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• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing Two New MIT Students… ...classes of 2026 and 2028 respectively.

  

  you know I recently added a new member to our family. Miles Nathaniel Nance made his way to the world on January 11, 2006 at 10:40 pm. My wife tried valiantly (15+ hours) to deliver naturally. Considering his size and

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05... ------------------------------------- Sendie wrote: "If the last SAT scores I sent to MIT was November, do I have to send the December scores again or will collegeboard still be sending

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... covered that. So let's get to the meat of the matter (or for you vegans out ... penalty of law and all that stuff concerning your right to privacy, I am

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Bye Bye Weekends, See You In April I have a love-hate relationship with reading season.

  

  - what you'll get involved with, how you'll contribute to our culture and ... always leads to me being heartbroken in March, but nonetheless I can't help ... 'm giving attention to those things, I'm constantly worried about my read rate

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bryan Owens: Developing bioreactors An interview with fellow blogger, Bryan Owens, to find out more about his awesome UROP…

  

  . Pharmaceutical companies are facing enormous pressure to cut cost and increase ... currently developing a bioreactor that may potentially be used to accelerate ... Engineering and Biology majors, along with his Biomedical Engineering minor, to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  People often seem to think that going to an elite school ... undergrads are destined to get short shrift. Apparently undergrads are less fun ... 're not herded into giant classes like so many moo cows. According to the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We even learn stuff here! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  interesting to say about it. Not to burst anyone's bubble about MIT or anything ... school, and you still have to go to classes, and I still don't really like ... . =) Personally though, I'm just going to skip right along to.... 7.012, which is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  In addition to being Libraries Week and MISTI (MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives) Week, this week is worthy enough to be ... too many to list, so scroll to the bottom here) MIT Alumni Dinner -- you

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  going to be brief -- the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are all excited and happy to be at MIT... and they are full of questions, so ... I went over to East Campus for a rush party (and because Random always

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Beauty and the Geek Some of the greatest companies in the world recruit at MIT. Apparently, so do some…

  

  stereotypical to be advertising an open casting call for "geeks" at MIT, but this is actually a really exciting opportunity. To my knowledge, there has ... for American Idol 2, but I don't think he got to appear on television as

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nightswimming

  

  denizens, is that we get up to such interesting things! For example, a few nights ago, we went on a skinny-dipping expedition to the famous Walden ... 's easy to blame him for anything involving nudity. The driver of the car I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer, Summer, Summertime "...and this is how i spent my summer vacation."

  

  So another school year came to a close, and so begins the season of sun and fun. The class of 2005 graduated, and it was really awesome to ... sight to enjoy. It's kinda crazy how I've already finished two years

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Majors

  

  careers they would like to pursue or have one or two subjects that they ... exploration at MIT and if MIT has its way to help people find interests and in ... time! Let's start from the beginning to answer this. As you may know

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  Congratulations to the incoming Class of 2018!  Each and every one of you is incredible, and I am so excited to see your happy faces light up the institute once again in the fall! So now you've decided to go to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  .  Here's the main lessons I took away from his talk: How to know when to ... means that if you choose to make a video streaming startup, or a social ... established companies and other startups. Far better is to think of a new idea

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  ring around the barrel. Of course, it was not going to stay forever, and I'd heard rumors of Caltech coming to claim it. The Monday after CPW ... . Because it was 6:45 in the morning. And I'd gone to bed sort of later than I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  pole dancing and punching things trying out new classes in Copenhagen

  

  I've been taking the time to explore some classes and activities in ... you have something horizontal to hold on to, which makes holding ... for poetry writing, though, so there's that"]annoying.[/annotation] To

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 16, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  my problem list weird brain things

  

  the hours i've spent in bed recently have added up, pointing to one ... least.) anyway, every day i'd wake up to a new message from someone ... have to begin treatment within a few days of symptom onset / a positive

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 8, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  MIT-ish on being MIT enough

  

  I've been thinking a lot about what it means to be a student here at MIT, and whether or not I made the right decision in coming to this ... , drawing, playing music. It's no secret to my friends that I consider myself

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  program or grant to get you there. And it’s not just study abroad: there ... ’s time to share the wealth, so I’m here to lay out for you all the tips and tricks to getting yourself around the world on MIT's dime. Start: 0 mi

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019