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• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  much a lot of the stuff written in the MIT forum (and elsewhere, for that matter) makes me want to throw up or strangle the writers, it doesn't do any good to pretend like it's not there and allow misinformation to run

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  You know, that intro stuff

  

  rundown of what I considered to be the essential statistics in my life: "My name is Mollie Burgoon. I live in Pickerington, Ohio. I go to Peace U ... 'm planning to go to graduate school, get my PhD, then hole myself up in a lab

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  All About The Author A bit about me and my job as Director of this site.

  

  promise to serve you well in your quest to learn more about MIT. Let me ... 't satisfied to simply recreate our print materials in the online space. That ... Hi folks, My name is Ben Jones and I work in the MIT admissions

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  begin to come in. 3:00pm. We start up the meeting, and everything goes ... 10, 2008 The next morning, I head in to the office to run a couple of ... fly down to Houston, the next stop in my travel plans. It's my first

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobody’s Got No Class! I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking.

  

  experiences of characters in "Sex and the City" are generalizable to people of ... seminar will be required to actively participate in class discussion and to ... required to participate in the seminar. Both men and women are welcome and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  semester, in one of my many existential crises, I started to think seriously ... "? In my work with the lab, I go to preschools and the children's section ... training (in addition to the very careful wording necessary to maintain the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  a long weekend in which to get away from MIT! (Something that all you ... enrolled in FPOPs) to campus (or elsewhere, like Yellowstone -- any blogger in that one, want to write about it?) four or five days early for

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  with free food you want to go to in your CPW booklet. A sleeping bag, and a willingness to sleep in things that are not beds. Not homework ... stop by Random Hall (and I happen to be home, and you recognize me) I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  unexpected joy in the situation. Accepting help gave the chance to make some ... out to you Zangi), and even establish a new home in East Campus ... leave me feeling sore and even less able to walk in the morning. There

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  bookstores in Kendall Square. The Coop is guaranteed to have your textbook and ... ! That's CRAZY! If you're going to be taking the General Institute ... ...whatever) just wait until you get to campus. There are always upperclassmen trying

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  your town, and its relation to resources often found in larger cities ... it is like to live in a rural area or a small town (even though I do ... starting a community garden in a town with one stoplight matter to admission

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT ... If you’re applying to MIT through QuestBridge College Match, simply ... forwarded to us for review, and we will contact you about filling out our
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  behind the inertia matrix and how to use in summation form to simplify ... There is a whiteboard in Ben's office which was apparently once used ... . It is now covered in graffiti such as witty poetry and linear algebra

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The sun comes up, then goes away Graduation day with pictures!

  

  because it sucks to sit outside in awful weather and because alums had told ... repeatedly in your lives is how to use the talent and the education that you ... in each hand ever since I decided I was going to double-major. It was

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter

  

  flattened, we naturally decided to indulge in a little Twilight bashing ... inevitably tore in half, relegating us to the simple luxuries of book ... tendency to sit fascinated for hours by the refraction of light through pens

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  I have to relearn how to learn, in a lot of ways. I am grateful that Course 1 allows me the opportunity to participate in a program such as this ... . Well we haven’t actually left the country yet, in many ways Detroit faces

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Explanation I always end up writing about underwear!

  

  opted to stay another year in order to finish up and graduate. One day ... was an MIT student who didn't have quite enough credits to graduate ... on the dorm's e-mail list between this senior and an undergraduate in

  • by Snively '11
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Admissions Decisions Available Online Visit decisions.mit.edu to find out your decision.

  

  ://decisions.mit.edu. You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log ... sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to ... mail, as we do not plan to send out admissions decisions in this way this

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun with Legos A photo journal of THE coolest room I've ever seen.

  

  happens in there. I've found that it's sometimes easy to forget that this ... So all freshmen are assigned to a faculty advisor who helps them make ... advisor, which is an upperclassman who acts as a something of a mentor to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…

  

  encourages students interested in UROPs to be persistent and to apply to ... to the process. At MIT, Sid is completing a double major in Biology ... For the past four years, Sid Puram has had a UROP in the renowned

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005