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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  mind is almost always computer science, physics, or some other aspect of ... impossible not to notice the tremendous amount of resources that MIT is pouring ... our professor, Amy Smith, reminds us of as we work on our projects is

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  doing, and this is that post! Here's some of what I've been up to :D 1 ... 's called pancake night (because we didn't want to step on the toes of an ... is great, but it also feels amazing to be able to do something on a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  in harmony on my first flight of sophomore year and 2) it is keeping me ... Dora the Explorer is coming to town, or something, but if that's true I ... combination of spending quality time with my family/staying up late talking to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  week starts on Monday, December 17. There are two standard responses to a stressful situation like this: fight or flight. The alternative is to combine ... burns agricultural waste to make charcoal, which is an inexpensive way to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  hometown is a classist jerk, but more than once have I or a member of my ... . Period. This is just a fact of life which I've known since I was a little ... ratio was insane, which was sort of impressive, but that's not to say I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  to start. They've got at least one whole year on you in terms of ... . I thought it would be better to hone my intelligence in one or two ... to worry about it in the first semester, which is pass/no record.) It

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  his talk was that it is important to have an accurate definition of what a gene is because of our newfound reliance on computers to find them ... antisense RNAs, many of which have no start codons or classical open reading

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  some really great techniques on how to "ground oneself," which is when ... of those different aspects. So a part of my homework is to cuddle with ... anonymous email, the hospitalization of a friend or cat - these all are very

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  attending a Netflix premiere red carpet in the heart of LA. Or sitting on a ... just a semester of my undergraduate career left, it's hard not to. Every second of my time seemingly is spent thinking of what will be and I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  through a wooden door, which is why I chose to live in one of the non ... devoted spectator on the Random Hall team, which is usually one of the more ... nutritious discussion worthy of repost on the blogs, which inspired in me the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Where is the banana… ...and why is that man chartreuse?

  

  front of him is a two-way mirror through which a nervous-looking aardvark can be seen glancing around. The same image is shown on a 10’ black ... . I mean, we really didn”t talk to him or anything. PIERCE

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  recognize that my smile is independent of my bank account or the label on my ... various other news outlets, all of which contributed greatly to the ... . Although I am determined not to write much on the subject of MIT’s difficulty

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  East Campus REX Events! welcome to the wild wild west

  

  / already here: Welcome to MIT! All of us, no matter our class year or living ... theme is “Wild Wild West” and we plan to deliver on this - come to the ... of the dorms, and an even better time to have fun. We at East Campus

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 20, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  my semester in a word: oof or perhaps "oof: the party, the lifestyle"

  

  [annotation note="second priority goes to juniors who are CMS majors, which is ... before career fair. and all of this is on top of many hard classes, many ... ="unless that code happens to be written by nasa or healthtech and really can

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  , why so many of them right now are crappy, and how to make better ones ... things like that). So basically, this is a class on learning... HOW TO MAKE ... with Stu Schmill, our dean of admissions (yes it is going to be as

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  You know, a while ago, Mitra did an entry on how to write a winning ... for you regular applicants to start writing your essays for all of your ... specifically, I'm going to lead by example by posting some of my own writing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  around the concepts, and I struggled to come out of the class with an A. On ... out of sheer disinterest, but managed to pick my grades up on the second ... many finals I would have to take at the beginning of the semester instead

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  This post is for the MIT students about to embark on finals week ... brought to you by Sahar H. '17, founder of the Sleep is for the Strong ... is also very important.” -Aisha Wang “My PSET or exam was always on

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  !) which to me is the most important thing. Also, there are great ... physically can, as far as I'm aware. So, yeah - there is no "list of things to do to get in." No one activity is "better" than another: the best

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  hall on campus). Probably more than half of MIT freshmen are going to be ... not, I will have lots of pals to suffer with.   6.009 is ... studying for quizbowl. I think it is good to have at least one area of your

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019