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• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  . Please don't worry, and there's no need to call the office for at least ... laugh, connect with us. But you don't want to give us reason for pause ... own instinct. ------------------------------------- Sushant wrote: "For

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  talking about my UROP (and for those who don't yet speak MIT, my lab job). A ... the results of that project is currently being reviewed for publication in Cell. (For anyone who follows science journal impact factors, this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  ) paper. This 13-page masterpiece (cough) for 21A.260, on cross ... about biomedical ethics. It wasn't a bad concentration, but it's tough for ... all the chairs in the microscope room are too short for me to see the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  I'm going to have to make this quick today, since I have to study for ... cellular, molecular, and developmental biology, so no ecology classes for me ... sleep statistics for other variables. Definitely. I tried to look at hours

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  prisoner was taken to the priest. The priest would watch in the night sky for ... years. 1. The night before my final paper was due for 21L.009. This was ... South Station, sat down in a train bound for Philadelphia, and collapsed

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To a mouse (or nineteen) A eulogy for my UROP mice... in the form of me explaining my UROP.

  

  nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy! This entry is a eulogy for my ... projects I've been working on at my UROP for the past two years. So first ... receptors, which suggests that it's important for maintaining the strength of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  Hi, I am Stu Schmill, and I am responsible for organizing MIT ... , I went to MIT for college. I graduated about 20 years ago as a mechanical engineer. I went to work for General Motors in Detroit designing

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  forgot dinner and are in fact pining for a cold drink, hot sandwich, or ... everything's closed for the night. What do you do? Put the two together, and ... lifted, and this vacuum attachment moves in for the kill. There are

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  happened and cleared everything up for me, but it made yesterday a little ... early for cross country. (All the freshmen who are here this early are ... else comes in for Orientation next weekend.) I went back to my room and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  I think I'm going to be fixating on food for a while, at least until ... for dinner; Pritchett Dining is open for dinner on east campus. I ... food, of course, being one of the hardest things for this transplanted

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  , I didn't have any "formal" clothes, especially not for warm weather. I ... discuss our respective plans for the Institvte. So I went to the Garment ... Newbury Street could fit on the palm of my hand. So I puzzled for a while

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  quotes below for comment. Many college admissions officers support the idea [of deferring admission for a year or two]. While cautioning that a "gap year" between high school and college isn't for everyone -- and that just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference of the New England Association for College ... northeast arrive for the NEACAC conference. In the first session of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  Lots of questions waiting to be answered, but for today I'll just ... Rainbow Lounge, which was pretty sweet. For much more information about gay ... why so soon?" wrote, "Hi Matt, I know this might be a bit late for you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  MIT Class of 2007 class ring. (Thanks to Mitra for the invitation ... beginning, for the freshman picture; once, at the end, for graduation; and once, halfway through, for the unveiling of the class ring. The design

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  contributing to the indefinite play of the game itself. For example, art ... high-school I resolved to play infinite games. To find and fight for the ... and put down this stroke for all that you will do! But I have noticed in

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  Wrapped is unfortunately a little underwhelming, since I use Spotify for < ... digital collections! You can borrow almost any audiobook you want for 2 ... for me to understand while multitasking and good for my general state of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  me? How are you gonna tell me I'm just going to need to be an adult for ... store for me. This Saturday, I officially move to New York City. I have ... for the first time in my life and I will be simply doing whatever the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 3 Showtime!

  

  before the big concert; naturally, the entire afternoon was blocked out for ... ) and her husband in person for the first time. Our cast of performers was ... an hour. The rehearsal stretched on for so long that we didn’t get to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  expressly intended to be published on the internet for thousands of people to ... frequency. We get paid for each post we write, according to the number of hours we spent writing it -- for me, that's usually two or three hours

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023