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• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Preview Weekend ...begins a week from today!

  

  working hard to finalize plans for the ~500 events we're going to cram into ... many people "in real life" for the first time. Please come say hi! Here ... are the ones I REALLY hope you'll attend (for reasons which will become

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  dedicated to finding internships for undergrads--he travels every summer to ... !) for interested juniors and sophomores to learn more about industry, and ... start planning the itinerary and look for flights (especially for the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  you either have a date for your visa interview soon or have already had ... different requirements for tests and vaccinations for different countries so check those out for your own country and get vaccinated and tested

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  reach a lofty bar that you set for yourself. It’s a challenge.   ... tendencies, and that shiny bar you've set for yourself becomes the standard for ... significantly above-average point, you're so screwed. You’re meat. For whatever

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  for the Institvte! This summer I’m on staff for the Research Science Institute, or RSI, a summer program for rising high school seniors around the ... thinks this stands for “Assistant Director,” but I much prefer “Awesome

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  best time for me to go on a Birthright trip, because you need to have ... relatively smooth start so far, but that is best left for another day. For now ... in Florida for winter training for crew, followed by almost two weeks

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Floating On A Whim [by Katharine Chu '09, Guest Blogger] An art UROP carries a curious course 9-er all…

  

  posting with an artist at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies, who was interested in working on an floating sculpture by Marta Pan for an exhibition ... Philbrick, from my small apartment in LA and set up a time for a meet and

  • by ARTalk
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  've been helping out with research for the past two semesters, today just ... --I think they might have ended up splitting it 6 ways for lunch. Below, you ... provides suggestions for everybody's research, he has a knack for explaining

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Hawk Flies High Spontaneous jazz improv at 77 Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  One clear Thursday night long ago I was playing ultimate frisbee on ... steps and perched myself behind and above him, watching him play. Leaned ... Boston university, the Berklee College of Music, plays tenor and soprano

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Post: Started From the Dorm Room Now We Here starting a startup while at MIT

  

  as a fun, competitive way to build tools that people would want. From ... while waiting for the next order of Beantown Taqueria. Though I was making ... . Seeking advice, we came across the Martin Trust Center for MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey Erick, You Awake? Not gonna call it a night just yet

  

  During the summer, you get to do fun things you can't pull off during ... browse Reddit for another hour. Then I heard Hugo say "Hey Erick, you ... for buns it was. It sortof looked like this, but not really, cause y

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2014! That...that's not a factorial

  

  notwithstanding. For the even slightly sentimental, there might be this feeling ... simplest solution: write. Writing is fun. That’s why I do it so much ... forward to this year, and a small chance for reflection. This, of course

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  have any trouble lifting people on the stretcher. For me, every moment ... lot of fun answering them. I hope I made sufficient eye contact; I think ... all of you waiting for RA decisions!!

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians How many MIT graduates have been in the Olympics? No, not the Science Olympiad...

  

  of the 1896 Olympics in a column he wrote for MIT's alumni magazine, Technology Review. Some quick, fun facts about Curtis's participation: He ... stadium is named for him: Henry G. Steinbrenner Stadium. The most recent

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Deprotonated I see the way you're split into your ions and you're fully dissociated.

  

  I'm taking 5.12 (Organic Chemistry) this semester, which is interesting, to say the least. Orgo is notorious for being slightly less fun ... about two weeks like it sometimes always is: time for Q and A! Anonymous

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Really Random 19 pictures. Don't open on a dialup.

  

  , probably because I had to much work. Do you always wait for the longest day ... , apparently the residents were strapped for cash one day and decided to sell the ... love this wall! Life sucks... but then you dye! And we have fun

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  -chemical basis for the structures of nucleic acids, proteins, and carbohydrates ... 's inarguably important and useful for neuroscience. 9.09J/7.29J (Cellular ... sensory transduction. Fun, interesting, and multidisciplinary. More

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  over a crowded audience. Then, moments later, for the first time in three ... September, I had auditioned for seven or eight [annotation note="this seems to ... first concert. I auditioned for a solo in [annotation note='"Sucker", by

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  Afeefah and we're rolling out looking for MIT's greatest Diners, Dig-Ins and ... is the best? Campus might have a general consensus. But tbh there ... specials and kosher foods, the hall is open for business for most hours of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Meet More People a guest post from Amy F. '20

  

  strongest friendships. For example, I met my best friend (hey Alex!) four ... there for the best and worst times. People want to know you. Because that ... for others to know us, we need to be vulnerable so others will do the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • June 18, 2018