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• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  'm exploring the role of a bacterial communication system called quorum sensing ... according to the concentration of those molecules. Right now, I'm trying to ... , not sure tho :( It's not an issue with the size of my tree -- I've only

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  because on the rare occasions I visit it, so much of what's on it makes me angry or sad. A bunch of the parents were very skeptical that you don ... you shouldn't feel compelled. Some of the parents in the thread said

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  that getting into MIT would have been "the ultimate recognition of all ... . And embarrassing. One of the worst parts is when people who believe in ... anyone in the eye again. And then, over empty tubs of ice cream and a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello, I’m Anthony.

  

  It's nice to meet you. I'm a new freshman at MIT, a member of the Class of 2009. I was admitted early action and received the news around ... schools and committed my near future to the progressive locale of Cambridge

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in my new world A little bit of everything

  

  directly into other people’s heads (pay close attention to my use of the word ... this video that I made with the help of another class of 2019 (Thank You ... result in the crashing of the internet and the explosion of my computer. I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  unexplored intersection of science research and public outreach. Before the ... aren't the most important part of your application. Letters of ... doing research. Gradually, the blurry outlines of A Competitive Applicant

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  , so there was plenty of time to work out. The meal plan offered protein ... . The gym is usually empty when I come down, however, so the lack of ... feeling of getting stronger and lifting big objects. I love the way your

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  to Film Studies [21L.011] Archery, for the first quarter of the ... of the Communication Requirement in your major. Not only do you learn ... favorite parts of high school, and robotics is the main reason why I ever got

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  compiling a list of distractions for the final stretch. Distractions are great ... 't quite empathize with the feeling of your whole life riding on a decision ... , or maybe I'm more apathetic than the average person in the face of

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  of failure. My first few weeks at MIT have seen me pick out the major ... some of the slight mishaps I've had to deal with stemming from my brain ... sometimes hard to maintain, and I live in perpetual fear of messing it up even

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  going to the end of this block." MAN: "It's actually free!" ME: "No ... with strangers. But as the man sped off in search of another victim, I noticed that the taxi was actually offering free rides to anybody who joined

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  Random Hall also allow cats to wander the halls of floors designated as cat ... suite/floor/hall, or will they return to their rooms only at the end of ... understand how the physical space of a dorm impacts one's social life. This is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  in F entry (my home). About half of us are on the meal plan, while the ... : Roll with the A Dogs The people of A invited prefrosh to meet residents ... ask the room full of prefrosh who showed up to play Smash on some old

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  chapter of the python natural language processing textbook. then i hung out ... 's reflection on John Perry Barlow's 1996 Declaration of the Independence of ... impossible. Although this is a failure of the recommender system, non

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  , etc. There's a more detailed breakdown about the Class of 2005 here. As ... good candidate?" Hey Alia, Thanks for your support of the blogs =) As ... . I am very much a supporter of taking chances and increasing the number

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  girls just wanna have fun when u gonna live ur life right?

  

  . After a hard week of advocating for myself and my class and begging the 6 ... son of the president of the United States falling in love with the prince of Wales. I devoured the book in two days, and after I finished, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 24, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  number of...other things. Over the course of the next four days, I will be ... : the beautiful sounds of South Station (nothing) I am sitting on a ... to embark on a bit of an adventure, perhaps the biggest journey I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  In this past semester, the definition of "home" changed a lot for me ... we mellowed a lot over the course of college. "I like this Cami," my ... four months. Coming home for the first time after this whirlwind of a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6-3 not a definitive guide

  

  -fledged major that is one of many offered by the Electrical Engineering and ... offering. I don't have an opinion on some of the classes, since I haven ... It's no secret that Course 6-3 (Computer Science) is one of the most

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  realized we started reading the MIT blogs when we were still in the thick of ... mostly not talking to anyone outside of class, gave us the reputation of ... , we were both scared and even averse to the idea of our reputation

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019