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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  and are the experiments you do designed by yourself or postdocs ... . Albert's always there to help me if I get confused or hit a dead end. I ... (also called "principal investigator" or "PI"; in my case, Morgan) who

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s in My Bag? My everyday carry!

  

  They say you can tell a lot about a person by what’s in their bag. Or the clothes they’re wearing, or the things they buy. Of course, this ... relevant to my life/things I would actually buy or not!) So I thought today

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  the school year, will your group be in town during summer, or will you ... people who aren't active or communicative...it would probably be traumatic ... Square, Harvard Square, Somerville/Davis Square. Pro & con lists for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  I spent my IAP in northern Wales through Global Teaching Labs, a teaching abroad program! All of my weekdays were spent teaching at local ... or train to the destination of my choice. While there were about a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  dependent on someone or something in an existential, unhealthy way, you can ... genuinely matters. I know that I will keep learning, seeking out art, people and new experiences. I know that I will create the conditions for my

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  a lot of our prospective students will be as excited as I am that this ... .turbovote.org, fill out voter registration paperwork or an absentee ballot request, and TurboVote will send a nifty mailer with with a prepaid envelope to send

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  tradition known as the Novembeard ("No Shave November" in some regions, or ... you can squeeze out is a patchy tuft of fuzz on your lips and cheeks. Or ... " you think. Words which you will regret in week two. WEEK TWO Around

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus According to Joel '10 from New House, we eat your babies.

  

  indicator of whether or not you were a resident of Senior House - from what I know, people living here or in EC used "Haus" as an inside joke ... from the front? Yeah. Don't have it. Maybe when I stop being lazy, or

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  immature and want to do it too, so you guys will just have 2 entries to read ... frantic searching for resources will be pretty common this weekend. Friday ... enjoyment. (And yes, if I spent 15 hours working on the puzzle, I was willing

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  available. ECs typically use the email address you provided on your ... waived, it will not put you at a disadvantage in the admissions process.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  , reaching out to nations all over the world. By 2015, 9.77% of the ... students of 1885-1895 and the MIT students of today. By 1895, 38 States, 1 ... regard it with more or less favor, as is shown by the fact that each one of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  ] While these are nice or whatever, I find them to be a bit generic. Here ... event or club."]Dormspam.[/annotation] Never forget to BCC! Paint (on) a ... . Just don't write one about yourself because people will be able to tell

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  % Awake, and Why: 1.Sin City: Honestly, this film's cinematography and ... being. I can dream in black-and-white or in color, but not in black ... be, will never win me an Oscar even if I'm partially Al Gore. 2

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship Opportunity: Davidson Fellows A look at a scholarship worth up to $50,000, and some past MIT winners.

  

  , Philosophy or Outside the Box. To be eligible, applicants must be under the age of 18 as of Oct. 1, 2009, and a U.S. citizen or permanent U ... accompanied by a $50,000, $25,000 or $10,000 scholarship in recognition of a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Symphony 9, Op. 95 “From the New Blog” I'll to pay you to hang out with me and watch me type.

  

  get back to MIT or that Ben will buy me one to advance the cause of my ... ), rather than buying a huge house or a penthouse apartment or taking lavish

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work

  

  6.S096, Mobile Virtual Reality Development Challenge, another IAP ... idea what my final projects will look like in 2.00B and 6.S08, I know ... wholeheartedly enjoy, which makes the tough psets a little more bearable. Or maybe

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 3, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Working at a Toy Company! I promise you, my job was cooler than yours.

  

  , and then of course it was time for a team picture with the "StealthMobile ... The S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents team The Deathmobile team (This will make a ... front may or may not be the CEO of Hasbro ;) On a sidenote, we made a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  , whether I was teaching about global geology through soil painting, or ... ” for effort! A smiley sticker chart? Or is it a Downward Logarithmic ... credit limit of 57 units. I used that opportunity to explore Course 1 in a

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  will never grow closer to a person, or people, than when you are up at 3 ... something like “haha that was honestly as hot as MIT will be in December, I am ... long. You can talk about anything for hours, or you can say nothing and

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Just a few notes -- that's all we have time for right now!

  

  didn't get the email or lost it, let me know in the comments (leave your email address) and I'll get the information to you. It should be fun and ... know that some of you will be super-excited to learn that Hikaru Utada

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010