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Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…
, particularly one with a large population of graduate students, means that ... as the grad students in my lab for probably a tenth of the salary ... common data set, over 60% of the classes at MIT have 19 people or fewer -
Blog / Events
An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…
you having to get up. You forget that this is an institute of world ... like a turtle in three pairs of sweatpants and two sweatshirts and a lot of sweat trying to get over this ridiculous cold-flu-thing - let's just -
Blog / Academics & Research
cognitive augmentation probably the most mindblowing course i’ve encountered at mit
limits of what i thought was possible with present-day technology. in this ... human sensory capabilities by means of implant technology. this study ... simple application of technology to emotional regulation. the problem here -
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Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!
learning community that offers all of the core classes in smaller classes. It ... promise I haven't fallen off the earth! Coming off of pass/no record, though, is taking a little bit of adjustment. Speaking of adjustment.. This -
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Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time
In 1981, Gerald Fink was a professor at Cornell and a member of a ... split over the idea of establishing an MIT-affiliated but independent research facility on campus that would be known as the Whitehead Institute -
Blog / Extracurriculars
Updates exciting, exciting!
First: Hello! Long time, no talk. I feel like each of my entries this ... 's gotten into me :( Second: this weekend is going to be EXCITING! I know of ... screen, since they tend to crack. sitting in the very center of an exam -
Blog / MIT Life
These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.
out of 7.28 (Molecular Biology) at 1 PM, stopped by the lab for about 15 ... Newbury Streets; both are streets with a high concentration of shops ... weasel out of ski lessons, since I don't own a pair of ski pants. So this -
Blog / Challenges
The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details
the inky blackness of words on a page because honestly, when we have 198 pages of lecture notes to get through, the last thing we want to concern ourselves with is the existential crisis of some whiteness. But when something -
Blog / Admissions
The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.
Cornell 10 months ago I made a promise to return in each of the next three years to attend the graduations of all of the students that I admitted to that fine university. Here is the story of one of the very first students -
Blog / Admissions
A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17
topic you’re investigating, or the societal effects of a technology you ... In the midst of a whirlwind-like semester I promise to eventually blog about, I had the chance to connect to Vaishnavi at one of the -
Blog / Admissions
MIT Olympians How many MIT graduates have been in the Olympics? No, not the Science Olympiad...
Olympics. Now I know that many of you may be thinking that MIT is more ... unsurprisingly, more than half of the competitors, and all but one of the medals, have come from the "pirate sports" of rowing, sailing, fencing and rifle -
Blog / Admissions
You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)
mail, but that was back before MIT had the technology in place for online applications. (What???) I'm hesitant to dole out reams of application advice ... a wheelbarrow full of salt, I remind myself of the wise words of My So -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth
very good—some of it comes from a lack of experience, but I also suspect ... ’s Sour album and realizing how wonderfully she captured the pains of first love ... album[/caption] Her music reminded me of what I’ve tried to do for a -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…
" degree? When my acceptance letter from MIT arrived, things got a little ... torn up, I happily made my way to Boston in the fall of 2005. However ... ) Program, and experienced one of the best weeks of my life. Ever since then -
Blog / IAP
What I Did on Registration Day I registered.
about (yet), caught an elevator* to the 6th floor of the Kavli Institute ... 10:51 PM, on the farewell eve of Infinite Activities Period: School resumes in twelve hours, a carton of eggs waiting to crack and hatch their -
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Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"
back? In the end I got a very commanding 4th place out of 20, and I couldn't have done it without all your help. I feel kind of guilty begging ... ! $100! One of my charms is that I have absolutely no responsibility when -
Blog / Challenges
My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye
return offer. Obviously, it's nice to be on the other side of things ... put a lot of stress on myself for not having a job offer in hand. Let ... About a year ago, in the midst of job recruiting season, I wrote a -
Blog / About Decisions
More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.
offer of admission from another college before May 1, even if it means ... I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... aiming for a class of about 1,075 students this year. Based on our -
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What can you do in four years?
you take advantage of what MIT has to offer, there are going to be ... whether you'll be able to take advantage of everything MIT has to offer for ... Okay, now for the next post addressing one of your requested topics