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  Writer’s Bloc

  

  (and I know you're out there) can buy it here. Dylan is currently hard ... shutting off a whole line of non-technical careers. The fact is, though, that ... , what could we do?) Today, the MyMIT Portal team had our weekly meeting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Walter Lewin ESG Lecture Oh, you know, only one of the most famous Physics Professors of all time

  

  Earlier this year I had the pleasure to meet Walter Lewin at an ESG ... sat with us and answered any question we threw his way. Taking the most ... to the ONLY reason someone wouldn't like physics, Walter Lewin never

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  yours? In short, the T is normally a very reliable form of transportation ... , back to the first line of the post. I can steer myself any direction I ... to RI and then I take a train back. The trip there went really smoothly

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  afterwards we all got a chance to meet President Hockfield. (By the way, the T-shirt I'm wearing is from CityDays, the Orientation event sponsored by MIT ... to actually read the name of the dorm they've been assigned to AND get

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa

  

  excuse to get all dressed up: The ladies, always classy. The guys ... nationals, you can't know what your teammates are doing; the field is so large ... your team has done. As runners stream across the finish line, it is

  • by Alina G. '11
  • November 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  a house tour of mit sororities! meet aphi, axo, and theta

  

  undergraduate women being affiliated to one of the [annotation note="the six ... personal home for the past three years. Our tour guide, Maddie L. ‘26, is a ... Kitchens: 1 Alpha Chi Omega Right across the street from Aphi is AXO, so let

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Snot, Livers, and Fractals What a world.

  

  essentially figuring out ways to coat drugs to sneak past the mucus in your body ... therapeutic nanoparticles have a hard time penetrating the layers to get to the ... Hello world! I have returned from the -- well, to be honest, I never

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weather Sensitive I know you think that I don't care, but I really do.

  

  , it gets cold in that wet, drippy way that makes you feel like you're ... is on its way. It involves my Thanksgiving in Senior Haus. And the ... said, I present to you three pictures of the view from my window. Early

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Every square is a rectangle A brief look at every student activity at MIT.

  

  the term, working desk is a great opportunity for me to make a little ... every time somebody rings the intercom to get in the main entrance. The ... YOU NOTICE? The introduction to this entry is longer than the entry

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  what happened yesterday? "what's the name of the mushroom shop?"

  

  made our way over to the Porter Square T station to get back. The walk ... , it felt great to just take all the time in the world to get out of bed ... called The Mushroom Store.” It took quite a bit of effort to get to The

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 3 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Techiya and Beyond.

  

  enough to get in the first time, you’ll improve by participating in ... sixths), and we learned about theme and variations. The final project is to ... out well. Othertimes, you just have to wait until the time is right and

  • by ARTalk
  • May 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  's often harder for MIT undergrads to get into the MIT program than it is for ... the cell gets both a red (your gene) plasmid and a blue (unknown gene ... to sell my organs piece by piece on the global black market, I'm pretty

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  First, I am excited to say that the class of 2009 is slowly ... Center. And since my postdoc is an MD/PhD and goes to the hospital on ... about my project. And to get mentioned at the end. But what was even

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  fraction of e is trivial to remember. 3. the formulas for e are easier less ... could take you in a fight is that while you're worshipping at the altar of ... dangerous number is the one with nothing left to lose, and that's 0. Pi and e

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT recruit athletes?

  MIT is one of the top Division III athletic programs in the country ... your sport by completing a recruitment form. Depending on your potential ... " which they may fill. Prospective athletes to MIT are subject to the same
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  , trying to get my body to move in ways I never knew it could. The whole ... the way to a ballroom competition at Columbia University. Wish me luck ... moving to Boston, winter was synonymous with the air fogging at me. Now, I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  assume the lock is supposed to go while you are riding the bike. Again ... nothing, yet I still feel like the Harvard Police Department is going to ... resolve my issues for the night by taking it up to my room, effectively

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  in 3 months? The answer is to shorten your cycle time by aiming for ... companies, Sam says, is that they can aim to get 10% better every week. Short ... isn't getting bigger, then for your life to improve you have to take it

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  dumb little poems and such emotional support procrastination

  

  material enough i can’t wait for the semester to end this course is too damn rigrous i hope the exam curve is generous i know i can’t keep playing ... the echoes murmur louder Get up and fight me Are you afraid of your own

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  freshman year, naturally, we each got to have our own way with the decor. I ... from freshman year. This is the dorm room which I shared with Kelly '09, all dressed up for Christmas. This is my side of the room: and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007