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• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  was there for. There had been signs up all over campus for a week or two ... review for those seniors who are struggling with the concept in the 7.01x ... for fun. I am a nerd. I don't think I became a nerd UNTIL I came to MIT

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

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  bouncing around my head for about a week nonetheless.   In the summer ... school anyway (scholarships, man). For some reason, I went to mitadmissions ... app was a lot friendlier than a lot of what Common App asked for. Then

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  lately (which I found mostly began with ‘F’) (thanks for clicking on my ... bridge, and I’m starting to apply for jobs and work in tech and do those ... convinced myself that putting time or effort into appearance was for people

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  originally drawn for the awesome Aquil Fannis.  But I decided to take a break ... past semester in the Destiny Lounge of Random Hall, an abode for ... unholy amount of Netflix. But we were better off for doing it together, and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  Listen: writing well is hard. It is hard for a lot of different ... change the way you think about writing. I keep Orwell's rules for writing ... .   But the same is true for college essays, as Orwell doubtlessly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  cards are actually blue and yellow! The two-letter abbreviations stand for various capabilities of engineering leadership. For example, IR means ... Regional Championships, the qualifying meet for NCAA Division III National

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do Alums do? Are you exceptionally forward minded? Already thinking about what you'll be doing as an alumni?…

  

  -up company called LiveScribe. They flew us into California for the weekend to ... . For those too lazy to google it, LiveScribe is a pen that does something ... , so you can check his blog out for some videos showing the pen

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  for about two weeks at the beginning of this year until MIT was like ... ’s working on a tricycle attachment for wheelchairs that will allow wheelchair ... MechE is that I would likely use it for biology or international

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  isn't exactly something MIT is world-renowned for. Yet. But there's a ... three D's stand for Development, Design, and Dissemination. The classes ... to continue their D-Lab projects for longer than three semesters - such

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  orientation (the week before classes start for freshmen). FAP involves spending ... you should all sign up for) and the rest of the time participating in ... the camera to "night vision" for a evening shot, with the characters

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nourishing bodies, enriching souls and minds There's more to the MIT community than just famous researchers and brilliant students.

  

  since has been designated for the James ("Big Jimmy") E. Roberts, Sr ... community. John Jackson was the longtime cook for the Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE ... kitchen where John Jackson had cooked for half a century suddenly went out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  , for instance, took a lot of cellular and molecular neurobiology classes ... taking 18.01 (Calculus 1) and, say, 8.01L (Physics 1 at a slow pace, for ... please tell me about the music program? Especially for pianists. I know

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  Indulge me for a moment. How many times have we seen the movie in ... FOR THAT MATTER) ALONE! (Except for Justice Clarence Thomas who claims ... looks to his or her peers for validation or rebuttal. He is overly

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  every day. I actually do cook for myself almost every night, but I haven ... go out to a restaurant for dinner. I haven't been to one of the dining ... elective credits for that exam? Information about that can't be found

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  Corp, making textile inventions like a faulty needle sensor for knitting ... biomedical devices, solar devices, aids for the handicapped, industrial systems ... develop a plan for a stair-climbing wheelchair. Blanco submitted a design in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  sophomore year in 1935. Luckily for the history of organic chemistry, he was ... for that class. RB was entering his last semester at MIT when he ... for the tests to be rescheduled . Upon his graduation in Spring 1936

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  Okay, I must really be starved for questions if I'm now answering ... dining halls, it's good for all of them. So if you live in Next and you ... for the house (if you're still confused as to why the FSILG houses care

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  It's almost May. For those of us who are not on the waitlist ... that we admitted. We're proud of you - for being who you are - and proud of ourselves for finding you. Second, it was a celebration of simply

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  do the same for others last year. Within the blogger team, Kano, Anika, and Gloria also mentor for Metropolis! It's a pretty good gig. We're typically responsible for running one open hours session and one equipment

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  1. Why I didn’t think I would be a good fit for engineering. I came ... cognitive sciences as my major for one simple reason: because it was cool, and ... wandering to new things – I wanted to do something that mattered, and for me

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025