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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  tasks we put off during Selection. For me, this meant lots of returning ... reminded of an article I read a few years back:High schools work to ease stress in GPA competition At MIT, whether or not your school offers class

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  small strip of grass between Walker Memorial and Building 14. It was called Futurity Island: essentially, a very very tall honeycomb stack of ... that the pipes (a "symbol of the Anthropocene") are drawing our attention

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  whether or not to come to MIT when really I kind of just want to eat liquid nitrogen ice cream. CPW apparently is one of the best times of the year - as ... ... and a sense of loss of the warmth inside of me... blah, blah, blah." And

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freedom isn’t free. ...but a biology minor is, sometimes.

  

  -mail from Maxine, president of MIT's chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, which I'm not even really a member of. From: Maxine Date ... of building 2?" "I don't know, I dont think milk vending machines are

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part Two Interior photos of vacant East Campus dormitory rooms. (Photos of occupied/"lived-in" rooms are to come.)

  

  First of all, a big thank you to everyone who replied to my request ... second post of a three-part series, I will showcase some vacant rooms in ... to show the typical setup, furniture, and layout of a mix of rooms

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  guests are permitted in Institute Housing with the advance permission of all students of the room/suite in which the guest is staying. The host ... Before I get to the point of this entry, I'll answer a couple of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  beloved traditions at the Institute. Generations of MIT alumni, guests ... couldn't help but think of Fenway Park and the Red Sox. Fenway, I think, is ... . A Red Sox game will be one of the highlights of my MIT 5 Year Reunion

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Welcome Back, Kotter year #3 begins.

  

  Here goes year #3 at the Institute. On my plate this term: BE.310: Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics BE.370: Quantitative Physiology I: Cells and Tissues 2.002: Mechanics and Materials II 2.005: Thermal

  • by Bryan
  • September 7, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Singapore-MIT Alliance?

  from universities, research institutes, and industries in Singapore and
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  , particularly one with a large population of graduate students, means that ... as the grad students in my lab for probably a tenth of the salary ... common data set, over 60% of the classes at MIT have 19 people or fewer

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Collections Simple

  

  synopsis of everything I haven't blogged about. I spent a week in New York ... things I have been doing both inside and outside the confines of MIT. I ... I once did. I don't think as deeply about the opinions of the people

  • by Ella T. '25
  • October 23, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  out of 7.28 (Molecular Biology) at 1 PM, stopped by the lab for about 15 ... Newbury Streets; both are streets with a high concentration of shops ... weasel out of ski lessons, since I don't own a pair of ski pants. So this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  the inky blackness of words on a page because honestly, when we have 198 pages of lecture notes to get through, the last thing we want to concern ourselves with is the existential crisis of some whiteness. But when something

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  Cornell 10 months ago I made a promise to return in each of the next three years to attend the graduations of all of the students that I admitted to that fine university. Here is the story of one of the very first students

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Doonesbury Conclusion Official Doonesbury news.

  

  of the votes from making it into the poll. The idea of outing the main culprit was briefly considered (a 5'8", 115-lb. freshman from New York -- it ... on the updated version of his hack site, "only keep one instance of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  cognitive augmentation probably the most mindblowing course i’ve encountered at mit

  

  limits of what i thought was possible with present-day technology. in this ... human sensory capabilities by means of implant technology. this study ... simple application of technology to emotional regulation. the problem here

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  you having to get up. You forget that this is an institute of world ... like a turtle in three pairs of sweatpants and two sweatshirts and a lot of sweat trying to get over this ridiculous cold-flu-thing - let's just

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  learning community that offers all of the core classes in smaller classes. It ... promise I haven't fallen off the earth! Coming off of pass/no record, though, is taking a little bit of adjustment. Speaking of adjustment.. This

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  First: Hello! Long time, no talk. I feel like each of my entries this ... 's gotten into me :( Second: this weekend is going to be EXCITING! I know of ... screen, since they tend to crack. sitting in the very center of an exam

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  In 1981, Gerald Fink was a professor at Cornell and a member of a ... split over the idea of establishing an MIT-affiliated but independent research facility on campus that would be known as the Whitehead Institute

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019