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  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  . That makes me sad, but I can live with it, thanks to the rest of you ... for everyone - via the blog.) As for what you can do... Marilee has ... 's unfortunately not much you can do, as you were likely deferred for space reasons

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  Office get a sense of what your passions are and how you have explored them ... -. For the mitochondrial genome notation a strain can be ρ+ or ρ- where the ... heat capacity of water is 4.1 J/gm/K. As you can see, problem sets are a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter one Reporting on location from Fort Worth.

  

  (Only in Texas can you legally drive 80mph on an Interstate highway ... around here and if you want to get around, you need a vehicle. I guess that ... greater-than-walkable distance... can you tell I'm rediscovering the joy of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  you get from 4am psets - they are not "fun" in the strictest sense ... that tools will appear if the idea is planted in you. Learn about poetry, and you will acquire literacy to write your own. At MIT, students are

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  , always cut it out. Never use the passive where you can use the active. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can ... encounter situations where crisp, compelling writing can express your feelings

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

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  their future home on campus. For those of you who haven't already decided where you're going to live, REX is the perfect time to explore MIT’s dorms and pick the place where you fit in best with the culture and residents

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  counterparts...but now I'm really getting into territory where I can't continue ... can see how easily you can get into trouble if you don't know the ... know how when you can't think of the exact word you want to use to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  compounding, you should start while you’re still a student if you can.  Continue ... than you realize, can be achieved even with modest earnings, and puts you ... after you leave that common ground.  If you can keep one or two close to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  applied again and got in. Yes, sometimes if you try again you can get lucky ... little habits and New Year’s Resolutions you can promise yourself, but ... yourself too good to get imposter syndrome, because didn’t you work hard

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  early, you can check out Matt's earlier post on the subject, or ask him ... " to be accepted to MIT, and I can tell you for sure that the majority of ... will get you into MIT - otherwise why would we need a thousand freshmen

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  -cream flavor. You decide to give out samples to as many test subjects as you can ... result to the CEO (coded blue). As you can see from the diagram, “Yes” is ... flavor is not rolled out. Can you see why?Notice that the first figure has

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  that matters and you can put together the pieces or assumptions or what ... me that is still so, so bitter that you get to move on with your life ... where the anger comes back because it was you that made me like this, that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Every square is a rectangle A brief look at every student activity at MIT.

  

  decided that I will probably never square dance, even if you can get PE ... payoff being that you get free summer housing plus a stipend in exchange ... for you with their logo on it. Still, I've reached a point where I feel

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  feminist you are, I'm sure that you can see that it can seem a little ... encountered direct discrimination. No one's ever said, "You can't do that ... can be anything you want to be when you grow up," and "You can be

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  DNA finally gets into the nucleus where it can be expressed. Sid says ... microspheres that can potentially be used to develop a cancer vaccine. Genetic ... inserting beneficial DNA into the nucleus of a cell. The tough part is getting

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  to offer some tips about how you can get the most of your time on ... you pick an event where you can meet up with your student each day ... Financial Services so you can stop in and get your questions answered. On

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just a little advice…

  

  can't wait to meet you guys come CPW and next year if you decide to ... you're not." She knew exactly where I was going with this. She went into ... messages for you prospective '10s. Congratulations to those of you who were

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  class with an enrollment cap, email the prof asking if they can save you a ... interest.  2. Ask the prof if you can still join their class I was so ... you’ve just spent hours curating. don’t get too attached to them.

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Work, friends, sleep – pick three In which I manage time effectively.

  

  to get to my UROP at 10. Eight hours of sleep. SKILLZ, I TELL YOU ... . It sounds like all kinds of amazing. ^_^ P.S. Devin wants you to ... 's not the real reason I'm posting. (Actually, it is, but I figured you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You win some, you lose some. day in the life.

  

  :30. This means I didn't get my test back. And this suits me alright. Last ... to colleges that don't usually really get a lot of love, the Zion Bible ... around to getting dressed it was about 2:30 and I put on my SPS Shirt

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2008