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  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of ... -sensing contact lens that has a little patch of color that changes in response to ... to hang out with students on a Saturday night! I think it says volumes

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  running out of time the woes of every single graduating student

  

  ...," nor can I quantify the anxiety it evokes. I did a "senior sale" to get ... , but this time, it's a race against the clock counting down to ... 2020, a mere seven months into my freshman year, it's hard to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Got Us iPads! [UNBOXING VIDEO] ft. my cat and my new apple pencil

  

  announced intentions to ship a cellular-enabled iPad and Apple Pencil to every ... least once a day, so I was intrigued by the data plan, to say the least ... , I'm not one to turn down free stuff. So, it was a no-brainer -- I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Rudolph Family Weekend Better late than never, right?

  

  to the rescue. You see, this summer, my sister threw her phone off a ... first one is funner to say. (Funner. It is a word. (Also, nested ... everyone's... but mine. In mathspeak, for all MIT students not equal to Kate

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  To give you a flavor (well, many flavors) for what MIT students do ... as you reply to this email? I am currently replying to you as I eat a ... , almost directly beneath the Citgo sign. A brownie in a mug! I'll have to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  directly corresponds to a nearly 1:1 ratio in the admitted pool. I'll admit ... point I'm getting to here is that this argument is clearly a far cry from ... some of my comments could apply to minorities as well, but I'm not a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summary of the Semester I'm a senior and it's super weird.

  

  castle I plan on expanding. I want to buy her a crown. Making Time for ... to be a real person. Like a real person who pays bills. But then I paid ... Do you want to see a picture of my cat? Of course you do! SHE'S SO

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 9, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  on writing!) to compare a bunch of genetic sequences. For three hours ... , it really makes a difference when I'm learning it alongside fifty or so ... -jitsu lessons as a PE class. I'm really quite glad I decided to take jiu-jitsu, as

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  of individual motivation and tenacity to make it through the year ... continual assessment, and are given maybe a few days to prepare for tests, and ... undergraduates apply to study a specific subject, and there is only a little

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  thoughts on math@MIT! math month post

  

  get the impression that success as a math major must mean being able to ... fact that what "math" means has changed a lot -- from arithmetic to short ... classes in subjects that aren’t math, but involve math to a reasonably high

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 24, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  , and I want to show you how awesome that can be. Once a semester we go ... be out of there. That means 10 minutes to come up with a plan. You plot ... its purpose and they know what to do. A few rehearsals later, and it

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  mechanical engineering, I made a point to have a more relaxing IAP while still ... back now, so that's great! Though I have to work a little more on ... SIGGRAPH only comes once a year, so the time leading up to it is quite hectic

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  EECS student Michael McGraw teaches STEM concepts in Regensburg, Germany As part of the Global Teaching Labs program, student Michael McGraw taught Physics, Biology and…

  

  friends I made. MIT's Global Teaching Labs program allowed me to make a ... to learn about power distribution and to gain a sense of the how the ... was a huge boost to my speaking skills. Hearing the words spoken often

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  personalities can work together to make such a supportive community. 3. MIT ... that are on campus. If you love to sing and dance, there's a group for ... like to try new things, you can find a new activity that you love! The

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  lot of your questions if you do have a tough choice to make. My CPW host ... , I turned into a puddle of excitement. A puddle! I tried to plan out ... is not a guide to optimizing your CPW experience... here are a few

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Dance ‘Til You Drop 53rd planning a 53-year old party i've never even been to

  

  .[/annotation] The party is open to the entire MIT campus and features a hack and a ... ) wanted to celebrate their 21st birthdays and decided to indulge in a party ... plenty of reason to come back to Boston to celebrate. A normal Patriot

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 3, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Haunters what it takes to scare MIT students

  

  staff members reply back to my request for a behind-the-scenes guest post ... that goes into making this happen every year, from the puzzles to ... to talk about some of the processes that went into making sure

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  would to a joint blog post and write about our experiences, but never got ... logs. reading them over, they're such a throwback and deserve to be on ... Steve Harvey. We were blessed to be watching a stream in which the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  I wanted to say, “Fuck you!” but I didn’t know if he would make a ... to several similar events already. A couple friendly vendors had ... customers around me, but not to me. I can’t help being a 5’3” young

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  to MIT and that has been doing this bloggin' business for a while. I ... had a freshman backpack.) I try to let that roll off my shoulders ... dedicated a few hours to poring over everything that I needed to know. For me

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011