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  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  señoritis by Connie H. '15 April 2015 VEDA by Ceri R. '16 Is CPW a lie? by Ana V. '15 May 2015 A Hard MIT Class by Vincent A. '17 How to ... 2015 has had its ups and downs for pretty much everyone on planet

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Browser Wars Hee. The title makes me think of Super Mario Bros. Oh how I miss my…

  

  student-run ambulance is back in service now, so I expect that to take up more and more of my life. =) There's only a week left in IAP, which is a ... totally love that I started a web browser war in the comments thread of my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  knows that if you sit me in front of a TV and give me a game to watch, I ... considering my athletic ability is that of a peanut). And I cry with them when ... for me when it comes to watching a game is listening to the pundits

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Ina Garten Da Vida, Baby Can't you tell that I love you?

  

  her in person. Since MIT is actually RIGHT NEXT TO Boston, unlike a lot ... , Ina is throwing some kind of a party in her huge house in the Hamptons ... she's in a third-world country. So I decided to finish up this entry

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Applicants should submit this form ASAP, by February 15th.

  

  Report. Note that there is also an option in the Report for students whose ... 're in a school that doesn't have midyear grades, or you've already ... section. The Midyear Updates form is a simple text box, similar to an essay

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  Douglass, an American Slave, which is bound with Incidents in the Life of a ... wikipedia page I linked to. Also, a HASS is MIT lingo for a class in the ... on Thursday. Once I handed that in, I had a couple of hours of class

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  ) understand the material is okay, especially in a class like 004 or most high ... , how collaborative is MIT? Do most people do psets w/ others[?]" That's a good question! The answer is that, for 6.004, you have to write your

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT campus lost power! Updates from a blacked-out physics colloquium.

  

  other in more detail. Frank Wilczek is laughing with a theoretical ... 39 minutes ago, I turned in a pset 2 minutes late (fortunately they ... halls) for the weekly Physics department colloquium. The speaker is a guy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  what in the genome is important and how organisms might have evolved. For ... wiped out by a single antibiotic. In the same way, cloning is boring since ... studies at MIT by getting a Masters in Engineering (M. Eng) in Electrical

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  Venting, which I often feel like is a) a little depressing, and also b) not ... write a peppy post about personalities (which is still on the way for a ... -control to only let the emotional floodgates open a little. I apologize in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  is a gesture that shows you appreciate someone in your life :') 5 ... The Linnaean Gardens of Uppsala, a botanical garden in Sweden. It's very ... journaling as much as I've wanted, and I've slowly transitioned from writing in

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  in person. I’ve been looking forward to being a Blogger at the “Meet ... because how would I ever make friends in college if I didn’t meet people ... MIT, I made the most amazing friends in the entire world, and I AM A

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  a pretty cool tour of the reactor and learned how to decontaminate ... contaminated part off and drop it in this big yellow disposal bin with a caution ... keep in mind that as soon as you touch something contaminated (with a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008: So I think I’ll go to Boston (Guest Entry) More pictures than your body has room for!

  

  such a trivial thing? It’s amazing how much effort MIT puts into ... jokes, like this one: A physicist, a biologist and a mathematician sit in ... be a measuring error!" Biologist: "This is proof of procreation

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  't have any required classes, but a strong academic foundation in high ... As much as we love formulas, you're not going to find one here! We get a lot of requests from students asking what their chances of
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  The Summer…? Every Story is a Story That Ought To Be Shared As much as I ... a few different things in my already congested brain. One, things are ... naturally lined up with that. Summer is a time for MIT students to spend three

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  translate to a day in my life where I feel like I'm on top of the world, doing ... , i am a full time research assistant at the media lab, which is also a real job, but is emotionally sort of just a continuation of my urop

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  many thoughts head full

  

  getting paid to sit in a place that generated so much joy. I love my UROP ... 's a feeling of too much and not enough going on. During the days where I ... IAP is for. I've had a few good cries this IAP, which is good character

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  , occasionally, on NPR blaring through a $6 radio. At MIT, the pace of life is much ... been in a position to take the semester off, to have supportive family ... taught me exactly what I need and what I don’t. Much how extra stuff weighs

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Coming to a theater near you! (Or auditorium... or gym... or lecture hall...)

  

  This is my last week in the office before I hit the road to come see ... I'll be in a great mood! This fall will bring me to Connecticut ... much overlap there is with the on-campus info sessions. On campus, your

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 12, 2005