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  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  I know it's late in the college application season--the deadline is near and the pressure is on--but for all of you who are still typing away ... to say, take a look at admitsphere.org. Admitsphere was devised by a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  field is just crazy. Look them up! I never had a true interest in biology ... get to experience. The class is in TEAL format that focuses a lot on ... previously #1 ranked squash player in the world is coaching a group on the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  This post is almost entirely devoid of content except to point out a particularly funny exchange in the comments of a recent post. It's a constant ... commenting is acceptable behavior or not. I'm guilty of being one of those

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  who wish to take a more active role in their MIT education." The oldest ... . CLICKER QUESTIONS! (In Dr. Patti Christie's 5.111 class) 4. TA's who hold a ... MIT career learning in small class sizes and with a personal connection

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  ultimate target for admits is this year. A few notes, for the record: Your ... , truly. And each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether ... received a decision by Wednesday. On Friday, we'll begin giving decisions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  approximately a majillion proteins in spines, and each person in my lab is ... in a cellular way is far away. 3. Ashley asked, I was wondering, after ... 't have to explain to all the postdocs what a "blog" is -- but I forgot the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  , after all, loves biology. Piper is looking for a summer UROP in bio ... thing about being in a major that is both interesting in itself and widely ... 're interested in a professor's research, just go ask about it and see if they have

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 2+3: Westchester County Part 2 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  why certain kids get in when others do not. This is a big goal of ours ... When you have a 2.5-year-old and a 3-month-old, anything after 6AM is ... campus - Loomis is a beautiful place. Loomis Chaffee has somewhat of a sad

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  metropolis of Saco in a couple of hours. I really wish I'd taken a picture ... at a hole in the wall called the Golden Rooster. This place's claim to ... random lanes and turning around at dead ends. All in all, a few hours well

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  a career in art. SP.785, or Digital Video Post Production, is a small ... easier. I figured MIT was a once in a lifetime opportunity that I should ... -world equivalent to an Athena cluster. The class is conducted as a discussion of film

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  masters in aero/astro. He and I are moving into Westgate, which is an MIT ... , so I'll be working a few hours a week in the Admissions Reception ... go on a vacation to the Bahamas (yessss). Adam is less excited about

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  summers to date. Computer security is something they touch upon a little bit ... put out by the powerful hackers who do this for a living. Script Kiddies ... than the people who wrote them" - Dan T. '85 (my boss) I chuckled and

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  In The Mail Well folks, the time has come. The letters are in the mail.

  

  to reflect the clean-shaven face, as promised (sorry mootmom, but a pact is a pact). :-) Enjoy these other pics from the day's festivities ... exhausted (Amy)... All in all, we're relieved that this part of the journey is

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Interview with a Mystery Hunt Winner An interview with Kat '10, a member of Palindrome, last year's winning team and this…

  

  School Math teacher, who is a part of the NPL and also started a mystery ... . My favorite thing about going to a place like MIT is that you tend to ... good taste in music and also a beautiful singing voice, which I know

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Blake Ross, who is kind of the inventor of Firefox, is ... classes is particularly blurred in the math department, where you often don ... general and MIT life in general a bit later this long, wonderful weekend. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  it is being called for now, would be greater in scale than the Human ... ," said Dr. [Eric] Lander, who was a leader of the Human Genome Project. But ... Great front page article in today's New York Times on the proposed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  4 comfort songs for your first day shake those jitters!!!

  

  world Where in the world is all the time? So many things I still don ... know my heart will guide me back [...] Take a ride of life with me Free ... The first day of classes is tomorrow. [annotation note='like, of

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 3, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  7 Rings actually just one but ya know

  

  adventure here at MIT.  Looking back at it all now, a lot has happened in the past two years. I've been through a lot. Let go of a lot. Grown a lot. I ... quizzes. Sometimes, the information is too much, the pset is too long, the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 23, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  MIT students have to live in a dorm for all four years (they don't), or ... , in a different place, and at a different age. As a result, he would, at ... a senior project in that field. or the random conversations i've had

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  weird now because my boyfriend, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, has just taken a leave of absence. Taking a break from the Institute is not ... pursue a career in advertising, then you might be able to find someplace

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008