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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  Professor Angelika Amon of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research ... proud of myself for making it on time - only to find that I wasn't even ... -doc and my primary mentor for the summer. After introducing me to a number

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  to head back home for a week ago and see my family (Boston is amazing ... what lab I'll be in: I'll be working in the Koch Institute for ... - and I'm sure he'll explain the finer details as we go along. As for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  . Moreover, this set is rather rigidly defined for undergrads; it's an old ... equiped to look pretty in the lab. For example, I can pour a gel, then set ... remember most about Cambridge. As for Biochemistry, I hope students in either

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Firehose Warning: insomniac blogger on the loose.

  

  'clock last night, with some breaks for sleeping and eating, I have spent most ... and alkynes in preparation for my upcoming midterms in 5.12 (organic ... differential systems for 18.03 (differential equations). Yes, I have two midterms

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  A Hack and Advice Two entries smashed into one.

  

  ! Kudos hackers, well done. Now, for the advice. The summer before I came to MIT I spent working full time and trying to get ready for life on ... special traditions, but it's not so fun for the tourist and the non

  • by Snively '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  for you. Hot dog contests, Toy Fair, snowball fights, the Ig Nobels, and ... about is the part where I will sit in a library for 8 hours trying to do a ... focusing on the play, but the work is certainly there. For those of you who

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Day In The Life [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP, and…

  

  installation of a web server. I worked for two hours before hurrying over to the ... Club. Now it is noon time, and I have already worked for five hours, and ... UROP lab for a few hours and then do some coding for 6.370, a java

  • by ROTC
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  MIT proper, I have been in Spain for more than two weeks! I don't know ... beautiful country. Recap (for people who are wondering why I'm in Europe ... for 50 minutes. Here, if you can't speak Spanish, then you just can

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Ducks vs. Army Men! Remember the good old days when you used to play in the sandbox?

  

  session. We built a loft for James '11, and a table for each of us. Okay, so ... expected it to be, especially when I put it in my room. I tried it out for a ... troops for battle. The army men hunker down in a trench (...created by a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  admissions office for a million years, currently serving as the director of the ... was mailed, for the tracking system to be accurate. If on November 14th ... know, November tests are acceptable for Early Action, but the scores will

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  campus for the first time as an actual student - when I said that final goodbye to my parents. I remember my first days here: building robots for ... for the first time, and filling out that neat little form listing all of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  high school teacher who had high hopes for us. She owned not a small ... . For 35 ambitious Juniors in an average high school, this was our first ... for the end of the period no one stood up; instead, heads bent to clear

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  name for a last name - essentially, my name consists of three first names ... pick through my junk mail. All senior year I got scholarship offers for ... is not that I myself am not the gender I've been assuming for the past

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Dig me, but don’t bury me This entry is brought to you by McDonalds and Google. I mean, literally.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Super Smash Bros. Brawl is coming out for the Wii on ... into a never-ending search for free wireless access. Today that came in ... "Royale with Cheese." But one thing I wasn't ready for was that another one

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2007
• Blog / Events

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

  

  extravaganza! Given that I have been on the planning committee for the past two years, this event is near and dear to my heart [click here for last year ... from suggestions of creating more studio space for student artists to

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

  Little Snails SciFi movie marathons rock my socks!

  

  's movie marathon was one such event I had to attend. Slated for viewing for ... butcher a weekly rate for both food and board. And finally: Star Trek 2 ... : If you had to pick your top five sci-fi movies for a marathon, what

  • by Bryan
  • January 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  year I am in the other Cambridge (the OC for short :) ) in the UK. Along ... for traveling. I was recently in Istanbul, somewhere I never thought I'd end up, especially while all my friends at MIT were preparing for finals

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  ago and stands for Independent Awesome Period (not really, but it might ... (we only have to pay for the cost of our book this year, while EMT ... which we revealed embarassing personal secrets such as Trevor's love for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  's not just for engineers. Undergraduates in the Dept. of Urban Studies and ... to complete the requirements for both degrees at the end of five years ... might do in Course 1, civil engineering (see the Center for Transportation

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Reliving the good ol’ days Tombs, Smurfs, and Halloween

  

  Barracudas anyone? So I got to go to Tomb last Friday for a friend ... responsible for the first appearance of Smurfs. The Foreign Languages and ... for this small country! Willem De Graeve will discuss the history of

  • by Bryan
  • November 3, 2006