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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  know each other, our team leader and I met up over coffee. Or rather, the ... need to decide which classes to take and where that will lead me. That in ... . And so one of my goals this year is to work on decision making. As the

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  , surrounded by some of the best biological and medical institutions in the world ... University professors are often portrayed as self ... with him today and asked him what it was like to receive such a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  decision on equal terms, the institute and myself, with nothing to lose ... thriving at my state school (Purdue!!) and have found a community of bright ... applicants with those who aspired to join the Class of 2027, and to add to our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  General Institute Requirement (graduation requirement), and also one of my ... ="yeah the number system sucks"]why building 26 is bunched between 12 and 36 ... anthropology class teacher asked us to say our name and a small story related to

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  degrees outside, and since I had sent an e-mail for my floor asking for ... bandit and posted a mile-by-mile account in this blog entry. It was pretty ... college and probably my best friend from MIT to this day. We got our picture

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  than a state school, and of course a talk by Questbridge Co-founder Dr ... other great universities, and I’m very proud to be a part of that legacy. ... Some of you may look at my last post and wonder, "what's happened to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  challenging classes, and if your school offers the basic sciences, you should be ... includes a little bit of everything, and because it's such a flexible major ... , for instance, took a lot of cellular and molecular neurobiology classes

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  two of the entire outrushing universe of gas and matter and darkness ... . Okay? And universal history since has seen a kind of evolution of star ... project as finally mindless, cold, and inhuman as the universe of our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  MIT for Book Lovers Yultide Day 4

  

  for book lovers: MIT and the Greater Boston area have plenty to offer ... ," Day 2 - "Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017," and Day 3 - "College Life ... (and now coloring books too). Last summer, I got to see Chuck Palahniuk

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  , memorabilia, and snacks for college away in my mom’s Kia Rio as the dynamic duo ... the picture perfect start to ease my wave of nerves and angst, for what ... part of the cohort. The next day, my roommate Uriel, and some others came

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  participating in the IMO, Lander went on to Bachelors and Doctoral degrees in math ... International Math Olympiad team in 1974, and what freshman class does this ... person I had ever met from Singapore. He was very nice and extremely

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This one goes out to the parent Fire! (she's comin' down on her own, now)

  

  skin is peeling off, and it's 30 degrees outside. It's surreal. I think ... detailing the future of fossil fuels in the United States. Although renewable fuels and turkey carcasses are awesome and everything, considering that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  May I include supplementary materials with my application?

  , visual artists, and makers to submit supplemental materials. If you must mail materials to MIT, please use this address: Massachusetts Institute
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  balloon rides were offered across the city on Saturday afternoon. And boy ... how many years older than me?) And of course, who has a 375th birthday and doesn't have a party? I know I'm gonna party when I hit 375 (or

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  eating everything at eastern edge a rave review of a new food hall!

  

  , but like most midwest and northeast"]most states,[/annotation] I can ... This past week, a gift was bestowed upon the universe: a new ... heart of Kendall Square, and named for being on the very East side of MIT

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 28, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  University, an 8-day research and cultural exchange session. I’m not doing ... cultural identity, And third, in the United States I’ve also always felt kind ... . Facebook and google are banned, but for some reason Facebook Messenger still

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  University of Cambridge. And yes, none of these were really rejections to be ... sophomore year, and I had a job offer in hand by mid-November. I didn't really ... return offer. Obviously, it's nice to be on the other side of things

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  gently down the stream whitewater rafting might be easier than driving on mass ave

  

  , so that means that a bunch of living groups and clubs and teams take this rare opportunity to go on trips and retreats up in the Northeastern ... Amphibious Achievement, which teaches local high schoolers how to swim and row

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • October 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  pursue the field explicitly stated on their degree. Thankfully, for me ... major isn't for everyone and please don't feel like you're an inferior ... navigate MIT and attempt to reconcile my diverse interests in both biological

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  parallel universe is living out each of a hundred different lives, and each ... my current life in this universe. and i suspect that having too much ... don't understand about birthdays and what they never tell you is that

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021