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  Beaver Nation An intro to athletics at MIT

  

  comes to mind when think of MIT... I don’t blame you. In some ways, it ... than any other DIII university. We call ourselves the Engineers. Our ... be honest, from the outside looking in, it may appear strange that MIT

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • November 12, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Mikey since last year's waitlist decisions were posted in May?!" Well ... to rest and relax. In addition, I attended one of the Quest ... memories of two years ago. I remembered sitting in their shoes, feeling

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

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  least in my opinion.) Well, Dr. Francis Collins is the director of the ... or coordinating one of the most ambitious projects in recent history ... Mere Christianity was influential in Collins's conversion from atheism

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  out with McDreamy...there are plenty of Patrick Dempseys in the business ... in college, probably around sophomore year. Why? Because medical ... major in chemistry or biology, most of these classes will overlap with

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  I’m sitting on the floor of my living room in Ithaca, New York. It ... undergrad at MIT, I got a book in the mail from an author I nicknamed “Shakespeare.” The book was about astronomy research at an observatory in the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  Taco Bell Architecture University in Palo Alto. She was describing a very ... -out refers specifically to phenomena in the occupational context and should not be applied to describe experiences in other areas of life.” - 11th

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  culture at MIT. So, since my entire life in recent memory (also known as the ... common unit of homework assigned here at MIT. Excellent, in-depth high ... (and advocate for universal acceptance of) the “pset” standard, unless I

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  This semester, I'm taking a graduate class in General Relativity that conflicts with lunchtime in pretty much every single reference frame. Let me ... creativity and free-thinking, is the venerated observance of Lunchtime in the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in ... calling home once in a while. There are things to do at all hours ... operate, events with free Bertucci's, hallway colloquies at four in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Residence-Based Advising Residence-Based Advising WILL NOT allow you to change dorms during your freshman year.

  

  offers seminars, there are fewer choices available than for those in ... in her last post as an undergrad, "Take your living group selection seriously. I cannot stress this enough. Try to pick a place that fits you in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is just a tribute I wrote a really long, funny entry. And then my browser window reloaded.

  

  D programs in the sciences offer a master's only as a booby prize for students ... annoyed. Shout out To Tommy, who was one of the leads in Pickerington HS North's Footloose this week. He rocked in the show (with some crazy solos

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  today it is warmer than it has been in a while, and i'm back in the ... the tip of my tongue, and i can see it in the smiles that come more ... uncertain. recently, it has been hard to see the good in the world. recently

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  sometimes hard to maintain, and I live in perpetual fear of messing it up even in the slightest because that will Interrupt My Rhythm and Ruin ... out of my comfort zone in this sense by forcing me to deal with my fear

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  offer. And in the midst of all of that, take some time to get to know the ... stuck in place by commuter traffic and people rushed across the street as ... (earlier than me!). She stares outside of the window, amazed by the scene in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  . Matt '11, another GEL, was featured in the winter 2011 issue of MIT ... lounge, one of the upperclassmen in my dorm stopped by to comfort me. “Don ... of laughter and sympathetic looks. MIT does the best job in the world

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Bulletin – RA News, EA Results bang it here for the latest updates and stats

  

  : In no particular order: Don't worry. We have your mail. We've been ... igloo of them and am posting from inside it right now in fact. This ... should be keeping the Midyear Report in the back of your mind. All Early

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 7, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Introduction To ARTalk An introduction to the ARTalk guest author blog by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director…

  

  innovative art making communities in the country. There are over 60 student art ... that the arts take in 2008. The arts at MIT are everywhere and include ... for Visual Arts, artists-in-residence, the Center for Advanced Visual

  • by ARTalk
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  offer even if I did get in (clearly this was just an ill-planned coping ... time gone??? I feel like just yesterday I was in your shoes, nervously ... posts, which only made me more nervous and sure that I would never get in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  something this summer (since I have an internship with Bayer in Germany ... to college in Boston, like heading to Wellesley or running the Boston Marathon or checking out the MFA. In fact, the only reason I even planned

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  they want or coming back on campus and taking advantage of what is, in my ... get hectic. Last year, I started my UROP in the Chen Lab in the Center ... Pollack, pasta with Gorgonzola cheese and apples, swordfish, pears in wine

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005