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• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  first voyage of sorts was to find food which is probably one of the hallmarks of our entire trip. Walking around the city trying to find a ... much looking around, and to my surprise, the place was great. A little

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Cancer Research The history and future of cancer research at MIT.

  

  's contributions to cancer research. I'll reprint it below: Even without a medical ... research, from the isolation of the first human cancer genes to the development of a technique for delivering chemotherapy directly to a tumor

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Art? It's late, but not too late.

  

  I am done with finals and very excited about that; you may be able to ... back, for 5.07: Biological Chemistry. There's something to be said for essentially being forced to copy out every intermediate in every major metabolic

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  I walked into 21M.302: Harmony and Counterpoint II today to find this ... at the time because I had to finish this problem, due in less than four ... my activity coefficient away. He explained to us that this was a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Coming to a theater near you! (Or auditorium... or gym... or lecture hall...)

  

  This is my last week in the office before I hit the road to come see ... the recruitment, not the travel. I'm looking forward to the school visits and the big regional info sessions. I'm not looking forward to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  come in to MIT "undeclared," and use the entire freshman year to explore MIT before choosing a major. In order to provide some real, concrete examples, I went to the Facebook and looked at the class schedules of some of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  . First, an applicant should never assume something to be true about a ... "just to get into college" instead of encouraging them to follow their hearts and true passions. I mentioned to the group that at MIT we look for

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy V-Day

  

  off to some of the many romantic restaurants and sites in Boston and ... MIT performance groups give students the opportunity to buy a serenade ... sitting in class my freshman year, listening to a (differential equations

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  . You may also want to keep us up-to-date with any news in your life. This ... essays to be particularly helpful or insightful. I generally do not ... and insight into your particular situation. They're more than welcome to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lewis Music Library Tra la la

  

  Instead of writing only about student life, I'm gonna try to write ... things you'd like to know more about (or see photos of, if you're unable to visit MIT), leave a comment at the end of the entry, k? According to the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Love that dirty water

  

  I've returned from France to the States just in time for lots of ... exciting time around these parts. It's great to be back in Boston. And now that I've returned from a long time away, I'm getting ready to head out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  !) CMS.300 - Intro to Videogame Theory; Excited for this class mainly ... just needed to take a CS class this year and I heard very good things ... a dentist appointment, and catch the 1 bus and run over to 26-100 for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021
• Blog / Events

  [Joint Post] Avoiding Sunstroke Solar Cars, Solar Stories, Solar Blogs

  

  , I did a thing. And it was a pretty cool thing to be a part of if I do ... to the American Solar Challenge (ASC), where our team raced our solar ... components to the event, the Formula Sun Grand Prix (FSGP) and the official

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06... ------------------------------------- Jon wrote: "Alright, so I have to stay that I have tried to stay silent ... optional interview claims to be the part of the admissions step that can help

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a penny for your thoughts? and what it is, and could be, worth

  

  sodainly say to them ‘a penny for your thought.’" Sir More was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, and author as well as Lord Chancellor to King Henry VIII. After refusing to recognize Henry as the Supreme Head of

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • February 20, 2026
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in BRASIL! my summer in january

  

  cities and landscapes by learning to decode what lies beneath the ... and what my life looked like here :). Prior to arriving in Brazil, we were asked to read 2.5 books, several essays and poems, and watched a few

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 5, 2026
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  . i've come to peace with a lot of the things that kept me up late at ... to do, and that's something that can only come with time. now, i have more things in my emotional toolbox to pull from when i'm faced with

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Post] DesignPlus A super cool and awesome first-year learning community ft. Gloria and Teresa (we're not biased)

  

  , Concourse, Experimental Study Group, and DesignPlus. We’re here today to talk ... time to rank my choices for first-year advising, I kept hesitating. What ... knowledge to fit in, I was completely thrilled to join the community. In the

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 26, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  the "nerd culture" that MIT is known for, but it’s also tradition to ... 't know about. So, I went around campus to get the scoop on how students and ... admissions decisions to applicants, but I was wondering if students on campus

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  the world is blooming! and so am i?

  

  with the colors of a tree: from green, to orange, to white, to pink, and back to green. Even past elementary school, in fact--my high school ... -bordered (cut) and taped together–definitely a lesson in patience and attention to

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 17, 2024