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Blog / Admissions
So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…
website. My name is Laura and I am a member of the MIT Class of '09, which ... I can't even begin to explain it. When I do get to MIT, I'm planning ... can jump in a pool whenever it gets too hot. Plus it's a pretty cool -
Blog / UROP & Other Research
UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes
in her lab. I’ve heard you can ask profs for UROP positions after ... , I was telling my sister about hunting for a place in Boston, and she ... then. I knew I wanted to get into a lab at some point, but I wasn't in a -
Blog / Classes
Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student
I first stepped onto MIT’s campus in the summer of my junior year ... like. I didn’t visit many colleges outside of my local area in high ... getting into. I had a few ideas about how I thought college would go—in some -
Blog / MISTI
A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark
I can be the young intern who is distinctly swimming in a bra and ... because I didn’t know where to buy cake. I also had an end ... close early in Denmark, and I hadn’t been able to find anywhere with cake -
Blog / MIT Life
The Person Who Inspired Me to Start this Blog The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an incredible beacon of hope and defender…
these types of experiences. But she didn’t. In retrospect, I feel ... . Where I saw so many other people falter in their efforts, she persisted ... woman can emerge into her own The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an -
Blog / MIT Life
a house tour of mit sororities! meet aphi, axo, and theta
're interested, I've also talked a bit in the past about what the sorority recruitment and experience is like, which you can read here. Because a lot of us spend so much time hanging out at our respective sorority houses, I -
Blog / Admissions
Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.
't get in, because I'm not a genius. 5. Can I have some life advice? 6 ... MIT? 2. What does a day in the life of a physicist look like? 3. I ... pursue in math/science. 4. I'm worried that I'm never going to find a -
Blog / People & Identities
Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…
opportunity, and shaping an environment in which all people can do their best ... , you can download the plan, or read the recommendations on the website ... A few weeks ago, MIT — in conjunction with Stanford, IBM, and Aeris -
Blog / About Decisions
Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?
questions like, "Do I want to be in community with lots of other high achieving students or do I want to be in an environment where more students are still in the process of actualizing their potential?" I know that -
Blog / Academics & Research
will.i.am: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston The Black Eyed Peas' frontman hangs out at MIT.
at MIT whenever he is in town. This time I took him to see robots in ... besides, I hadn’t been to a good concert since the Rolling Stones were in ... I got an email the other day from Professor Patrick Henry Winston ’65 -
Blog / Academics & Research
Home sweet violet capital of Ohio We didn't see a stuffed whale, but we did see a bunch of primates. Nonhuman…
to travel with an MIT airplane-scientist-in-training... I'm kind of ... burritos (I'm pretty sure they must have crack in them... so good. So ... assured that you can't find it in Boston. We made a trip today to my -
Blog / Announcements
We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays
your application in any way. What if I can’t get my financial aid ... materials, so why don't I see them in my portal yet? Due to tremendous volume ... decision. What if I can’t submit my transcripts and recommendations -
Blog / Academics & Research
The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.
, etc. I feel that it’s important to have knowledge on how to be safe in ... ; Academics How to Study (well, how I study...) Putting the Organs in ... can’t wait to arrive! Remember to be careful around the muggles when -
Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English
dear kuya i promise this post is mostly in english
doesn't help that code-switching is so prevalent in tagalog, so i can half ... , for older sister. kuya can also refer to any older male person. back in high school, for example, i called people in higher years "kuya", like -
Blog / Visit
The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!
with our check-in process, I get to see many of you who come to Cambridge ... and find out! I can’t say this enough - graduating from college is tough ... with certain students, etc. Can’t Visit? The last note I would mention is -
Blog / How to Human
Interning Remotely my verdict is that it definitely could be worse
in precedented times, I really can't complain about my schedule. I do ... . Internships were cancelled, in-person opportunities can no longer happen, and ... this post by saying that I am extremely lucky to have an internship in -
Blog / Academics & Research
Totally awesome Incoming GEL students win big in the OnStar Student Developer Challenge
This is an entry I’ve been meaning to write for about a month because ... descriptions, directions, ratings, and reservations. It can also let the user ... account! The contest was hosted by OnStar, GM’s in-vehicle operator, which -
Blog / Admissions
“the worst they can say is no” the costs of trying
that rejection can bother me: if I ask a question in a group chat and ... , which is why I have always found the advice "the worst thing that can ... company (this has happened a few times when I didn't perform well in a -
Blog / Academics & Research
UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…
slipping into a lab coat. In high school I was fortunate enough to spend two ... discovery. I spent my first few months on campus checking the UROP website and contacting professors who had research projects that I was interested in. After