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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Breaks, Apple Pies, and Formal Halls

  

  late but it was great to see other MIT students again. Since we live in different colleges and are taking different classes, it's nice to have get ... past few years. So it's been a little over a month since we got to

  • by Cambridge
  • November 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  Last year, I made a HUGE decision. I decided to move off of MIT ... , for all it's glory, is no longer my home. Danny B. '15 wrote about how it was his home.  I wrote plenty of times about how it was my home

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  ... I've been working in Morgan's lab ever since. I get paid $10 an hour ... advisor. On a day-to-day basis, I work independently... after working in the ... students to have problems getting into good grad programs, however! 3

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neurony goodness More lab, because that's what I do.

  

  author. Morgan, the professor in charge of the lab, gets to be last author ... 's mostly what I do in the summer. Oh, and Adam and I went to Friendly's with ... this week in addition to writing the paper and making figures; mostly I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 23, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What happens if I’m not selected as a Match?

  send you an email in early December asking you how you would like to ... All QuestBridge College Match results are announced in early December ... be matched with a non-binding school (MIT). In this case, you may
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  a fire alarm and have everyone in my dorm freeze to death in the ... Yesterday, my mom had some “silk” scarves shipped to me so I could ... , telling me how happy all her friends would be when she gave them these “100

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  What I Did on Registration Day I registered.

  

  resumes in twelve hours, a carton of eggs waiting to crack and hatch their ... for my UROP supervisor to finish his phone call. In the meantime ... in fear of getting belittled by my peers for repetitive word choice

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  I'm back to work tomorrow, hopefully posting a new Questions Omnibus ... plenty of time to read both the New York Times and the Boston Globe. The ... of offering ''universal access to human knowledge," and, in pursuit of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  tldr; If you like snow and want to come to MIT, read this post. If you don’t like snow and want to come to MIT, don’t read this post. If ... ’ve heard, but it’s cold in Boston right now. Like, really cold. Arctic tundra

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Resolved: MIT Rocks Even the Senate thinks so

  

  Technology (referred to in this preamble as ``MIT'') was founded by William Barton Rogers, on April 10, 1861, the doors to a powerful new institution ... day. The U.S. Senate congratulated MIT on its 150th anniversary in

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 28, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  was even sent pictures to use in my blog. I think that's pretty darn ... was placed right in front of the main entrance to MIT on Massachusetts ... certification exam on Saturday. It was, um, ok. I guess. I find out how I did in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  “the worst they can say is no” the costs of trying

  

  into a job application, only to not get the job, that is time and energy ... had a feeling I was going to get rejected and I didn't want to give them ... for things I want. But if I ever want to get to anywhere meaningful, I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 10, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  gather for our meeting to get us prepared to read your thousands of ... Welcome those of you who have just joined us! I encourage you to read ... each have read this weekend, getting on the same page as far as what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  lay in its ability to transport me to another world, another story, and ... the best places in the world to be a student” and the top two reasons ... research, MIT, and life in general. One digression led to a conversation on

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  -Pakistan conflict and how it continues to affect even South Asians in the United ... I don't want to alarm those of you in California, Texas, Florida ... juiced was for The Matrix: Revolutions, and don't expect to be in one again

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  graduate student in physical chemistry. It's good to get different ... undergrads are destined to get short shrift. Apparently undergrads are less fun ... People often seem to think that going to an elite school

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

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  Chris '09 to see Alaina E'09 and Allison E'07. Despite getting lost AGAIN ... sighting in the Susquehanna River and people in Harrisburg went down to check ... wanting to face the usual crowd coming off the train in South Station, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  'm developing my traditional mid-winter cold. I have way too much to do in the ... persevered and managed to design my very first NOT gate in 6.002 lab ... DID YOU KNOW? ...what the most awkward thing in the whole entire

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday! (a.k.a my first video blog) vlogging? MEAT CAKE!

  

  give you Snively's 21st Birthday as seen on Conner 2! Watch and see how a birthday is meant to be celebrated! There's everything you could want: jokes that died in transit, brownies, and most importantly- Steakon!

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 30, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  come to a section about a student coming in for a mock college interview ... have given me a good opportunity to catch up on some work-related reading ... School of Dreams (a case study of Whitney High School in Los Angeles

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004