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• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  , revealed that “Maxwell's Equations in a Vaccuum” is an esoteric euphemism for “Fruitcake that will sustain you for two days in case of a nuclear attack ... stairs to soak up the rising founts of ambrosia for the ears, by which I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  superior culture for learning. These three branches are the colleges, which ... arrange for me to have approximately 4 supervisions per class per term. The ... subject exceedingly well. In preparation for these supervisions, you are to

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  in my head. I was experimenting with large format for the first time ... price range for a field camera with decent movements. The bellows alone ... ) for around the cost of just the bellows. So I spent the rest of the

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  breakfast for those 10 extra precious minutes of sleep. Get ready for class in ... up some experiments, let the ones that need to run for awhile incubate ... time for a UROP). 1pm - 2:30pm Off to cellular neurobio (7.29). Hunger

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

  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  for Global Health Practice,” (HST.939) we had a lecture by the world ... science/engineering award available, and is famous for his use of polymers for controlled drug delivery. If listening to him speak about his

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The View from 1000 Feet Life after MIT ... kind of

  

  8 months ago, an email from MIT asking me for money read something ... secure links below, and arrange payment for any charges shown. Statements ... 50 cents a day. Today, an email from MIT asking me for money reads

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  looks like I’ll be sticking around the lab for an extra week), presenting ... go out to the suburbs for that) and wandering on sidewalks for hours ... Killian Court, going to more events by the Lab for Chocolate Science

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pottermania hits MIT Excitement for the release of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.

  

  The campus -- and, indeed, the world -- is abuzz with excitement for ... arrived in New Orleans, I was interviewed on camera by a producer for ... was relatively banal but for some reason, it caught me off guard, as I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  for no reason. Rar.) I was in the floor lounge to distract myself from ... lounge on Tuesday from 8-10 pm for the season finale of veronica mars. Not ... , I angrily support Wesley's reservation. As an avid VMars supporter for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Residence-Based Advising Residence-Based Advising WILL NOT allow you to change dorms during your freshman year.

  

  at Pixar, which would be formatting and finding information for the ... really cool place to work. But, back to what you came here for - it's my ... group decision. Don't settle for a satisfactory living group when you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  When I first got to MIT in August and checked in for Orientation, I ... off of it and realize that there's more stuff that I can check off. (For ... shouldn't!) Now that I've had too much fun for the weekend (wait, that

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  sometime the only) option for students looking to be challenged and ... for love of learning is a great reason to do so. In our admissions process, we are looking for students who enjoy a challenge and love learning

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  Association Vice-President, or UAVP, of MIT. In March, I ran for president, with ... 'm no longer UAVP. I wrote a column for the Tech, with a lot of emotional ... comes out for Commencement. So I decided, why not publish it here? My

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  write about while cheering for tonight's MIT mens' basketball game, and I ... cheerleaders. Do you cheer for the chess club?" Ha-frickin-ha.) Varsity sports ... gyms and free practice hours for members of the teams). We have an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  ), Leon, Niyatee, Sarah, and everyone else for doing a little pinch-hitting for me in the comments... ------------------------------------- Vinayak ... and accurate, etc." On the Common Application, for example my full name

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

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  clueless. So thank heavens for Professor Lois, who decided one day while lecturing for 9.12 that he needed to tell us "what you're getting into by ... . (Luckily, that's not a problem for most of us at MIT -- 80% of MIT undergrads

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

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  DID YOU KNOW? "The Canticle of Freedom," written for the dedication ... meeting for my UROP (the turkey one) just to get free apple pie 2. discussed ... for Thanksgiving: 10.213: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics -- Well

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  . We evaluate everything based on the US system. For example, students ... evaluated in context. "In my country (Kenya) students who sat for the ... . One of the questions on the app. asks, "What do you do for fun?" and

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The middle days of the week

  

  achievements, it is responsible for the Book Exchange, the Ride Board, and the Big Screw charity fundraiser. For some reason, MIT's chapter has drawn ... . Seuss book Mr. Brown Can Moo, for NBP's braille literacy program for blind

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  international students.   One of my goals for keeping this blog is to demystify what admissions officers do. I think that for many students, the ... less hectic) season, but it allows some time for deep thinking about what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005