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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 -
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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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 -
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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 -
Blog / Residential Life
what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what
#2). When I think of my love for New York, I think of days like that ... . From the same booklet as #39, and also a view of New York that makes me ... Covering my walls in postcards and various other pieces of paper is -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Sentimental Objects (part three) junior trinkets
This is the 3rd part of our 4 part Sentimental Objects series! Here ... memorabilia from the school year! He has yet to successfully hold ALL of ... -ish shape, and will now describe all of them as we reminisce. 1 -
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 -
Blog / IAP
What I Did on Registration Day I registered.
about (yet), caught an elevator* to the 6th floor of the Kavli Institute ... 10:51 PM, on the farewell eve of Infinite Activities Period: School resumes in twelve hours, a carton of eggs waiting to crack and hatch their -
Blog / Admissions
A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17
topic you’re investigating, or the societal effects of a technology you ... In the midst of a whirlwind-like semester I promise to eventually blog about, I had the chance to connect to Vaishnavi at one of the -
Blog / Admissions
You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)
mail, but that was back before MIT had the technology in place for online applications. (What???) I'm hesitant to dole out reams of application advice ... a wheelbarrow full of salt, I remind myself of the wise words of My So -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Nisha’s Video Game Review cloud is judging me for this
that sort of analysis is too rigorous for this blog post, and also too ... of post for restaurants before we all got kicked out of Cambridge, but ... permanently humongous backlog of video games that I barely manage to make a dent -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…
" degree? When my acceptance letter from MIT arrived, things got a little ... torn up, I happily made my way to Boston in the fall of 2005. However ... ) Program, and experienced one of the best weeks of my life. Ever since then -
Blog / Challenges
My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye
return offer. Obviously, it's nice to be on the other side of things ... put a lot of stress on myself for not having a job offer in hand. Let ... About a year ago, in the midst of job recruiting season, I wrote a