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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  . Matt Damon was too. Yes, when he got up on stage, one of the first things ... ’s just put that out there. I mean, I’ve seen the list of previous ... of the World Bank. President of the United States. And who did you get

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jugal Shah- Improving the technique of High Resolution Quantitative Autoradiography Sophomore Jugal Shah is improving a boron imaging technique that may potentially enhance a promising…

  

  opportunities offered." *Source of BNCT Picture: URL: http://www.cdic.bnl.gov/bio_bnct.htm* ... Most universities aim to attract well-rounded individuals with varied interests and sophomore Jugal Shah is living proof of MIT's success. Jugal is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  at Santa Clara University. Most of the reason I'm abandoning the east ... Hi, I’m Mollie! I used to go here. I was one of the OG bloggers ... . Since graduation, I’ve been pursuing the slow boat of academic science — I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is NEET?

   School of Engineering. The program aims to educate young engineers to build ... personal and interpersonal skills. Students will get an SB degree from the department they will be majoring in and a NEET Certificate in one of these
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  doesn’t offer me a bite. 99.999% of the time I don’t actually want the ... . Going to university puts you in a dorm with dozens of people with ... bit of a culture shock that made me want to better understand my

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  University of Florida. Tim Tebow could easily be known as the wunderkind who ... friend Steve '11 (freshman ex-roommate) was reminded of the story of Tim ... I thought it was really a good story, and maybe some of you would

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  some other top colleges do." For those of you not up to speed on what a ... top choices with notes of praise and hints of acceptance letters and ... student's essay or some other aspect of the application. The short answer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  your Swim Test offered in the beginning of the year, and it basically ... . The conference is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia from Thursday to Sunday. (UPMUNC = University of Pennsylvania Model

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  . Even more fortunately, MIT offers a wide variety of courses ... of people periodically have brilliant ideas which they then go over in ... and intricacies of a satisfying plot. Unfortunately, not all of these

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  degree of proficiency once they're here. Personally, I'm not really all ... The ADD recap of my Christmas break: Ohio. California. Maine. I am ... Swapna '05, at least I had internet cafes. To all of you on dialup, I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  beautiful 270 degree view of the entire of city of Barcelona, the ocean in the ... This IAP was my first time ever outside of the United States! El Mirador del Valle--the most beautiful view of Toledo. Photo credit: Rachel

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i’m back .gif not an undergrad, not a grad student, but a secret third thing

  

  "]probably won't get a degree[/annotation] out of it. But I know I'll try to do ... 'm preserving this image of a CHILD by embedding it here[/caption] On June 5th, 2016, I left behind most of my remaining earthly possessions and hopped

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  Grad Student”. I start my second year of a dual degree program in ... taking advantage of what MIT has to offer, and though I will still continue ... , I have found myself, well, back at MIT. Granted, it has kind of been

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  Well, today was my last day of class as an undergrad. Technically the last day of class is tomorrow, but I only have 7.28 (molecular biology ... think I've attended a grand total of one since the end of my freshman year

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  I am delighted to join the impressive cadre of admissions office bloggers - a source of insight into MIT that I hope is of value as you ... have the honor of holding the Bernard Gordon Chair of Medical Engineering

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?

  

  6 from A Musical Offering. Now, since I kind of suck at piano, I'm one ... "Sexiest Vegetarian of the Year 2004" by PETA. So maybe one of these days you'll go to an information session at an ivy league university, or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  , but still managing to get through the questions with varying degrees of ... to come back to 40 degrees and rain. A great part of being a senior ... I never thought I'd say this, but I'm kind of bored. A combination of

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  ...we mean it. To all of you waiting to hear back from other universities ... experiences with all of you through the admissions blogs. Whether I talked about ... prospective members of MIT's Class of 2012 - foremost in my mind. I hope I was

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  an offsite meeting at the University of DC, meeting with leaders of the ... , because I work at a university, and because there aren't any admissions ... things worth updating y'all about. So: a brief accounting/recounting of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  professors and departments at Wits University and the University of Cape Town I ... *written by a '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest ... still want to travel the world but am now thinking of pursuing medical

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018