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  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  underlying theme of lost love. On the other hand, I would reply that it simply ... school. I know I’ve spent my fair share of time in the basement study room ... and I decided to throw an unsanctioned study break in our floor lounge

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  weeks. If I can summarize this section in one sentence it would be the ... I struggled with the most. When you're in classes all day and doing ... around and filling a water dispenser in my mini fridge. Step 4: Sleep I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  institutional memory cruft are cool!

  

  in one of the organizations i'm in, esp, we toss the phrase ... , "who would know anything about this?" and i said "no one who's now here ... . i wanted to say that one year isn't that long in the span of things

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break A week in Iceland.

  

  I spent spring break in Iceland, mostly in the backseat of a white ... -café, visit an exhibit in the Saga Museum, and enjoy a gourmet (by which i mean ... is not just really photogenic; it is even more striking in person." I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Attack of the Giant Squid Attack of the Giant Squid!

  

  turn! So this semester, I took Quantitative Physiology I: Cells and ... aka HST.541J. One of the major topics in the class is the Hodgkin and ... project where we would test a feature of the Hodgkin and Huxley model. My

  • by Bryan
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  hunt would contain 270--no, 271--no 271 1/2 puzzles, all in keeping with ... get a chance to take part in next year's Hunt. I'm hopeful that the ... I'm finally recovered from the Mystery Hunt... here's the "official

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  second-team all-district in Division I as a senior. He played on the 2007 ... article for all of our readers, but for our LDS readers in particular, I ... Church News telephone interview. "They're genuinely interested in who I am

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  happen at Harvard. The only Harvard class I've ever been interested in ... occurs in chocolate! Who would have guessed? Turns out this ... in an amazing urban environment (aka Cambridge/Boston) where there

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Analogies “Fill yourself up with musical lighter fluid and ignite your inner match.”

  

  obvious, I love playing! Twice a week in Kresge Auditorium, however, I also ... , but I would say that most of us enjoy the challenge and like to “ignite ... Every Monday and Wednesday night, you could probably find me in

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 1, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  different options next summer... thanks." In response, I have to say that my ... far less to do in terms of taking care of myself when I'm at home! There ... 2 summers in Boston when I was in high school and they were so fun

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Canceled? HOW COULD THEY!?!?!?!

  

  , this is a hacked website. IAP will be proceeding as planned, psych

  • by Snively '11
  • December 31, 2008
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide any academic or athletic scholarships?

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• Blog / How to Human

  Making house calls "Uhh, someone from MIT wants to talk to you."

  

  because I was lazy, but because I wasn’t interested enough in the subject to want to dive into the deep end…I was fine with wadding in the shallow waters. I would rather labor over advanced biology or mechanics, it’s all

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  solve Shor cells in the C shell.” Long story shor(t), I moved out of ... 's Universe (although he's been asking for it back. Not that I wanted it in the ... of the housing system. For the past week, I've been sleeping in the

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

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

  

  right up until Registration Day in September (though I strongly suggest ... France coming to mind. But during my years in admissions, I've seen ... ,000 or more many of them would be paying for college. I'm not writing to

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

  Monkey Dance

  

  , so I pulled up today's IAP calendar and realized that in 10 minutes, a director would be screening a really interesting documentary over in Building ... Your Mystery Hunt puzzle of the day: Dead and Gone I finished up

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  you were doing, you could in theory get observation time on the VLA. I ... astronomers I know, writing proposals is a huge pain in the butt; it's one of ... conference in January, I talked with a bunch of the NRAO astronomers, who

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  currently wrestling - is the freedom to work in my underpants. I'm living the high life, man. But despite the fact that I am totally in denial about ... introduction, unless of course you've never heard of him before, in which case I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  AgeLab I've seen troubles...

  

  weather is changing in my knees. Also I'm cranky and like to talk about the ... wall makes me feel old. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to feel old? Well, I, as a prematurely wizened twentysomething, can tell you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  very interested in attending MIT. What should I do if I hope to be ... your case (and might hurt it). I would recommend sending us a note (no ... remain on the wait list. Can you tell me where I am on the wait list? No

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015