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• Blog / About Decisions

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  viewings were fraught with empty promises and enticing offers for magical ... without experiencing the college firsthand, there was no way for me to know ... is known for having some famous faculty. Professor Eric Lander, perhaps

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  for the MCAT (which demands quite a lot of time), I'm still willing ... still ask for and value grades, test scores, and extracurricular ... like, "Keep it up. Study for the MCAT. And don't forget to shadow doctors

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  -of-sort-of know how to run a gel, shorthand in this case for gel electrophoresis. To ... for some context. One of the major breakthroughs in biology came when ... terrain makes it harder for larger molecules to travel, so they'll move

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Lectures I had two ideas for good blog posts, and both were stolen by other bloggers!

  

  switching back ends. I get to learn a whole new process for bringing my words ... for the Research Science Institute has been keeping me busy in the ... their countries, he ran off to get supplies for more demos. He took over

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  the best books ever: Oliver Sacks's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a ... they're awesome. For 21W.755, I get to write a short story every week ... for this week was to think back on our lives, pick out a memory that

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life A photographic biography of a Friday

  

  , Katelyn slept for 2 hours and still had a headache at 10:54 pm, according to ... lecturer is universally recognized for never sitting down, among other ... quantities of alcohol for the sake of scientific education. Because only at

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  that that kind of talk, that kind of pressure, is OK especially for ... what pass/no-record will be for you. Personally, I've always believed in ... embarrass you or for you to wear around your head like a crown, grades are a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Copyright, Subpoenas, and You I prefer to keep the "you" part out of the picture.

  

  were amazing. I looked around on YouTube for a clip but just couldn ... tube-age? BitTorrent! I surfed around on The PirateBay for a while and ... * copyrighted material for which you do not have explicit permission from the

  • by Snively '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  friends. I am excited for some of the classes I'll be taking, but with ... weather for New England weather, and leaving behind a great experience ... to Spain for giving me: the warm weather I missed so much in Boston

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Zone Cell Challenge Why work when you can hack other people's servers?

  

  (usually seen as the Latin Cerberus), is a protocol for mutual authentication ... , for example, the sipb.mit.edu cell, run by the SIPB. This allows SIPB to ... servers (remember - they're for the Watchmakers): casio, seiko, and timex

  • by Evan B. '10
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  , eh? So this was my day: 1:17 AM: Began studying for the 18.03 test ... while mentally getting annoyed at self for being so sleepy even after ... waiting for the elevator. ("phew, I'm not late.") 11:55 AM: Class dismissed

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  that I now have time to dedicate to. This summer, I've been working for ... to our central goal of developing a high throughput bioreactor for ... stay at MIT for grad school if you were an MIT undergrad. So hopefully

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  've been saving pictures of things I like and sticking them in there for ... this to the MoS staff member responsible for renting the facilities, and ... taking 7.01x first year for premeds if there are other science GIRs to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  then proceeded to get no credit for the whole thing because [fill in ... dying to publish their findings quickly to get the credit for the ... work. Later, they tried the other way around, mostly just for the hell of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 3 Helping the Class of 2010 with their decisions.

  

  1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as ... for almost ten years and I've participated in national competitions and ... :]." Ariadne, I've arranged for you to be contacted this weekend by Nicki '07

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  history. Since there are so many people applying for so few undergrad spots ... for grad programs. Everybody applies to basically the same set of ... summer. However, the resume I have is formatted for colleges and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.

  

  "Where there is a will....there is a way" for a reason. All the wonderful ... number of rooms and allow the individuals to decide for themselves. I also ... new Bioengineering major, for example, was considering holding a lottery

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On schools & context

  

  A while back, I asked for parent questions and received exactly one ... college counselors spend hours crafting a recommendation letter for each ... student who's not the valedictorian is the better match for MIT. Ultimately

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Honse. Nnnyeeeeeeiiiiiigghhhghhhghhhhhh!!!!! 🐎

  

  ="attachment_113647" align="aligncenter" width="768"] The master at work.[/caption] For ... of Monster with Reese's Puffs every morning for breakfast (can and all

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  meet the simmons elevators! aka me thinking wayyy too much about elevators

  

  Trinity. Rock, Paper, Scissors. The Plastics. And for Simmons Hall, our three elevators, Alevator, Belevator, and Celevator, each named for the ... take Belevator, it took over three minutes of creaking and groaning for

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 12, 2025