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• Blog / Academics & Research

  You Can Plan a Pretty Picnic ... but you should also research the weather.

  

  condition (e.g. "In 2000, an estimated 73% of the population lived below the ... in Zambia. To make a long story short, the only road to Mwape (the rural village where we were supposed to stay and perform water testing for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  is the first time in my life that I've participated in Lent. For the ... happening lately. I get an invitation to interview at a school. I confirm. In ... practices for analysis and design of manufacturing enterprises. Emphasis is on

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Hawk Flies High Spontaneous jazz improv at 77 Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  over our footsteps and shouting in an otherwise silent and uneventful ... back and looked at the stars, listening to the cars hiss by underneath his tones. I was in New York, 1940. 52nd Street. I took a gulp of my

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  9:00 AM! How on earth will I stay awake in class?!?! I have an idea.... ... we're both seniors, rather than get down to business, we goofed off in ... . Shockingly, I was pretty tired for my 9:00 AM lecture on Tuesday morning

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  neighbor, take walks in the shaded walkways behind my house, or build oddly shaped sculptures in the sandbox with my friends. The magic of television lay in its ability to transport me to another world, another story, and

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

  A Letter to CPW Prefrosh let the onslaught of CPW-related posts continue

  

  for Stanford's Splash. I'm super lucky, though, and got to send an e ... sister Lisa sat in on my classes - they got a crash course on galaxy ... " for the rest of his life), Middle English and the Canterbury Tales (they

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  don’t think “being an alum” will hit me until it’s the first week of September and I’m not at MIT registering for classes and trying to squeeze in ... science in K-12, but for a number of reasons (including the architecture

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dancing Days Nerd love, as the summer evening grows.

  

  , which was a bad thing for kids, since lead ions in aqueous solution taste sweet, but also promote brain damage. In fact, the word "plumbing" comes ... , appeared in an editorial in the LA Times, and is pictured in this week

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  ago I landed in Austin, Texas to start an internship at Lumension (they ... there in an environment where I could ask people detailed questions about ... hacking tools to make a guide for sales engineers but what I found was a 10

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  -March, but you should wait for an official announcement from our office. We ... would instead include these updates in your Midyear Report. The MIT Midyear Report is an online form that is required of all students, and is to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Deferred Open thread for deferred students.

  

  In the near future, we'll have some advice here on the blogs for students who have been deferred. In the meantime, feel free to use this forum to chat.

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Manage Your Future

  

  transportation, but I gained an appreciation and affinity forGerman culture ... to work in their chosen field. In 2010 & 2011, we sent 66 Management students to 9 different countries to intern in companies such as

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  records in the dead ball era. Same for songs. I swear I remember the lyrics ... in MIT's Infinite Corridor" - some students broke the world record for ... I think I get my need for notes from my mom. Every day of my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer fee waivers for transfer applicants?

  Fee waivers are available for all applicants, domestic and international. You can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver won
• FAQ / Testing

  Will MIT accept December testing for Regular Action?

  You can report all tests taken through the end of December for ... proficiency test scores for RA applicants through the January test dates. To submit new results, simply click the "Add new test scores" link in the
• Blog / Uncategorized

  i have fridays off this semester here's what i did with my first one

  

  an inordinate number of curse words. So to thank the universe for such ... your schedule for the semester and noticing that, for the first time, you ... window and decide to sleep for another hour. And when that hour is up, you

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 6, 2026
• Blog / Events

  IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.

  

  Food: Ancient and Medieval Cooking, Experiencing Health Policy: A Week in ... activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long ... on campus. The only prize for the winning team is the honor of writing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Exploring MIT’s sports facilities there's so much to see!

  

  an investor, so I begin my hunt search for a new tour guide. And I find ... exited heaviest-coat-in-the-closet weather (and are now entering bring ... athletics facilities for a while now, so I think this is the perfect time to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Democrats, Republicans, sportsmanship, books The unbearable awesomeness of literature at MIT.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The combined weight of all the termites in the world is 10 times the combined weight of all the humans in the world. Confused thanks to Ariel '09 for sending me a text message at 2 AM with only that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  For the past four years, Sid Puram has had a UROP in the renowned ... vaccines work by inducing an immune response to a protein that is produced by ... the DNA into the nucleus, which Sid achieved by encapsulating the DNA in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005