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  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  . You'll get people who teach well but whose research doesn't live up to ... finally worked up the nerves to ask a question in his class, only to confirm ... my favorite professors I've had at MIT. He managed to take something

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tying up some loose ends On getting old and doing things I hadn't yet done in Boston. Also, hot dogs.

  

  So I just submitted my first-ever RSVP to a wedding for people who ... college's sister's uncle's first wife's second marriage, but to people I ... in the face with an arrow. (That's not really relevant to the fact that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  of times just to see how they were doing. They seemed to be getting ... managed to get a picture of the entire display, check it out. But wait there's more! This year I'm a mentor/videographer for 2.00b so I get to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  about you and you get to teach them about what makes you different and ... really good time to get in touch with your EC to set up an interview. The ... application. So...consider this my gentle nudge to get in touch with your EC and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  doors to Boston University’s Metcalf Hall. Along with the hundreds of others who were in line, I anxiously awaited the chance to hear ... his work in microfinance: Basically, banks give small loans to poor

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  extreme car challenge, you get to save the world at the same time. The ... of Germany to get to Prague hopefully at around 4pm, just in time for ... as you go, what could be better? Once/if you get to the finish, which

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  of 8:00 to get ready for the train. A shuttle + subway ride later, I ... once class was over. ;) See? You can get to know your TAs this well here ... to those deferred, you've got a good chance of getting in later!

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  waiting to board my flight to Philly. The flight was uneventful, and I landed in Philly around 10PM. After getting my luggage, I took the shuttle to Budget where my rental car was supposed to be waiting for me. I

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  arbitrary order and still confuse me from time to time. Sidequest 2: Get my ... to coerce both my parents into getting tested with 23AndMe so I could get all their genetic data to play with. I had a computational

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  writing process was like for me since I get a lot of questions as to how to ... regret a lot, but I did get my chance to play with it during my blogger ... as to what the other ones were, you can easily find them! When

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Simmons Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat

  

  I love being back in Simmons after a long break. I get to hang out ... House’s dog) roaming the hallways. But we have plenty of cool stuff to ... angel! And so friendly too! Could this day get any better? … Oh wait

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / CPW

  Who’s psyched? I’m psyched! It's gonna be stitchin'!

  

  'm actually getting a paycheck and have health insurance. Difference 2 - I am ... 't actually build it, we paid a company lots of money to build it, but it ... 's all sorts of other stuff, but that's not what I'm here to write about. I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  semester wrap-up snaps and snippets

  

  square.   i volunteered in a door-to-door get ... i contributed to in my urop at the center for civic media:   i did some things away from mit too. that's important--getting away

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  i saw you four ways to follow MIT students

  

  to vicariously ride the ups and downs of MIT. they can't tell you if you'll get into MIT, they don't have any formal advice about navigating ... lot to glean from the comments. of course, the platforms all have some

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kickstart My Art highest form of expression

  

  -starting people; cool ideas pop into their heads and off they go to make them into ... objects and places around me. I need your help: I'm striving to create a ... there's more to the institute than numbers. The goal of this project is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 29, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  One Giant Leap For beaver kind

  

  , it's because I woke up . . . to go study. Finals are coming up! You see ... , that gives me 1.5 more days to learn everything. The good part? I think I ... , just because the dome is so visible and I'm more likely to see a hack in

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi, I’m Lulu ...a different kind of blogger; I take pictures.

  

  're getting sick of pictures and you'd like to hear more about how I go about ... basic things you need to know about me and this blog you can read about in ... there in a valley between the mountains, moved to the outskirts of DC when

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  this stuff up. Now, just as many of you are getting to take a vacation ... , and we'll get to do a whole bunch of fun Boston things. Then, I'll head ... Jones. For me, I was happy to partake in the Lab for Chocolate Science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  delightful experience. I decided a good first step to get back into actually ... the right amount of torque to get the satellite in the right orientation ... wanted to get in somewhere before hearing back from MIT in December. This

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Adventures of Comic Artist Girl (+ Doodles!) In which comics class gets a talk from an award-winning cartoonist

  

  common question I get about the class: no, you do not have to draw your ... another hour or so to ask her questions. She told us how to get good at ... work to reference later, and maybe even get a few people following you

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 19, 2014