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  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  “It’s all right. It’s just a small pebble in your path. Just a tiny pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it ... students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  culture that metabolizes the changes underway. Amino is a design driven mini ... for which they can care like you would a pet. Amino is developed using ... myself a biological tamagotchi.   [The Amino is] a counter-top sized

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  -performed war dance. ‚ò∫ While Dodgeball is played in the Z-Center – a central ... Dodgeball itself is a peculiar game. The concept is elementary, really – you ... meet and get to know people by playing games. It’s no secret that MIT is

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  This post is almost entirely devoid of content except to point out a particularly funny exchange in the comments of a recent post. It's a constant ... commenting is acceptable behavior or not. I'm guilty of being one of those

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Accidents Happen My mom was right.

  

  explore? Being a scientist-in-training myself, this is encouraging because ... Parents are always the optimistic ones, right? My mom always has a response for me when I claim I made a mistake: We don't make mistakes; we

  • by Bryan
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  life?" I was a bit down in the dumps when I got this email from my mom about a recently completed water-channel bridge in Germany. Isn't that ... Engineering) but this picture made me envious of everyone who is. The bridge is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Study Abroad Fair Learn about opportunities to study in another country (8 pictures)

  

  (This is a direct paste from an email.) The Undergraduate Association Committee on Student Life is proud to present MIT's second ... ) Take a look at the countless academic and cultural prospects that over 25

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  Someone emailed to me a funny post from one of those rumor ... directly from someone who has a friend that goes there and knows the admission council very well. They have a criteria of 5 things, and if you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  interviews. And believe it or not, restoring one's sanity is a totally ... . That spot all the way east is a lodge in the Amazon rainforest: we took a ... details than you could ever want, don't worry). To summarize, here's a map

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  travelling is stressful and twelve hours is a long time to spend in a room with ... . ’14 has titled “All Aboard the Rage Bus” and which a few days later is hopefully more funny than unhappy. Here it is: At a pit stop, the lady who

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  happy lunar new year the year of the tiger

  

  Happy Year of the Tiger! It is my birth year, which means that I ... why birth years are unlucky. I do not know why, although according to a ... , Gossip Girl was on television, I went to a nerd school where people were

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  Once upon a time, in a land far far away (called New Jersey), a young ... a college admissions officer. Occasionally, this young man had a hard ... life behind the wheel of a car getting to and from the job that he loved

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ..and Here We Go Again! [by Ken Haggerty '11] ARTalk is back!

  

  [by Ken Haggerty '11] MIT can be a very tiring place. MIT IS a very tiring place. There are lots of P-sets and lots of work to do. Which is why ... running! (...but what is "ARTalk"?) ARTalk is MIT Admissions official blog

  • by ARTalk
  • February 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Molly Pounds Chicagoland's Molly Pounds '10.

  

  . "My goal is to grow up and have a big company and have horses," she said ... is like; he graduated from MIT in 1979 with a degree in electrical ... CL South junior goes to MIT a year early Date March 27, 2006 By KAREN

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  process, is, of course, a two-way street. You get to choose where to apply ... This post is for those who are moving on from this blog today, May 1st... First: thank you. It's been a real pleasure getting to know you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…

  

  About one million Americans have a form of inflammatory bowel disease ... liver disease. Unfortunately, the cause of IBD is unknown, though ... model for ulcerative colitis, a type of IBD, through her UROP in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  Hi everyone! CPW is in full swing. I haven't been this tired in a ... been right here with me the whole day; she is a total trooper. The good ... . Marilee is speaking in this pic... ...followed by a performance from the

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  care for a baby, but I think wood slab ownership is the closest I’ve ever ... You know you’re in a sad place when you’re so desperate to procrastinate an assignment that you organize your life, clean your room, get a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  submit a proposal beyond "lying on the beach," but often little more is ... -4307 "Gap Year" is a bit of a loaded term, I think, with images of British ... . But I do think that there is a bit of a stigma about such plans in many

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  TelefériQo is a steep cable car that travels up Volcán (volcano) Pichincha ... recommend attempting to summit a volcano at 15,700 ft with only one day of ... do any restaurants. We broke our fast with potato chips and a chocolate

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014