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  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  front desk for students to use. The receptionist smiles at me as I hastily ... for 18.02 (multivariable calculus), which is one of the freshman GIRs. Each semester, the Math Department (and most other majors at MIT) hire a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  DONE (sorta) If I'm done, why am I still stressed?

  

  + Roller Blades = awesome. Rumor has it that I can get a fine for skating inside buildings but nobody has yelled at me yet (well, except for Copy ... . This morning I woke up at 5:30 and went skating for a couple of hours. I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  crystalline side-chain block copolymers for actuator applications". That's a bunch of big words for a simple idea. 1: Attach liquid crystals (the ... to two synchrotrons: The one at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  easy, in that order Record for number of grapes held in mouth at one time ... ..), but I haven't posted at all in March, and if I stopped posted entirely ... until about a few weeks after I graduate. Also, I made fun of Ben for not

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  when I walked in. Go ahead, laugh at me for overreacting and nearly ... mailbox. My parents are in NYC at the moment (today's their anniversary ... keyring, so I was essentially screwed. I yanked at the box, hoping that it

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  locked it up for me, after which we took the bus to Harvard to see a comedy show. We spent quality sister time together for a bit before I rode the bus back. 2. I am back at the student center, conveniently without my

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  switched to soprano, and have been singing at pitches only heard by canines ... care of sick students in my hall and at MIT in general, which I'm really ... , pianist, feelings-book kind of guy, and not at all your typical frat brother

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Cornell and she is responsible for some of the biggest lessons that I ... she'd just take me at my word because I was an admissions professional. I left her house not at all sure if I'd see her application. Lesson

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

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  much at peace. Last night I went to see the opening night premiere of ... crowds, especially for big releases. The last crowd I was in that was this juiced was for The Matrix: Revolutions, and don't expect to be in one again

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  take at MIT! CourseRoad is an invaluable tool for MIT students – it has ... . 18-wheeler truck At MIT, most classes count for 12 units of academic ... . Well, remember how I said that most classes at MIT count for 12 units

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

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  rest cook for themselves in our suite kitchens (or more realistically pay for other people to cook better food and deliver it to them). Much of ... the details soon. And now for the main event. CPW 2017 Events A Entry

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  hear about how cool MIT is. In either case, I have something for you. What is CASE?  CASE stands for Class Awareness, Support, and Equality ... adjust to life at an institution like MIT. I regret that I didn't get to go

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  At about 10 am on Thursday there were about 100 people in lecture for ... about how proteins made in the cell are marked for distribution to where ... seat for you right here.” Madeline sat down on his knee and they

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  headquarters. For those of you who don't know, Hasbro makes Mr. Potato Head ... ended up submitting a resume for a summer position. I got the job and ... prototypes for our very own line of toys, ElectroPlushies! We took our toys to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  triumph of nature. For just a few months, the landscape alters dramatically ... attention. My summer at home, before and after Alaska, was mellow. Restful ... rest at the roots of the ecosystem we are all a part of: generosity

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2026 are now ... .'] 14,781 students applied for early admission[/annotation] to the MIT ... enrolled at MIT.  We [annotation note="I know this looks like a large number

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester tfw classes are my saving grace

  

  I've never been so excited for a semester. I'm taking classes that ... 'm around two weeks into it at this point, so it wasn't a sudden shift alongside the start of the semester, but damn. I was in this relationship for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  year since 2004 while directing the Media Lab's Center for Bits and Atoms ... (almost) anything: it's a semester-long crash course on making for those who ... good idea for a while, but after an hour of congratulating myself on how

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  , we like to talk about MIT Beef and the Lab for Chocolate Science. I ... research opportunities are available? In preparation for a visit program, I ... and a bit chaotic, but several things were happening at once: my meeting

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  international students.   MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2018 are now available at >>>       ... before logging in to decisions.mit.edu. 6,820 students applied for early

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2013