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  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  ever since BosMUN. That joint effort forged between Boston University and ... Time to state the obvious: the world knows MIT pretty dang well for ... chemical engineering, to electrical engineering - and every physical and life

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• 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 / 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 / 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

  [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 / 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 / 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 / Art, Literature, Music

  this blogger does not exist join me in the uncanny valley

  

  -CJ, and I wondered if it might make sense to try using a Cycle-GAN to ... newer bloggers with older styles and vice versa etc. Their idea was pretty ... illustrated by Shun Liang for student, staff, and alum bloggers. This dataset

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 28, 2022
• 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

  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 / 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 / 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 / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  Zev B. ‘08 thought they tasted fake, and prefers the sour versions of ... ) bush has been popular in the United States since the 70s for its ... receptors of the tongue and activates them in response to acid, making sour

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• 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 / 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 / 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
• Blog / MIT Life

  Another week? It's all in the name of pass/no record.

  

  , I'll have a diploma in hand and some extra lines on my resume, and it ... East Campus courtyard and I am left to decide what happened to my weekend ... ... but to my right (unmade bed), to my left (chemistry book), and behind me

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 7, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory?

  The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT focuses the ... remember and to learn, as well as related functions like perception, attention, and consciousness.
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  . It's just your degree, and we'll all get the same degree. You may have ... ’t think we normally get from other universities is how up front and genuine ... , droning normalcy is boring, safe, and makes sure an institution has less

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023