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• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  , there is a blog post associated with that day. This is in spite of a ... is not a particularly interesting age, and the past year itself has ... you going, where have you been? These questions are hard to answer

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  biographies, we don't know where the plot is headed. To a certain extent, life ... It hit me just a little while ago, that today is November 1st. It ... application. In the span of a lifetime, two years is really not that long. And

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I went to the Arnold Arboretum!!! i become one with nature

  

  spent a couple of blissful hours there. The area is HUGE—281 acres, to be precise—but there are paths and maps, so you can explore with some semblance ... norway spruce. it's so cool-looking! also yes there is a person inside it

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Events

  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  In a world...where engineers want to become leaders...3 students must ... undergrads out there, I hope these experiences show you how the Institute ... things off with a lesson from ESD.950, the Engineering Leadership class the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…

  

  microspheres that can potentially be used to develop a cancer vaccine. Genetic vaccines work by inducing an immune response to a protein that is produced by inserting beneficial DNA into the nucleus of a cell. The tough part is getting

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  , and use MIT resources to find a job. As a sophomore, you can participate ... (otherwise after-work hours can get boring), then staying at MIT is a great ... ,700-$2,100 for a single. -Boston is reallllly nice in the summer! The winter

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  overview of go playing computers 10 tricks you can do with a hat How to tell ... here's the course description: "You choose the title, we improvise a 5 ... that I can't resist sharing. If you decide to get up and practice

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  you complete a loop of the circle you are also moving forward. it is ... is introduced at the beginning of a text (oftentimes in the form of a ... interaction a synthesis is produced that incorporates elements of both the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022
• Blog / How to School

  Today Was A Long Day and it's not over yet.

  

  is uniquely mesmerizing at night. A place that remind me that I can ... place where I can momentarily escape into a comforting sense of serenity ... too. Because I often forget just how beautiful it is. And yet a place

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  like: Have faith in the fact that everything you’ve put forth has been a decision you’ve made/ You’ve put a stamp of approval on every part of the ... and Anna have said, undergrad admissions is but a phase and it’s so

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  , there are more to come!] The title of this post is obviously a lie. There ... ="aligncenter" width="169"] If you were wondering: yes, that is a whole ass bridge ... your day and really tires you out. After a while, I started getting used

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  week ago, I hosted a live where I played guitar and sang and answered a ... student and that there is no "one" type of student here at MIT. SBC Week 1 ... Wednesdays and Saturdays, MIT hosts these Q&A panel sessions where

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  require a senior thesis. Note: at MIT, you can have at most two majors and ... ), which is open to everyone. If you're taking a class in Course 6 ... want to run through a presentation, you can take advantage of this free

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for the Class of 2013 The "Next Big Mailing" is on its way out, and with it lots of goodies…

  

  , which, if you set your username as the only subscriber, can function as a ... , once you have your MIT email address, you can be a part of the MIT ... as the "A60" for historical reasons we can no longer remember, the NBM

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  tell you, this is not a good enough reason to take on another major. It ... Two days ago, I won a 35mm SLR on eBay! Now I have something I can ... it to last a second in a department where everyone seems to be premed

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Majors

  

  a major? There are many ways MIT will help to expose you to your ... IAP, there will be a "Choice of Major Fair," where departments will ... chooses a major at the end of freshman year.* *n.b. Actually, you need not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  the box was the message, “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never ... much as we focus on our guests, there is a special camaraderie built ... love. Should you share a meal with us, we hope that you can feel that

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  any research you do as a high schooler is unlikely to change the course ... the question "what is a good forecast?" There is a lot there to think ... , like I’m in the middle of a field and there used to be a road I was

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  specific situations. Excellent use is you can determine when to use a ... process in a passive/basic way. Average to good use means you can use the ... there is out there in the world. I read into my zodiac and stuff, not

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  write terrible HTML. And my darling boyfriend '07 can't even run a virus scan on his computer. I guess MIT is an environment where you can learn ... (seriously, 41 kbps? WTF.) for five and a half days. This is probably the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006