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• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  , April, I had to hunt elsewhere (we're moving to a new building in October ... and Mission 2009. BUT, there are a few things to keep in mind: 1) you don't have to take a HASS-D your first term. The HASS people want you to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  to do a pset WITH people me: i like STEM and i want to get involved in ... assignments, have to keep moving and doing things. Relax for a day, and you’re ... campus is that I get a lot of time to think for myself. So I have these

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  mile from my fraternity house (according to GoogleMaps), I got here by a ... Square. Knowing we had a long day in front of us, we resolved to fortify ... around downtown Boston to do a little shopping (which had the added benefit

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pie No, not pi.

  

  'll actually get to experience these types of adventures in less than a year, and ... a giant party that you get to be the guest of honor at. Soak it in ... best way to find out. You're in for a good time! I'll see you guys in

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  possible to get this pipe wrench stuck in a piece of Unistrut, but somehow it ... it to other animals), but you get a clean biologically-derived fuel out ... hardcore organic synthesis to building a giant cardboard box in which to ship

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  One Day at a Time or, springing into junior year, part 2: electric boogaloo

  

  to get it out there, to grasp at a solution for anything I could ... like the hosts of a party trying to get people out at 3am: You don’t have ... three computers at a time. Must admit, it’s pretty hard to get actual work

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Deprotonated I see the way you're split into your ions and you're fully dissociated.

  

  , sorry, but I have one quick question..How do you get to be a blogger on ... posted here.) I'm not exactly sure how you get to become a guest blogger ... in 10-250 are, indeed, purple). "I'm a HORRIBLE singer!" she protested

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  that meets once a week for two hours, so we actually get to talk in depth ... . When I'm not in classes or trying to have a life, I spend about a million ... of the best. Twice a week, Richard Wurtman stands in front of 40

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  Not gonna lie, my happy-to-sad ratio is a little sad-heavy at the ... take a different perspective on this problem. I'm going to see this situation as a learning experience, a chance to learn more about the cells I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  solemnly completing what became a seventeen page application to my local ... to do this for me. Later (in a silvery package) I received an official ... 've told that story before. What I want to talk about, is a tiny detail on

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  takes your hand and dances. You'd get to come along on my adventures. The ... has been quite a difficult one and I haven't really had the headspace to write. I'm hoping to come back soon, but, in the meantime, please accept

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  the campus bubble. It's too easy to go from Activity in MIT Building A to Activity in MIT Building B to your dorm room without ever leaving ... that having a broken foot doesn't mean you have to lie in bed all day

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  'm getting a far better grade in 7.05 than 5.12) - but I'm seriously struggling ... was a colossal disaster (despite me only sleeping around 4 hours in the ... to do well in Orgo? It's supposed to be the most basic of all my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  from the archives related to this decision, the one you're nominally in ... MIT students have to live in a dorm for all four years (they don't), or ... that you are confident in your decision and prepared to give yourself to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Lip Sync ‘08 Because I want . . . you . . . back

  

  'll get to see Melis dance! I should probably blog this.* Me: "Absolutely I am!" I settled down and waited for the show to start. Since Melis is a ... people in the lounge that I may be a complete lost cause on the internet

  • by Snively '11
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a physics major (for now) feeling scholarly, part 2/2

  

  was originally meant to be a one-off post, but in writing it, I found ... code, I had never taken a formal class in anything related to CS, so I ... , with no context, just so you don't have to stare at a full page of text

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 26, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  trying to debug the worst code i’ve written in my life." hopefully you get ... one box in my room which you could call a fire hazard. it’s stuffed to ... posters and programs in this blog, and get paid to store my memories here

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  need to figure out in order to decide on a program, therefore, is which ... little with some questions you should have in mind as you're selecting a ... does the academic calendar look like? How easy is it to get a research

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 2+3: Westchester County Part 2 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  Paris or Nicky). Headed to Loomis Chaffee for a school visit. Didn't get ... why certain kids get in when others do not. This is a big goal of ours ... . Arthur gets to travel a lot for work, including a recent trip to Nigeria

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the ... worry about this. In a case where we need to see a mid-year report and it has not been received, we will personally contact your school to get it

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006