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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  department: "I might be interested in doing Biology at MIT... so I have to ask ... people. I actually started writing down things they said in class, because ... world of biology research -- I read quotes by Tyler Jacks (7.013) in major

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Get excited for CPW! CPW= Campus Prefrosh? WHOA!

  

  primary concerns I get from students: 0) How can I do all of this? There ... science fiction! They have over 90% of ALL SCI-FI PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH! Which is a pretty remarkable nerd collection that you can peruse whenever

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  I switch between saying I study "computer science" or "math" but neither one can hide that I usually live my life lost in abstract ... , which just about covered an entire 24x36in cardboard sheet. I filled the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  ) -- I hope that you have already asked your teachers if they can write a ... -- teachers in this country are seriously overworked and underpaid; I hope you ... write you a recommendation. They can write in their native language; the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  things to do with their time. I know that after such a long school year ... and surf your friends' profile pages for 14 hours each day. (I know, I ... summer! You can resist. You have many more options of things to do with

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  Hampshire- October 9-10, 2023 I live on floor C4 in Burton Conner, and our ... up on my feed promoting the Boston Book Festival in Copley Square. I ... My favorite season has always been fall. I love walking around campus

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  do between now and next Sunday than I have ever had in one week, ever ... remember starting to giggle - and then my eyes were closed and I was in a ... speed. I was totally aware that I was in surgery. I could hear the surgeon

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Events

  It’s not every day… lunch with a celebrity

  

  . The group will gather in Dr. Hockfield's reception area in 3-208 at noon, and then walk over together to the Forbes Cafe at Stata. I do hope that you can be a part. Sincerely, Kirk Kolenbrander Senior Advisor to the

  • by Bryan
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  discounting and dreading the place I'd lived in and known since I was a small ... and in life, too. I guess getting there is really more than half the fun ... it's gone Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Global warming? ...or just a weather anomaly?

  

  free time to participate in competitions, take a class in something you’ve always wanted to learn, hang out with friends, or do research in the lab ... around an extremely pleasant 65 degrees! My classmates and I took advantage

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  want to make the most informed decision we can in Regular Action ... decision has been made with care, and it is final. I know this can be a ... available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  . Roger has a built-in microphone and earbuds so that you can communicate ... wheelchair that can fully deploy in under ten seconds. Burt, a power wheelchair ... . I can't wait to see what next year's class will make. :)  

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • December 26, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  because, in my music prof's words, "I can't tell you how many Sonatas in E ... I could play with at my leisure. Can anyone PLEASE explain to me how ... Maisonette I went to put my laundry in the dryer, checked my mail, and found a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Play hard…and then work hard! There's no excuse not to have an AWESOME time this weekend!

  

  men) will give their Winter Concert in Kresge. I went last year (to the ... studying in the library for 20 hours straight (with your signature "I've been ... fun before the real work kicks in? Here's some stuff going on around

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  This Entry is About (A) Lady Gaga (B) my MIT ID card (C) all of the above

  

  card costs exactly $15. (In case you're curious or vegan, I blocked ... I might as well tell you straight away that this story ends with Lady ... culminating in the unveiling of a 20”x24” Polaroid portrait of Polaroid

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 1, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  ?" Me: "Hi. I'd like to take the swim test, and I was wondering if I can ... : "Um. I don't know anything about that, sorry. And the guy who does is in ... office lady: "You can leave a note for him and I'll get him to e-mail you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  147 classes have graduated from MIT in its history; today, the Class ... very own Matt McGann. You can follow the commencement on Twitter, on Storify, or via #MIT2014 on your social media system of choice. I must

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  Cory and I paused for about an hour and a half while looking for Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke in the Hayden library stacks this ... disease research, and a comparison of petroleum and coal in the same issue

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  traditions that outlast any particular generation of residents. I live in ... home to London, and while I stood in line to board the plane some man ... goes to Xiaoyue Xie '15) Because many MIT undergrads live in the same

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  feeling stupid. avoiding embarrassment as in: i worried that if i changed my ... feeling stupid as in: changing my mind twice felt like i was going in ... because i say the same thing each time, but every time i feel like i can

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022