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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  email a professor anytime to ask about life, UROPs, the universe, and ... .801 Political Science Scope and Methods, 17.803 Political Science Laboratory (the sequel to 801), WGS.151 Gender, Health, and Society, and WGS.229 Race

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  i’m studying abroad this semester hello europe

  

  wildly at the state of the world*. Last semester, I took a non ... "] Budapest looks weirdly similar to MIT?[/caption] It was over Zoom, and there ... tomorrow) to mid-May, and they will be all online. Through this program, I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 7, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  horribly in a Mathcounts competition, so my mom and I decided that I should get a haircut. A lady at Walmart cut my hair boy-cut short and then my ... strips and loops of metal through my ears? And I said that sounded kind of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  felt truly honored to be an MIT admissions blogger, and by 'always' I ... both the freshman admissions and blogger selection committees plucked me from the masses purely for comic relief. But what drives us bloggers and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  universities I applied to. Everyone at MIT was so open and accepting of people ... this? During this time, I've been able to talk and spend a lot of time with 2024s and it's been an absolute joy. I somehow convinced the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  research UROP at the Koch Institute and taking 2.00B (Toy Product Design), I ... sobering fact the other day when I looked at my MIT blogger profile and ... biology as the love of my life, and (3) soon I won't be one of the "new kids

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  , sleeplessness, and profound superiority over Harvard in every regard*. Other considerations included aesthetic sensibility and whether or not the photographer ... other universities as frequently as possible. Enjoy! /further ado

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  at East Campus"]slightly dangerous ride[/annotation] and things are flying past at a breakneck speed. I’m trying to grab onto moments and ... in me. I look back at who I was a month ago and it takes me some time

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The entire state of Wyoming (population 509,300) has ... hydrogen, because that could explode and kill you while you're talking to your grandmother about apple pie recipes, and that would be fun for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  engineering and neuroscience and double minor in history and music and I was going to UROP and I was going to be a Medlink and an MIT blogger and then become a doctor. I was going to rock out at my classes and a bazillion

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  High School Summer Research Programs And the science competitions that could potentially follow

  

  programs at MIT and elsewhere, check it out! It really summarizes things well ... MIT MRSEC - Materials Research Science and Engineering Center ... Brook University Intel Science Talent Search Intel International

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done with the b.s. 4 years of mit by the numbers

  

  education's past, present, and future.   1 engineering degree And last ... experiences I’ve traveled 3 times over IAP, and 2 times over the summer (counting the upcoming one)! 4 times as an instructor/workshop leader, and 1

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 3 Helping the Class of 2010 with their decisions.

  

  people, and simply being part of an Institute and a culture that ... for almost ten years and I've participated in national competitions and ... , another national level classical guitarist and engineer. I hope this will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  big MIT event, there's a lot of hype, rumor, and mythology surrounding it, and I hope I can give you a better sense of what to really expect, and what not to expect. Your host: There's no one standard for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Mario Institute of Technology hack Laura's entry on an awesome hack.

  

  Laura ’09 captured today’s awesome hack… check it out!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  one of the easier 8.13 experiments) and gives you, to varying degrees ... A month and a half ago, I posted the first part of my series ... to nothing. The IAP tide has crept ashore and I've been simply floating

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  , participation, timeliness, and presence are required, regardless of the state of ... ” MIT class is 12 units. This may mean 4 hours in class and/or recitation and 8 hours at home, a 4-0-8 scheme. Lab/design/field work classes have

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  much level, from fostering student groups and Institute initiatives to ... CARE; and helped strengthen ties with the University of Zambia (UNZA ... science and engineering. As important as it is, international development

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  place, and why am I no longer majoring in chemistry? I have quite a few ... for fun, and when I checked things out, the "just for fun" classes put me three classes away from a chem degree. Regardless of what anyone may

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Events

  TELETHONNNNN brought to you by Domino's

  

  , Washington (Nicole's home state!), and California (my home state!) Anji ... After my kickboxing class today I ran to the Bush Room and just ... balmy January evening? "HimynameisConnieandI'mafreshmanatMIT... and

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 1, 2012