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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  . Aside from chasing a freaked-out squirrel through a corridor, I haven ... easy. It's a new class, offered as a substitute for 9.07: the notoriously ... .03, though it's extremely obvious that I haven't taken a math class in a year

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps for EA Deferred what to do next

  

  (EA) applicants. There was a definitive resolution for those students ... (RA). I've had a number of deferred students write in with questions so I wanted to post a quick entry that answered some of them publicly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t Read This if you Already Go to MIT My life is good and I get plenty of sleep. Please don't hate me.

  

  recently, we flew through a cloud-bank and I was able to take the crazy picture above. Now, I know that it was really a trick having to do with ... running late for class on Thursday. I parked my bike, quickly locked it, and

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 22, 2009
• FAQ / Transfer

  What college should I attend to improve my chances for transfer admission?

  MIT welcomes a small group of exceptional transfer students each year. Successful transfer students come to MIT from many backgrounds: community ... interest. In other words, you should choose a college that will be a good fit
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  if I should put 2 microliters of a probe (used for FISH: fluorescence ... me for a moment, then said, "Really, Hamsika? Really?" After which I ... Yes, I know it's a Sunday, but nonetheless, I went to lab around 2

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs

  

  , as I was doing with work coming from other offices. There was a point ... a cubicle, doing what I love.   Tune in next Monday for the epic ... I'm what you'd call a product of prime time television. In my

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  friend and classmate? Don't invent a character. Describe yourself. (from ... college essay is yours. For more, see this writing advice from Chuck ... passions. Highlight quirks. You can’t fit everything into a college essay, so

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  Okay, so I'm in the middle (towards the end) of a long day of reading right now, but I thought I'd take a quick break to tell you a little about the last application I read. People make a big deal about test scores

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor quotes The spurious wisdom and even more spurious wit of MIT professors.

  

  Roland: ""I firmly believe this value [for the mass of a quark] is correct ... friends said on a daily basis (note: I was going to link to it, but then I realized 1) it is entirely inappropriate for innocent eyes, and 2) I said

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  front of the Senior House dormitory Now, I'm in New Jersey for the ... MIT jargon... Bruno - A unit of volume resulting from a piano falling ... is the final day MIT students can "drop" a class. MIT is fairly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  then. And though I still can't grow a decent beard, oh how the times have ... respect your wishes, even if you ARE a certifiable moron for going with the ... viral marketing, which is to say that I believe promotions can be as fun

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  lasts for a week. Of course, I always end up signing up at the last minute ... freshman year… I took the class anyway. So, twice a week from 1-2 pm, I take ... . Last Monday, I was the only one for a while. It’s actually pretty fun

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Infinite] Quarter Mile quarters + packing tape + sore knees == help cure MS

  

  ,000 quarters. Good start! Still going strong! Still a LOOOOOONG way to go!I gave ... they can turn a dollar bill into four quarters? Truly, we live in the future. A future where some of the world's best and brightest students

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The return of photos to my blog!

  

  , a resident of 4th East and a Senator from East Campus, and I think the ... where every week feels like a hell week in some way. It's also been quite a while since I put any pictures in this blog - I want it to be

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  about that last blank entry. I'm looking for the "rebuild" button to get rid of it from all your displays, but I can't really find it and it's 2 ... for no other reason, because I got to have a 13-word conversation with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week In Review An end-of-year freshman advising event, and my friend's 6.115 final project.

  

  ! As his associate advisor for a group of six freshmen, I got to tag ... , and programming the controllers. It's been a huge part of his life for a ... So I was looking through my camera tonight, and here's what I found

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  - I can't remember a time in which I was alone here. I hope that all of ... Hi all, I am here in the office preparing the blogs for the post ... set up before we release decisions at noon. If you're looking for a way

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  figured that I'd inevitably gotten it from him. That night, I danced for ... fun I've had in a while. But it also was the first time I'd moved for ... professor excused me from quizzes and attendance scores for all the days I was

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• 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 ... summer on jimjilbangs, and for visual reference, here's a photo from that ... myself thinking... Dear jimjilbang, I respect you for being a time

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  gallery of my notes note taking progression

  

  very least), I never really developed a proper system for organizing my ... "] the top left is a draft for a legal memo i wrote for my land use law ... something for class, but as something I could enjoy making as a kind of art

  • by Victor D. '27
  • April 8, 2026