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  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  for fun. I am a nerd. I don't think I became a nerd UNTIL I came to MIT ... for us. Computers are simple; they can only find the genes in a string ... from a biochemistry professor at UC Berkeley: Just wild! Now I have to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  to action: “Is there any way you can send me a list of things I can ... approaching the issues no one has dared to approach before.  We can take a hard ... January I wrote a post, “Colors”, detailing the MIT community’s response to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: Sign up for SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test registration deadline is April 28.

  

  A message for juniors out there: with the deadline for the June testing date approaching, I highly recommend signing up for SAT Subject ... the Subject Tests be taken in June, but I think it's a pretty good idea

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  to a time no earlier than 2 PM. Unfortunately for me, that will probably never happen. Even more unfortunately, I am a ridiculously heavy ... . And now I somehow have to get up at 7:30 AM five days a week. (If you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MITblogs: The Next Generation Look ma, a hack!

  

  : mymit.info And, of course, where would be without a little help from our friend Randall Munroe. I like the last panel, personally. ... Courtesy of the prospective Class of 2013, I am amused and happy to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 11, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  :)). Anyway, as you can tell from my post tittle, I wanna talk a little bit ... Cambridge.) SIGH. I will look like a zombie for 2 months ☹ But it’s okay ... find three programs that allowed me to travel for 1-3 months and I can

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything is different now That's ok, I have a cat now

  

  shell. I had developed a real confidence in my self for the first time in my life. When I graduated from MIT, I thought I had a golden ticket. I ... bad for me to show up as a transgender woman”. I pulled back as much as

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  quote I put at the top of this post is actually a line from a song from ... . Here at MIT, the date is significant for a different reason - it's the ... between upperclassmen and freshmen. I saw a recent MIT Confession that

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What I just did You'll never believe it.

  

  the score from my last test. Can you say "fail?" I can! Oh, 2.005 is ... . Here were my options: From experience I know Wings Over Somerville to ... different types of food you can have brought to you when you go to MIT. I

  • by Snively '11
  • October 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  was! We took a minibus from where we're staying to downtown Lusaka, where we walked through an open-air produce market and into a large ... during the day, and although I wore a hat and drank lots of water I got

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An MIT Apprentice!!!!!! MIT Alum Randal Pinkett has won The Apprentice!

  

  MIT alums are known for many things, but i's not everyday that one ... .Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Oxford in England as a Rhodes Scholar -an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from MIT (May 1998) -an M.B.A

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  significance to me, because that's actually where I became a U.S. citizen :) In ... In my last entry, I mentioned that I had a bunch of things I wanted ... . Last weekend, I made a little more headway on this goal by tackling Item #51: Eat

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  more photos with metaphoric gravitas, so that I can start a gallery ... instinct was Method 2, you'd also show a natural talent for parallel parking ... comments is the new trend in science, so I've heard. A subtle yet

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dyslexia at MIT Living with dyslexia, and the current state of dyslexia research, at MIT and otherwise

  

  This is my final paper for Science Journalism, a science writing ... for this paper taught me a lot about a subject that is central in many ... maybe even more about myself as a writer and a person. I thought you might

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 7, 2012
• Blog / Residential Life

  river and rainwater a rainy walk home

  

  I can across the Harvard Bridge. There's a speedometer halfway across ... rusty old bike is 19 mph; I wonder how fast I'd be able to go on a sleek ... has become such a constant in my life recently, and I fear I'm starting

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Flipping Failure an IAP update

  

  This IAP, I took part in a writing workshop at MIT known as Flipping Failure. In this workshop, I and other participants worked on developing a ... MIT. After debating between a couple of topics, I chose to tell a story

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 28, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  them I have to play videogames for a couple hours, read a book, and go to ... Lord knows that I've beat this dead horse and milked this subject for all its worth, but I still gets lots and lots of questions about being a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done done done end-of-semester happiness

  

  the semester! the final was for 14.64 (labor economics), a class i ... (gender and media studies), for which i got to write a final paper about the ... interesting books. then, for a while, i was knee-deep in theory courses, which

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 24, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  classes. Relax, I promise this won't be a factor for you. Sephy writes, "I was a student of Raffles for 4.25 years before I shifted to India and ... , 2005 tests will be accepted on a case by case basis, so I registered for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  :20: Bought a card reader for CF memory card. Now I can transfer and edit photos that I took from a camera checked out from Technique, the yearbook ... Infinite for the infinith-time. This time I spot a hanging octopus. Yeeeee

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015