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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  of 24-hour flu or something... I didn't get to go out and watch the marathon today because I've been lying around in bed feeling pathetic and ... back by tomorrow, when a bunch of my friends are going to Fire and Ice

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  of "prease" if Biology has taught me anything) and finally become fully fledged frosh and other alliterations! Want to eat ice cream on toast for ... 're adults now and that means you get to make choices. Of course that also

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk? creative furniture

  

  quick post to check in and say happy tuesday. it's 52 degrees and sunny and there's a high of 73 degrees tomorrow. i haven't shared ... makes a pretty serviceable bookshelf and doubles as a nice little reading

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  film "Fantastic Four" (it got a "thumbs down"), and one plot point caught ... establish credibility for a character by giving them an MIT degree. Here are ... doctorates) and Ronald Quincy, respectively Steve Buscemi's oil-drilling wierdo

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2011 arrives… Orientation programs are beginning, and the campus is really starting to come alive.

  

  Oregon (and Snively's parents), Sara '11 from Massachusetts, Thilani '11 from Sri Lanka (and Thilani's mom), and Beebe '11 from Maryland. It was great to see everyone. Note to '11s: Ben, Bryan and I are generally around

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  offered. ISEF would happen if it was meant to be, and by all means I ... foundation for the confidence you carry. And your low points remind you to take every step forward with humility. And while all of those moments and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  institution. We select students who we believe are a good match and who we feel ... , competitive applicants typically have a 3.5 GPA or above, and mostly As in math and science courses. Ideal preparation includes—at the very least
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  choose two between school, a social life, and sleep. I tend to think that there’s a way to balance the three as long as you're organized and realize ... research in CSAIL; I joined a club on campus; and I’m leaving time to keep

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  we named 2124 cities of the world fridays with 4W

  

  declare their exhaustion with the current state of the website and say they ... Nicole H. ’22 and I quote, “Do you have time to waste?” He pulled up the ... completely decimated west New York and Jess H. ’24 named the craziest cities in

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Big Dreams, Small Mind The troubles of being in school and doing research for too long.

  

  University. I am currently working on a number of blog posts that will be ... and I really want to give you guys everything I can, as far as the past ... am a course 20 (biological engineering), and I am in my 3rd year at MIT

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 24, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  the same-old "words of comfort" that adcoms offer to students," and ... additional information about life at the Institute and it also helps the adcoms ... ) understood. That was my big :( moment of the week, but the trees and the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  -related musings (as opposed to the completely random posts or deep and sometimes angsty thoughts about life/the universe/everything posts) and reuse them in ... laziness and (to some degree) hoarding. As a result, my once-barren room has

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 5, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  the same answer, because it's the only answer I have to offer. And here ... experience, and not some MIT-sanctioned, carefully crafted spin. Thank you for being human and for recognizing that I am the same. I had a long response

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  ." Instead: "I'm going to figure out my weak points in Physics and work my way ... "I'll just get by this semester and be more organized next semester ... remaining due dates and to start studying right now." Now that I have my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  university and have been playing with flames ever since. Though I didn ... were newly admitted to MIT get to visit the campus and experience student culture up close, from exploring dorm culture to experiencing real and

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Harvard-MIT Student Debate on Pakistan this Friday

  

  Harvard and MIT have organized a panel discussion on Pakistan's current state and future prospects: Date: Friday, 2/8 Time: 6:00pm to 7:30pm ... interest in Pakistani politics: Samad Khurram and Aqil Sajjad from Harvard

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  rolltreppe I use the word funky loosely in conversation but these tunes are tight. um did…

  

  Chris Peterson once said, "rfong is a good photographer, and in order ... Machiavellian attitude which capacitates this blog and this miniature visual ode ... for the last four years thanks to course 6, and didn't find out about

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 21, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  -approval, and it offers good coverage if you need to go outside the network. It ... discharge. We learned that MGH and MEEI are two different institutions, with ... documentation and patient advocacy within the Institute BUT you’ll need to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  recommendations what should I do, I'm taking all that's offerred and trying my best ... consideration).) The EA programs which both MIT and Caltech offer are not ... with it being brought up again and again, I think I should mention that

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summertime When the Thrills are Cheap and the living is easy.

  

  position, but I was offered a spot with the Brain and Cog project. I'm glad I ... the summer to sit down and write them out. Two semesters in, and the ... and Cognitive Sciences. Having lost interest in economics, I figured I

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • July 28, 2009