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• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  was on the now defunct MIT ChemECar team. ChemECar is a competition to ... before dead week is pretty stressful, as every class tries to cram in that ... finals (8.04 and 8.044) standing between me and two MIT degrees. I don

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  the MIT Formula SAE team as an undergrad. What follows is a post Kevin ... Kevin C. '17 (pictured above at the Porsche Museum) is now a grad ... can learn more about the current team at fsae.mit.edu While many

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  that I never bothered to memorize it. Starting next month, MIT is going ... This entry is ostensibly a guide to purchasing an appropriate cell ... , suddenly, when I got to MIT, they became completely ubiquitous. The first

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test—Field Experiments in Economics A new class on experimental social science, including: race discrimination, gender differences in behavior, persuasion,…

  

  One of the economics electives I have signed up for is 14.11: Putting ... hear, this class was just created this year, and this is the first semester it's being offered. I think the website is enrollee-only, so here

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  great competition that sends many alumni to MIT and is broadly aligned ... would post updates from my West Coast trip after I returned, so, here is ... Sabrina's work as an excellent example of what an MIT education can make you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  hounded with endorsement deals (well okay maybe Snively is) but it's a pretty big deal to us. The annual blogger selection is like the Admissions ... . It's not a perfect metaphor. All MIT undergraduates are encouraged to

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  submit a proposal beyond "lying on the beach," but often little more is ... financial aid at Connecticut College. We at MIT are among those college ... sometimes two-year) deferral from starting at MIT, you can send a letter

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  I am two days away from finishing my first semester at MIT. How did that happen? Most of campus is already cracking down in preparation for ... MIT. In my humble opinion, and the opinion of millions of fans, it

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  employment listings and the UROP webpage, just surf around the MIT site. From ... , super biology queen Mollie says, "I'm sure at least some of the foam is ... bubbles." This is similar to Shannon's comment, which suggested that the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Proposed: MITAdmissions Labs a wonderful, terrible, awful idea

  

  clearly envision their potential experience at and after MIT   As I ... understanding MIT. So I fired up the old email client and sent the following email ... know, we are redesigning mitadmissions.org (and sfs.mit.edu) this summer

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  that it's such an important part of MIT undergrad culture that the site is really incomplete without one. We even have a free-food@mit.edu e-mail list, which is really cool (although half of the messages are like, LOTS

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  and/or summer. You can even get paid for it, which is awesome. [caption ... that MIT offers to their undergrads. However, getting research faculty to ... there are resources out there that cover that. The UROP site has a page

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  Applicants, if you're reading this, I hope that MIT is one of the ... . I am giving you a hall pass for this blog entry. This entry is for the ... it is you need a shoe horn to get their heads through the door) This

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Been Up To No, not back around finals week - still not thinking about it... DURING IAP! When…

  

  Hey all! I haven't been around this site in months, and rather than ... . #2 - Exercise and sleep are corequisites to sanity. #3 - It is possible ... called the Clear Conscience Cafe, which is right in front of this

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • February 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Speaking from experience, having a UROP is a big time and emotional ... has an incredible amount of passion for research and loves that at MIT ... years ago, adiponectin (see the ribbon representation on the right) is a

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

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  Emab Plaza is a busy shopping mall located in the heart of Nigeria ... stand side-by-side, each one holding three or four floors. Each floor is ... to phones to mobile network recharge cards. Wednesday is usually an

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The One Where I’m in Russia a brain/photo dump of me running away from school

  

  , representing MIT. Here is a small sampling of our collection.   In front ... ’ve seen of the archaeology site, I thought it was going to be underwhelming ... provost, an MIT alum, and some of them are planning on continuing the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 28, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  Global Initiative, which is a very new project aiming to connect MIT ... over with - pushing me officially past the halfway point at MIT. (AHHH ... is a LOT of work to be done. But how could this be! It's Christmas

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  One of my favorite classes this year is CMS.100 -- Introduction to ... worldwide fan communities. The idea is, people tend to think of media as ... creative production is an intensively collaborative process, whether that

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  MIT students love to make change happen. This could be in the form of ... , participating in competitions like MIT's $100K Entrepreneurship Competition or IDEAS/Global Challenge, or even dropping out of MIT to accept a Thiel

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012