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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  as a grad student. You might get to do it as a postdoc. This is ... going to school next to a major city is that it's really easy to get off ... , professors, and grad students?" The easiest question there to answer is how I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Publishing abroad A taste of an MIT-Russia student's blog

  

  English that I wrote it in to the typical Russian they publish in, but the editor wanted to have it online immediately (i.e. this morning), so they decided to just run it as is. (It’s sort of funny, since I don

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  start the application process, consider this your friendly post-it note to ... The deadline for Early Action (EA) application, November 1st, is just around the corner. While I hate to distract you from the application

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  another blog post. All you need to know about this IAP was that it was a ... semester, I haven't had time to process it all. In lieu of a more thoughtful ... little more food or food that is a little higher effort. It's also a fun

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 4, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying For Finals Study study study study study

  

  This is it, finals are in two days. One of the things that scared me ... . How does one go about studying? The general recipe is to just lock ... might, it's a problem solving course) and have 5 (or is it 6?) questions

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21W.762 Poetry Workshop some poems from the class!

  

  . It is the slice to your heel that causes your collapse. Oh, how your ... about my dad. It was healing to write, but I think this poem is definitely ... shit' is one I borrowed from my ex boyfriend, who used to say it a lot

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 22, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  ) Walk to work. It really depends on the day, since I do production and ... its stuffing. ^Cast and crew. What is your favorite part of your job ... . Especially when it comes to script development with the students - I’ve learned

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  institutional memory cruft are cool!

  

  "institutional memory" a lot. it refers to the knowledge that's shared between the ... meetings. but it takes time to set up the infrastructure for good knowledge transfer, and it's easy to forget something small, like transferring a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  chances to meet the bloggers- and everyone else! Anonymous said: Is it ... to be there. What is FIRST? Only the greatest thing ever, basically ... . In early January, a challenge is announced to the teams at the kickoff

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Soymilk 豆浆

  

  , because it is lent and I am fasting. I try to fast like my father does, the ... breakfast, while my brother and I groggily walked to the kitchen. I liked it ... liked to put sugar in it, and my mother drank it like soup, with layou and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two cakes and six cupcakes ...they may or may not resemble astronomical objects.

  

  we made an epic cake for him, but didn't have pictures to show until now. Requisite background information: his research project is to model ... Array (of radio telescopes) in New Mexico. This is what the Whirlpool

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  isn't actually testing for H1N1, so there's no way to know if I have it ... ", which is where I went to figure out what to do. I called a phone number ... can e-mail professors. So for now it's up to me to just hydrate, chill

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  Sun. "What Radia did was to put the basic traffic rules into place so it ... there that is completely taken for granted," he said. "It doesn't deliver ... improvement, she redesigned a program with graphics such as turtles to make it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  common critique of the MEng program is that it allows students to “hide out ... undergrad, I found it difficult to context-switch between so many obligations ... financially feasible for students to pursue the degree. Social life is

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Day, Another Class

  

  recording of it. Tidbit #2: Professor Yaffe is also an MD. Thus, to prove it to us and also demonstrate the effects of EDTA ... entire lecture in 10-250. So basically, this class is designed to teach us

  • by Bryan
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  recitation) "Apparently she hates it too. We'll miss you!" "This is just ... to procreate, because what else is there to do besides eat?" "...also ... second day of recitation) "It's possible that the thing you want to call

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  , especially when no one is explaining it to the guys working alongside me. But when the pattern grows more subtle, it’s harder to address. I also ... ride it and stand to the side. My insurance would take a hit if I crashed

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  my semesterly planner mentally preparing for the trials ahead

  

  edited, and that is my todo list. It tends to contain 5-7 days worth of ... [annotation note="is this okay to say in a blog? let's hope so ... digital calendar simply wasn't going to cut it. Instead, I took advantage of

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • August 18, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  Berkeley: The number one thing is to be yourself. Take it seriously, but not ... did not give it any though. Realize that the ECs are there to find out ... impression on someone, it is unlikely you would immediately launch into a

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Events

  An Interview with the Tetris Grand Champion Meet Fractal161, an MIT Student who's the second person ever to beat Tetris.

  

  is my goal to beat it. Recently, though, I’ve gotten into watching ... ; Back on topic, what does it mean to crash Tetris? Tetris is marketed as ... , to be honest. Because it is a game that is defined by taking risks. And

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 19, 2024