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• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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
• 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 / 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
• 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 / 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 / Residential Life

  I Miss You, Random Hall my love letter to the dorm i got kicked out of too soon

  

  ...which is partly why I'm writing this. So people don't forget how lovely of a ... It's no secret that I am a) living in New Vassar and b) despise it. I'm unsure whether this is a symptom of the pandemic or a symptom of the dorm

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 9, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Got Solar? guest post by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20

  

  all times all three vehicles are in radio contact and there is also a ... potentially useful item we had in our shop at the Edgerton Center- no matter how ... we met more team members who flew in for the competition. After a few

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 6, 2018
• 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
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pottermania hits MIT Excitement for the release of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.

  

  explain is if the character dies in a random act of violence rather than in ... arrived in New Orleans, I was interviewed on camera by a producer for ... like the Harry Potter phenomenon now. Harry Potter is a massive mass

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  ! How cool is that? However, not every single UROP in the history of MIT ... to do, and as a result I realized that there is no way in Hell that I ... that is my superhero origin story. Anyway, I had a really, really

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  ' heads. That girl over on the right had a hovering 1200. And the kid in the ... ." I'm not sure if this is a result of simply M A T U R I N G or spending ... there isn't anything else left to accomplish. But in reality, success is

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  When I was applying to be a blogger in September, one of the first questions was about why I wanted to be a blogger in the first place. Amidst ... and design, which is what i'm planning on majoring in."]Course 4

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  .facebook.com/EricaYuenPhoto)[/caption] My Brass Rat is a reminder of how special my time at MIT has been and ... class ring tradition just under a century ago in 1927. The nickname “Brass ... Delivery in Spring 2020. Due to the pandemic, Ring Delivery got pushed back a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  Meetings for the better part of September. Here is a quick update of what I ... in my eyes. (Yes I was happy, but I ran over a dead skunk on highway OK ... crowd. In a room designed to hold 12 we stuffed 25 students and a video

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006