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• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  interview weekend, and over the course of my travels to California schools ... Dave '07 go to the store and buy many, many pounds of bacon (both piggy ... was given a lot of freedom regarding the direction of the project and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jugal Shah- Improving the technique of High Resolution Quantitative Autoradiography Sophomore Jugal Shah is improving a boron imaging technique that may potentially enhance a promising…

  

  both of his passions. Jugal found his UROP by searching the websites of professors whose research involved the combination of Biology and Nuclear ... the intense classes, variety of research, and interesting people. He is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Some notes for applicants Thoughts for both EA & RA applicants.

  

  advance of the January 1 deadline, if you can. It will save you and us some ... information about this, check out the Financial Aid website and also Daniel ... for your interviewer (Educational Counselor) on the MyMIT website

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  classes since the first semester of senior year, and to be honest, my high ... because of the way it is. My Last Two Weeks in Spain, and Thoughts: Doing ... representation of Europe =p). I browsed the duty-free shops, and thought about

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Frank Zappa played The Pope on an episode of Ren and ... ? And, yes, I probably don't appreciate the intricacies of passing the ... system and advancement of teams to the round of 16... how France are almost

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  the index finger of his right hand. All 17 of his grandkids knew what ... Report (USNWR) released its rankings and MIT fell to the number 7 slot ... -known problems associated with the USNWR rankings; my fellow blogger and colleague

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  from the shackles and am finally cooking for myself again. The first ... one. We love rice cookers here in the blogs, and for good reason. First ... more than a week's worth of food. The first thing I made was tomatoes

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  what is and isn’t me (rush, part 1) and the somewhat methodical unraveling of self

  

  became a brother of Theta Chi. I'd talked a lot to Noah about the whole concept of rushing, and he'd felt similar to me when first coming to MIT ... were your standard, run-of-the-mill, generally-malicious and rather

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • October 7, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  each other within a certain area of the bird’s brain, and the ... begin working in one lab by the end of IAP and, despite being a member of ... researchers in the lab, who all have a great sense of humor and are always

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  've been eating well, and the schoolwork hasn't affected any of my habits ... hours straight, and there were no signs of the downpour letting up. I put ... . The house was without electricity and running water for quite a while

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  first time in a while, was crisp and cool, the temperature at which you ... of my life, and I like to tell myself, at least, that I’ve done the ... any less of you for it.  And I think love must be in the little things

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  coffee, and anxiety. Suddenly, the faint siren song of summer beckons me ... off of Craigslist over ten years ago, and the interface hasn’t changed ... [/annotation] workday.  The thought of quitting first crosses my mind when I’m loitering

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  of amazing as well. First thing in the Fall, I'm trying out for both ... asking a lot of questions of the alums and the current MIT students who ... , five were girls and one was a guy, yet none of the MIT alumni present

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  As some of you may have noticed, the world didn't end on Wednesday like I thought it would (for the rest of you, look outside, yup it ... being annoying to those around me under the guise of it having no

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Punting

  

  freshers from Gonville and Caius College (one of the 31 colleges at Cambridge ... , and avoid pseting (the opposite of punting is tooling). But here in the ... picture!!! The really pretty panoramic picture you see on top of this page

  • by Cambridge
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  ; and as a prefrosh, getting a glimpse of the amazing things my future ... ) are able to take some of the wood and reuse it for their own ends. When ... , because I was super busy during deconstruction and she did most of the work

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  computer the whole weekend, I was ready to take advantage of this weekend off ... time, I came to the alarming realization that my first set of graduate ... September of my sophomore year, and I was practically crying all the way to

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a driver, I’m a winner Things are gonna change, I can feel it.

  

  whole brevity thing." This is sure to be one of the prouder moments of my ... those of you who know me can guess, the other six entrants were really no competition for me in the field of SPAM. Here's my award-winning speech. "My

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  AUGUST 10 Update! I'm bumping this to the top of the page (shameless ... out there! Don't let go of your chance to fame and glory on the MIT Admissions page! :) Contest closes this weekend, and the winners will be

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  entered the lottery for advising seminars (and may apply for one of the ... blogger would be kind of overkill? I really love the whole concept of the ... 't appropriate. Many thanks, and hope you're enjoying the rest of your summer

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008