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  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  based on around 100 responses. In addition, I tried to rank the top 5 ... ) 12.400: Our Space Odyssey (1) 18.504: Seminar in Logic (1) 18 ... lot of the reasons mentioned the content of the class in different ways

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  bicycle (wikimedia)I began commuting by bike when I was in college, taking the Norwottuck Rail Trail from my house in Belchertown to school in Amherst or to see my girlfriend in Northampton. At the time, it seemed like

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  about the difficulty in selecting the students who will ultimately be ... contributions or the work of other admissions officers, our roles in the ... parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  .112 lecture in 10-250" or "I have three psets due every week this semester and it's really hosing" or even "I'm doing a UROP in Course 7" don't mean ... - speaking in MITese. But what else would you expect from a school where

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  The last time I was on an airplane, I was in an aisle seat getting my ... terrorist," they said in my mind the last time I was on an airplane. "She's hiding the goods in her breakfast burrito." The last time I was on an

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  is behind us, the Charles River is below us, and Boston is in front of us. One of my favorite places in the world is the gold hill under the ... ’s favorite place to go when we need an escape, especially in the late evening

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  I spent the last three weeks in Italy through GTL, and the two before that in Santa Fe. In Santa Fe I slept on a beautiful couch carved out of ... in hats and my cousins and my brother and my sisters and my best friend

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  I really enjoyed Ana's recent post about a single day in her life, so ... arrive in Harvard Square 10:01am arrive at L.A. Burdick's This particular ... professors, whether it's in an academic context like office hours or running

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  school, or go to an extended retreat in the mountains of Italy, you most ... in charge that you’re not just great, but also necessary. For some, of ... dashed. Now, I’m stuck in a limbo of trying to figure out [annotation note

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  In last week's blog entry Diversity or Merit? I included the ... socialization. And so we have to take a great deal of care in constituting the ... air-quoting so hard I might sprain a knuckle) in their admissions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  exactly what needs to be done. I stick my cell culture media in the ... wait until some of the other postdocs come in. 9:15 AM. Since I can ... temp. 9:45 AM. I am putting the DNAs back in my box when I discover that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  Boy oh boy, what a summer it’s been so far. For the first time in my college career, I’m spending my summer working in [annotation note ... [/annotation] – and where better to breathe in that sweet, American, summer air than in

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  admission exam and accepts the top scoring kid(s) from each town in our ... , but I got in, and he didn’t. When MIT hopefuls ask what an MIT student did in high school, they tend to mean “what went on their application

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  prospectives to a day in the life of an MIT student, I have rather uncreatively decided to present An Actual Day in My Life, Fall 2005 Version. 8:15 -- The ... Journal communities. I get dressed in my MIT Cheer shirt with a really cheerleadery

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  -calculus-by-second-grade math majors, kids who’ve competed in national olympiads, freshmen and ... simple. I signed up for 6.01 in my first semester and went to a few ... , Michelle. You were Good at Things in high school, remember? You won stuff

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  : “Definitely not in a big city.” I’d spent my entire life in a small town in ... it. Comparing that to my experiences in places such as New York City ... ’m writing this in my dorm room overlooking the city of Boston. Ultimately, I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  . Incidentally, there are a lot of great concerts happening in Boston this week, so ... : explicit lyrics) a song I mentioned in my very first blog post. There may or may not have been tears in my eyes by the end :’) This past month, I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  even worcester and providence in rhode island. colloquially, this is ... different, both in [annotation note="the width of the charles varies wildly ... in structural engineering. I’ve taken many classes where we’ve pondered

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  . Posts include "It's an honor and a privilege to be in here with you all ... excitement and bubbliness, there's insecurity in comments like "I…have NO idea ... as a senior who knows what's ahead, I'm sad. In the fall of 2012, The

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  we have wacky (modern? postmodern?) buildings, the best river views in ... ending. (3) Because in between classes, I might eat lunch in Killian ... sailing photos, but I'm not confident enough in my abilities to bring

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014