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• Blog / Events

  Next House Thanksgiving 2016 (sort of a guest post) A (very late) recount of last Thursday’s celebration

  

  Kyle S’16 (the organizer of the event) if he could talk a little bit ... dinner has happened for the past three years. A few of us who were not ... our heads of house and they joined us for dinner with their entire

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • December 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another New Semester and A Lot of Cats Call me the crazy cat lady

  

  by quiet, I mean crazy, of course.  I live on Tetazoo, after all. I ... .  We just have to show the world! Other than all the stress of passing ... Microstructural Evolution of Materials.  It is all about materials on the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  This year, Jeremy, Nikki, and I were in charge of the Admitted Student Welcome and Closing Show—two of the flagship events of CPW. Jeremy ... , wisdom, and honesty about some of the tough parts of MIT, so I asked him if

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • May 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of the 2.009 Final Presentations rough, tough, messy!

  

  . If you want a summary of what 2.009 is about, Chris made a post. 140 ... ." Each presentation was seven minutes long followed by four minutes of Q ... really did embody the spirit of this year's theme. A super quirky band

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • December 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  happened for sure. Yet, it was mixed with a variety of other complicated and ... for some things to improve and change as time goes on. One of the most ... 't come easily, and for much of the semester, I was running on adrenaline

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the Love of Darties and ChemE An audio journey

  

  ’t good a week ago. Come to think of it, it wasn't necessarily amazing two ... living before, but things are quite different though. Speaking of two weeks ... chemical engineering professor in hopes of resurrecting the audio

  • by kellen manning
  • March 26, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  As a kid, I always secretly dreamed of being on a TV show. Had there ... with an array of engineering challenges. Working in groups of four, each ... .” – WGBH website Since one of the hosts of the show, Nate Ball, is an MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The waking of all creatures that live on the land Lingering at MIT with my wandering eye. UPDATED, BABY.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? i^i = e^(-pi/2) Sorry for the lack of MIT ... unpacking. Instead, it just makes me want to get out of my room as much as ... sure that I wasn't taking more than Lufthansa's legal limit of 23 kg per

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  the Year of the Dog. The celebration featured my favorite dog and admissions mascot, Evie Cummings. This initial photoshopping of Evie spawned ... 's blog, my colleague Joanne's dog Evie is somewhat of an office mascot

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s that time of the year again If you want to do a UROP this semester, now is the time to contact…

  

  Fund which supports women UROP students pursing research in the School of Science. ItТƒфs pretty easy to apply for one of these awards, just write ... will be more willing to hire you and there is not a lot of hassle with

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 10, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  You may track the progress of your application in the application ... Action deadlines. If some of your application pieces are missing, please ... 're happy to check receipt of items if you allow sufficient time for
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  I’ve just taken the luxury of lavishing two full days on an essay ... of Ancient Greece, which is my [annotation note= "CI-H/CI-M classes ... aware of the world. Ancient Greece is the fodder for many a modern

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  email about letters of recommendation. A composite of these questions ... teachers know me much better in person, so I was thinking of asking teachers ... of regular and advanced classes, but..." — but they all boil down to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  MIT, we have lots of professors doing research. We have lots of ... and informative lab working on the genetics of regeneration. Slicing up ... form, didn't seem like it was quite for me. When I started my next set of

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  a week to do them. I just hate the feeling of finishing a pset and the ... okay:("]pset cycle.[/annotation] For now, here’s a brief overview of what ... with). The three of us take turns running the meeting and share updates

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  Fall Hits MIT… in the form of a Giant Spider! I promise I'm not a blog-hog, this is just too good!

  

  Let’s cut right to the chase: THERE’S A HACK IN 6C! Natanya’s already told you about 6C, but I’ll bet it didn’t feature a giant spider on a web! I’ve…

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Today, we continue the series Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ... seem out of reach because of where family lives, but is that always true ... ’s getting ready for summer classes at the Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of study abroad programs are available?

  Interested in studying abroad for an academic year in the U.K. or a semester in South Africa? Want to improve your foreign language skills by spending a summer in China or heading to Spain during the month of January
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  there are tens of other resources out there for the general process ... , you receive another wave of information including the i3 videos made by ... , when the last of the freshmen are moving onto campus for orientation into

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey Sam's Mom dubs me Sami-stop-spleening-me!, because I am always spleening her.

  

  yet by the portrayal of Alex or Jonathan, but that half-second shot of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 27, 2005