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• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  choices that come in the form of Freshman Learning Communities. Because most ... to your professors. I found myself in ESG (Experimental Study Group ... different from the rest of the FLCs in that what they offer is less about

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  morning there. Course 16 at heart. I almost cried in front of the original ... ) before second semester start in February. And I'm alone. No classmates down ... in California. We spent the rest of the day carting ourselves all over

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  Bridge Supplement will act in place of the MIT first-year application. Please note ... to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT ... submit an official transcript with your QB application, you can request an
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2019!

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: I've suddenly become a Plant Dad (tm) and am growing tomatoes in my office window The ... of MIT students are MIT students. Admissions officers can write about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  I’m perched on the top step of the super-architected Stata amphitheater, a little blinded by the brightness of sun and snow. In searching ... Adams of Landing Studio. <br </br <br </br In studio, we

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  harmful effects of inflation. I can add a little more about each. Laura is ... winner receives $100,000 and two years of support from Thiel's network in ... amount of voluntary exchange and cooperation in the world by revamping some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  of there.  I am deeply ashamed of this.  Rats There are no rats in ... , down the ways a little bit. He was longboarding with a can of soda in ... there has been in a while. I was outside writing this blog in Killian

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Bulletin – RA News, EA Results bang it here for the latest updates and stats

  

  're getting one or two dozen buckets of mail every day. I have built a small igloo of them and am posting from inside it right now in fact. This ... should be keeping the Midyear Report in the back of your mind. All Early

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 7, 2011
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  my STORY of helping Wyoming students shoot for the STARS get it? do u get it??

  

  institutions, I often wondered how to give back. In Fall 2023, I joined the ... of Wyoming. I was thrilled to join the planning team and attend the ... the history of potatoes at the Potato Museum in Idaho, and finished out

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  As some of you may know, this summer I'm working at the NIH National ... least in my opinion.) Well, Dr. Francis Collins is the director of the ... picnic a few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of seeing him and his band of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  . You can imagine how awesome Michael Xiang, a junior in Biology with ... cloning of the adiponectin receptor. Identified in the Lodish lab a few ... well as aids in the synthesis of glycogen (a large branched molecule that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  1 / How to MIT again?! An expat returning home to the 'Tute

  

  . This year I didn’t partake in either.']another set of freshmen I don ... you may undergo a process of re-adjustment in your place of origin ... manageable, less overwhelming to start. Of course, you can only fool yourself

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 29, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  want to make the most informed decision we can; the disruptions of the ... decision has been made with care, and it is final. I know this can be a ... , congratulations to the newest members of the Class of 2026. I'll be closing comments

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…

  

  for every night in January. During the semester, I usually grab dinner ... + tuna in red sauce = spaghettuna. I told my sister and her text message ... can be a turn-off. I guess I’m just used to it by now; you see, I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 10, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Moment of Truth

  

  Decisions are in the mail and ready to be viewed online. I'm really excited myself, and I've known my decision for a year and a half. =) Best of luck to everyone!

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  parents' deep interest in education, a number of trends in education that I ... family and I were climbing Mount Everest in February of 2012 with an alumni ... failed to come together in the summer of 2012, and I headed out to San

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  in them. But I assure you they exist. Now, a little geography. All of ... So I suck at life and haven't blogged in FOREVER. =( But! I'm making ... tour of Burton-Conner. Seriously. I took literally about 70 pictures of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  There’s a Story in Which My Eyes Shut Am I changed enough?

  

  keeping my eyes closed. Do I do it out of fear? Is the person in the ... August. I was sitting in Killian Court alone. The sun was sharp ... river was blinding. At this moment, you could've told me I was anywhere in

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  spite of that, you've still achieved in many ways. That's why I suggested ... - even easier - than before. With that in mind, I invite you to ... memory. Set a reference frame there for now. What do you see? In one of my

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  both broken, though, so I guess it's in the spirit of our lab to recycle ... in this Discover article. Not to brag, but I got to have dinner with ... 's quoted in that article. We spent most of our time discussing the worst

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005