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• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  it is true to a certain degree. Life is full of opportunity costs ... The beginning of a new term is always accompanied by a mix of anxiety ... time because I’ve become involved in a lot of activities that are a huge

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  unless they are in my dinner.) Luckily, I don't think the test will be of ... rocked the GRE general test, will be graduating with two degrees, have a good GPA, and (most importantly) have a lot of research experience

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  things that made me happy lately from the first week of classes

  

  listening in on breakfast conversations. “The curse of this degree is that now ... of forty people at dinner. But mornings feel cold and quiet and serene ... It was the morning of the second or third day of classes and I had

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 20, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  intriguing array of possibilities.” Again, that's completely accurate - but at ... to offer. And, of course, there's always Mystery Hunt to look forward ... my first few weeks back at MIT. I'll be spending most of my time

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  a Course 20 degree, only one of them is, strictly speaking, Course 20 ... part of bioengineering here at MIT, where so many fantastic discoveries ... As you hopefully already know, I am a sophomore in Course 20 here at

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.

  

  available at the rink. Fitness For Life This class is comprised of aerobic ... test certificate at the first class. Squash Introduction of the basic ... 's Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (DAPER) is in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  World of Wires [by Emily '15] Are you living in a computer simulation?

  

  ’s early precursor to films like The Matrix and Tron, World of Wires offers ... [by Emily LaVerriere '15] First of all, I need to second Miren ... (or FASAP, or Arts at MIT. It also may be the class with the most names

  • by ARTalk
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  chosen field of study. At the same time, I couldn’t imagine keeping myself ... the field, at present, is that a bunch of different perspectives each ... small cost to us: the cost of a new CD, a shirt or a night out at a

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  kid and some of those dislikes have stuck with me, even at 19. I dislike ... the decision at all. A lot of my time at MIT is spent reflecting on the ... Wellness Coordinator in New Vassar offered us a variety of stress toys to get

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / Events

  2024 ring premiere! amogus??

  

  at 7:30 to let everyone trickle in. There was a bit of a line when we ... ="linear algebra"]18.06[/annotation] at the end of the row--or it might've been ... The 2024s got their first look at the class ring on Friday! Having a

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 13, 2022
• Blog / Events

  LeaderShape 2012 Six unforgettable days.

  

  was the first of many times when we ate way more than we should have at ... ? This: (video credit: Tony Eng) The official description of LeaderShape, as detailed by MIT's Division of Student Life, is as follows: MIT

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  common data set, over 60% of the classes at MIT have 19 people or fewer ... , particularly one with a large population of graduate students, means that ... as the grad students in my lab for probably a tenth of the salary

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  state college the next. And I got lots of work here now, but at least I ... now, on display at the front of the Harvard COOP. Gross! I urge you to ... . Well, at least most people don’t. I had no idea what kind of people

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  necessarily offering clarification or description of any kind. Like a medieval ... and incoherent crap at the foot of the reader. In doing so, a tiny part ... your other courses at MIT. One challenge of the courses, and the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  questions! I'm happy to do answer questions, and most of the bloggers are on ... heart, ... When you're at the school for you, you'll know it." 3. Daniel, a kindred spirit admissions officer/blogger at the Johns Hopkins

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  of you this weekend. Tonight at 8 PM, we have an event called “Meet the ... , offer advice, joke around, and tell all of you, face to face, that if I can belong at MIT, so can you. I’m good at all of that! Over the years I

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  Cognition Lab. One of the great things about doing research at the ECCL is ... of cool things: one of my floormates is studying abroad in Madrid ... be interesting. I'll be taking the EMT class offered by MIT

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  colorful Paint pictures, though. So at the end of the two-hybrid (which ... -- oftentimes there aren't so many degrees of separation between people. ... Wow, lots of questions to address today! I guess I'll start by

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  -eyed Dennis-ness. For even if life throws thousands of lemons at you, curve ... Meet Dennis Hopper. That was a portrait taken of him by Charles Giuliano, published in 2007. I first saw Dennis in a pile of four art pieces

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat

  

  graduated. At graduation, one of the traditions at MIT is for all the ... Cambridge and Boston skylines on the sides of the ring: while you're at MIT ... In my last days at MIT, I painted this mural on my hall. I

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014