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  Actually Doing Things or not...but actually, really

  

  A lot of what an engineer does is makes things more efficient. As I ... optimizing its performance under certain conditions, which is what we did with ... , you have to prioritize which input is the most important in your final

  • by Stanley G.
  • November 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  promise. There is, however, one analogy for which I cannot be completely credited. In fact, it's a rather well-known phrase here: MIT is like drinking ... month, 'tis true, but I can attest to the fact that it IS like drinking

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  availability on campus is a little scarce. Do you have time to cook, even if it ... eating whatever is quickly made?" 2) "If you (or anyone you know) has a ... seems like MIT students are overwhelmed because the workload is impossible

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Events

  A Splash of color! and a bigger splash of water.

  

  the questions I have to answer upon returning to active duty is: where ... , here is an apology blog post, complete with interesting topic and ... starters, and for something MIT-related, let's talk about Splash. Splash is

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  ’ll table it for another post. Moral of the story: chromatin is a lot like me ... post is that Prof. Reddien allowed me to interview him the other day, and ... may already be here. All of you must know that being a student is pretty

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  've grown up on the stations in MA; my presets are ordered such that 104.1 is ... car here and keep it in the city. However, MIT parking is prohibitively expensive, with good reason: space is limited in the city, and MIT's priority

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  10:31 I wrote this entry on my iPhone about two minutes after boarding the 11:10 train…

  

  "Ladies Dream." I don't know if it's trying to imply that this bus is the ... how short this is, the cab meter begins at - you guessed it - 710 yen ... ten thirty bus.. is this where it leaves??" "It left already." I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  ... ...the first thing you think about is a certain protein used in recombinant ... one test My fate and class grade is sealed With one test I'm the good ... grade is comprised of 4 exams. I've been getting A-'s in the exams in that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  schools, this blog entry is about big kid school, MIT, the best school in ... frightens, what really concerns, all of the other schools is our pistol team ... not so well known fact about MIT is the plentitude of sports

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  , which is even later than MIT - Friday, 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM - and so while ... , you", and this is one of those times. WELL PLANNED, YOU.] Change - it ... is the best advice I can give to someone trying to choose between

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  MIT MUN delegation gets from students from other MUN teams is, "Aren ... is easy. Generally, you just sign on to the MIT MUN mailing list, and ... conferences. I personally think that doing MUN is a very welcome break from the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  You don’t need me to tell you that the college application process is ... game that is like a scavenger hunt and therapy session rolled into one ... strangers.”) Have no fear; there is light at the end of the tunnel. Second

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  . Pictures may show up if Jeff '10 is nice enough to let me use them. (Please ... Children of Eden rehearsal, which is a miracle because I am notoriously bad ... Jess is special and I am, well, not. Blizz queries: How'd you pick your

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The waking of all creatures that live on the land Lingering at MIT with my wandering eye. UPDATED, BABY.

  

  's Mom and sorting through the shambolic mess that is my room right now. I ... bag. And I thought, hmmm, two 23-kg bags is just about 100 pounds now ... as JKim, but this is because by the time you have gone to MIT for three

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  's baby really happened. Okay, this entry is not really negative, but I ... from my house to my office, and although the Rhein river is a little ... Harvard to small highway to Watertown. MIT is in a prime location for you to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.

  

  , this is an MIT blog, I figured that my general readership would be nerdy enough to appreciate it. Not that everybody at MIT is a Star Wars fan. I ... imagine "casually drinking" from a flask is one of the less threatening

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Bavarian Rhapsody I'm just a poor boy, I go to MIT.

  

  . München! I went to München! Or Munich. But München is more fun to say, and ... is just an awesome gift for somebody, but I looked at the price tag of ... the 2006 World Cup is "a time to make friends." Who wouldn't want to be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  Friday night was Burton 3rd's "Anything But Clothes" party, which is ... -clothing-really-cool-all-purpose material is there? I know! Zip ties! (I spent about 5 minutes on the duct ... Adelaide!) A caution cape is also exactly what it sounds like: At the party

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  while I was growing up. All I remember is a guy in a paisley suit dancing ... given me an excuse. Look what you've done now. The short answer is the old adage "Chemical engineering is the practice of doing for a profit

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Livin’ La Vida PRoCa I take my clothes off and go dancing in the rain... with Clay Aiken.

  

  your own risk. And, believe me, this is gonna be a long one. Still, I ... this picture of Clay from TV Guide: I have no idea why Clay is holding ... screen. Of course, since the desk computer is public, now everyone knows

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 30, 2005