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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  the world-renown lab of biomedical engineer and Institute Professor ... researchers wanted to create the next and best surgical band-aid, they turned ... three feet per second, and in last decade scientists have begun to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  about the MIT fencing team, and I think that I'm in a better state to try ... 'd share the two that I have and do some reflecting on who I used to be ... ="missa was the nickname i went by in middle and high school

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  year, and got an offer. When it came to his specific group assignment, he ... course 2A (a flexible degree in mechanical engineering) startup cofounder, a course 6 (electrical engineering and computer science) senior, and

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  offered] from the neuroscience list and 24.900 from the cognitive science ... up and running than everyone thought it would, so I decided to come home between classes and write an entry about the Brain and Cognitive

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  moral: there is more to MIT than earning your degree. Without further ado ... , Spanish House, Chocolate City, and International House.) New House doesn ... usually consists of four dishes. 2. Send the list of ingredients, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  financial aid offer made up of grants and scholarships that will meet 100% of ... welcome to apply. Please email us at [email protected] stating that ... . In the email, please include your full name, date of birth, and the
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  aid offer made up of grants and scholarships that will meet 100% of your ... . Please email us at [email protected] stating that you are a Quest ... , and the email address that you used for your QuestBridge application
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  shows a lot of tough love, and like all institutions, it has several ... thing I would definitely do well at even at this really hard institution ... at is English. Being good at failing means not being phased by it, and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2019 everything from autobiographies to magic the gathering blog posts

  

  anomalous and supernatural objects and keep them hidden. In-universe, the ... polynomial function of a real variable, and the degree of  is , then  is the ... decades: more concerned about the state of the world and more interested in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 30, 2019
• Blog / Events

  A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…

  

  myself sick and just laid in bed the first two days of the hunt, feeling ... headquarters in building 12. I left after 5 minutes and returned with a can of Oust air sanitizer and a pack of Pringles chips. I worked on some puzzle

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  's energy and environment problems. Today, I've got two pieces of media to ... concentrations. The university research community has embraced these challenges, with many faculty and students invested in finding energy solutions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gendered language y/n?

  

  This morning my mom showed me a newspaper article and asked me my opinion of it. I’ve been thinking about it throughout the day, and felt it was interesting enough to share and discuss. See here: (sorry for the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  this university since childhood. And now I am about to enter my sophomore spring here! Yet, despite all those years of dreaming and planning, none of ... degree slower, than graduate fast and always wonder….what would have

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  important institution in the scientific community, the global society, and the ... crazy things happened yesterday, and I totally blame/credit this whole ... , who is living the MIT dream and running Harvard into the ground

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  2 and minoring in BME. That's MIT-speak for Mechanical Engineering and ... , and I live in the house now. This picture was taken at Susan Hockfield ... , I'll give you three statements and at the end of this entry, I'll tell

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer a list of verbs

  

  talking about return offers, and it isn't that I don't want a return offer ... dryer. The ends of my hair have withered and splintered, and my face has broken out terribly due to an unfortunate combination of sunscreen and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  United States to conduct information sessions. This week, there will be meetings in Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida; overall, we will visit 70 cities in the next 6 weeks. You can see if there is a session near you and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2005
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Does the Khan Academy offer practice SATs?

  Students can prepare for college-entrance exams by going on an online "SAT quest," complete with custom practice problems, instructional videos, and tailored feedback offered by the popular nonprofit learning website
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  the United States, a Costa-Rican that studies business in Washington and ... MIT in Barcelona, Spain. Several friends and I planned this spring break trip wayyy long ago (back in the fall!) and now we’re actually going! How

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  ), admitted by two (both local state schools), and waitlisted at one. I got off ... twice (once to a law school, whose offer I declined, and once to CMS/W at MIT, whose offer I accepted), and denied seven times. In fact, two of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016