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  Blagoblagz*: Why I’m a History Major at MIT (Guest Blog!) By Dora '11, who is a Physics and History double major and is super awesome.…

  

  * for lack of a better title, I have taken the liberty of using the title of the word file Dora sent me. thanks for this awesome blog! :) by ... forsake one of my passions for the full pursuit of the other. But

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Richard III: Behind-the-scenes [by Grace Kane '11, Guest Blogger] What does it take to put on Shakespeare at…

  

  created some interesting challenges for both directors, designers, and actors. And, I'll admit, rather appropriate for a theater group that ... , some things didn't change (for instance, Richard and his cohorts all wear

  • by ARTalk
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Time That which I do not have.

  

  EMTs. Writing a short story for my HASS class was entirely entertaining and made me wish that every class I was enrolled in graded me for my ... . 2. Read - For my birthday, I received some great books, including "The

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  (ABC’s) for the 2nd semester. I'm going to grade my IAP. The following ... , so the report card was just for fun, but the serious question to ask is ... question popping up on Facebook statuses lately. For me, 18.02A was the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  Another Type of Mens et MANUS There are 20 students in iHouse. We were in 17 countries this summer. Beat that.

  

  considering a career in science would be to close the science textbook for a ... and Technology. ----- So every semester, iHouse (my dorm, for those ... 've been writing on this for so long that I assume you all know everything

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What it’s like being back

  

  , since my last post about my time in California for LiveScribe, I've flown ... see MIT for the first time as a real place and not just a picture in a ... understand that you're a student here, that for the next few years this is the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Millennium Scholar Culture shock gives way to passion for learning By Jason Hidalgo June 6, 2009 Just moving to a new apartment can be tough for some ... young Garay wasn't quite ready for the culture shock he would experience

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  , 2009 It’s very parents dream... for their child to graduate high ... . Augusta, GA—It’s packing day for 17-year-old Terence Dalbert ... ’s getting ready for summer classes at the Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Story Oh goody!

  

  As I've said many a time, but will say again for new readers, I live in Burton-Conner. In Burton-Conner we have kitchens, kitchens for ... ." "H- how?" This is a critical time for both Sara and Yuki. This is when

  • by Snively '11
  • July 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Monday Actually, I think I just made it to Tuesday.

  

  potato farmer in Idaho. I digress. Here's my schedule for the week, which ... TA for 8.022, a class of which I am partaking. -Physics dinner = I ... presumably for freshmen. At MIT, presumably. Maybe I presume too much. Maybe I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  to a time no earlier than 2 PM. Unfortunately for me, that will ... your chair. He spent four years waking me up at 5 AM for school, which is ... .) I've been taking the 8-9AM hour at desk every weekday morning for the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Wrapup I'm done!

  

  used lathes to turn and tap a plug for the end of our bottle. A tool ... table, etc. For much of the two weeks, the lab looked a lot like this ... excited for that! I'm filming this year (have I mentioned that?) and get to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  talks about fashion guidelines for people interested in that stuff, but I'd say that for the most part, people dress how they want to dress, there ... you. Seriously though, there are certainly some people here for whom

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  longed for something I had once enjoyed but could no longer possess. And I ... buddy Ben, you see, has had - for as long as I've known him - a slight ... , without even thinking, that I had found my going-away gift for Ben. Because

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston’s 4th of July Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has…

  

  location. 2. The Sailing Pavilion. For members of the MIT Nautical ... love creating their own venues for watching the festivities. Thanks to ... . The live cannons for 1812 are always a big hit. Here are some photos I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Win Sam Stuff! That, amongst other things.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" +…

  

  , but it's time to move on. :) Speaking of classes applying to MIT for ... with prospies and tell them how cool MIT is. I'd been on the tour for, oh ... to figure out what to do about that but for now I have broken metal

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  Professor Angelika Amon of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research ... proud of myself for making it on time - only to find that I wasn't even ... -doc and my primary mentor for the summer. After introducing me to a number

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  to head back home for a week ago and see my family (Boston is amazing ... what lab I'll be in: I'll be working in the Koch Institute for ... - and I'm sure he'll explain the finer details as we go along. As for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  . Moreover, this set is rather rigidly defined for undergrads; it's an old ... equiped to look pretty in the lab. For example, I can pour a gel, then set ... remember most about Cambridge. As for Biochemistry, I hope students in either

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Firehose Warning: insomniac blogger on the loose.

  

  'clock last night, with some breaks for sleeping and eating, I have spent most ... and alkynes in preparation for my upcoming midterms in 5.12 (organic ... differential systems for 18.03 (differential equations). Yes, I have two midterms

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 19, 2008