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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Xanga Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part one.

  

  school. 23. I love taking pictures. 24. I enjoy girls who are fake. 25. I ... New Year's. 49. I am wearing a fake gold ring. 50. I love my friends ... play the guitar. 57. I state the obvious. 58. I wish I was at summer

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  science (at a university), industry (for biologists and chemists, often ... program and come out a) exhausted and b) with two sparkly degrees and ... 'd fill you guys in on some of the nuts and bolts of a life in science

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  you get your bachelor's degree, are you required to get you master's and ... microscope again, and I was going to take pictures of the lab and our equipment ... camera. Hey, I'm not a morning person, and I can't remember to do

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  undergrad and graduate students alike receive their diplomas in Killian Court ... identify their school and degree (red means PhD, or doctorate of philosophy ... waking moment reviewing enzymatic pathways and taking practice exams until

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  36 Units of Class To make room for 12 units of Life

  

  graduation day. We’d open our diploma folders, read our degrees, and be like ... Lives, and eager to figure things out. For those that haven’t read it yet and don’t have time to (since it’s kind of long), the gist is we were

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 13, 2018
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  ’t. Honestly, most sophomores and, dare I say, upperclassmen probably don ... Annie:((("]graduated.[/annotation] This and the influx of new faces have shifted the culture of my living space, and I find myself not willing or

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  Institute-wide MIT blogs site and thought we were pretty pro. Matt and I ... As the NY Times article states, this whole blogging thing "began with ... 'm doing lately, and how MIT has continued to shape me post-graduation. Since

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  the National Institutes of Health doing PCR and analyzing paternities in ... summer at George Washington University, and I shared expenses with my ... thousands of dollars that are flowing back and forth on paper between you and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Promise of Ending ...is labor and sharing and loving.

  

  between me and an MIT diploma is ICE 2. I remember lounging around my suite ... and Gomorrah when I decided to check my grades, like I do, you know ... later, I had produced this image, a "diploma mock-up -- for illustrative

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  the University of Chicago (and many other schools), we're happy to grant ... .com/education, but it's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San ... year" between high school and college isn't for everyone -- and that just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of first-year learning communities are available?

  MIT undergrads come from every state in the country and approximately ... to the community, and each learns in their unique way. Although we can ... provides students with the opportunity to study and socialize as part of a
• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  fantastic folks at the Davidson Institute and the new Davidson Academy. The ... team?" I've also had to perfect the sort of fake smile and forced giggle ... I'm on the West Coast now, and things are great. First, I flew into

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  bachelors degrees elsewhere, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Oxford on a ... admission decisions and the last of the regular action candidates clicked "submit" as the January 1 deadline came and went. For some the wait is over

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Blog] CourseRoad! A simple way to make your four year plan!

  

  different departments) contains pages and pages of “degree charts”—lists of ... . An inhabitant of East Campus(5W) and an active member of the class of 2015, Danny always has his hands full with class work and outside

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 25, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  the University of Chicago (and many other schools), we're happy to grant ... 's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San ... year" between high school and college isn't for everyone -- and that just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cancer on my mind Wait, shouldn’t that be Carolina?

  

  Kendall Square and beyond with the work of the Koch Institute and it is free ... . MIT community members at the Broad Institute and the Whitehead Institute ... Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT the other day. I could

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 18, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  Kay is professor and chair of the psychiatry at Wright State University’s ... Yale and Cornell Universities are rightfully cause for shock and sadness ... , administrators and parents are all in this together. Victor Schwartz is university

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  fraction. And our institute often works with foreign research institutes. I ... Language is a funny thing. It's so natural and as kids we pick it up quite readily from those around us. And now, while it is more

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  Medicaid) and see if the state will retroactively cover his bill. Another ... , interpreted for patients, and participated in community health outreaches and even one protest in front of the state Capitol in Sacramento. Truthfully

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Cancer Research The history and future of cancer research at MIT.

  

  chose MIT and Harvard University to share one of seven national, multi-institutional ... will establish a collaborative program between the Broad Institute and ... , and Thailand's Chulaborn Research Institute. MIT's Bevin Engelward

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 29, 2006