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• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  interviews that ranged from the inane to the interrogative (often in the same ... of SLACs and state colleges in New England...and also to the College of ... in fact a terrible way to pick a college, and I soon transferred. At

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT prefer public school or private school?

  MIT receives diverse and interesting applications from students in ... have different resources. It's our job as admissions officers to sift ... MIT. Matt McGann, former Director of Admissions, wrote a great blog
• Blog / Advice

  Advice I give others that I don’t follow myself (yet)

  

  cliches, so take extra effort to remind yourself it’s true. In practice, it ... yourself as much as others love you! There’s a point to learning how to do ... make decisions for you, even if they turn out to be good in the end. Do

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  mmmm wikipedia i ramble about my favorite wikipedia articles

  

  , forestry, and fishing in Japan -> Bean -> Soybean The goal is to go ... generate an A.I. version to replace him after he gets into an [annotation ... to the point that he appeared on a Coca-Cola ad. He got a reference in

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  more snark in my life, you think? Responses to Comments Nur asked: Just ... in applications, and the class council does some magical process to ... as I can tell. In your MyMIT account, if you go to Section 8 of Part

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  straightforward: study hard, get good grades, go to a good school, get a good job ... there isn't anything else left to accomplish. But in reality, success is ... ever changing. As I learn to believe in that with all of my heart, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5th of November, Remembered Bonfire Night celebrations in Cambridge.

  

  won't know how to get there but no worries because everyone else was ... and feel obligated to write about 5th of November/Guy Fawkes ... class last week (in Chinese, of course). I didn't see any masks over here

  • by Cambridge
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  I discuss how to get scientists more involved in advocacy, and what a ... physicist!" At this point, a number of people are trying to get Rep. Holt ... 'm busy wondering how many people can say that they've talked to a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  /Malawian/Ghanaian dirt compares to dirt commonly found in, say... Massachusetts? Or what ... machines, like in the picture? How was it? What sort of buildings do local ... -Lab to my schedule. This involved dropping a few other activities of minor

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  get a lot more done over spring break in all my classes. Consequently, I ... , but losing spring break productivity to vacation in the Virgin Islands ... a pretty cool place to hang out. Especially in february. What you

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my name and preferred name?

  would like us to call you—preferred first name. Preferred first name is the name we will use in all official print and email communication from ... may use your preferred name or your legal name in communications
• Blog / Academics & Research

  head down, marching on highlights of spring semester

  

  people in the same pod to work out together, and my podmate showed me how ... . I’m listening to SJ Tucker on my headphones that only play in the left ear. I want to bask in this feeling, write it down so that I can read

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  to pursue design in an engineering/tech-centered school. His response ... We were so lucky to have the UA Alumni Affairs Committee invite John ... at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) -- back to campus to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I won the game! Not (quite) another picture entry... with Tastykakes!

  

  play, I was lucky enough to get a tractor in the bonus barn, netting me ... think I took this picture to illustrate how busy South Station is the day ... DID YOU KNOW? According to America's Test Kitchen, the best possible

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aquaporin adventures a livestream of my brain while working on my urop

  

  Science Problem: How fast does water get in/out of cells? 1:31 am: I ... to? Can I get an actual distribution?) but I’m going to go with that 10 ... pinocytosis exists and maybe I need to factor that in now   2:52 am: I

  • by Alice L. '24
  • February 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events We’re Pumped For! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  heading to the tunnels. If you're interested in learning more about/getting ... getting lost looking for events? Instead, get lost in this year’s Next Big ... , honesty, growing up, and how everyone is weird in their own wonderful way

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Start shaping up in January! I like.

  

  ’m in love with IAP. The recurring theme seems to be: Things get thrown ... ,000,000 minutes of getting-fit-@-MIT. Those are some big numbers. It’s easy to see why. Smack-dab in the middle of IAP – when everyone is trying to relax

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Signs of Life communication in a covid world

  

  occasion, I’ve used Zoom or FaceTime to get a sense of realness in my ... given to the stranger who brushes by you on the sidewalk.  In these times ... , uneven sidewalks that switch from brick to concrete in one block and the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friends, and other things memories that come rushing back to me

  

  morning: Although we seem to be interconnected in almost every way imaginable - we have the same romanized last names, we're both in the same ... . All these memories come to me at once, in the same time and place, and

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes you just gotta relax (putting this out there as a message for ourselves as much as for anyone else)

  

  laundry. 4:00pm – Allan went to take a picture of the statue in front of ... Borderline (a general one, just to refresh on how unity works, and then one for ... blog was super random. It probably is. But we just really wanted to get

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 22, 2017