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• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  UROPs. Applying There’s a nifty website where you can search UROPs by ... in her lab. I’ve heard you can ask profs for UROP positions after ... space where I'd fit in could be as big or small as I had energy for. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  email me and I'll get to it when I can. Please put "Question about MIT" in ... talks about fashion guidelines for people interested in that stuff, but I ... next day in sweatpants and a hoodie.....not that I know from experience

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: an interdisciplinary collaboration A day in the life of MIT research... on the Internet. A story of how…

  

  IAP, and I have funding from a professor in the Biological Engineering ... looking to get in on the ground floor of new initiatives, but only when I think they've got a high chance of taking off. I agreed to meet him in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Hacks and meta-hacks

  

  the wall. You can't really see anything in that picture. But what my ... . MIT "hacking war". I remember eating dinner in the 4th West diner at two ... A few nights ago, I was walking down the Infinite Corridor with two

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  with me. And are, in turn, who I am. For each story, I'll share useful ... forged in injustice as a sword is forged." On Writing is my bible. I ... I am a huge reader. I love hearing stories and telling them. I love

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  returns come in. I had many election-watching options to choose from ... , I hopped in a Zipcar and went out to the suburbs to a party at the ... that it would be a place where my interests in politics and government

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  down some stretches of road are so flat, I swear you can see your own ... 's not entirely true, there was a rock gym in Houston that I'd been to a ... , and I'm buying shoes, filling my amazon wishlist with gear, and climbing

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Felicitation Answers... and hopefully minimal snark.

  

  arrival... I'm wondering how long I can get away without buying a real ... other people in the world are shallow in what I editorially find to be a shocking way, so I'll answer anyway. Look at yourself in the mirror -- there

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  , in a house where some stranger lives now, was the most beautiful one I ... newborn.  In the 3,000 days, I moved to Washington, D.C. (for a fellowship ... heat pumps.  In the three weeks, I have mostly just snuggled and fed and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  commute! Some days you can find him walking from his home in Cambridge to ... I, and I am him....." Yesterday, there was terrible traffic in the ... there were elephants in Cambridge, I ran to get some elephant bait to try

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Does the Khan Academy offer practice SATs?

  Students can prepare for college-entrance exams by going on an online ... , and tailored feedback offered by the popular nonprofit learning website Khan Academy. Students can access hundreds of previously unreleased
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  have feet in your shoes You can steer yourself any direction you choose ... can get all hung up in a prickle-ly perch. And your gang will fly on ... ! Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in? How much can you lose

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: A sneak peak at research @ MIT This new website is sure to change the way that the world thinks about MIT…

  

  , I had worked in a scientific lab, so I knew that these mythical “ ... ways… Last July, I was sitting in front of my computer at work ... ’d be interested in becoming a content creator for OLW. Of course, I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 13, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  th street) to the eyeglass store where I wanted to buy some new frames ... have fun! With this reality in mind, I went to Princeton University with ... ,000. It is the fourth oldest university, chartered in 1746, compared to MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  when we were buying groceries from Wholesome Fresh, and I'm kind of in ... , though. there's a channel in the 2024 discord where people can send ... I landed in Boston on a cloudy day about a week ago, and...it sure

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  one thing in a day, like get groceries, I can almost guarantee that I ... things I want to and need to get done than one in a day -- when there are so many I can't possibly do them all, in a day or a week or even this

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  sit in an empty Zoom room for thirty minutes; during this time, I sent several emails, bumping the founders ("Hey! I'm in the Zoom." "Hey! Let me ... the pay: in high school, I did plenty of miserable jobs. But now I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  can only be content in the woods for so long. I want to contribute. Not ... I can`t wait to start writing more about life at MIT, but since I ... hike. I was in a strange mood. I`m a student at one of the most

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  I first stepped onto MIT’s campus in the summer of my junior year ... like. I didn’t visit many colleges outside of my local area in high ... getting into. I had a few ideas about how I thought college would go—in some

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  ’s dorm room in East Campus, I marveled at the student murals that ... just chill with us :) My project idea struck when I was wandering in my local contemporary art museum. I love the serenity of art museums, in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020