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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tuesdays with Linda It's kind of like making smoothies but not.

  

  their UROP. Basically, in a nutshell, I spent 2 hours sending emails to ... culture really small pieces of liver tissue in a scaffold that can be ... liver tissue than in static 2D tissue culture plates. What I spent a lot

  • by Bryan
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…

  

  organized and chock-full of information, and in like 8-point type so I can fit ... flip in the air instead of a twist.   Wrote two essays. I ... before I graduate... basically this means I have a lot to do in a very

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Ridiculous things I’ve been up to in which i wear an exoskeleton

  

  instead, let me talk about some of the things I've been doing in the past ... switching to Linux in fear for becoming a "tech person", but to be honest, I'm too far gone in that direction to turn back. Of course, then I had to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MITES, RSI and WTP deadlines approaching Summer programs at MIT for 11th graders.

  

  juniors who are interested in studying and exploring careers in science ... ), sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous academic program which emphasizes advanced theory and research in mathematics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  CPW is Monday, April 2, 2007. That's in five days! I know you're all ... been no different, unfortunately. I posted the following in the '11 ... pop up every year. I can tell you, having been through 12

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  course of the semester. I am spending the semester in Detroit; Sao Paulo ... different forces that shape cities and the challenges that they face. I can ... I have to relearn how to learn, in a lot of ways. I am grateful that

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline

  

  ***EDIT, 12/31/12 1:49PM: Of course, no sooner than I post this, it ... problem and are working as quickly as we can to resolve it. If you can't log in, don't worry; we'll be flexible with the Regular Action deadline

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 31, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Way We Live Saunas make me think

  

  days, I can't watch TV (a real TV) without internet on my lap. I can ... once in a while. OK I may be an Internet addict, but I am not alone ... degrees Fahrenheit, which isn't even high in sauna standards; but I was

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  . I realize that I'm posting this in conjunction with the Admitted blog ... believe in "this too shall pass," but I hope you will be able to find your own balance. Keep on smiling. I'll keep you in mind. :) ----Long ago

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  Crafts for Ukraine~ Among other fundraising projects

  

  .  For context, I can comment on just how quickly one project in particular ... write something about the crisis in Ukraine, and stuff that I’ve been ... don’t have a lot of family or friends in Ukraine or Russia, so I won

  • by ana~
  • March 11, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  final month of school! Somehow, I can't believe this year is coming to an end. It seemed like only yesterday when I stood in front of Lobby 7 with ... , there are no wrong choices - only good choices, and better ones. I can

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  , In Time ), and I have to decide how to spend it. MIT is a culture ... new opportunities (I'm sure many of you are similar). In the past, I ... . [Although I'm using this in reference to life at MIT, recognizing small

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  said primary source, I can tell you that no, MIT doesn't have the highest ... unmotivated. Ridiculous generalizations in both cases. I'll tell you this - I ... : they have no business in the admissions process - in either direction

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  NOTE: I drafted and abandoned this post in the spring of my freshman ... math major. I had a clear life plan to start in the first semester ... requirement was, in fact, one of the top reasons I didn't comMIT till late April

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  Yesterday was the third Monday in April, meaning it’s Patriots’ Day (a holiday celebrated almost exclusively in Massachusetts and Maine). The third day in a four-day weekend, it also marks what has been a

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  acquaintance with the equations as they arise in scientific applications. [I ... Three days before classes start, I woke up at 7:09 AM, ran 6 miles, discovered three new species of granola in an unexplored section of the pantry

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  . Disclaimer that I haven't slept in 22 hours. - Last summer, a life plan took ... conference in January, I talked with a few MIT alums, as well as Random Astronomers I Stopped In The Hallway. Everyone said: your grades matter, but

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  I’ve explored in the GEL Program, which I thought was pretty exciting ... be more of a title than anything else, and I can definitely relate to this. I was a captain of my Cross Country and Track teams in high school

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  These are cheat sheets. I found them in my backpack this last week ... . Also I made this graph. And if it’s in a graph, it must be true. In ... cheat sheets is no walk in the park. They can take hours, predominantly

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  from all of the Ivy League admissions offices, and I can tell you that ... we can send in additional information like EA deferees?" You may ... touch. MIT Hopeful wrote, "I believe in an earlier post Mr. McGann had

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005