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  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  navigating our scientific careers. Anyways, I would encourage you all to take ... In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of ... symposium that I attended on Friday was quite a different assembly. Held at

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  conspiring, which means that I need to put that to an end. In the next little ... 6.001 seems to be unique in just how it manages to pull it off ... Hi, everyone! Sorry that I vanished off the face of the earth. That

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Screw Up Your Username It's time to put down your AOL screen name.

  

  make: choosing your MIT username. You may not appreciate yet how big ... graduate. In other words, this is for life. Fear not, though. After ... ), I've prepared the following list of guidelines: Your username must

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 30, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  . A tag team of two girls would stare at us in science class until we ... desk repeatedly. One boy in our art elective class would purposefully ... reflected on how, while bullies kept us in this situation, we were the ones

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  . I realize that I'm posting this in conjunction with the Admitted blog ... believe in "this too shall pass," but I hope you will be able to find your own balance. Keep on smiling. I'll keep you in mind. :) ----Long ago

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  announcing these prompts in the past: People often ask me, "How do I stand out ... forthcoming cycle, so I'm posting them. I want to be clear that there's no ... planning ahead of time, which I respect and value (maybe the most

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  is that I read it immediately following our pre-selection meeting, in which Marilee (our dean) talked about how insane the world is becoming in ... March 2004 in the Boston Globe. After you read it you'll know why I love

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  This summer, I was enrolled in one of the five summer@future classes ... and energized for 3 hours. (I honestly don't know how people at ... in front of the camera instead of behind it that limits how

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates And Shannon’s Formula Random mid-week fun, and a few small updates for admitted and waitlisted students.

  

  care of this for you. Random fun: In this post I mentioned that Shannon ... best job in the world. And then I [think about the admit rate], and I ... should arrive very soon! In the meantime, please don't forget to register

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  , realizing I have very little idea how to do it, I let my eyes stray to the ... happened to Jon '11. So, "critical point," how does that fit in? It seems ... remember this going into your finals. I know it may not be as big an issue in

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Exploring Boston Frozen yogurt quests into Boston

  

  was Red Mango, so my friends and I would call going to get frozen yogurt ... For the past few weeks, I've REALLY wanted to go to Red Mango.  I ... Avenue (living in East Campus, the closest dorm to classes, we have a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  So much has happened this summer. I mentioned in my last post, They Call Me Yankee, that I was spending my summer in Houston, Texas working ... , my friend Eric A. UH’15 and I explored Texas. We spent the weekend in

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…

  

  firsts. Here are some that I remembered, in roughly chronological order ... ']Learned how to use a hair stick[/annotation] Got stuck in a slinky Embarked ... As we’re approaching the first of 2024, I’ve been thinking about

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  ’m already in love with and in a place I’m so proud to call home. (Alexa J. ‘20 ... -registration sometime soon. For probably the first time ever in blog history, I can give ... confident in its future with Fukuzawa Yukichi's son "at the cash-box” (i.e. as

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hosed Hosed- adj. Bogged down with work (From the glossary of the 2007-2008 How to Get…

  

  a taste of things to come. Item 1: How hosed am I? According to the ... the degree I will be awarded: A Bachelor's of Science in Engineering as ... You know, I have about a million awesome entries planned, and NO TIME

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  With another add date passing and classes in full swing, I thought I ... that interest me. The report is in after 4 weeks and I absolutely love ... Winston and his no electronics policy I was wary coming in but all my fears

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  about sleep schedule optimization. I learn that Jason believes in ... I convene and start lamenting our naive choice in major years ago. 9 ... doesn’t get stolen. In the darkness, I hear whispering sounds. Is it just

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITSO Gone Wild! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] MITSO performs with Aardvark Jazz Orchestra!

  

  excitement and keep music alive at MIT! I hope to see some of you in MITSO next ... violinist in MITSO, it was quite an interesting experience unlike any other ... composed symphony. How often does an opportunity like that come around?! The

  • by ARTalk
  • March 15, 2010
• FAQ / First-year application

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  The School of Architecture + Planning What happened to "science"? "Engineering"? "Technology"?!

  

  might know from the handy banner above, I am a Course 4 (Architecture) major. I have recently completed my HASS Concentration in Course 11 (Urban ... MIT, fabricated a house featured in a MoMA exhibit last summer (there I

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • December 28, 2008