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• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  gyroscopes work (which I still don't - actually, but shhh, no one says you can ... units), so what grade you get in the class also makes a huge difference in ... really can't get more basic than this) of molecular research. Now, I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Scrapbook Sometimes Stickers!!!

  

  you have some stickers and are feeling overwhelmed, get some pretty ... post, but I did not get to post about any of my own pages. Here is a look ... . Have you noticed yet that I love stickers? Like, I really really really

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  a smaller 2.009 where you design and build a new toy. It's great going ... was a freshman (it's free! anyone can do it! you can do it!), so maybe I ... positions (which can include writing cover letters, tracking down letters of

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Riddles, Research, and Nerds with Power Tools My week.

  

  start, since the puzzle instructed one of the teams to start where you can ... . And since I can't really pick which one I most want to tell you about, I ... -or-less solid, injectable substance. Although it sounds straightforward, you can

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  [annotation note="OX is a grade that you can get at the end of the semester if ... caffeinated (can you tell?), ready to bare all. I’m going class by class, show ... ’d pulled of a miracle and gotten myself to a point where I only needed to get

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [joint post] blogston commons with Allison E. ‘27, Ellie F. ‘28, Jebby ‘25, and Sara N. ‘28

  

  jebby moment"]its like drawing in MS paint,[/annotation] where you can ... drawing sad faces on MS paint (which you can marvel at in her blog ... scrolled through my calendar and recollected the events so now you get to see

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 11, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  procedure and jewelry. Once at MIT, I did some research about where to get ... reminded me of my own experience getting piercings my freshman year. To me ... gained from going to college and getting my first paid (on-campus) job

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  need to get in? Because I only got a 1590.” How do you plan on ... just for fun! What colleges are you applying to? I have like ... What are you writing your essays on? well I did one draft about a club

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Live from the Glass Lab! it's...tuesday afternoon??

  

  One of my favorite MIT organizations is the Glass Lab, where students, faculty, and staff can go hang out and create beautiful glassware and decorations. It's always easy to know what to get your mom or significant other

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  !, you can't buzz until Alex Trebek is done reading or you get locked out ... taught Latin at Splash! since sophomore year at MIT.  On April 30, you can ... auditioning, and get interviewed.  If you are selected to be on Jeopardy!, you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  Who will have access to my application information?

  At MIT, we hope to get to know you better through the application process and want you to be able to express yourself authentically. We ... can be found on our website. But so that you are aware, we do share some
• Blog / MIT Life

  See her picture(s) in a thousand places In which I understand what Bruce Campbell feels like

  

  something and let me know. I can introduce you to Mitra. ... . Guy: 'cause you're on Mitra's Blog. Sam: Heh. You know I have a blog now, too? Guy: Really? Sam: Yeah, you just have to go back to the admissions

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

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  , you can still appreciate the UROP you had thirty years ago. (Image ... attend a one-week session where we work in small groups, along with a ... get to network with professionals through networking lunches

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  . How often is it that you can say that you were in a place where it was ... 've noticed that my outlook on things has changed dramatically. It can be ... . BRING IT. Where did all of that energy come from? I'd say it came from

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  . “It’s terrible to go to a school where you have to think you know what ... do contract work, you can take months or years off to write. Just live ... sense of reaching for a thing you can never truly capture, when you

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  want to channel love and joy. But, you know, I get selfish and jealous ... you'll ever have. This is the summer where you'll attend a biology camp ... decided to revisit these letters. i really want to know where you're going

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW time waits for no man, woman or beaver

  

  first CPW, too, and I can tell you that the sheer quantity of options is ... webcast TOMORROW (Tuesday) at 10pm EDT   I can't wait to see you at ... I know you've had a lot on your mind this past week, so I understand

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  brain is concerned, so when you get home at night, you're not exactly looking to dive into a theoretical physics book. Truth be told, you ... what happens as you become a seasoned admissions officer, or maybe you

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  . But now -- now I am an MIT student, and so I can enlighten any of you ... life where you have to investigate why your brain is failing at doing ... -eye flight home, and you see people you know in the halls again. Crucially, Reg

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  downs: I can think of semester after semester where I have struggled ... 't know why I'd chosen to come to MIT, where everybody seemed to just talk ... believe them."]incredible stubbornness in getting things done

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023