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  Bryan Owens: Developing bioreactors An interview with fellow blogger, Bryan Owens, to find out more about his awesome UROP…

  

  was symmetrical in order to reduce the need for aligning multiple parts ... production of the cells. Bryan has been at the BPEC for six months and found ... . His UROP advice to prefrosh is to be open-minded when you're looking for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The real O.C. Travels in Southern California.

  

  following the dinner was a Central Meeting. We had a nice turnout for the ... Academy. Unfortunately, I was a little late for my visit (I apologize!). The ... (home of UCLA) for a quick email check and boba, followed by a sit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  Market for some necessities (i.e. Frosted Flakes). (Although it was kind of ... .) After this, I had to leave for field hockey practice. I knew I'd be gone most of the next day for field hockey, so I figured we'd have to wait a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have classes

  

  'm hoping for this one to be better. I'm happy that I seem to remember more of 5.112, the intro chemistry for masochists class that I took as a first ... final only counts for 20%! Today, we discussed how a neuron is like a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  argue. (Mark's second choice for most exciting was his PE class, Archery ... textbook, so he didn't even have to pay for a book!   Warren ... the Above. (And yes, the capital letters were critical for emphasis in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Tofu corndogs and low-fat ice cream

  

  low-fat Cool Whip to satisfy my sweet tooth. I am lucky for two things. First, we have the ability to cook for ourselves, and that gives us a lot ... Convenience is closed for the summer. If I want cookies, I have to purposely

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Painting and a trip into Boston

  

  , in exchange for helping take down what's left of the wallpaper in her ... th East alum who just moved to California and was back in town for the ... campus, we went to Chicago Pizza, just a few blocks away, for dinner.

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  Discovered About Myself Freshman Year... 1. There is no substitute for sleep ... and cram. Really. 3. Shopping is therapy. 4. Naps: they're not just for ... sometimes not. 18. Being afraid to ask for help is a very major handicap. 19

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  prime fireworks watching location. 2. The Sailing Pavilion. For members of ... in) and the "Patriotic Sing-Along." The live canons for 1812 are always ... colors over the Kendall Square area. For another account of the July 4th

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer, Summer, Summertime "...and this is how i spent my summer vacation."

  

  Killian Court. (For more on graduation, check out Matt's entry as well the official commencement page.) I'm really excited for this summer though. I ... a well-cooked meal. So summer has gotten off to a good start for me

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  2 and minoring in BME. That's MIT-speak for Mechanical Engineering and ... 's Inauguration last May. In order for you guys to get to know me a little better ... , and Spiderman 2 Favorite Reality TV Show: Beauty and the Geek, for

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Windy city

  

  mailed out on Friday!" It seems Mother Nature had other plans for me. I got ... making jokes about astrophysics," Kanamori said. For a little more than ... remember at this time of the year. No matter how things turn out for you when

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Monkey Dance

  

  starring Hanuman the Monkey God. The characters are united in their love for ... the time. For those of you with an Asian Students Club or a Film ... film for discussion, from both a cultural/sociological perspective and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas in December and July

  

  West. Plimoth Plantation, which is mostly closed for the season, was next ... answer my backlog of admissions-related questions. For a quick MIT fix ... pronunciation. For you admitted students, you should go check out the new admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  I'm in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for my Seattle Central Meeting ... on a non-working day. Well, for me, I decided I'd go catch the film ... High School -- and in fact, she's a friend of a friend, and once ran for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  archery, dance, and sailing, all for slightly different reasons. Fire ... things do catch fire. And for every prop we spin and every move we try, we spend hours practicing it off fire before we try it on fire for the first

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  started at MIT, I’ve had a bunch of folks ask me for application advice ... admissions or read applications for a living (though I did ask someone who does ... . You’ve probably got important reasons for wanting to transfer. My

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  isn’t. For something more fancy, color changes are cool too! Give your ... ="A girls’ math contest hosted at MIT every year"]Math Prize for Girls,[/annotation] I was entranced by the instructions for a simple origami cube laid out

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  this ain’t (not) Texas yee, and I cannot stress this enough, haw

  

  . Felt made for me. Felt right. It made me look forward to a hot girl ... 't unsee the work behind these products. There's a bajillion people for every nibbly little step. This job made me have a deeper appreciation for not

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 29, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  importance to people, but for me, I've always used it as a way to ground myself ... of art or read a book for enjoyment in a while, but I don't know how I ... friend pauses thoughtfully for a few minutes and then begins to talk. The

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023