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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  -sounding idiom), I no longer have an excuse for putting off this blog entry until T ... ? How do students make time for research during the academic year, or do ... summer, for me to build and test batteries that wouldn't explode or melt or

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  of granola flatbread, studied experimental bacon physics for six finger-scalding hours in preparation for an all-bacon dinner for 40 people, packed two ... summer that curves just short of preparations for the impending semester

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  , hazy sort of fondness that I usually reserve for Dali paintings and ... most of the later rounds cheering for the teams that had shown the ... started to look less like a container for storing robots and more like an

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  For a gaspingly radiant millisecond after I received my acceptance ... the sentence you've all been waiting for: life is full of ... finished 8th grade), if not for the unhappy fact that I climbed 253 flights

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  Virginia, the most important city in the world that night for all I cared ... hyperenergetic refueling station for the 2009 Mystery Hunt team members as we ... explicable context. For two protein-deprived days, I had lived off the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  different dorms. After visiting and getting a feel for the dorms you get to ... 're not done yet! When you get to campus for orientation you'll stay in your ... 'm sure other bloggers would be happy to describe other methods for other

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  up. Take them for what you will. On Homesickness Everyone is lonely ... of coping with being away from home. My only good advice for homesickness is merely this: don't stay in your dorm room. At least for me, I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…

  

  Science and Technology Initiatives) is the umbrella organization for a lot ... decentralized. So, for example, if there was a professor at MIT from a particular ... always ask for help- for example, my company doesn't provide housing, but

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  will be responsible for filming the work being done on each job site and ... children. I will also be responsible for managing the technological aspects ... themselves. Little do my campers suspect that they may actually be in for a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  entail flipping burgers. The only practical result of this for me, since I ... mood lately and want to do nothing but lie on a beach reading all day for ... baseball games. (This usually involves mocking the actual announcers for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  academic masochist. Wait, what's that? You like doing all that work for ... have a chance a college. In the end, it's what you did for the love of ... good at this in high school (doing what I love, not working for The Man

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  It's been a long time since my last Q&A post - sorry for the delay ... . :-) ------------------------------------- If I would like to play for an athletic team, should I contact the coach before I apply to MIT or just (if i get in) show up for tryouts? And

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  -voiced office secretaries, just change into whatever time works for you or which ... 've been trying to decide whether or not to switch into 5.112. I'm in it for now, which is probably better for me since I've taken a lot of chemistry

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  the pre med office for more info. For my part, I'll say first that MIT ... -- the acceptance rate for MIT kids at the top several medical schools is ... MIT education is a strong positive for a medical school applicant, since

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  everyone always come to you for help, expect the best from you, etc ... pretty well-known for the performing arts, and I was heavily involved in ... better-known for being good singers/actors/instrumentalists. I was popular

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  lottery (for Avenue Q), gourmet French Fries, Taboo, Mitra and I got TO SEE THE WHALE! Nice weekend. More later. Okay, more. So, for words ... I am, I got to Boston's South Station at 10:28 AM ready to depart for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  : Now, for a PSA. MIT Libraries is the collective organization of 8 ... , hence the title, and is in room 10-500. For those of you keeping track ... room is good for doing work. You can hear a pen drop. And it's pretty

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  Good evening. This is Ruth Miller, field reporter for Sam's blog ... adventure down memory lane. And for those of you who I haven't told a billion ... you don't think they'll go, unless you want them to come As for the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  One thing every woman’s missed in Massachusetts Bay Sam and Shana have gone to look for America, starting in Philadelphia.

  

  wasteful for the vendor to give him a knife, since he was planning to eat it ... -minded (between us, we take only four showers a week), we made sure to ask for our ... able to recycle the knife into usable oil. Anyway, we meandered for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exodus from Cambridge in which MIT evicts us due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  one of its students. I included the daily new case count for MA in each ... to imagine it. I'm so grateful for those few extra hours of normalcy ... or if I had enough dining dollars left for lunch. They've been replaced

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 22, 2020