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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  of right now, the corners of my lips are raw, and I still look like a ... get a copy of the detailed syllabus for the GIRs so I can start ... classes. Keep in mind that this is only current for the Class of '10, so the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  laser-powered happiness 6.UAR showcase, part 1

  

  "][/video] This is also probably the most terrifying 3 minutes of my life to ... also meant that I semi-regularly appeared in the door of my old UROP ... with something along the lines of "yeah, no, this is wildly expensive and

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 5, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  about how many pages of paperwork the MIT Athletics Department (DAPER) is ... lists all of the forms that need to be filled out, along with their ... (both of which were submitted to MITMedical). Then I had to fill out the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  ’s actually in the sense of, “the place where something originates”, like alma ... meaning of the word enough, could also mean something expensive, valuable ... words are used. I trace a lot of the influence in my writing from spoken

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain the context of my grades/scores, and/or provide additional information?

  On the application, there are designated spaces to provide additional context on how the pandemic or other circumstances may have disrupted your coursework, access to testing, and extracurricular activities. If you feel it
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About the MCATs All about the MCATs and what you need to take to prepare for it!

  

  back. I assume that most of you have taken the SATs and that you studied ... challenging, it was just a matter of learning the tricks and being consistent. For all of you medical school hopefuls (yes, the admissions process

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  sitting on the bed is Ace, April's friend who came to watch us do all of the ... with us. About the number of people who share a room, freshmen generally do most of the sharing. (I don't know much about how it works after

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Dora the Explorer My long-lost twin has suspiciously wrinkly forearms.

  

  Zaira, an 11th grade student from Brownsville, Texas (the tip of ... .) --------------- Thanks for all of the comments on my previous entry about PE classes ... , you'd see a bimodal distribution, and we'd be smack in the middle of the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  The MIT Class of 2013 has officially arrived! With this day upon us, we conclude the series Introducing the Class of 2013. Merritt '13 ... : June 1, 2009 "There are components of people and components of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spotted: A Brass Rat in the Wild? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? I can't tell

  

  most famously, as Matt once blogged, in the case of Tony Stark '87 ... Suction Tube for Reverse Axial Withdrawal, or STRAW. It's a clear send-up of Jony Ive's breathless product launches, complete with pictures of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  A week told through food warning: lots of food pictures

  

  ? Well, dear mortals, I have perfected the art of photosynthesis and ... for the rest of the day; I didn’t have much to do. For dinner, I eat ... , I watch the transit of Mercury. Or at least, attempt to watch

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 18, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  trying to boot out of the country, nor do I have any in-person graduation ... the most stressful ones of my life, and is a saga that unfolded over ... , but I'm sure at least a few of you will have the same difficult choice

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  on my butt) around the ice rink a couple of times, sans costume. But ... of sugar. I was reminded of the days when Halloween meant spooky ... of pieces. One of the TA’s was even dressed as R.B. Woodward, MIT

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  MIT-ish on being MIT enough

  

  who get excited at the prospect of a challenging math problem or physics ... 'm reminded of why I'm at this school in the first place. Being an MIT student ... learn and do. It's been hard reminding myself of this. I look at the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So we’re actually *identical* twins which is surprising to absolutely ... no one

  

  the last last cohort of bloggers, and if you remember reading it when ... zygosity of same-sex twins based on the number of placentas, is in the right ... Allan G. ‘20 are identical twins ….” At the time, and up until about 1

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 27, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DarkMatters, Green and Wild, Chocolate Cake and Raspberries around here lately (with pictures)

  

  months. It heartened me to be in that room, with the coolest collection of ... justice instead of problem sets for a night. The week continued. I ... * reading of a work in progress. *I choose the word 'devastating' because

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 6, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  I came, I saw, I stirfried Foray into non-ramen cooking

  

  journey of "Non-Ramen Cooking in the Kitchen".  The beginning of the summer ... learn the intricacies of this way of cooking. Stirfrying is such a simple ... School has already started, but I have one last part of summer to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  Name: Stu SchmillJob title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational CouncilHometown: Little Neck, NY (in Queens ... Carnival, The Inner Game of Tennis, the Spencer booksAdvice about applying to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  their rooms and in the libraries and delve into deep bouts of sadness.  The cats are taking the hit from it the most - we've spent a lot of time ... finals week.  My hall has a lot of really awesome traditions, and the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  /Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences/Course 12, and 54-100, one of the most ... , and the team with the most runs gets the much-coveted title of "Most ... really only showed up to take pictures, but I made the mistake of going on

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008