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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  thoroughly research autism for my HASS paper. For my HASS class (Disease and ... interested in and is rather visible in society. For the first time in my life ... .112 (Principles of Chemistry) class at the moment. Luckily, my TA is awesome, and he

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  event was meant to be a conversation between Jacob and Yo-Yo with audience participation sprinkled in between. The fanboying back and forth went on for a ... ), and a lot of Jacob's music is just a bit too avant-garde for me. Still

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  ”, and so most people are actually in-between, and quite versatile ... a missing bridge between neuroscience and psychology. The relationship between physical anatomy, environmental factors, and behavior is still very

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Life + Sciences = Life Sciences

  

  Having slept for a solid 8 hours last night, I'm finally awake enough (and on top of homework enough) that I can blog, yayy. First ... some of you at CPW :) Second: I remember when it came time for me to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  year" between high school and college isn't for everyone -- and that just ... to study), and I bet you’re really eager to come – not just for Campus ... college? And besides, what else would you do to prepare for that promising

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  week, alright? I just couldn't feel any sympathy for how stressed and ... around in the liminal spaces between rational thought and crazy conjecture ... -skating (he worked for Google and roller skates in Boston regularly without

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  there ate her phone, so she'll be coming to MIT and blogging for us ... the team for the coming year. It was an incredibly tough job to do ... difficulty of the decisions is no excuse for not making them. Decide we must

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  write about getting deferred for this blog and planned to talk about this ... idyllic view of MIT, and I carried this with me for the most part, which ... apps, but pretty close nonetheless. Soon enough, 12/14 arrived, and so

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] Duolingo Champion How to immerse in education while learning nothing

  

  , coincidentally at the bottom of Diamond League, and with a week between the end of ... me essentially begging for carpal tunnel syndrome. Final XP: 12,424XP ... is not offered solely in English, allowing me to sign up for inglés and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  ="Independent Activities Period, aka the month in between winter break and spring semester in ... school record for the 400m sprint if he woke up at 7am and trained every ... to keep my relationships with my family and underclassmen asking me for

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  may be fewer and far between. Even though I'm still a student, graduate ... challenges that will face me and I'm excited to meet new people. For those of ... breaks from lab eventually :) And for those of you applying, I'm in a

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge, CPW, and YOU! A welcome from a couple of MIT Quest Scholars to our newly admitted Quest Scholars

  

  MIT students will be joining us for the event and they are excited to be ... Boston with Dartmouth and Yale Quest Scholars. When I came for my CPW, the ... my constant motivation and inspiration. For all admitted Quest

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • April 2, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  Six Recent Life-Changing Thoughts on Food There's six lessons (and a recipe) somewhere in there.

  

  friend of mine ate nothing but bread and cereal for a week. I once ate ... alternated between meltingly tender and softly chewy as only intestines can be ... I. Emergency Dinner Sunday afternoon catches me cooking for 30+ in a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Notes From The UK [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and not only…

  

  then learn that it is the difference between crystallization and glass ... dishes (30 pieces or more) for 2.99 and I found an amazing sweater and ... [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and

  • by Cambridge
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Can You Save the World’s Oceans? Who, me? Yes, you.

  

  to the world between Duma's 1873 optimistic observation and Worm's grim ... did for the last eighteen years of my life - and it really gave me an ... the eggs and each egg reached maturity, it would take only three years

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 8, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  diverse and talented group of students who are a good match for MIT's unique ... criteria to ensure we make good decisions for the right reasons, and we ... offered at your high school, and there are immense disparities between

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a penny for your thoughts? and what it is, and could be, worth

  

  penny, the shilling, and the pound; 20 pence made up a shilling, and 12 ... that from 1522 to now the change in value for the the pound (and, thus ... 're hanging out with and ask them, "Fiver for your thoughts?" Like, sure, that

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • February 20, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  - woah. I just made the connection between "stem" and "roots". the plant ... , who evaluated the quality of the takeoff and landing for me. He promised ... for the STEM professions. That's where we STEM professionals and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So many problem sets

  

  connectivity. 5. a) Draw Newman projects for the six energy maxima and minima ... . Mathematics of the integrate-and-fire neuron a) For a spherical neuron with a ... predominant conductance is potassium and use [K]_in=140mM for the concentration

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Tuesday, 12/16/25, at 6:28 PM ET it's that time of year again...

  

  announce that Early Action decisions for the Class of 2030 will be released next Tuesday, 12/16/2025, at 6:28 PM ET.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ImdlZtOU80 To check your decision on the 16th, visit apply.mitadmissions.org/apply and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 9, 2025