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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The best Metro station ever The Metro does it best.

  

  station, which is located next to the NIH and my house, I saw this ... blotting in a Metro station! (By the way, a Western blot analysis is a ... Last week, I used DC's subway/underground train system, called the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  keeping up with her inbox, she is naturally well-informed about the goings ... construction. Now, at last, the scaffolding around the dorm is slowly coming down ... beloved dome is all fixed up. But the hackers didn't stop there! Early last

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I join the Design/Build/Fly Team?

  The MIT Design/Build/Fly team is composed mostly of undergraduate students, but is also open to graduate students, who compete in the annual AIAA Design/Build/Fly competition. The competition involves designing
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Oh, the Places You’ll Go(ogle) The path to enlightenment is paved with Google searches.

  

  -present keyboard, why is this movie called bees? (The contextual ambiguity of “this ... “why is the ocean salty” are seeking an answer subtler than, “Because it ... begin with an M, MIT is the fourth-most popular one to get into (third if

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  We have nice things on the walls And I have pictures.

  

  own bubble wrap to it. This is on a wall in the same part of the house ... French House occupies the top two floors of House 6 (one of the six towers in New House), and the top floor of House 5. There are around 27

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  (Class of 2007's Ring) The Brass Rat is MIT's class ring, which is earned at the end of sophomore year but premiered early during spring ... tomorrow. Because tomorrow is the Class of 2012's Ring Premiere, and we'll be

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Town Cambridge: university and city.

  

  in Cambridge. Even though it is the middle of winter, you can see the place is actually still pretty green and pretty. Well, the first picture ... too many pictures of the Cambridge as an actual town in this blog. So I

  • by Cambridge
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Miscellaneous Admissions Office updates.

  

  !Great entry by Mollie.Did you know that an MIT student is the No. 1 Scrabble ... the fall semester. More info and data on that when I know more.If you haven't gotten the NBM, please email the Orientation Office at orientation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Today’s Mailing Day For me this is a huge thing. You guys are my first MIT class, which…

  

  Waited until midnight so I could post on the 11th officially (EST, anyway) - we'll be mailing in less than 24 hours. Wow. For me this is a ... emotional about it - overwhelmed for the admits and devastated for the denied

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What kind of things can I do during IAP?

  If you think MIT is all work and no play, let us take you for a spin in the big, wacky, comfortable chair called IAP. Sandwiched between the spring and fall semesters, the Independent Activities Period is a special
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  . The program is open to all children ages 6-13 in the Boston area. I will ... donation site, Kintera, has a feature called 3-and-Me: the basic idea is that ... camp. The remainder of the money we raise is used to cover counselor

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT have a first generation community on campus?

  The First Generation and/or Low Income Program (FLI) is committed to ... . Through this network, we enhance the academic success, professional growth ... th president, Dr. L. Rafael Reif, is a member of First Gen!
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Startups in Dorm Room Fund a venture fund run by students for students

  

  . What's interesting is that a lot of DRF backed startups in the Boston ... the MIT students in DRF startups is their breadth of backgrounds ... Opportunities abound for student entrepreneurs amongst the MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Engineer, Blogger… Rhodes Scholar (!) Melis wins the Rhodes Scholarship!

  

  biography reads: Melis N. Anahtar, Bethesda, is a senior at the Massachusetts ... institute. Her senior thesis is in the use of micro-electro-mechanical devises in tissue engineering. She also is editor-in-chief of the M

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Summary

  

  some more and got it go at a max of 750 rpm. Moral of the story is to be ... Today was the last day of 2.670. I had wanted to make a really cool ... to make it work. Anyway, I spent all morning putting together the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  final exam distributions "mit does not curve"

  

  MIT [annotation note="but many classes will define cutoffs relative to class performance, which is more or less a curve; hence, increased happiness when everyone scores poorly together."]technically "does not curve

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  ! Undaunted by my cries of agony, Ling clotheslines into the water. She is ... that posting the remaining pictures is imprudent. MORAL OF THE ENTRY: Don't just jump into the river because everybody else is doing it.

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Women of the East Side 2015 Calendar The stresses and strains of organizing a giant project

  

  goes to a student who lives on the east stide of campus, and the fund is ... the impossible, with the help of numerous people including Erin K. '16 ... restart the making of) a women of the east side calendar, a calendar that

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  251 talks – avery a new podcast that comes out every week

  

  hello! i'm creating a podcast. the tentative name for the podcast is ... the talks happen in my room, which is room 251. the general goal is to ... about MIT in general. most of the people i talk to will be people on my

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Red Balloons Gotta catch 'em all!

  

  ASSEMBLE! Prefrosh, undergrads, alums, this is a call to action! It is time for us, all of us, to band together under a common dome and accomplish what needs to be done! Tomorrow, at 10:00 AM (ET), DARPA is

  • by Snively '11
  • December 4, 2009