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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  I spent today playing with yeast cells, and I couldn't be happier ... Professor Angelika Amon of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. Today was my first day and I decided to come in at 8:00 - which, in turn

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  admissions site is really something, huh? I just look and I see categories, endless categories, and I want to fill them all with my insights on The MIT Campus and General Institute Requirements and MIT's Influence on the World

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Novartis

  

  Today, I went on a tour of the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical ... spiffy new building every time I walk to the supermarket or to Harvard and ... -wide pharmaceutical company that is headquartered in Cambridge and but has a major

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  MIT for Book Lovers Yultide Day 4

  

  ," Day 2 - "Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017," and Day 3 - "College Life ... for book lovers: MIT and the Greater Boston area have plenty to offer ... (and now coloring books too). Last summer, I got to see Chuck Palahniuk

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 29, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  rage, as explained by thermodynamics I had a bad day and soon a thermo exam

  

  have and ruin it spontaneously on a whim, because every little state ... -level and also not important past analogy purposes"]I also want to talk about ... macroscopic, meaning it isn't about the individual atoms and particles bumping

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 25, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  Last Thanksgiving break, a few of my friends and I visited Acadia ... Airbnb months in advance, creating an itinerary of trails to hike, and even ... , I’ve had my South African driver’s license for three years and was no

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide any academic or athletic scholarships?

  the Institute as an MIT Scholarship, even though we offer it based
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  degrees outside, and since I had sent an e-mail for my floor asking for ... bandit and posted a mile-by-mile account in this blog entry. It was pretty ... college and probably my best friend from MIT to this day. We got our picture

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up

  

  Masters of Engineering concurrently with finishing your bachelor's degree ... on my research and to [annotation note="to be a teaching assistant ... weekend at the WildFire Flow Arts Retreat and learned how to [annotation

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  hours/week… aiya I give up.” And no less than five seconds later, I ... major requirements you have and have not completed; handy for making sure ... who need that class to graduate, then based on descending class year and

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well

  

  already taken the SAT/ACT, and cannot find a forthcoming opportunity to do ... their personal health, as well as the health of their family and community ... academic aspects of their application (such as grades, coursework, and

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  . Saturday 9:00 a.m. For breakfast I eat cereal and drink jasmine tea. Then I ... feeling pretty stressed and mentally out of it for a few weeks so I’m hoping ... trips to Denmark and the UK, when she encountered lots of people who made

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  nice moments on campus things are okay, actually

  

  ’s halfway through the semester, and I’m in this weird mood lately where I really don’t want to do much of anything except maybe lie in bed and stare ... "]window.[/annotation] I’m fine, more or less, and this isn’t complete burnout, yet, but I am

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 10, 2021
• Blog / Events

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

  

  the day, exhausted, I headed home. It had been a 95 degree day and I was ... the original parts and then pick a team name/theme. Dress up and have a great time. As interns, Ian (the kid who works next to me) and I were

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

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  and that vibrational degree of freedom, and I was not going to be told ... doubleshot from LaVerde's, and get ready for their first exam of the fall term ... I've got this term is 6.003: Signals and Systems. And, to be honest, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  guide on "How to Do CPW", and I heard it was "amusing" though I was really going for inspirational and life-changing. Here's a gif in case you missed ... stunning and poignant tribute that some people didn't realize it was a hack

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  , throbbing arms, and various bruises that colorfully decorated my 5' 4'' frame ... , these injuries were pretty much my own fault. Because my EMT-B state exam ... between an absurd sense of calm and an overwhelming sense of panic. I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  the heirs that the race is on to claim his treasure, and leaves behind a ... much intrigue and humorous dialogue (the book is quite entertaining ... States during Fourth of July. (or if I was, I was in little-town Maine for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Rainbow Lounge Where the LGBT kids hang out.

  

  , and Transgender) Community, so the Rainbow Lounge at MIT is the home to the Institute's various LGBT student groups and support staff. More ... . Perhaps you are as sheltered and/or clueless as me, so I'll break it down

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  Trivia: What is the name of MIT's literary magazine, and which MIT ... 's Writing and Humanistic Studies department. Dr. Boiko wanted to tell me about ... editor's note the editor's note, written by co-editors Lucy Marx and Dr

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008