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• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  me a curveball: what do I do for fun. MIT may be known for its academic ... for a real adventure. It all started with my mom’s DVD set on National ... ” pictures, so I started looking for new angles. I thought, “hey! I’ll take a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  't have a citation for this, which is sketchy, so feel free not to believe ... of the story here is that no one is a shoo-in for MIT, but the opposite ... statistics. Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002 for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  In a recent concentrated effort to create a 'professional Tumblr' for ... playing cards which I intended for friends to draw on so I have a completely ... one, but for the 2016s), a cardboard rhinoceros head (my friend has a

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

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  college for everyone in America. There really is a school for everybody. My ... education at a public high school to be a viable candidate for admission to ... policy like this? Thank You. Jones: Ninth grade is often a goofy time for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  love letter to the ‘tute miss miss miss

  

  London. what this means is that i have been away from MIT for a little over ... for the fall semester. i decided to do this for a lot of different ... mind for a lot of reasons, one being that because of the study abroad, i

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 21, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  was back on a plane to Massachusetts for the beginning of IAP. People ... , I had hardly ever written poems. This is for a few reasons, but one of ... February, and have to give a talk for the ending of the Directed Reading

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  ...with programming languages. A few of us have some programming background, but for the ... if MIT had a programming requirement for graduation - like the swim ... in a historical African village for a while, like this: In addition

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  TWO YEARS. I should get a raise for that), it's Cam's thoughts on the ... 've worked for; if you've worked for things you care about, that should be a ... still writing a college essay this year), go for it! You have till

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  everyone else was celebrating - I was celebrating going shopping for a ... tried to put any of that in my mouth. The evening made up for a ... analysis for two labs. It's going to be a long day. And to ensure I can

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  night, a few friends convened in my room for a harmless game of Taboo. A ... there. So for a long time, we called her Godzilla. And somehow, the group ... was a bogus idea, and that it wasn't for me, and now I'm vice president

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Moms We stand on the shoulders of giants....!!

  

  around campus, but for many students, family is still a huge part of their ... actually took this for granted until I arrived at college, and found out a ... , for being a mom who is uncannily right (almost) all the time. Happy

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  parent who registered for a Financial Aid session - okay, it was the candy ... … I did snag a hot dog at Theta Delt (thank you for your kindness to a ... and got a feel for the warmth and camaraderie that permeated every

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  dance dance dance! a weekend of trying to try everything

  

  me happy, even though it makes my schedule a bit claustrophobic. But hey! PNR exists for a reason, and now seems like the best time to try ... audition was for contemporary, and we learned a routine to Torn. I realized

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What’s new? Life in Radiohead's hometown

  

  University in England. I am reading for a Masters degree in Integrated ... ) Classes I’m really enjoying my immunology program. For a taste of the ... will astound you, I guarantee it. For example, the body has evolved a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  MIT, with a unique talent for both writing and astrophysics. Perhaps you ... science journalist. I went there just to get a feel for what a career in ... , as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  Film Experience (a very good choice for a HASS elective) 8.S67 ... soon: a more in-depth look at freshman advising seminars. For more ... a first term freshman at MIT? What you'll generally see is something

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Year 2 at Hogwarts Holy Hell, I'm a sophomore

  

  usually announcing an available UROP or a company seeking applicants for ... . Literally dozens of opportunities for you to explore new research or get a job ... experience I’m still stacking up on, which is a chance for me to babble about

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  It's time for another Questions Omnibus! (for even more Q&A, check ... is a good topic for the "completely option" essay about something you ... additional essay on my experiences at a local research lab would be useful for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  tick tock tick tock notes about sunrises and broken doors and unfinished endings

  

  desk for a week afterwards; at 11:30 pm, having drafted a page, i ... rubric for the comic and discovered, to my horror, that there were a couple ... [annotation note="if you’re a professor or ta for this class, pretend you never

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • December 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  Covid and was already taking some time off for squash twice a week so I ... had a relaxing time. But then I saw an email for a really cool class ... if I keep at it for a few eons, I'll start getting the hang of it. In

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023