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  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  who have already packed. They get to do this: I am not one of those ... applying to MIT or admitted students who are still unsure/scared, I may be ... year was awesome and I loved it. You will too. Don't worry. Feel better

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  [by Patrick '09] I am another Biochemist coming from MIT to Cambridge. I am not nearly as advanced as Kathy, so I have no lab work at all. Instead, I take a lecture course, hashing out the basics. Differences

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

  

  During first semester I published a nice little entry about my ... How else would I know about all the awesome hacking that happens at MIT? Uncle John's Bathroom Reader This is where I get all of my random

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  There are only a few authors whom I feel very strongly about, let ... excitement when I saw a poster advertising her upcoming MIT visit, which was sponsored by the MIT Literary Society. I literally jhumped for joy (ouch, yea

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  People often find it shocking when I say it, but if MIT was in Illinois, I wouldn't have *matriculated. Though the MIT campus within itself ... outside MIT. The "M," if you will. After graduating, I kind of felt like

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  (I have a lot more unfinished posts on their way - as well as answers ... here's a brief message brought to you by my junk mail.) I have a first ... - which is fun, but can lead to a lot of confusion. When I first started

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading That's perhaps the best title I've ever come up with.

  

  I recently discovered that they also happen to be getting married on ... express that something is rare or unlikely to happen. But I work at MIT, you see - which means that on a daily basis I'm not surrounded by most

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  One week down! One of you asked about what I'm doing down here -- I ... train routes and service. I'm working with some great people, and you know ... 're doing. So far, I've been gaining a wide overview of how BNSF runs their

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Unless, of course, you've decided to do something with all that free time.

  

  I said I'd do it, no? Many of these websites won't have information ... . YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO ANY SUMMER PROGRAM TO GET INTO MIT, by the way. I ... living in a dorm on campus. I was in this program for two summers (I took

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breakfast with a Genius Okay, so I stole the genius joke from Bryan. But it's still true.

  

  When I grow up, I want to be Suzan-Lori Parks. Only, you know, not ... favorite author; I even met her a few years ago at a discussion/book signing ... are held in 10-250 - I have both my 5.112 and my 18.02 classes in there

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 28, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  , my interviewer was pretty surprised at the range of colleges that I was ... ... In hindsight, my decision-making process was flawed, though I know I ended up right where I belonged. I'll never forget peopleТƒфs surprise

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  Nick asked: "I was wondering how you got your job at the NIH National ... complete a Senior Research Project and I thought it would be neat to do my research at the NIH. So, I dug around the NIH website (http

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time ... your lingering concerns? Etc. Anonymous asked, "How do I go about requesting an extension for May 1? I have not received my financial aid

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  There are two or three backlogged entries that I want/need to write. Unfortunately, with term starting up again, I've been preoccupied with classes. I'm doing a bad job at this regular updating thing. I promise that within the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…

  

  Since I just finished a 5.60 problem set, my brain is approximately the consistency of fuzz, and I am going to confine myself to writing ... idea was that??) (Note: to look up the link for 5.60, I had to go to the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  fairly reasonable restrictions, and my roommate and I decided to take full advantage of this. Who wants a room that's painted "Institute white"? I mean ... student would: we improvied. By which I mean we measured a shelf, rounded it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  Today was the first day of academic year 2005-2006 at old Tech! (I don't know why that deserved an exclamation point. Probably because I ... holiday in October. To celebrate the year's start (and because I'm lazy), I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Tofu corndogs and low-fat ice cream

  

  Today marks the tenth day of my ill-conceived diet, and all I want ... strictly true. Today should be day 11 of my diet, but on day 2 I feasted on ... glorious pre-turning-20 days, I never worried about my weight, except if it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sun off a beach The one where it rains. I mean, another one where it rains.

  

  people I don't really know and I went down to Carson Beach today and then ... them now. Unfortunately, since I travel around every day with a personal ... Mafia, Moo, and President. I just want to say right now, Moo is like the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  College Confidential message boards), I've noticed an abundance of ridiculous stereotypes about MIT and MIT students. I'm a little touchy about ... person and keeps telling me to "find the good". I decided to "find the good

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005