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  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  . There. And I went and learned about math. I felt like myself for a moment ... be if I can't make time for anything but my classes. I need to make ... that I need to put in this work now for when I apply to schools this

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  science plays a key role - a topic for a subsequent posting. I arrived at ... your parents!) as a graduate student. I came from a small city in ... definition is small), having graduated from a completely unknown university. I

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part four) senior trinkets

  

  of us in space! 2) Tickets for the Vessel, Come from Away, and the ... from when we ordered chemistry and shoe shaped cookie cutters for our ... origins of 10) Notes from our GRT that he stuck on a care package during

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Soymilk 豆浆

  

  year I didn’t fully since I cook for myself with my dorm mates and it’s hard that way. I looked for soymilk and found almondmilk, flavored milk ... water for a whole night, and then she would prepare the soymilk machine in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 7, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  mechanical engineering required for such a restaurant. They had this really ... … Anyway, it was great, and definitely a wonderful break from psetting and ... How many desserts can one consume in 2 ½ hours? Five MIT students

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  other one win, but I think it's a healthy competition," said Taylor. Their ... because MIT is such a great school. "When we were deciding where to go to ... friendly, they both said. "I think we push each other and that is a positive

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  to really "get" what makes this such a special place. Now, I know such ... education, I felt compelled to try. So Stephen, a few of us here at ... besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  vacation day. I'm always one to shoot for the underdog, the least privileged of the group -- because after all, if I can open someone else's eyes to ... freight railroading. I'm not out working in a rail yard -- I've actually got

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Will the pie be bitter or sweet? Hint: it's a trick question.

  

  , Yan's vocabulous wit, and Anna's inspirational eloquence, I can offer you a byte (or a few) from my bottomless cache of labyrinthine analogies ... on Monday. But I can tell you that it won't change who you are

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mikey Yang ‘05 Name: Mikey Yang; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Troy, MI

  

  side, and we embrace and accept that. Someone can tell a nerdy joke and ... college town and a walking town - you can walk or take public transportation anywhere and there's so much stuff to do for college kids. I love that the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  World of Wires [by Emily '15] Are you living in a computer simulation?

  

  words, the shortest rehearsal period I’ve ever had for a show. It was also ... writing about the show. World of Wires is such an intriguing show. I did a ... I saw an email encouraging freshmen to audition, so I showed up on a

  • by ARTalk
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Examination Nation 9 hours to prove that I learned something this semester.

  

  Materials II Before I begin to arduously study for my 1:30 final, I thought I'd leave you with a little musical treat that I received in my inbox this morning. To: Bryan From: Matt Sung to the tune of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will

  • by Bryan
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  bumpers a revelation i had while bowling

  

  I'm in Washington, D.C. today for a work trip, so I write this blog post from a hotel room that has not one, but two queen-sized beds. (One ... , so for some time, I wandered through a nearby mall, thinking we might

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  them after I'd come home from class, or after a meeting, when I'd come ... the most convenient timings. Never before a call I have to be on or a class I have to go to. When a friend was sleeping over, it started in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  turned off. I was a little spooked, but over-protective mating bears and ... . While Raphael, Queen Victoria III and Jennifer hid from the heat inside a pizza store, I took a walk, expecting to find Absolutely Nothing and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / Events

  life, with the brass rat we're halfway there????????????

  

  where a whole class is together, and this was one of them. It’s fun seeing ... . Everyone wanted a bite out of everyone for photos, which panned out ... the Brass Rat elicits three main things for me: (1) a regular fondness

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 26, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Admissions Released Next Wednesday, 12/21

  

  I wanted to post a quick update for our transfer applicants. We will be releasing decisions for transfer students next Wednesday, 12/21. Emily Sheldon, who coordinates transfer admissions for our office, will be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  . Unfortunately for me, I am a hopeless sap, so the best I can hope for is not ... calc I and intro to bio) to get a feel for what mit classes are like ... head I can think of a turtle, two cats, two rabbits, a mouse, a tarantula

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Splash 2018 Learn about anything and everything!

  

  (oh look, she's being gay again), and a few others that I can't recall ... Heyo everyone! It's Mimi again! I recently became a member of MIT ... range, when I did Splash 2017 (as a senior and before I got accepted to

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are Too Many HASS Classes I Want To Take What’s a Boy to Do

  

  that I want to take. For a school so deeply characterized by nerdy ... against myself and have a lot of degree requirements left, I can only really ... thing—what classes I’m going to take next! This is not because of a deep

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 29, 2026