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• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  , then took a few hours to talk to friends and eat potato chips. If I had a choice between studying an extra two hours for a test and doing a critical

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Low The first in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Zinedine Zidane.

  

  destination. In the 36 hours we spent there, I think we got to see about one ... walk around, as we had another three hours to wait before more members of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About the MCATs All about the MCATs and what you need to take to prepare for it!

  

  it would be really difficult to sit still for 8 hours (yes, the test ... 19, so until then I have the pleasure of going to 2 1/2 hours of class

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  hour on this [obscenity] freezing day when I had an [obscenity] early ... the party so that I could pretend to sleep for half an hour before

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  Speaking from experience, having a UROP is a big time and emotional investment. On average, UROPers spend eight hours in the lab per week and a lot ... , he has a lot of flexibility in his hours since all he needs is his

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  ? What I consider success has dramatically changed. I spend countless hours in lab watching the hours go by until I get an interesting data point

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  universities; you're expected to spend about 12 hours on the class between ... undergraduate major, so we had to pretend we were cutting out 3 hours somewhere

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  , like, half-hour showers and no one's ever complained. In my old suite ... I usually get about 7 hours of sleep a night... I get really grumpy if

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  teach 8.962 to graduate students. I will assume office hours are ... many additional classes (so 15 hour problem sets are reasonable). I'm not

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  , IAP is a really great time to start because you can work up to 40 hours ... for two hours, while they explained everything from their choice of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire three whole hours before anyone else ... order to make a movie that was less than 6 hours long, but I thought they

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  scheduled during those 2 hours. If coaches decide to hold practices say, from ... those 2 hours. That said, next time I see Kevin '09, who lives next door

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work VII The triumphant conclusion! Plus, the CIA is watching me.

  

  few hours and went up to check it out. This is Brian: Over the past ... about 15 hours painting and this is what we've got to show for it. Ruth

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dig if you will a picture. My name appeared in The Tech; now I am immortal.

  

  , but in the course of one hour in 7.06: Cell Biology we discussed ... ! 7. Ruth and I have painted for about 12 hours each over the past three

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work I Ruth and I paint our rooms. First in a seven-part miniseries directed by Ken Burns.

  

  White put on this summer. After several hours of taping down old copies ... xanga. EDIT 08/09/05: Ruth and I painted for five hours tonight. My room

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  our quest for Most Touristy 3 Hours. Ever. You'd be surprised how ... hours too early. When this happens, the only acceptable thing to do is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hi, My Name Is: (insert name here) name my newest pet and win BIG! prizes and fame included!

  

  roam free for hours upon hours. When I lived in Florida, this pet was

  • by Bryan
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode I: Hey Joe The one with the game of ultimate frisbee in the rain.

  

  paranoid and got to the bus station an hour early and got on the magic 5 ... . Optimistic, we headed off to bed for five hours. Sorry, I gotta get some sleep

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  “That is NOT an ice cream flavor.” wasabi + ginger + ice cream = disaster

  

  , people waited over an hour in line; now that's dedication. I did wait in ... , people are really hardcore and get up at all hours to wait in line for

  • by Bryan
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  should probably do that too.” Hawaii Standard Time is six hours earlier ... college. I feel more tired than the number of hours say I should, and when the days get short I'm sometimes only awake for three or four hours of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025