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• Blog / MIT Life

  Time and change

  

  taking the bus down even further south to visit my dad in Woodstock ... until all of my grades were in, and I'm still waiting for two of them (out ... been in many others, so it feels more or less over. I'm in Louisville

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…

  

  (IBD), which causes inflammation of the digestion tract and leads to ... Issel Lim has spent the past year trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a type of IBD, through her UROP in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  wasn't the smartest person in the class -- it was great to have friends ... , informatics, and biology. In each country there's a selection process to try to ... participating in the IMO, Lander went on to Bachelors and Doctoral degrees in math

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective

  

  living here. According to them, somebody had first smelled smoke in the ... even sent a police officer down in Crystal River, Florida, to check it ... does seem to be accidental (and also her name is redacted in the police

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 28, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT: Progressions what the students thought of the place in 1969

  

  , professors describing the goal of the MIT education as to "combine, in perhaps ... reel across the country to help prospectives understand the place. But what's amazing to me is the salience and relevance of this film. The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 18, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions 2007 A quick look at this year's admissions.

  

  ask you to please be civil and kind in your comments in today's entries ... weeks to come. In the meantime, we'll provide open threads today for all ... difficult. Most students who applied to MIT this year were excellent matches

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  on, pass/no record grading, acclimating to city life and being in one ... decide which dorm to live in for the year) is fake too! McGregor, to my ... freshmen guys because I'm going to talk about my rush). You've probably

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Quarrying Around Ice skating in an underground tunnel

  

  extremely interesting, and I really want to go on more trips with them in the ... In my last post, I mentioned that I had gone on my first caving adventure with the MIT Caving Club. I really enjoyed it, and I wanted to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  St. George’s Day England's National Day

  

  of us in the comments below. Anyway, I was pretty curious to see what ... When I came back to England from Easter vacation, I was greeted by ... entry on 23rd April but I'm in the middle of exams. Very stressful. More

  • by Cambridge
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  changes us in complicated and difficult-to-explain ways. During CPW, many ... contemplated going back to sleep and worked on my urop instead. then i took a shower, got an early lunch, and took the 11am bus to wellesley. i caught up

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.

  

  you have to do in a week, and you sort of want to die inside. :) For ... , it's actually really hard to answer, for two reasons. First, MIT is ... interests, it's really hard to classify anything as "typical." Academically, I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lewis Music Library Tra la la

  

  film Meet the Parents, geniuses choose the color green. In addition to ... the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1987, and just happens to be an ... keeps the most recent copies of each out for browsing. In addition to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  invited to our party. And even dessert! All in all, it was a happy day ... Jonathan) Then we all locked ourselves in our rooms indefinitely to study ... couple of weeks ago putting their creative minds to use designing and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2014!

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things:  1) I ... instructions 2) I've setup a WeMo Switch connected to IFTTT so I can turn on my air conditioner with a text message from ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  read more about our application and admissions process in the Freshman Application section of the site. I am happy to answer your questions (that ... Application (as well as the QuestBridge application) in the comments below. What

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Great Gatsby In all its pixelated glory

  

  , you should go out to the library and get a copy now! It's a great read ... . If you're a little sad that you can't actually be on campus to enjoy the video games, have no fear! They're hosted online for people to play

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  One last bit of advice Before all hell breaks loose

  

  promise that attacking people is not going to help. Funnel your energy into ... 's time to say it again. While admissions will have you believe that ... -13 minutes prior to that, so be on the lookout. Good luck, pre-congrats to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  excitement for being here, at MIT, with some of the most incredible people in world ‚ô• I haven't quite made it to all the CPW events that have taken place so far, which is okay because I'm a host and not obligated to be

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  the passage" and "got so hooked on a feeling, i started dealing / in a ... bad hand". the chorus has been stuck in my head for the last few days ... vague desire to go to classes and do work. but i don't actually want to. i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2019 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live

  

  application. You will log in using the same email and password used to create your application account, and you can log in now to check your decision ... applied to transfer, and we have admitted 20. And as usual, we are very

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 3, 2019