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  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  that instead of telling you and belaboring the peculiarities of Western ... yeah, I haven't written a blog in too long anyways, so I owe all of you ... kidding. My research deals with the characterization of a novel gene in the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  because of which they offered him/her a slot - that is nothing to scoff at ... NYC admitted students meeting was nothing short of amazing. A lot of it ... Cline made the alumni of Stuyvesant currently attending MIT (Stuyvesant

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  was hard. We're talking miserable hard. It was a test of will, to be sure. For example, on my first test of the year I got two standard ... second test wasn't much better (9/20) but was within a point of average

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  .E.M.E. degree. i have enough sayings that you can make a soundboard of me and no ... levers. If you don’t want the hassle of owning a bike, MIT offers ... Way back in September, I had the difficult, difficult task of writing

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  semester (when you have a better idea of what classes are offered when ... of 24-hour flu or something... I didn't get to go out and watch the ... tests, right? -- but it's kind of a disappointment. I'm hoping to bounce

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What MIT Grads Do With Their Free Time Want to see the fireworks up close? Simply turn an old car into a boat…

  

  My friend Amrys (MIT '02) and a bunch of her fellow MIT-grad friends ... idea being to get as close as possible to the fireworks on the 4th of ... don't find this kind of thing at other schools. In fact, I couldn't make

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  Someone emailed to me a funny post from one of those rumor ... admission council very well. They have a criteria of 5 things, and if you achieve 2 of the 5 you are in. 1. USAMO 2. ISEF 3. 1600 4. 4.0 (unweighted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UEA Internship Panel

  

  how your degree helps you navigate the "real world" of business, banking ... internship panel for anyone interested in a career or degree in economics. (I ... dinner was catered by Vinny Testa's of Boston. We took a cab back

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  . This is Professor Junot Diaz. This is a book that wrote, one of my all-time favorites. When I accepted my offer to come to MIT, one of the first thoughts ... varying degrees of notice (1 day-5 minutes). Left: Well, these guys kept

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  adventure down memory lane. And for those of you who I haven't told a billion ... , Georgia, but the Dukes of Hazzard TV show was filmed in my hometown of Covington, as well as In the Heat of the Night, certain scenes of Remember the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  few Universities that will offer a biological engineering degree. I have ... will find there are two groups of people. There is group A that despises ... a mix of anxious premeds and kids trying to convince their parents

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  This post began with my long-standing hatred of Myers-Briggs tests ... periods of introspection, helped in part by taking a Myers ... thought to reconsider my initial hatred of the MBTI. Could there be any

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / Announcements

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  , then those people decide whether to accept our offer of admission, and ... percentage of students who choose to accept our offer of admission. The wait ... decisions for students who were on the wait list for the Class of 2023. If you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  state of business, stress, and exhaustion; swamped and overloaded with ... a firehose. Here's a quick look at my calendar and a recap of the past few weeks.   WINTER BREAK It's been a whirlwind of events

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Unless, of course, you've decided to do something with all that free time.

  

  's Talent Identification Program offers the option of either taking classes ... , check out Questbridge, which offers help with the costs of summer programs ... Scholar Programs offer a diverse range of classes in visual arts, sports

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  the western mindset, influenced by colonization, and the value of ... Monday, June 13th. 9:33 pm, in the back of Öz Konya Kebab: brightly ... all day. There is oatmilk in the fridge, and a basket of granola bars

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  crazy party weekend from 2019 to now

  

  weekend was my last ever cpw, so i decided to revisit some of the same ... this mashup of ennodu nee irundhaal and permanent. the first few seconds of that performance were some of the most ethereal and gorgeous sounds

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  attempting to see every single city in Western Europe in the space of 12 ... locations at MIT? For those of you just joining me, you might be wondering ... much entirely of pictures of me standing in front of various European

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Admitted Students

  

  This was the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute, and you are one of the very few applicants to whom we offered admission. Congratulations and welcome to the Class of 2015! Feel free to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  15.27182 – Lecture Anatomy 101 Prereq: None, Units: 1-0-1, Lecture: M EVE (11 PM-midnight) (iHouse), NO FINAL

  

  Analysis of Lecture Seating. Offered Fall term only. Happy Thanksgiving ... Practical introduction to the theory of lecture seating. Revolves mainly around the Oasis Model of Lecture Seating, along with practical

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 23, 2008