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• 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 / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about pandemics and plagues in history 21H.000: History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics

  

   another new class called 21H.000 History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics. It meets every Friday from 2-3PM ET, where lecturers and science writers from universities ... Last week, I blogged about 7.00: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 11, 2020
• 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 / 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 / Life after MIT

  So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.

  

  life, the universe, and everything -- my email's still mollieb at mit dot ... Since I start grad school orientation tomorrow, and tomorrow is ... 've really enjoyed the past fourteen months, and I'm so glad I got the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  all the posts from the beginning, and also check out the student blogs: Mitra, Kevin, and Allison. Tomorrow, the entire admissions staff will ... makes a good summary of an application. I just finished reading and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• 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

  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 / 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 / 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 / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  offer admission today, we have placed a modest number on our waitlist and ... portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... you click View Update.  This past year, inclusive of both Early and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Motivation Finals are FUN!

  

  AM to 12 PM 20.430: Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems ... the graduate version would definitely be offered, I took the class on Jr/Sr P/D/F. So even if I get a C, it will appear as a bright and shiny P

  • by Bryan
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection = Finished Wow.

  

  sadness - because we were not able to offer a spot to SO MANY wonderful ... letters and packages to be mailed. I'll keep you posted. Decisions will definitely be available online on the 18th, and if all goes well we'll mail on

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2006
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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