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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  We were recently thinking about our bad middle school experience, and ... it. We think it would have helped middle school Allan and Danny to read ... laugh, and formed a small group of friends, who we’d sit with at lunch

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  motorcyclists, and people who talk about tarot and spellcasting, and university ... you grew up here, a hardness and a hardiness to everything that lives here: the gila monster, its mottled orange and black skin warning of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)

  

  -sets, and I assumed institutions operated in the interest of the people they ... , I joined that same institute as a PhD student and shortly afterward, a ... When Petey messaged the blogger alums about coming back and posting

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  Institutes of Health (NIH) to several judges and Harvard Medical School faculty ... rich men reclining on comfy couches while drinking and battling wits. The ... England Science Symposium featured oral presentations and posters from

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial aid news & more MIT announces costs & aid for the 2007-2008 school year.

  

  tuition and fees for 2007-2008 and has budgeted an additional $7 million for ... needs the kind of leaders and thinkers who graduate from MIT. By finding ... circumstances," Hockfield said. Tuition and fees for the upcoming academic year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  , notice: First and foremost, my super-fabulous high-heeled rainboots. I ... been waiting for a rainy day to wear them, and today was the day: it came ... nice and dry-- but I was looking for puddles to jump in! There is nothing

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  Institute Requirement in Physical Education. The requirement includes successful completion of the swim test (or beginning swimming class) and a ... schedule to ensure completion of this General Institute Requirement. The

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Events

  #NoBanNoWall

  

  United States. We write now with an important update and with new guidance ... traveling outside the United States and you wish to return to campus, we ... the United States is already having an impact on members of our

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 29, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  . Dirks, and Brown University President Christina Paxson. When I arrived ... University presidents are the black suit-wearing overseers who sit at ... and full of personality and they're breaking the stereotype of the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  Well, grad school interviews and visiting weekends are done! This weekend I visited Harvard Medical School's Biological and Biomedical Sciences program, from which both my UROP professor and my postdoc graduated

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2022 Wait List An update for students who accepted a place on our wait list

  

  , we take about a week to determine the state of the incoming class, and ... . That same document (the Code of Ethics and Professional Practices) states ... According to the admissions profession's Code of Ethics and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  (I'm gonna go ahead and spill the beans: This is an entry about IAP ... months, Santa isn't real, and eating ice cream and shredded cheese for ... I was little, my favorite store was the Sanrio store, and my favorite

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  Wisconsin, and the other, Abby, is from San Diego. Last week I get home from ... .” Abby and I stand in awe. What is this “fall clothing,” and do we need it? (The answer is yes; we do need it). I own some jeans and one or two warm

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt or, how to drive yourself insane by looking at floorplans

  

  knowledge of MIT’s campus and all its many quirks. Their blog also has a lot ... around campus, taken from interesting angles, and the goal for each is to ... : CJ: The post also includes a form to submit guesses, and a leaderboard

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  cellular, molecular, and developmental biology, so no ecology classes for me! (And frankly, I couldn't be gladder. I think plants are uninteresting ... rocked the GRE general test, will be graduating with two degrees, have a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC’s Q&A with Dean Kelley of Pixar’s Coco (he also worked on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Monsters University, and The Incredibles 2)

  

  University which was my first film, and then I started on Coco and that’s what ... screening, and it’s the state of the story at that point so it’ll all be in ... a bit of his guest lecture and the Q&A that followed. Enjoy

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 8 & Beyond

  

  On Selection Day 8 (Thursday), I wore a skinny tie, and worked with Mari and Prof. Patrick Henry Winston. Winston is what we at MIT call a "lifer" -- he received 3 degrees from MIT (SB '65, SM '67, PhD '70) and was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  part of MIT folklore, hacks can tell much about MIT's culture and ... design, humor and general outlaw behavior—and serve as another indication ... provost for student life, brings gadgets and other hack artifacts and gives

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  wanted to go to college, and I had a few ideas of where I wanted to apply and that was it. And so, what did I do, I procrastinated. Why? Because of state laws. Back in TX, if you were in the top 10 percent of your

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Not in Kansas Anymore oh, wait...we actually are. Day 1 with the MIT Design/Build/Fly team.

  

  We're in a hotel room and we're watching Men In Black (preceded by Aviator and Family Guy) while assembling our airplane to drown out the ... you sprightly prefrosh came rushing into MIT for the one and only Campus

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 10, 2014