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  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  [by Mirat Shah '08] My name is Mirat and I am a junior studying ... spent the past two years in Cambridge, Massachusetts at MIT. However, this ... with about 40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at Cambridge

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  opening of the new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex at MIT: On Friday, MIT plans to dedicate what it bills as the largest collection of ... Brain and Cognitive Sciences: The disorder is complex, both in its genes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  of… ordinary. MIT is pretty great, don’t get me wrong. But now, when I ... academics: MIT is flexible. That’s pretty cool. Last week, I decided to pursue ... challenging me to learn. MIT is the place that allows me to experiment and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  I was at MIT, I barely explored the city, so my knowledge of my surroundings was limited to the MIT area, Chinatown, and the Back Bay. Now, I ... the North Point Park, which is a nice way to see the Leonard P. Zakim

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  summer lovin’ 🎶 🎶 had me a blast

  

  As of one week ago, it is officially[annotation note="and oh boy does ... having a summer, only what The Ideal Nonexistent MIT Student would be doing ... it was my actual self, and not the Ideal MIT Student, who would be

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  some profoundly absurd comment about being "appalled" that MIT would ... , saying "According to Mr. Nance, everyone who is accepted is qualified, and ... numbers is a little odd [27% acceptance rate females, 12% males], and I find

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  is the most challenging thing about MIT, and what did it teach you that ... , though, is that I wanted to write something perfect and meaningful and ... perfectionism by now. MIT has forced me to become much more comfortable with

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Walk down CourseRoad Lane A boulevard of broken dreams and dropped classes

  

  One of Danny B.D’s many contributions to the MIT community, along ... Campus Historian, is the ubiquitous and indispensable CourseRoad, an open-source 4-year academic planner. CoursedRoad collects all the data about MIT’s

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 24, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  university president. My favorite example of such continues to be MIT President ... contraption built by MIT Fraternity Phi Delta Theta. Then he was doused with ice water from another ten foot tall wooden contraption built by MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  over to the Bush Room to join several other MIT students in calling youuu ... :) Based on yesterday alone, I feel safe in saying that the MIT Class of 2014 is AWESOME. Those of you whom I spoke with were funny, nice, and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  's saying that MIT students aren't smart. What we're saying is that there are ... “trick way” or “back door” to get into MIT. Your application is not a game ... . Because the truth is that your SAT score, no matter how high it is, is not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  ungestalt twenty-one years of wandering

  

  from the german word for "shape" or "form". the famous example is kanizsa ... course, there is no such triangle drawn. the background is of the same ... perceive a triangle. this is a gestalt effect. we can then imagine the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 4, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Life + Sciences = Life Sciences

  

  torn over my options. I was mainly choosing between MIT (which is just ... of you admits (and soon-to-be admits!) might be wondering if MIT is a ... horror stories about the impossibility of maintaining a high GPA at MIT

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  at MIT. As is often the case with one-person shows, Ms. De Cari was ... girl's romp through MIT's male math maze," and as neither a girl nor a ... companies (The Nora and Underground Railway Theater), is located on Mass Ave

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  :) even with MIT, it was (and kind of still is, when i really contemplate it ... don't understand about birthdays and what they never tell you is that ... eleven, not until you're almost twelve. That's the way it is.” working on

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  friends/free time has changed a lot since I got to MIT. One of the biggest changes between high school and college is just the amount of freedom you have. I remember thinking in high school, “I hope the MIT curfew is not

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / Events

  The View From the Other Side of Hell If MIT is a 400-meter race, am I really at the beginning of the home…

  

  would be worrying about how much stuff there is still to do tonight." I ... the third floor somewhere on MIT campus, frantically studying for my ... :P Every once in awhile, you come to MIT and you hear of kids here

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  geeky. I mean, yeah, they're more traditional, but come on, this is MIT ... dorms (keep in mind there is also a residence hall called East Campus, which is a specific dorm which falls under the umbrella category of East

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  This is Butterstick. Butterstick weighs 10 pounds. She was named ... , feel a bit less homesick. Butterstick's human, Shannon, is a Residential ... stay at Simmons, she brought Butterstick - who is hypoallergenic - along

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  From One Cambridge To The Other A year away from the Institute

  

  the help of the Cambridge-MIT Exchange (CME). I was intrigued, not only ... change. I'm by no means bored with MIT but you can see how a year across the world can be enticing. So, in the true fashion of MIT students, I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 12, 2013