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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  Yes, I’ve read a bunch of books since my last post. No, I didn’t feel like writing about them. I’ll be back at school soon, where I’ll actually have cool…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 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…

  

  I warn you: this is a depressing entry. Last week I finally finished reading Rosalind Franklin: the Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox. I say “finally” because I’m pretty…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  OK, so we’re going to follow up on this white water rapids question. Some interesting theories have been tossed around, and I’d like to discuss them, because I have nothing…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  Ruth said: “Seriously, update! A more pictures, less blocks of text. Go!” The girl wants pictures, let’s give her pictures: Ruth Miller ’07, the newly-elected Undergraduate Association Vice President, gracefully…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is just a tribute I wrote a really long, funny entry. And then my browser window reloaded.

  

  both the single and dual moguls portions of Sunday River's Bust 'n' Burn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  After two weeks of pure torture (that’s what MIT is in the end, don’t kid yourself), I was really looking forward to relaxing this weekend. Of course, I did nothing…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And for my next trick… ...I'll make J.B. confess to copying the answers to Ms. Hauser's test!

  

  So here’s the new plan: instead of me always spending all week planning out these elaborate blog entries for you guys involving photos, anecdotes, lots of links, and coherent structure,…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Days in NYC

  

  Regulation Insights: http://www.nera.com/Newsletter.asp?n_ID=27. For more

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  point, all the research skills she has honed over the past n years are all

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pommes et manus Turkeys into oil, apples into beavers... it's all good.

  

  past N years. About 5 years ago, some sophomores from Conner 2 decided

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  Friday night was Burton 3rd’s “Anything But Clothes” party, which is exactly what it sounds like. I personally had no intention of going, but I knew two of my best…

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

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  .85 Class rank: N/A College classes: Creative Writing (an intro class

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So many problem sets

  

  surface area of 0.03 mm2, a specific membrane capacitance of cm = 10 nF/mm2

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pop quiz, Viktor I finally discover what happens when you rapidly cool hot metal. Now my life is…

  

  :01:45 EDT] From: Brian N. To: Sam Maurer Subject: Re: bad science question On

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  , prevention of dementia and dyslexia. Enrollment limited to 25. T. N. Byrne 11

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On schools & context

  

  Question #1, I'd love to get Parent Question #2 (and 3, 4... n).

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Curseroad MIT class roadmaps that shouldn’t exist but theoretically could

  

  this year. Course 6n’t For better or worse, my own MIT degree audit is ... Prior Credit All the ASEs 150 N/A Freshman Fall [annotation note ... Credit All the ASEs 150 N/A Freshman Fall [annotation note="Intro to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  CMU / Parallel Universe i am not a clown

  

  Wean and Doherty are connected, but floor N of Doherty is connected to floor N+4 of Wean. Anyway, it wasn't too bad; I found the grading room a ... ceremonies. On the way, I finally meet up with Daniel N. CMU '24 and Eric O

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  rental car. Because I was in California, my first stop was In-N-Out. I have a confession; actually, it's more of a declaration: In-N-Out is not ... a lot of burger places, and it is not. Instead, In-N-Out is to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  i’ve started collecting cds. i think part of this has come from wanting to return to physical media, things i can hold in my hand and feel the weight of.…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025