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  MIT ‘10: Sulinya Ramanan Sulinya Ramanan '10, "hometown hero"

  

  Spackenkill Student is a Youthful Leader April 28, 2006 By Jeremy ... , but she has accomplished more in her 17 years than many people do in a ... a presence about her that people are drawn to," he said. The Hometown

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neuroscience classes

  

  that we've taken (I'm a course 9 major and she's a double major in course ... and the obvious intersection of her two majors. It's also what a lot of ... course 9 classes have covered a wider variety of subfields. I decided that

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  Speaking from experience, having a UROP is a big time and emotional investment. On average, UROPers spend eight hours in the lab per week and a lot ... . You can imagine how awesome Michael Xiang, a junior in Biology with

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  that I think would make for some good discussion. For a full reference ... this new era where communication occurs rapidly and information is only a keystroke away. There was one part of the article that made me feel a bit

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  's what's been going on in my life. Yesterday in 6.002, somebody brought a rabbit to class. A rabbit. She brought a rabbit to a lecture about Thevenin equivalence. I actually thought it was just a rabbit-shaped handbag or something

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Reality is merely an illusion… Ben : The OC :: Sam : ?? . Oh wait, you took the new…

  

  "...albeit a very useful one." --Albert Einstein I think I found the ... Race for three years now. A short twelve-and-one-half months and I will be of age. Then I just need to find a partner. I need somebody who can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  holiday weekend in New York with some friends. I acquired a real curio of a hat in a Canadian train station, and thinking it'd serve well in keeping ... properly and I threw a couple of forms out because my handwriting was sloppy

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  . Which means that we will have to find a new housemaster. The new housemaster will be chosen by a committee, which is comprised of other ... held elections to choose the two student reps. A lot of people ran, more

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  'd reserved a low-profile Taurus or somesuch. After hitting it off with the ... . You're in spot A-12." Okay, I thought. A midsize instead of a compact? Great, whatever. Then I reached spot A-12. Sitting in said spot was a

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

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  ://www.mit-admissions.org/7075/newusr.asp (you need a new additional login beyond your MyMIT login ... ://mit-admissions.org/rsvp/session_link.asp. At the Sacramento meeting, say hi to Stu for me! Vivek asked, "is a freshman assigned a particular discipline he is to major in or it is decided

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  do sit-ups in the mornings. About a month ago, I got the crazy idea to ... for me. A marathon has 26 miles. Half a year has 26 weeks. Coincidence ... competition they have in this category, but a winner is a winner. The store

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  For most of the past month, I was traveling in southeast Asia, a trip inspired by a friend's wedding in Malaysia. It was a hot and steamy holiday ... over three great weeks. As this was purely a vacation, I decided to not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work VII The triumphant conclusion! Plus, the CIA is watching me.

  

  throwing a blog entry opening party, where you can get you picture taken with Sam imitators and giant turkeys and enter a raffle to win a replica of ... down in her hometown of Covington GA to see a football game and a free

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  graduated high school a year early, and had a few friends at MIT who came in at age 16 or 15. Younger students are not a huge population at most colleges as at MIT, but each year we do admit, after careful review, a number

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  First, a couple of questions answered. Vidal Carlos Garza asked: "Would you mind answering questions to a student in highly interested in ... of my blog is, in fact, part of a quote from Neil Gaiman's novel

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  first time in cdmx and first time out of the US, but not the first time having an ethnicity…

  

  important to me for a couple of reasons: I had a premonition that I was ... anywhere (e.g. "I'm not actually gonna get there tomorrow because something--a ... [/annotation]--will stop this trip from happening), so actually leaving and having a life

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 15, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  the world is blooming! and so am i?

  

  with the colors of a tree: from green, to orange, to white, to pink, and ... ’s orchestra room door had a textbook version of these posters for their concert ... -bordered (cut) and taped together–definitely a lesson in patience and attention to

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 17, 2024
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  feels like such a relief. Warm showers are my second favorite thing, after ... -cooked oats. It goes way faster in a pan than a pot, too. Perhaps the thing to take over from yogurt as a daily breakfast? I got on the road at 12

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  . Was your research output impactful enough to lead to a start-up?” I just sat there and shook my head in silence. “No? What about a publication in a peer-reviewed journal? Or at least a patent? I know MIT kids

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  Col·lege ma·jors (noun) A term that invokes pain and, as ... a while and then got all stirred up again during this semester. There was a solid period of time where I felt pretty set on my major. I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022