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  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  for the program mentors’ training—my first work trip and solo hotel stay ... library card for work and now have the power of access to the world's best ... from the 1970s-1990s (and even 2000s). The best parts of medical papers

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  quantum optics – think lasers, mirrors, and whatnot. Except instead of the ... first place.) The Quantenkoffer handles most of this tricky alignment ... all about two things: demonstrating the fundamental properties of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  high school. Never had to study, always aced everything. And some of the GIRs just flat out crushed him. Chemistry was the worst, and one of his ... the fact that our students are so aware of their own limits and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  bueno Muses, first rate Resonance, and of course gotta love the ladie ... members of the MIT Marching Band and MIT’s vocal groups. As it turns ... ’ place. But I love the feel of it. And now, a small sampling of my

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come in, we’re open

  

  -retentiveness, c) dislike of hard labor, and d) all of the above. If I could wave my ... playing Gamecube and/or discussing the political leanings of Jesus at 4 AM ... and I decided, much to the chagrin of staunch Catholic Seve '05, that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike

  

  's why: reddit has a good breakdown of the bills and some of the worst ... the heart of everything MIT stands for, and what we try to do here on ... such bill working its way through both houses of the Congress right now

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  , but without the FPOPs and orientation. I felt angsty because I felt like we (the class of '24s) were supposed to just get it. Like we were supposed to just know where the lounge for our newly declared majors was, and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  's hardships and stupidities were swept away from my little corner of the ... and ship yourself to the college of your dreams. Writing this would make ... the heart and soul of MIT, the crème filling in our Oreo of academic

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  ; I’m intimately familiar with the feeling of overworking and of ... people and the world around me, exploring new parts of myself. It ... carefully sorting through the mess of thoughts and experiences I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  today. I might not. Three days ago I sat and waited on the patio of a ... . Between the two of us, Rob and me, we know a fair number of Santa Feans. It ... the smell of skunk on the road. I sat down nearby and met a thin old man

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Actually Doing Things or not...but actually, really

  

  , and things of the sort, I didn’t end up with a lot of time to pset ... classes would affect me in the long term, and spent a lot of time talking to ... bacteria that grow in the dark and the light. See this picture? I took it

  • by Stanley G.
  • November 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  's true for biology is pretty true for all of the natural sciences). First ... I'm interviewing at five of the top seven programs in biology -- and ... the members of graduate admissions committees are professors and they

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP reveal!! it's like a gender reveal but important

  

  month (and the rest of the semester), all of my non-class related energy ... mentor, and I'm the only person responsible for actually doing any of the ... the lore and details out of the way, it's time to get serious.  

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 11, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  exercising without the pressure of pushing myself to be better and better ... Today marks my last first day of classes (LFDOC!) as an undergrad at ... the swim test lol) For the first time, I have no mandatory soccer

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  3 Simple Steps for Making New Friends Guide to Meeting People

  

  at the center of the room, and quietly slid to the edge of the room ... : Burton, and Conner. "]Conner-side[/annotation] elevator(s) instead of the ... ! And I realize that all of the rooms with unknown people could all be

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  Every summer, I tend to get a lot of the same questions about life at ... avid daycationer. When you live within an hour and a half of Lake Tahoe, the bay area, wine country, and Monterey, you tend to be a daycationer

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  step out of their slumber and into the courtyard. I put a patty on the ... couch you'll sleep in, I'm gonna head to class now. The first class I had ... what happens, the show must go on. You have to maintain composure and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Out I attempt to top Emo Walt Whitman, even though I'm only taking a brief reprieve…

  

  pouring rain to the Z center for dance practice, or feelings of panic and ... on the plane home, and then got home and found out Sam had written his ... , and posted it while I was on the plane, so basically Sam is a big

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 27, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  microscope again, and I was going to take pictures of the lab and our equipment ... synaptic cleft and bind to receptors on the outside of the postsynaptic ... neurons, and I was wondering if you've heard of the theory that neuron

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  from the Department of Conservation and Recreation, you'd better hope you ... 't know what happened to your week. Fortunately, it's not most weeks of the ... been very comfortable behind the wheel, and I relax most when I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010