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

  

  . It’s always neat to explain your work to people who know so much more ... any opportunity that you can to present any research that you have done ... to hang out with students on a Saturday night! I think it says volumes

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

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  out what matters in your life, transferred it to paper, and can only ... to tweak it to your own specifications. Boxes can be either red or ... writing for me, I can't force myself to write something within a given

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  -step submission. But it also isn’t an obstacle to get over to a destination- it’s a ... -orientation programs you can choose as a prefrosh to get to campus early for activities ... ! It’s exactly time for me to go have some wild fun at Orientation week

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  can't figure out which side of it annoys me more - the implication that lower/middle-class kids can't or shouldn't make time to daydream, or the implication that kids from more affluent backgrounds can afford to be lazy or

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  analysis for two labs. It's going to be a long day. And to ensure I can ... undervalued - people seem to think it's too basic and simple and unexciting, but ... unfortunately I won't be able to say "it's gorgeous outside; my windows are open

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  to play today? You guessed it... Admissions: You Make The Call. So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to a highly selective college or university? How hard can it be? All you need to do is

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  '08 drew attention to the fact that it was, in fact, moving, smelling ... , the cultural houses at MIT used to be in Burton-Conner, and Conner 2 was ... to name the dragon "Angelina," because it is both hot and kind of scary

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  . PhD Comics Can't believe I originally forgot this gem! Called to my ... it is, of course, not what you're supposed to be accomplishing ... It's a stressful time. Finals are starting, decisions are coming out

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken Burrito for the Lab Rat’s Soul Because a personalized blog entry is just like five dollars.

  

  ... let's do it the harder way." Still, it wasn't a day to remember. I didn ... ." It looks like it ended up being a day to remember after all. And then ... DID YOU KNOW? Aristotle believed men had more teeth than women. It

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  the only one on my floor. As hurricane Henri made its way to Rhode ... .01[/annotation] [annotation note="you can take the Advanced Standing Exams to get ... person’s return, tied to all the memories from the past year. It is as

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Turning on the Light A note to the MIT community.

  

  It's hard to wrap my head around the chain of events that unfolded ... happened. It's to reach out to those at MIT. These last 12 hours have been ... to just push us over the edge. Yet, it's so comforting to see students

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a rose is a rose is a rose ...is a rose

  

  ’s like, most of it. Haven’t really gone to any big new events. Haven ... so coursework-dominated this semester- I don’t want to stress it out ... - GOOD LUCK TO ALL EA APPLICANTS!!! i can’t tell you not to worry, to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  sad. It's hard to explain how incredibly jealous I get of friends who have traveled. I think it's a particularly touchy subject because I feel ... some of you understand this feeling- it's very, very uncomfortable to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  half of the things on it until I get to Cambridge since most of it is ... something like this: ROOMMATE: Hi! How are you? It's nice to finally meet you ... yearbook? BEN JONES: JESS! ME: BEN JONES! How are you? It's nice to finally

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Notes From The UK [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and not only…

  

  't like a subject or professor, at least you don't have to put up with it for very long. Also, it really helps to organize the subject matter ... learning to use many machines and microscopes including a scanning electron

  • by Cambridge
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  , realizing I have very little idea how to do it, I let my eyes stray to the ... your throat as possible in the shortest amount of time it can. An example ... to sleep before her 7.013 final, going at it after having been awake

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am ... . Please don't try to draw a trend line from 3 points - it's impossible to know what the yield will be this year. Can you tell me where my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  enough to stay in the department, but i never felt totally sure about it. i ... , well, you make it work for as long as you can, but at some point you ... everything else, right? And sometimes it's hard to remember that pure, shining

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  admitted students can enter themselves on the guestbook, it's a good way to ... to make your decision (and if we can help, please let us know), but be sure to let us know by May 1. Overnight Program Registration: If you can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  out to New Hampshire to do this? Wouldn’t it have been a lot warmer and ... , though I could write an entire post in Japanese if I wanted to. Maybe I will later, but today’s not that day. I just wanted to share this

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014