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  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  of the energy challenge: Adding to the pressure for multiple approaches ... 's energy and environment problems. Today, I've got two pieces of media to check out relating to this mission. First, there's a new episode of Zig

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  assume that I am pre-med, or else shudder at high school memories of ... 't either of those things. Biology is an incredibly challenging, multi ... majors: 6-7, 7, and 20. I am fascinated by the workings of complex systems

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Things That Are Awesome (And have been keeping me from writing recently -- Sorry!)

  

  of the song (the song can be heard on this Youtube video. Step 3 ... courseload. This puts them in position to finish all of the requirements for ... total of 6 years.) Besides the time-savings, I am excited about this

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  I have to because one of my goals for this blog in general is to be ... weeks ago, I flew home to California. If you've read any of my past ... worth 10% of my grade, and at this point, I was still planning on taking 6

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  final exam distributions "mit does not curve"

  

  ", [/annotation] so I've added some here to make up for it!

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  of the "talk list". Most living groups at MIT, in addition to having ... lists is ec-discuss, the talk list of East Campus, which consists of ... First, a couple of questions answered. Vidal Carlos Garza asked

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  list.” He sounded a lot like David Sedaris, with a similar amount of his ... I’m currently in the exotic land of England. Over a week ago, I flew into Heathrow Airport on a dragon, and then I rode with a group of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who needs Black Friday anyway? a slightly different take.

  

  instant rush of novelty that consumerism thrives on. And hey, I’m not ... already have. It becomes part of you. My favorite (and well-used) fleece or puffy jacket will always remind me of certain backpacking trips in the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A New Year’s Resolution, MyMIT-Style Thoughts on my proposal to make MyMIT more community-based.

  

  better experience for you guys. First, we'll be adding a lot of new ... Happy new year everyone! I've been out with the flu most of this week so I'm feeling horribly behind in most areas of life. Being sick

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  : the view from on top of Cambridge's tallest building. The MIT Radio ... stand inside !!!). We also spent a good deal of time taking in the view of ... . (All the beautiful photos in the rest of this blog post are by Leif C

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  certainly on the list of 'what not to judge.' While an EC might note that the ... ! Here are some of my thoughts. We want you to be yourself throughout this ... an admissions committee, we desire diversity of all sorts, we don

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

  created a list of topics I need to cover and material I want to revise. For example, for 7.012, we're given a list of topics to review, which is a handy ... because I get super [annotation note="I'm still guilty of going on youtube

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  specifics of academic potential are part of of match ... any way of knowing what the admission decision is online or through e ... to the word limit for the essays, a lot of space is left over in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions? Answering FAQs about the awards section in the MIT application.

  

  the level of distinction. List any non-scholastic distinctions you ... list of awards and distinctions, and how we might categorize them. (Again ... list those distinctions of which you're most proud and best show your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  of others, I traveled to northern New England to see the total solar ... had to see it again, and bring my family this time. https://youtube ... will be posting their experiences soon. But a number of alum bloggers did

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  think it was pi beta phi, and standing on top of those low brick walls in front of the house. i think that was the first time in five months that i ... students without leaving my chair. i attended the first week of classes, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Dive: a cultural app take a look at my team's microsoft project!

  

  thinking of adding > Our takeaway from the program > Outro. We really ... As many of you know, I've been completing a seven week internship ... you to my team, Team 12. I worked in a team of four other TNTs and two

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fig. 4: Study with me! A semi-productive Sunday afternoon vlog (feat. an hour trying to find a printer)

  

  'm already returning back to the US end of next week. This week is also the last week of lectures here at ETH Zürich. But, the semester technically doesn't wrap up until the 31st of August. You're probably thinking, what

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  High School Summer Research Programs And the science competitions that could potentially follow

  

  A cat ran on my keyboard So here is a link to MIT's list of summer programs at MIT and elsewhere, check it out! It really summarizes things well. Acronyms I forgot: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program at

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  San Francisco, je t’aime nothing to do with mit :3 (...intern in cali! )

  

  and Korean) Also, aside from working, I also had plenty of time (9 weekends!) to explore the Bay Area. I made a list of all the tourist ... about medical care for the underserved. As one of my projects for this

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 23, 2009