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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Free-est post! un-free schedule

  

  In the hassle of getting my life and graduation requirements together ... intentionally by taking eight classes a semester so they can graduate in two years ... professor at age 20. He frequently cites his own papers in lecture, and we

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 28, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  assignments, I decided to take a break by traveling to Bath in Somerset, UK. I arrived in Bath bright and early around 10am. That means waking up at 5 am and walking to the Cambridge train station in sub-zero temperature, say

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  called 'To the Deferred' - and I want to now add to the words expressed in that entry. First: to those of you who got in - congratulations, and ... didn't get in: I have a story for you! And hopefully, it'll make you feel

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  As a freshman in college, one of the most important things I do is reflect on my experiences here at MIT. How am I doing in my classes here ... should try to establish ourselves as individuals by being the best in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  be engulfed in the so-called MIT bubble. Which basically means, getting ... existed! People live in houses! Dogs exist! Babies exist!" Here, I am ... teenage dream. I've just always loved art and design and cities, and in the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  the campus bubble. It's too easy to go from Activity in MIT Building A to Activity in MIT Building B to your dorm room without ever leaving ... . I noticed that my first two weeks in Albuquerque - when everything was

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  Kevin Gillespie and J.R. Hildebrand. In 1997-98, a student named Kevin Gillespie applied to MIT from a relatively small public school in Georgia. He was the first applicant from his school to MIT in a long time, perhaps

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  first borns. The topic in question? Bathrooms. Apparently bathrooms are a ... you a bathroom primer. Now, I only live in one dorm, so I can't speak ... in the comments), but I've had some experience with the bathrooms of

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that are awesome being published, D-lab, and MISTI. Also cookies. But there are no cookies in this entry.

  

  . This is sort of weird because...well, I don't have much interest in going ... poor people in Africa, it's not like being published is really in the ... nomadic devices, rest assured that the third author is in fact yours truly

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  Where to begin? Well, in order to understand me, what drives me ... little ways back in my history (what history I have), not too far, just a blink of the eye really in the scheme of things, back across the years

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 blogging scholarship ... kid out of a public high school in Salem OR, was the difference in conversation-snippits that I caught as I passed by people. In high school I was

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Sorry you didn’t meet me :( I missed Meet-The-Bloggers, and some things on this semester

  

  in a while. What have I been up to? For one, I went to West Virginia ... in Green Bank, WV is located in the nation's only radio-quiet zone that spans approximately 15,000 square miles in area. (fact check!: 13,000 sq

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  So I've been spending some time in my hometown over Winter Break, and this time, I know it's probably the last time that I'll sleep in my bed ... in one of those neighborhoods where your elementary school was one

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  sister, and I find my bike. I take the key out, stick it in the lock, and ... Unni, how are you supposed to put the lock in the holder?" "You slide it in." "I am sliding it in." "Hold it so it looks like a U, not a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  impressive and inspiring and wonderful, etc. In the past few days, a few ... "shoot for the moon" in terms of faculty, and emailed Professor Eric Lander ... later in the semester, but the dinners need to be in by late October for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  . Apologies. ------------------------------------- Aziz wrote: "If i'm living in ... here in Kuwait. It is vital for me to receive my admissions decision before the May 1st deadline." No worries - we will mail in mid-march, a

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  'll highlight it in a future entry! A little background: back in the summer of ... -Recorder, a newspaper focused on the African-American community in Minnesota ... gave to the store clerk and the cash she received in return. Thus began

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  : "Would you mind answering questions to a student in highly interested in ... of my blog is, in fact, part of a quote from Neil Gaiman's novel ... of the "talk list". Most living groups at MIT, in addition to having

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Scholar

  

  school students in an original, new, one-hour unscripted series that will ... demonstrate excellence in the areas of academics, leadership, creativity and ... about the show in yesterday's New York Times, I learned something I didn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  first experimental class in the “standard” 8 path. Most 8s take it [annotation note="hence the Junior in the name"]Junior Fall[/annotation] after ... skills. Practically, this means many small tasks in areas such as

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025