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• Blog / Challenges

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  themselves (and are all probably making way more money than I do, since I'm in med school and make negative $30,000 a year). While it doesn't seem like that long ago that I was 17 and applying to college, the truth is that in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Believe in your magic a thank you to the 2018 applicant class

  

  I can see the end of my first reading season from here, and it has ... FUN jokes and written them on my whiteboard, I have learned facts and ... teacher in high school, and your passion for physics has nudged and

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  outcrops, meadows, stunning outlooks, and dramatic waterfalls - so, we weren ... ranger station, and filled out backcountry permits. The park ranger on duty ... black bear mating season, and that black bears usually only attack people

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Together. thoughts on today's tragedy.

  

  ice cream, Tetris hacks, and a campus-wide show of unity to welcome ... or root against. And then today's tragic events happened.  In a few seconds, a day ripped apart - two explosions, three deaths, and a casualty

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  for them and the less snow, the more they can deny winter exists. For me though, it's tragic. Snow is one of my favorite things, and winter is probably my favorite season. I'm just not built for the beaches and heat

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  There Goes My Baby The first music video from the MIT Logs.

  

   (an all-male a cappella group), and still keep up with the group as a ... /directed/edited/produced the entire thing themselves, and did it all in 2 weeks from concept to ... their hands and let life happen to them - they're going to want to go out

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  On Greatness

  

  (and occasionally even current students) saying basically the same thing ... lately, and it's got me thinking about incredible people and what it is in them that makes them incredible. And the surprising conclusion I've come

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 11, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Public Art And one fantastic sandwich

  

  mulch, bushes, brightly colored spring flowers to be planted, and a big ... and a police officer directing the flow of lunchtime walkers as a young ... Kim, Kelly Shaw, and Travis Williams, all graduate students in

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a rose is a rose is a rose ...is a rose

  

  - it’s actually because I’ve been doing architecture stuff and that ... ’t made any profound life discoveries. Just surrendering hours and hours and hours to various software and machines and spray paint and glue...and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready

  

  travel all over the country (and the world) here at MIT Admissions. And during our travels, we get to meet amazing students and talk to them in ... , or hold a big meeting in every city. And not every student interested

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Season Some advice for the EA deadline. (Relax. Be patient. Don't stress. Don't procrastinate!)

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... tomorrow is October 31: Halloween. And the next day is November 1: the MIT ... those questions, and to provide a bit of advice as well. Please be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  program which teaches sophomores about leadership and work-place dynamics, I attended an etiquette seminar taught by Jodi Smith last week. For an hour and ... nametag and wear it on your right side. When you shake someone's hand, you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not your stereotypical sorority girl Tonight is the first night of sorority recruitment!

  

  bimbos who spend all day having pillow fights and braiding each other ... popular (and untrue notions) a little later on. First of all, I should just ... standards, community service, and character and leadership development

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  from French homework to sit down and write to you, but I think it's time ... 's rewarding. We've had an exam and two quizzes already, as well as three packets ... , parents, alums, and MIT staff so that the students could ask questions and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More humanities than a humanities major Bitter complaining and fond reminiscing. Can't beat that with a stick.

  

  -hour Burton-Conner desk shift Sunday Night 8. Do German I homework and dictation 9. Marching Band rehearsal 10. Finish Harmony and Counterpoint compositions for Monday 11. Laundry, laundry, laundry 12. Go to New York and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…

  

  times smaller than the period at the end of this sentence, and are made ... DNA would be about the size of a ping pong ball and the air in the beach ... incorporated into the cell, the sphere degrades, releases the DNA, and then the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…

  

  (IBD), which causes inflammation of the digestion tract and leads to painful cramping, chronic diarrhea, and reduced appetite. As if the symptoms weren't bad enough, IBD increases the risk of developing colon cancer and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 2

  

  With a difficult day and a half of selection behind me, I'm looking forward to watching "The Incredibles" tonight and not thinking about Admissions (and taking off the tie that I wore today!). In a nutshell, here

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2004
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  atmosphere of MIT -- a good majority of my friends are CS majors and always seeing them beeping and booping away made me realize I should probably ... lot of tears and a lot of late nights and a lot of meeting friends on

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  wherever you go, there you are alive internet theory

  

  that the internet is largely just bots and ai-generated posts designed to ... know"]i procrastinated[/annotation], and had to study non-stop all week. And it sucked. A lot. And when I saw this video, the titled reminded me

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 30, 2025