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  Freedom isn’t free. ...but a biology minor is, sometimes.

  

  that uncommon." "No, parents are going to read this and be all, 'Oh good, my little Johnny's gonna have calcium!' They have banana and chocolate and strawberry and coffee and... wait, I can look them all up." "Okay, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  're working on your first 18.02 pset. Okay, say you're me, and you're working on your first 18.02 pset. And by "working," I mean "staring blankly at ... makes even a bit of sense, and throwing out various swear words every two

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  and extracurricular activities, I got involved within my school and my community, I did research at a local university. But in spite of all of those ... know the answer to that question. All I know is that I'm here now, and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updates i'm still here.

  

  own right, and I was also taking solid-state chemistry in an effort to ... !’ is always a good one- an honest and unquestionable summation of what it ... ’- another frank excuse. I was taking discrete math and fundamentals of

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • January 20, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  New year, new bloggers! introducing the new bloggers for fall 2019

  

  Today is the first day of classes, and, as new MIT students are ... August, a committee of senior bloggers, recent bloggers, and a few staff ... applications, there much rending of garments and gnashing of teeth, but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Have you ever wanted to copy-paste the text in an image file? Well, now you can--thanks to a HackMIT project.

  

  about hackathons at MIT and how amazing they are in the amount of experience, learning, and motivation they can give you in the space of ten or ... . '17, is a Chrome extension whose birth I witnessed (and blogged about

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  When it Rains It Pours

  

  Just two and a half weeks and freshman year is over. I'll spare you ... and skip straight to what the end of the semester at MIT is actually ... new material between the last test and the final), meaning I had an 18

  • by Snively '11
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Application question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions? Answering FAQs about the awards section in the MIT application.

  

  "scholastic" and "non-scholastic" distinctions. The questions read: List any scholastic distinctions you have won since entering high school and indicate ... have won since entering high school and indicate the level of distinction

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  .) He immediately stated that it was a good program and that he saw it ... purified and frozen to transform it into a liquefied state so it can be ... goal of this program is to teach leadership and work-place dynamics to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Virginia Tech’s Commencement

  

  Predicament of Aftermath: Reflections on 9-11 and Oklahoma City that I understood the human reactions toward trauma and memorialization and the ... History at Indiana University, Editor of the Journal of American History

  • by Laurie Everett
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  , and traits had I decided to attend any other university or college, even ... wanted to live here and study here. Who wouldn't want to be in the center ... , in the urban locale of Boston and in the cosmopolitan Northeast? "In

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  into the world, I know, but you might miss home and this general state of ... semester begins Tuesday, and so will begin the class I’ve been diligently preparing for all IAP--6.01, Intro to Electrical Engineering and Computer

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  country, and then a far-off state. Now I’m here, and it’s so much better ... doing homework with them and talking until too late. It’s about the way the brain revs and pushes onward through a Problem Set. The feeling

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  day one welcome back

  

  , one on artificial intelligence, and none of my recitations are holding ... algebra class was very rigorous, and in an ideal world, I would take it again. But it probably doesn't fit in my schedule, and it doesn't fulfill

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Stories of Senioritis How to Procrastinate

  

  So the four year roller coaster called "Quest for a degree from MIT" has come to a close. And of course, it wouldn't be blogworthy unless ... stuff and was equally weighted with the other exams. The final was last

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life or something like it Apparently this blog is supposed to be about my life. So here's some stuff about…

  

  exclamation points and intruige. But alas, my life is full of the same sorts of ... field, is routinely quoted in the New York Times, and he knows my name. So cool. Work. My postdoc and I are trying to finish some experiments with

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  good morning, MIT Guest post by Piper L. '17

  

  -working, and kept to himself.” name. year. dorm. hall. home state. what an ... stranger to the blogs), and she has kindly allowed me to share them. I think ... week has been really tough and really strange for everyone on campus, and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  , everything felt fake. Days, hours, classes, and psets blended into a ... labelled none of my perfectly plotted points and promptly got a 0. My mother laughed, called me a shrimp-for-brains, and asked when I’d grow out of it

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action this year I'm so impressed with our applicants

  

  come from 48 states and dozens of countries, bringing with them all their ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... read your essays, to learn about your cultural heritage and family

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  Island, Queens, Northern Virginia, Suburban Maryland, and Baltimore. Next up: the Pacific Northwest and Bay Area, starting Sunday. I forced Ben to go to 3.091 (Intro Chemistry, solid state version) today, to see for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004