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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  Since all I can think about recently is graduate school, I thought I ... notes from that lecture can be found here, in PDF format. There are lots ... postdoc attempts to publish anything and everything he/she can in order to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  in general have also just strained. I feel like I can't talk to people ... 92 days. Lately everyone seems to be asking me how I am. Are you doing okay? How are you feeling? What's your emotional state? I find the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  how you're expected to sleep for grief, so I'll try to comfort you with ... the noodle*'s ancestors! How can we sleep for grief?" Septimus: "By ... can guarantee that it would look like complete gibberish to you. In the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  all time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember

  

  provide updates on what i'm currently doing, or new and exciting things in ... things in my life right now. "how are you doing? what have you been up to ... , psets, eat, sleep, repeat. i fill the hours in between with mindless

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 14, 2021
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  Bridge Supplement will act in place of the MIT first-year application. Please note ... to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT ... submit an official transcript with your QB application, you can request an
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s like a bag of sand! I go on a quest to legally obtain music and movies.

  

  essential things in life, like sleeping (I HAVE TO BE AT BREAKFAST BY 7 AM ... keep capitalizing the "Very Important" descriptor. Back in December, I ... month when he gave it to me. Fine. I can just use it online, right? After

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Experience with Real Analysis epsilons, delta, and the technique

  

  theorems. Well, in the most MIT fashion, I can defiently say that I got more ... loved the most. I can’t wait to see what the future holds in my other math ... . Throughout my entire time in high school, I used to complain to my math teacher

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 10, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  ="ALSO can I just say how pissed I am about daylight savings time I am now 8 ... hours in a day. There’s a necessary trade off between how much you can do and how well you can do it, and I think this is something I particularly

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  first. Now I can say that I’ve actually been Tim the Beaver…how cool is ... whoever was being Tim the Beaver in the picture I took during the chaotic ... smiling if he tried!). In true presidential fashion, I even got to take a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• FAQ / Transfer

  Am I eligible to apply for transfer admission?

  every year. Unfortunately, we’re very limited to how many students we can ... in your first year of college, the earliest you can apply to transfer ... of entry to MIT will have completed more than two and a half years (i
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  When I was in kindergarten, I failed dance class. Good thing that ... years and here I am a senior at MIT. Interesting how that happens. Somewhere in between kindergarten and senior year, I realized that dance was

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity

  

  the setting we’re learning about. I find myself swept up in the ... ’s summer in Brazil, so I brought mostly shorts and crop tops. I have not had time to open most of the books — I didn’t realize how much time I would

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  build myself in ways that I can't predict now. I still have imposter ... that I should've worked harder in my classes, even though I also know ... try my best to be forgiving towards myself, but I still slip once in a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  his blogroll to find interesting things. I can't overemphasize how ... 's a step in a proof I have trouble motivating, and thinking about how to ... my mentor, Ryan Reich. I can't claim that this paper was in any way

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  the pieces scattered behind you

  

  .009 project. But I’m exhausted, and burnout is settling in. Can I keep this up ... . Every hobby I picked up, except blacksmithing, lives in this room. My jewelry supplies are still in the desk drawer, though I've taken my best

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 28, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  Do Welsh Robots Dream of Electric Sheep? teaching kids robotics through GTL Wales!

  

  weeks I spent in Wales, I taught a group of thirteen Year 9 students how ... shortly after I left).  I can see how it’s the little moments that keep ... Two summers ago, I visited my friend Shruti ‘24 in their home state

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  past. But for now, in dreadfully uncreative bullet form, I’ll highlight ... . Mostly, I default to icky canned food and sometimes vegetables. I have become a connoisseur of Campbell’s canned soups. On a good day, I can find

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Together in Service MIT community working collaboratively

  

  and make it work in the world. " Now that’s a theme I can really stand ... I love a good theme. I make a big deal over birthdays in my family ... backs of donkeys in the developing world, said, “The reason I love working

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  and family in East Asia. I can't express enough how valuable this ... speak Mandarin in a professional setting. Will: Before MIT, I can recall ... practicing my language skills I had never had. I can't tell you how many times

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Burton 1 Cribs A look at the interiors of several rooms on Burton 1.

  

  desk, futon, and handmade loft. "Basically, I had a huge space in my room, so I went to the Porter Room [a big room in Burton Conner with broken ... here, although you can see it in the extra photos at the bottom).  

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 6, 2008