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• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  I didn't mean to write this entry. I sat down to write about some recent events I've been meaning to blog about for a while - and well, I ... . Pass/No Record is not an excuse to slack off and not learn the basics

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

  Summer’s End To everything there is a season.

  

  -checked all my saved strains of yeast, handed my notebook to my post-doc, had a ... sense of finality, of completion - of fulfillment. Today, I head back to ... amazing summer. I haven't even had the chance to blog about all the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  Tension filled the air as people were ushered in to 6-120. Scientists dotted the MIT campus, urging people to get to 6-120 as fast as possible ... final prototypes to an audience of industry representatives, parents, and

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• 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.

  

  birds called zebra finches, which are known for their ability to sing ... interest me without having to think about grades. I always look forward to going in to lab.” When Emilienne started her UROP, she spent a lot

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

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  family/friends aspect and making new friends =)" Moving away to college for me was something that I looked forward to and feared at the same time. There was one other person from my high school coming to MIT the

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline & Taking Questions Advice for RA applicants; I'll answer questions Thursday.

  

  students applying for regular action admission to MIT. This means that you ... to the deadline, the longer it will take our records office to process and for it to appear on your Application Tracking. Our records office is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Where’s Waldo? Hack Attack!

  

  to in my email inbox I receive this email. From: Friend with the Inside Scoop To: Me You should check out the Vassar side of Stata ("Razor ... motto is: "Have camera, will travel." Off to Killian Court I depart

  • by Bryan
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The career fair and emerging pop stars Thinking about life after MIT at the Career Fair...and then watching a fellow blogger transform…

  

  set-up booths in our athletic facility to try to recruit MIT students. While the fair was specifically tailored to graduating seniors looking for full-time jobs, underclassmen also attended to try to secure summer

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Man of Many Hat(ches) Keyword: Free.

  

  Shell play host to the Boston Pops on July 4th, but it also plays host to ... to rival volcanic eruptions are also very exciting to see. A few ... until I was old enough to have my own stereo system, I jammed out with her

  • by Bryan
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  This morning I went in early to image neurons on the confocal microscope again, and I was going to take pictures of the lab and our equipment for you guys -- I wanted to take them when I was in early, so I wouldn

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

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  Green stopped in the middle of lecture at 11:22 to administer it, and it ... on the chalkboard as a reference. In his words, the quiz was to "test ... to me an article that he found while perusing the most recent issue of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  auction to benefit a scholarship fund in Louisiana. One of my friends, Mike ... kindly. However, soon after, I began to worry about what my auction price would be. Fortunately, we were allowed to give a little paragraph about

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  undergrad level. So if you come to MIT (or any other top undergrad school), you'll talk to your fellow students and find that their acceptances and rejections don't seem to fit a pattern -- one person was accepted at School A

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Holiday Stories Here's mine. What are some of yours?

  

  to have an after-work event at which parents would construct gingerbread houses for their children to decorate in school the following day ... of moms, trying to follow instructions from Miss Stacy and Miss April

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  Thanks to reader Timur, who sent the bloggers some "holiday ... holidays. Over the last few days, we've been trying to catch up on all the ... meaning to get to, and found out that Ben had just answered her question

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  flops are my shoeware of choice, even I have to give in at some point and start wearing shoes and socks. To get ready for the winter, this week the ... called No Flip Flops which was full of pointers on how to survive a winter

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unfold I met my blog muse while doing the laundry, and then came this entry.

  

  over the other proves to be a mind-clearing activity. So while stuffing clothes into the drawer this week, I realized that since I've come to MIT, I've acquired a number of t-shirts in some shape related to MIT. I then realized

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Return of QBert Whack-a-mole, a piano player, and a whole lot of fun. All in 24 hours or…

  

  describing to you the journey would be a faux-pas on my part, so here it begins. So Saturday afternooon, I was en-route to a surprise dinner with my ... unmarked Toyota Matrix to New Hampshire. All I remember of the drive was

  • by Bryan
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Kresge Info Session Come integrate MIT, at least for an afternoon.

  

  and try to visit as many regions as possible to deliver presentations about the Institute. It's a challenge to convey MIT's vibrancy in a ... the office about a slideshow of MIT images or clips of MIT music to help

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  OMG. Bikes are amazing. So, I'll admit it: I'm stubborn. I like to ... was totally wrong about bikes on campus. I've always walked to class ... , and who am I to refuse free stuff? First, it took me under 10 minutes

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005