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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  got a job working at the computing help desk last semester- you know, I ... -field-hockey-season-rest I had allocated for myself was officially over, so I should get my ... dying to do for years- I went to a kickboxing class! (MIT has kickboxing

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  as the "international symbol for Frank O. Gehry architecture." This is ... -discussed Stata Center at MIT, also designed by Frank O. Gehry and completed just a ... ?" Yes, MIT is infamous for accumulating a collection of unusual and (dare

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1,000 students this year. Based on our ... for large numbers of people. Most people on the waitlist will not be ... waitlist, everything will still turn out well for you in the end. What should

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  IAP without learning a little bit, at least. Let's hop in the Techno ... 'd spend 4 hours every Saturday at etiquette school trying to learn how to ask a girl for a dance to how to enjoy the whipped cream from my sundae

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rejoicing A few things worth celebrating.

  

  ), but I can't go home yet because I have 7.31 at 3:00 in the Whitehead Center for Biomedical Research. So I'm a) alleviating boredom, b) avoiding ... which are probably consumed by watching for your friendly neighborhood

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  idea was that??) (Note: to look up the link for 5.60, I had to go to the ... find Chemistry in the C's rather than the F's -- for five, the chemistry ... -- sort of. They've been on hiatus for the past few years, and they

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

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  arrives, only for it to go out of service Happened to me too many times ... then same thing — a number of those will pull back to the garage at the ... finishes a run as an 86 at Sullivan Station, but then needs to start its next

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  nothing really matters or does everything? a tale of epiphanies and a crisis

  

  A while back I gave a presentation at MIT called Three Epiphanies and ... portion of their time on Earth? Then, at the pit of my despair, I had another thought. What if I’m looking at things the wrong way? What if the

  • by kellen manning
  • May 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving and a Small Hack Quick updates from tropical Boston

  

  which nobody was very attentive, I’m sure), and, at the appointed time ... , baked, cooked, or at least pretended to, and had an extravagant dinner ... start our list indices at 0 like real programmers). The food, company, and

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 27, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Moving Across The Pond From One Cambridge to Another

  

  . Patiently waiting to be interrogated and yelled at for misplacing all my papers. My first few weeks at Cambridge flew by. Participating in meets ... , signed up for a dozen more mailing lists than I should have and tried my

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 6, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  looking at a presidential election quiz; a long discussion about the ... was looking at it from up above, instead of face-on. I noticed that some ... still red, etc. What the heck? The obvious next step: look at the screen

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?

  

  another couple of weeks -- if we don't have it at that point, you'll ... missing materials sent to us. But at this point, we're only reading ... requests: At this time, do not send a second copy of something that you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  About a week and a half ago, I arrived at Logan airport to start this ... ) without a flash 2) late at night and 3) with my low-spec camera surely ... goodness. We got in, whoop-dee-doo. But at the core, it's so much more than

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biology-inspired design from MIT alums What happens when you bring together nature and technology? I think you'll like the result.

  

  and Jessica are doing at Nervous Systems. For that, we need photographs ... meets girl. Girl falls for boy. Boy and girl combine their knowledge of ... . How in the world did you both go from doing engineering at MIT to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Odds and Ends It's what's left

  

  Some friends and I were chatting the other day, marveling at how ... in at a pathetic and embarrassing two (not counting the two days we get off for thanksgiving). And one of those is just a rando

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stayin’ Classy Workworkworkworkworkwork *deep breath* workworkworkwork.

  

  us are gasping for a break. There's a definite pick-up in the amount of ... of its clasp and break, at which point I was sad and felt like a failed scientist. At least the flask was empty, though... (3) 9.01 - Intro to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  lectures about Haitian culture and sustainable development. At the same time ... take to disseminate in Haiti at the end of April. I'm working with Anila ... D-Lab, a lab/class at MIT that focuses on sustainable technology in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  that a while when we were walking and later eating at a quiet thai ... when walking home, feeling happy and full with a sunset hot at our backs ... could I would. --------- Being at such a crossroads in my life

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  'm doing a bad job at this regular updating thing. I promise that within the ... classes, and some of you are probably curious about the classes offered at ... -chemical basis for the structures of nucleic acids, proteins, and carbohydrates

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

  Engagement Party Salsa dancing with Benjamin Franklin and Optimus Prime

  

  My dear former floormate Shannon '05 (who's still at MIT pursuing her Masters in Course 16: Aero/Astro) held an engagement party last Saturday at MIT, and at first I was going to spend the weekend in NYC, but then I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 8, 2006