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  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  and tried miserably to do it all, Getting new emails by the hundreds, on ... to the great and wonderful institutions that are Princeton and Yale ... semester of MIT. Ode to PNR Pretty please Pass/No Record, how I wish you

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• 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 ... siRNAs to prevent and treat influenza virus infection in mice. If all ... strains. My role in the project is to figure out how to deliver these si

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  successfully after a while, choose to take in the things that bring color to my ... lies ahead. I am in a bit of a corny mood tonight, so I want to leave one ... mindset goes sour remember there is so much beauty to grasp always. In the

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Some Time in New York City I'm not much of a man by the light of day, but by night I'm…

  

  pay $26 for a ride--after all, you can just get upperclassmen to to tell ... . The other third of you are actually going to live in Boston! When other ... out of your dorm and take the T down to South Station, you can get on a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  : N/A   Ok. Now let’s get to the juicy stuff.   21W.755 ... first experience working on a pset for 10+ hours only to get a 50% is just ... that I needed to get around 80% on the remaining three psets to pass. For

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art things #1 illustration, graphic design, ceramics, and photography

  

  design is that you get to actually see your work in use, especially when it ... ), and Borderline (murals) are easy ways to meet other people interested in ... like looming deadlines and assignments to really get the procrastination

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  read or listen to the entire story. In the New York Times: Her Mission: Easing Stress of Getting In Looking at colleges with her daughter was often ... 800 SAT scores whom they had turned down. Message: You’ll never get in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  lecturing for 9.12 that he needed to tell us "what you're getting into by ... undergraduate degree in the subject of your choice. You don't have to be a biology major to go to graduate school in biology, but you should have at least

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here

  

  have 4 large windows that I normally open to let the breeze in. I like to ... dorms at MIT, you get to pref who you want to live with, what floor you want to live on, the type of room you want to live in, and who you want

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 4, 2009
• 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…

  

  to the lawsuit in question, but that have a stake or insight into the ... [/annotation] said in a statement: [This brief asks] the Court to uphold over 40 years ... importance of diversity to our nation’s success in the global economy; and (3

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  solace in the self it's me! cami!

  

  and live in a country that I haven't lived in before, I want to explore ... . It's really hard transitioning to San Francisco from Boston. In Boston ... across the bridge to my house. I don't feel in danger, the public transit

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 30, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  getting on campus in February, I was very excited to get makerspace training ... After a short burst of productivity in January, I proceeded to not ... class, in which I still struggled to write most of my essays. Regarding

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  Three Months In Paris The MISTI experience of Jenny Nelson '09.

  

  in French libraries, trying to get used to the French keyboard... it ... students all over the world to participate in internships, and they try and ... read that right - until I could get mine fixed. It turned out to be quite

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  difference is to give you a portrayal of what a typical day is like in both ... breakfast for those 10 extra precious minutes of sleep. Get ready for class in ... -taught by the amazing Prof. Stubbe (who, in addition to being a brilliant

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  I am lethally bored in the airport boooooo

  

  ™,[/annotation] here's my advice: Get to the airport so early that you learn that you ... while waiting Get mad you're not that good at Tetris Check to see if ... while (still only 30 minutes though) Head straight to Shake Shack Get

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  In Real Life Matt and I are in the process of putting together a "Meet The Bloggers" party.…

  

  description I just submitted to the events crew: You've spent the last 6 months getting to know the admissions "bloggers" online. Come meet Matt, Ben ... For those of you who will be attending CPW, Matt and I are in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  If you go to MIT, the odds are good that you'll get a B at some point ... -inscrutable concepts racked my brains to no end, had a few guest appearances in the 8 ... material in class. To further put that in perspective, I typically wasn't the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  and journal and plan read a little bit, daydream a little get to work ... never get used to the unspeakable violence and vulgar disparity of the life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  . When you get hungry, head to the Quincy Market (largest food hall in New ... to a big city. It only takes 10 minutes to get downtown from East ... the ocean. In the summer, there are even more reasons to leave the MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for the Class of 2013 The "Next Big Mailing" is on its way out, and with it lots of goodies…

  

  Office to the Undergraduate Advising & Academic Programming (UAAP) office ... fewer questions about admission, we encourage you to start reading and ... folks are super-excited to help answer your questions as you transition to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2009