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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neurony goodness More lab, because that's what I do.

  

  cells, which are cells derived from a monkey's kidney. At least there's a ... . On the lab front, this week I started writing a paper about the project I've been doing for the past year and a half. I started with the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I know my calculus… and U2. Bono takes on global poverty, fashion, and Course 18.

  

  a newly-bought laptop, it has already been rendered obsolete. Well, I'm not writing another entry. Ha! So, let's turn this into a learning ... same story is told, in turn, from the perspective of Rob, Laura, and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The O.C. My first Central Meeting of the year.

  

  , Orange County, Florida... though I will be holding a meeting in the "real ... and floodgates. He is doing very interesting work in a city with similar geographic traits to New Orleans, Venice. A quick Google news search produced a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  I certainly learned a lot from Dean Khoury's talk with us. For ... was considering colleges a decade ago, I had this same concern. So how ... before I came to MIT, but now, I don't have much of a problem telling

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  interviews has changed. A description of the current interview process is ... 's start at the very beginning. (A very good place to start.) 0. Is an ... . "Your interview gives us a vivid sense of you as a person and how you

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  getting ready for casual Friday at work where I get to wear flip-flops and a ... able to get a copy of the book. For entertainment, the party had a "Make Your Own Wand" booth and they also had a word scramble. The one that gave

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our FAPnomenol Start of Sophomore Year! where we recount the tale of our first week back on campus

  

  ’s probably clear from our avatar, but we are going to be blogging as a duo ... not knowing who’s who). It’s pretty funny though, every time we meet a ... stands for Freshman Arts Program – is a weeklong FPOP (freshman pre

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  know something is Really Important: Now, MIT has hosted a pretty ... hosted the infamous Ollie Smoot '62 (for a lecture about Smoot's Ear ... expecting Neil to be here by now. There is A few people start clapping (widely

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  run from September 11 to October 24. (PE classes last half a semester ... regard to our engagement. If you are a person who likes this sort of thing ... future reference. A cool thing that I find amusing We went over to the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  and I in really cheap rain suits we'd bought from a Walmart-like place ... minutes away from turning into a snowman and was sure no one else could be ... Mt. Fuji. I have to preface this story with a couple facts: 1) I am not

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  . As a result, this was still an incredibly selective Early Action cycle ... year, a difficult decision given how awesome so many of our applicants ... MIT home. Our Early Action admits come from 46 states and dozens of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Snow-bama Snow? Obama? At MIT? AHH.

  

  Hailing from the notoriously hot and humid city of Houston, in which ... years, it was understandably a big deal for me when last Sunday, in the ... promise! Clearly, I'm from Texas :) And the first snow of the 2009

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  Waiver, or a letter from a school official detailing your situation. We ... understanding of and flexible with late documents from schools than with late documents from the applicant. The MyMIT Tracking is up-to-date (while the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  (I’ll introduce myself properly later, but I think this post gives a ... ) one of my favorite quotes does not have a discernible origin. “dead ... than gratitude” is a refrain commonly attributed to anne frank, but

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Parting Remarks Ending the same way I began

  

  know from me going forward please email me or comment or reachout or ... blog posts either here or somewhere else (I just won't be a student ... you all and thank you for being a part of my time at MIT <3  

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2020 Wait List Decisions We're sending out wait list decisions today.

  

  from the wait list. This year, we had a record-high percentage of ... It's been over a week since the May 2 reply deadline, and we know ... ). Looking back now, it was a great fit for me and I had an amazing experience

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 11, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  It's been a bit more than two weeks since the May 1 reply deadline ... . Last week, I mentioned I had been a transfer student. Well, I also was a ... admission from our wait list (and, if you were, whether or not you decide to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  It has been a tragic week here. On Monday, the Boston Marathon was ... , and another is reportedly on the run in Watertown, a city that borders ... circumstances. She planned to buy the breakfast from the awesome nearby cafe Flour

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions available online MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.

  were extremely qualified. Our task is to choose from these many, many excellent applicants to bring together a class. I know I speak for all of the admissions officers when I say that this has been a very difficult admissions

  • by Admin
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  , another is implementing a project in the Philippines, and yet another is in ... (with a one hour break for lunch), and Friday, 9 am - 12 pm. The training ... begins tomorrow; I'm pretty excited about it! Aside from the EMT program

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010