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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  I was fifteen and intensely naïve when I graduated from high school and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... front of my ancient laptop narrowing down my list of unwatched movies and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s in My Bag? My everyday carry!

  

  true that most people have a degree of choice in what they purchase or acquire, and that sometimes those choices reflects on their own ... ” and “Best Shower Caddies on Amazon”. I started reading it because of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  few Universities that will offer a biological engineering degree. I have ... research is done at a University and normally works towards exploring ... University. PI’s are the main decision makers for a lab and sit at highest

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  Hack at MIT I managed to snag one of the fake papers that, as the article mentioned, were situated on newspaper stands all over campus: And ... semester is this Friday, as is my last physics quiz and the due date for my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  secret with my UROPs, my archnemeses, and strangers in the Kavli Institute ... 't know about. So, I went around campus to get the scoop on how students and ... speaker? FRANK: Yeah, I remember that. And I think there's something about

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming non-MIT deadlines Other forthcoming deadlines.

  

  forget everything that's going on, and sometimes you're not even aware of ... , I should make the juniors (and, for some of these programs, other ... ): State Governor's Schools: deadlines & processes vary Awesome

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  CPW: ASA Midway, B1 B1athalon, and Cutting Crafts with Contour not to mention meet the bloggers

  

  time and effort on my creative writing degree; not 'art school' per se ... ners came and we discussed life, the universe, and everything. When I ... CPW was so much fun! I meant to get this blog up and running

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 25, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

  

  near Columbus) Degrees: Biology (Course 7) and Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Course 9) What's next: Entering the Biological and Biomedical ... 9/Course 7/Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. Living group

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  and success of the Institute or things you find out you’re capable of ... Milton, however, stayed in Cameroon, and attended university there at the ... , to get some things off everyone’s chest and provide a safe space to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  eyes to the Schools and Universities of Europe And there behold the Loom ... different angles, and my  Single Variable Calculus class is no exception. I ... calculus and seventeenth century history in equal measure all in a span of a

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  passion projects to hope to compete with large institutions and corporations ... experiences with real alternatives, and even exceptional institutions like mit ... of them: one is people and another is creative work, like art or

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  worth 10% of my grade, and at this point, I was still planning on taking 6 ... matters worse, they invited other people in my place and accommodated to their schedule over mine and that made me feel really, really shitty. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  and purposes I am a junior, a 2020. I will not be graduating until 2020, my degree will say 2020, and for the most parts my day to day ... all come and how long we have been at the institute. Before coming to

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  , two change of majors forms, and many advisor meetings initiated by ... ; Cognition, which is a joint major between computer science and brain & cognitive science. (I love telling people that 'i major in 6-9' for shits and

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  category of cultural differences like "toilets are heated and have a fake ... jolts you from both sides and you realize again, that this is not a place ... 're sliders and levers. Room doors don't have hinges to open into or out of

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  classes’ Ring Deliveries (2022 and 2023), which I had the opportunity to ... on the path to receiving an MIT degree. The Class of 2022 (my original ... few times and then cancelled, which was pretty sad. Then, in a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  and doctors are nice and have your best interest in mind. But hospitals can also drive you cRaZy. I'm in the hospital, and have been since ... and cat socks yesterday. Here are some more terrible things about

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  Ahhh, yes. I know this time of year. Left and right you have tiny pansies sprouting up from the earth and cherry blossoms sprinkling their ... fresh sweat and tears exuded by seniors everywhere in the midst of their

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  , many corporations and universities were exploring how they could profit ... here and thank the institution that I love so much for reminding me ... ourselves and develop our craft. More than, I believe, any institution, MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  song Yakko's Universe from Animaniacs, and Pokémon for nostalgia) After ... the slight urge to huddle under a blanket with a warm cup of tea and ... third essay prompt on a college app. And it'll probably happen more than

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013