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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  5 times. Hit the snooze button one more time after deciding to skip ... lecture is thermo & kinetics (5.60). This's actually a really interesting ... awake because of content. 11am - noon Next is biochem II (5.08). It's co

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  . Heads on to 5.111 (chemistry). 12:00 PM: Arrives in class. Professor ... proud of self. 5:02 PM: Decides to take a little break to reward self. 5

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  . For example, if you are going to stay up until 5:30 AM, you probably won ... cannot leave a bike unlocked for more than 5 minutes (this was during the ... for literally 5 minutes to go get something. Fortunately, I recovered

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  's email list: Subject: non-lounge reservation From: Sam Date: 5/17/07 1 ... Date: 5/17/07 1:55 PM To: conner 2 On that note, I'm reserving the floor ... Date: 5/17/07 2:02 PM To: conner 2 Just to introduce an opposing opinion

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Snively CPW By: Snively' 11

  

  CPW looked something like this: 2.5 Bawls sodas 2 red bulls 1 Sobe energy drink 1 energy drink water thing 5 cups of coffee I slept 5 hours

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  : Electricity and Magnetism (do they still have Teal classes?) - 5.111: General ... .00 (Intro to Psychology) instead. 5.111: Coming into MIT, chemistry was my ... the list of subjects we were already supposed to know for 5.111, I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  . Pizzeria Regina. Although we're taking a 5-day trip to Italy in two weeks, I ... open him. Sadly, there was no room for him in my luggage. 5. Cooking ... gigantic, very respectable milkshake for about $5 on a Saturday night? Oh

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  social life AND do well in all my classes?" I had the exact same question 5 ... (let's just say it's very close to 5.0). I had an absolute blast here ... the EXACT same concern 5 years ago, and am so incredibly glad I still

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

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

  

  ;> French. Sorry to my francophile readers. :) 5. M asked, Can you share some ... not top 5. UCSF Hot: Faculty and grad students seem to be best buddies ... for 4 years, but it takes 5.8 on average to get your PhD. Harvard Haven

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  The most wonderful time of the year No, not Christmas... IAP!

  

  some reason, we're on a five-point scale where an A is worth 5.0, B = 4 ... , for instance, I had to write that my cumulative GPA was a 3.5, even though my transcript says 4.5. Also, plus/minus modifiers are internal

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  term, my body can't normally sleep more than 8.5 hours in a night even if ... , it considers itself deprived on less than 8.5 hours per night, and prefers 9 or 9.5. Ah, the mysteries of life. Also, during term, my body is

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  -clothing-really-cool-all-purpose material is there? I know! Zip ties! (I spent about 5 minutes on the duct ... are blocked off for athletics: from 5 to 7. It's great that MIT is so ... 5-8 for dinner. If you eat lunch at noon or 1, you're going to get

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  great application I think being ranked 20th instead of 5th in your ... ), Medieval French Literature (a grad-level class) APs: seven 5s, five 4s, one 3 ... National Honor Society, and have a 4.0, 5s on all your APs, 1600 (or 2400 now

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  you a puppy. I awoke from uneasy dreams on the morning of July 4th at 5 ... before) and gave Megan a call at around 5:15 AM. Much of what Megan says ... book also lets you get 24 cent kiddie cones from J. P. Licks and huge $5

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  snip snip liberating the shoulder one free t-shirt at a time

  

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  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 28, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  first time in cdmx and first time out of the US, but not the first time having an ethnicity…

  

  5 We woke up starving and went to get brunch in Condesa around Parque México, which is only like a 5 minute walk from where my cousin lives. It ... ="117355" image2="117356" image3="117373" image4="117379" image5="117377" image6

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 15, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  sticker stories adorned on my water bottles

  

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  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  ="99289" image4="99290" image5="99286" /] [carousel image1="99274" image2 ... alumni group announced that if you donated 5 dollars you could skip the ... ,” and I blurted out that I would do it. I wanted a t shirt! So I donated 5

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

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  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  the hardest you’ve ever worked the firehose strikes again

  

  especially not when one is taking 5-7 classes. I wrote two dozen poems and a ... , repeat. Last night, at 6 am — I’d finished a pset at 5, but I’d drunk half ... worked.” I don’t know if that’s true — how does this compare against my 5

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 14, 2022