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  Final Projects Some examples of some projects you might see in MIT writing classes

  

  health on campus, a usual subject for me. However, this time, I took a look ... experimental writing. From Dada to 'Pataphysics and many more, we learned a lot ... , including a look at the "Table of Forms."  We would have lots of assignments

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  the most of these next 4 years – you’re in for such a treat! For those ... about a year ago (June 2013) and - because I wasn’t ready to be a Real ... of medical school and absolutely loved it. In the past, I’ve had a lot

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  incomprehensible store layout turns shopping for dried split peas into a labrythine ... . Great for bringing a crowd for a splurgetastic celebration (graduation ... (around 20 bucks for a three-course lunch), I'd rather stay at home and

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.

  

  times a month and probably will for the rest of my life, for better or for ... its interns when it comes to benefits; I had a cost-free (except for ... -into-data-plan-smartphones)* (see end of post for a far too relevant footnote), but there are cheaper

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  blogging and teaching for a living. Some love UROPs (Undergraduate Research ... for a life of doing what I love. I won't forget that #50 on the list ... brought a stunning revelation. But I won’t ponder on it in this post, for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Admissions Decisions Now Available Online News about the 2011 Regular Action cycle.

  

  ,909 applications for admission, a record number for us and an 8% increase over last year. We admitted 1715 students for an admit rate of 9.6%, or fewer than ... the applicant pool there were a great many incredible students whom we

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in CA, IL, MI, NV, OH MIT Admissions starts to look forward to the Class of 2013 (!).

  

  a great opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors to hear from three great universities all in one place. Each school will talk a ... & Yale Universities for meetings in Northern California/Nevada and the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Central Meetings Today, we'll mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the MIT meetings…

  

  ). If you have registered for MyMIT, have replied to a letter/email we ... invitation to our meeting in your neck of the woods (haven't yet signed up for MyMIT? What are you waiting for?). Even if you don't receive an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  it is being called for now, would be greater in scale than the Human ... determine the DNA sequence of thousands of tumor samples, looking for mutations that give rise to cancer or sustain it. Proponents say a databank

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  CPW Advice 2k19 come party wildly and/or play wii and/or perceive wonders and/or...

  

  all of campus puts on a bazillion fun events for them!) I wanted to ... was a way to decide where I wanted to go for undergrad. I hadn't com ... getting into. For me, CPW was a[annotation note="Complete tangent, but I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  ;   I was happy for at least a moment. At this point, I started ... community is amazing (stay tuned for a post about that in the next few weeks ... occurred recently. Namely with my schedule. A few blog posts ago, I said I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  Cambridge University students swap places for a year (or in my case, a ... Potter (Cliche, I know...). Although leaving MIT for even a semester seemed ... with a grad student tp talk about the problems you worked on for the past

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  This post is for incoming freshmen (with a slight bias toward ... committing to a certain social and support group for all of college. It seemed ... Sigma Chi-- it was the right fit for me. A unique blend of academic

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  respect your wishes, even if you ARE a certifiable moron for going with the ... and Circumstance bellowed off the bricks nearby. Over the din, a friend ... "everyone was in it." His brother was a meaty metalhead (and consequently a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  everyone i know goes away in the end why i've never done misti

  

  , making friends you see for but a few months. that's what summer camp is ... that'd be the last time we'd see each other in-person, for a long time. i ... in imperial college london. i spent a few days thinking about the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Makibaka! Huwag matakot! black lives matter! junk terror bill!

  

  . At the same time, I care about what’s happening back at home. Just a ... House of Representatives, and they went through the readings like it was a farce. It basically allows a government-appointed council to detain a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  I Finally Finished Intro Programming ...it took 2.5 years

  

  actually not required for the computer science major, and I was a comp sci ... credit for 6.0001, by taking an advanced standing exam, didn't go so well ... ahead of my peers, so this came as a disappointment. I resolved to take 6

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  has given rise to a new universe of possibilities for uses of the ... I saw a tweet from MIT News late last week about how some researchers ... a way to 3D print glass. I'd actually seen some objects on display at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems." -- Erdos I would ... It all started on Monday night. I had a big French III essay due Tuesday morning, and Sam '07 also had quite a bit of work to do, but since

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  . First, we had a pun in our title. (Also, note the colon. Do we get +20 for ... See, I am here! Sorry for the gap in my posting. My CI-M (TLA!! Sam ... journey through 14.33: Economic Research and Communication, my CI-M for the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005