Shah is improving a boron imaging technique that may potentially enhance a promising…

  

  highly lethal form of brain cancer, uptake drugs containing boron at higher ... opportunities offered." *Source of BNCT Picture: URL: http://www.cdic.bnl.gov/bio_bnct.htm* ... interests and sophomore Jugal Shah is living proof of MIT's success. Jugal is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  until, at the end, one of the founders asked me how much compensation I ... Near the start of the pandemic, I decided not to come back to MIT full-time during fall 2020, since I knew I wouldn't get that much out of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Scholar

  

  choice. Filmed on location at the University of Southern California, The ... ultimate American prize. For the chance at a full ride to the college of ... Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1988

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  more often talk about aspects of MIT that are freely offered to the world ... value of educational expeditions. At 22, Darwin seemed headed for the ... ." At the time of the publication of Bhutan, Hawley said the biggest book

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2028 are now ... to the MIT Class of 2028, and as of *checks watch* right now, we have offered early admission to 661. Though they are all different in their own

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Adventures Part One the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts

  

  my book, the new day doesn’t start until I’ve had at least 4 hours of ...   One of my favorite questions to ask, when talking to ... know what the daily life of an MIT student (i.e. me) is like. So i

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  ’ve chomped at over 60! These cafes celebrate a variety of cuisines, flavors ... , thai tea, coconut, and ube, Maprang offers a variety of pastries, cakes ... of cafes I hope to chomp at next semester: Pepita 3 Little Figs

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  peace of mind when facing the unknown." At that time in my life, I felt ... stronger voice inside myself to tell me what to do. The book offered a way of ... them out of hand. She believed that the authors had something to offer

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  . Matt Damon was too. Yes, when he got up on stage, one of the first things ... ’s just put that out there. I mean, I’ve seen the list of previous ... of the World Bank. President of the United States. And who did you get

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  these events? ALL OF THE FOLLOWING happened at roughly the same time: 1 ... usually has a pretty good cross section of current events at MIT. Therefore ... then, but I can't take advantage of any of their offers now because they

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  around them, if you can. So look for opportunities offered outside of your school that you can take on yourself; classes offered at local colleges or ... the exam and the season premiere of Lost. There's no guarantee that I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  This Entry is Really Long. And my pictures won't upload :(Edit: Actually, they finally did! Yay!

  

  , we fail at finding them though, so instead of gazing open-mouthed at elegant stone terraces, we trekked up a mountain, at the top of which was a ... time of my life – outside in perfect 75-degree weather, the one jacket I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 28, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  FourFiveUnits all you could ever want to know about my semester schedule

  

  :   Hello dear readers. In keeping with the trend of bloggers posting ... blocks of free time, none of those "empty" hours will ever be spent doing nothing. In fact, I think this will be one of my busiest semesters so far. I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in Internet in the bathtub! And a bunch of stuff on choosing a major.

  

  any major. A list of degree programs is here (I find this list SUPER ... out the choice of major form and turned it in at the Student Services ... Well, I'm back home in the great state of Ohio, getting ready for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  . One semester of chemistry is a general institute requirement at MIT, and ... orbitals, and learn more about the degrees of freedom than you could ever ... an explanation of atomic number and its implications at the atomic

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  wondering) 9:06: Aaaand it’s cold outside at a crisp 45 degrees. But good ... point. There’s light and beauty at the end of the hallway ... (Take a look at “My Monday” by Yuliya K. '18 for her day in the life

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  students plan gap years. Adds Lee Stetson, dean of admissions at the ... about the possibility of deferring admission, also known as taking a gap year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  thing, than okay at 10. Of course, it's even cooler to be really good at ... really good at physics. (And cheerleading.) That digression aside, of ... Juniors in physics tend to complain a lot. The more of them there are

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007