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  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  front desk of dorm. People hardly come by during this time, so get to get ... [by Kathy '09] Hi guys! I'm here to talk about "life as a biochemist ... -taught by the amazing Prof. Stubbe (who, in addition to being a brilliant

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  , drops by to take some pictures for her photography class project. 10 ... :02: T-2 mins… Time to get calculator, pencil, eraser, periodic table ... ’s time to put my phone away. 12:08: Walk out of 10-250 feeling WRECKED by

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  word for it, you will extremely appreciate it. It is so easy to get ... such a valuable experience to me can be summed up by the word opportunity ... school year’s resolution to get eight hours of sleep. Cheers to the school

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  , anyone can get in on the action by going to these public lectures that are ... of the best things about going to school at MIT is that you get to live ... intense fear of missing out, I've definitely made an effort to get out and

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  was! Nonetheless, it is done. Looking back to last summer, everything I ... prefrosh seem to be freaking out over imposter syndrome/is MIT too hard/am I smart enough to be here. And while I do see validity in these questions

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  From Markets to Math Class

  

  "treadmill" that MIT can be: Sometimes it's hard to take a step back. This is why I warn my freshman advisees against getting on "the treadmill." "The ... different or that you'd like to do and learn from), and then going straight

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 12, 2012
• Blog / Events

  The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri's novel comes to the Cambridge screen

  

  Last Friday, I went to the AMC Cambridge to see the big-seen adaptation of The Namesake. The film was based on the fantastic novel by ... stranger to MIT. She spoke here as part of the MIT Writers Series and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  -wracking. You don't really get a chance to redo college, but that doesn't stop you ... bitchiness. How did my high school friends get to know me? They initiated ... that delicious dose of serotonin that you might need to get through

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  finish the project by the time I graduate, I get to write the first draft ... to be my biology advisor (if you have two majors, you get two advisors ... -- and when Albert's not in the lab, I get to take over his desk! The

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  maintain a balance between the two groups. The best way to get to know us is ... , you'll get to interact with a sampling of the most active groups on ... 's student groups, as compared to the Welcome Festival on Thursday. COME! Get

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  melting spoon. I didn’t get the opportunity to use it very much. I made one ... Sometimes, you need to let things go up in flames. . . . I have ... of things to write about—there’s always something going on in my life

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  have to get there by 4 PM to pick one up. With a bike, this is no problem ... 's a pretty sweet deal. You get to learn the International Phonetic Alphabet and yoga, sing to each other, and get occasional master classes from

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To Defeat the Huns ...as Hamsika said, there's major business to get down to this semester.

  

  what I get. It’s going to be hard, but at least I know I got most of the ... graduate students or industry professionals) to defend their work and get ... .013 – Introductory Biology (a GIR class) I’m ALWAYS excited to take biology, but that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  about UROPs by researchers and edible applications to the class! (Thanks ... through Wednesday, for at least 3 hours a day. This forces you to get into ... 's always nice to get a little snail mail. 10. ESG schedules their classes

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.

  

  you to read ;) -Cam *footnote: word on the street is that we’re getting ... from a while back) Oy! Welcome to the much-belated “what I’m doing this summer” post. I’m working at Microsoft! Ok, post over, back to work

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 6, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.

  me, I'm trying to get everyone so familiar with what scientists and ... place called a library to get information. It was, of course, uphill both ways in the snow to get to the Institute back then. After a stint in

  • by mitblogs
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  're getting to campus. If you're arriving by air, you can take the airport ... ? And how did you get to be hosts? Are all the bloggers automatically ... Machine", and hopefully it will be working by the time you get here

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  class’s topic, or even because they are required to by the results of the ... good way to meet new people. By virtue of being HASS, they tend to ... .org/topics/life/student_life_culture/valentines_day_special_1.shtml) and continued to run into her with increasing frequency until

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  fact, all that hard; it's a lot harder to get into law school or medical school than it is to get into PhD programs in biology. And because not as many people apply, it's a lot easier to get into top-flight science

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To a mouse (or nineteen) A eulogy for my UROP mice... in the form of me explaining my UROP.

  

  get really good at it and they'll never make an error by going into the ... , which is one of the top three journals in biology. And I get to be co ... nineteen behavior mice, as I am done testing them and they are to be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 16, 2005