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• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  , your EC wants to get to know you as a person so he/she can add another ... , please send an e-mail to: [email protected] (I copied that sentence from ... Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  What follows is a guest post from the Chop Stir Hack team. CSH is a ... proof of concept. I am so impressed by where the CSH team has taken this ... the dishes for each other. During IAP—when a decent portion of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  can make up a science GIR right now. Let's call it, I dunno, 19 ... known for its design project, so I'd handily classify it as a project ... classes, I'll mention grading a lot. Of course, grading is only a small part

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  ). He comes from Riverton, Kansas, a town of slightly under 1000 people ... -controlled planes for fun, often building them from scratch (some of which he featured ... school’s varsity soccer team, ran track for a while, fair amount of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what i drew this summer i took an art class

  

  student, you can become an Art Scholar and receive a scholarship for a class ... sketchbook for daily use. I didn't end up using it much, but here's a water ... a scholarship.) I missed drawing. I used to draw a lot as a kid; I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  work ends Yes! Can still sleep for X hours (+ extra 10 minutes if I skip ... . Nevertheless, Cambridge is a wonderfully refreshing break from the hectic MIT. I ... [by Kathy '09] Hi guys! I'm here to talk about "life as a biochemist

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  writing class (which I would generally avoid with a 10 foot stick), it is ... being a second semester senior. I don’t quite know what to do with myself ... actually contemplating adding another class (1.253) or getting a UROP. I get

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  rolltreppe I use the word funky loosely in conversation but these tunes are tight. um did…

  

  to my favorite MIT band, Rolltreppe. I've been living under a rock ... , and a penchant for dual-wielding saxophones. Rolltreppe describes ... are all (obviously) engineers as well. MIT is a breeding ground for

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  Human Genome Research Institute? Thanks a lot for your help." This is an ... complete a Senior Research Project and I thought it would be neat to do my ... resume, a cover letter, and a grade report), I waited... and waited... and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 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…

  

  textbooks for all my classes. I read three papers from the scientific ... ), and a book for 21A.100 (Intro to Anthropology)... also material from the ... flew in from Texas, we now have the beginnings of a competition routine

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  decision to take a break. We took the time to decompress from the rush of MIT ... sophomore year, part of our MIT atmosphere included a rush to look for summer ... of the MIT experience. But after being grumpy about it for a bit, we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston becomes Pottersville The MIT area is full of celebrations for the release of "Harry Potter and the…

  

  I be doing for the big release? Let me tell you about some of the ... Newtonville Books' party so awesome? For one, there's going to be a musical ... other things) the film 10 Things I Hate About You (yes, I can't believe it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  not only a realistic proving ground where we can work closely with ... emerging from our research, it is also a classroom for teaching the people ... the world of high finance; it will also serve as a powerful platform for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit my official transcript to MIT as a QuestBridge applicant?

  counselor/school official, it fulfills our requirements for an official ... an official transcript with your QB application, you can request an official transcript from your school counselor on your Applicant Status page
• Blog / IAP

  what i’m doing this iap 2021 a busy busy house

  

  Hi everyone! Apologies for being gone. I have a lot of blogs ... @mitadmissions Instagram. I am also a program assistant for the Career Advising and ... Street Insight, where I learned Ocaml and a bit more about trading. This

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Radio Nerd Shenanigans i wrote this in october and forgot to post it oops

  

  note="stands for Amateur Radio Emergency Services. I still miss them a ... it. it's like a little souvenir that says 'i got someone from the other ... captcha. Soon, I started to gain a reputation for making various cursed

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • February 25, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  're considering MIT then you should come visit. I realize that depending on where you live, a visit to MIT can be expensive and a little time consuming ... . Normally visits only last for about a day so you will have to cram as much

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Dah noo-loo Hey kah ay-ay u-nye

  

  their "talk to people not from MIT" routines. It's funny, MIT is in a ... big corporations that you hope to work for in the summer. Last year I ... fancy folder of resumes I spoke with a number of companies and handed out

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Calm in Suburban Ohio sunsets, helicopters, and fruit

  

  time I danced down the street under the Big Dipper constellation. A dozen ... the fences when they don’t even close? Cars here slow down for a deer ... sky. I miss it.     Before MIT, when I still identified as a math lover

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 16, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  for me in a way that I haven’t done since college applications ... curious as to why I’m taking a class required for physics majors given that ... , I can always look back at my actions and make arguments for how

  • by Phi A. '21
  • October 24, 2020