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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  Mmm, it's a hot one today (93oF, or 38.9oC for those of you who use a ... teaches 7.05, is a major spokesperson for the "RNA world" theory and just ... that he expected to be doing the same for us in a few years. Um, no

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  of 11 to get points. Varsity Athletics: A year of competition is 4 ... .[/annotation] ROTC: Two points per year of participation, but only for a max of 4 ... a little annoying, but there's no way for the instructor to tailor

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  djent is not a djenre or is it?

  

  , constantly changing time signatures like 11/8 and 7/4. This is a less ... it on the guitar. To quote a Redditor explaining their dislike for ... allows for a greater range of chords, harmonies, and other musical flairs

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 22, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT select students for admission?

  relations. Selection is based on outstanding academic achievement as well as a
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As I Was Saying… My second internship entry AKA "How I copy and pasted my way to a new…

  

  When I was applying for the GEL program as a sophomore, I heard a lot ... in my last entry, the InternshipPlus is a requirement for GEL students ... experience by asking for more leadership opportunities and establishing a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Hospital Trips and Dance Parties MIT campus is where it's at over the summer.

  

  how I envisioned my first full day back...but it made for a good bonding ... Gregor, one of the two MIT undergraduate dorms open for those of us living on campus for the summer. In August, I'll move back to French House, but this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  was important to stay in shape and to keep my mind off school for some ... : Igor Belakovskiy ’02. Hi! I’m a rising senior studying Mechanical ... for MIT. I had never rowed before college, but I fell in love with the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  how i’m feeling now goodbye mit <3

  

  , for one clear joyful moment. I originally applied to be a blogger in ... things don’t change.  I’ll end with a list of things I’m grateful for and ... -campus makerspace) as an alum mentor. There’s also a slight chance I return for my M

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • June 1, 2026
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s new and exciting? You get to pick a blog topic! Yes, you! Definitely not me!

  

  's some suggestions for what you should suggest: 1.Living with a roommate 2 ... 're actually functional in college (unlike in high school) 11.Why I'm actually a ... This afternoon, as I was walking past the Center for Ultracold Atoms

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  'm heading home to South Bend for a week to recover and recharge before ... Keep pile, meanwhile, is destined for - surprise! - a box of some sort. I ... the dorm. For about a week, the pile is a free-for-all; any student can

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Themed Online Distractors (for EA Decision Day) to the 2020 MIT Protofrosh

  

  , they say that rejections are required for a successful career. Another ... , here is a list of Themed Online Distractors for MIT Decision Day: Pre ... timezone, you will access a special message on decisions.mit.edu. You

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Did you know about this? This is big.

  

  for. As you can imagine presidential elections generate a lot of buzz ... a little distracted as of late. Thursday night, I read the news for ... First some backstory. It's 2008, a leap year and a presidential

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  . Like, actually, the rectangular building used to be a warehouse for some ... for stuff? (a concern everyone here seems to have), and hoping that I ... I live in Massachusetts. I am a freshman. I am in college. I go to

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  As a junior, it's imminent that I think about what happens after MIT ... peers, it seems like "post-college plans" are a dreaded can of worms that ... , "life after college" is a scary but also exciting topic to think about

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  my annual pilgrimage to Cambridge for the MIT Mystery Hunt, a puzzle ... something mores, I think, are a way for the writing team to demonstrate that ... cryptogram, and from there, what could they be a cryptogram for? This one didn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  but her emails how to assert?

  

  conclusion that this may be a symptom of my battle with [annotation note="Important ... mankind should strive for. But I want to be a woman whose opinions and ... for the first time ever in my 3+ years here. The early

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  for food as a creative catharsis came from the unabashedly sugar ... interpreted as a challenge for student groups to 1-up each other in distributing ... .99 for it. It's just that this one looks too much like a rickshaw. Nothing

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Activities, humanities, question-ities Will you have time to be in an extracurricular at MIT? Yes, you will.

  

  cheerleading and how has it helped/hurt your grades, etc? [I'm uh, asking for a ... I'm home for the evening. Cheerleading is a time commitment of about ... inclined to waste time on the internet. A blatant plug for cheerleading An

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  different conferences we had: BarMUN (a new BU conference for collegiate ... -chair for a specialized committee in BosMUN. The conference had around 1200 ... at a local college) and received decent marks (5s for AP exams), MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment ... . So why then do we ask for this information? Simple - it helps us to understand who you are - in context. Remember, we don't get a chance to meet

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005