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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  classes can't be special. My astrophysics class is, for example, very useful ... , which means that the sentence subject can acquire a lot of distance from the verb. Connecting verbs to subjects can get VERY confusing.) After

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  can effectively tack on $12 to the price of your restaurant meal. This ... 't cover. You can do better than that.  Cook for yourself, eat tastier (and ... 's pan (I prefer it to a regular frying pan because it's deeper and can

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  January 1, meaning you can click "submit" on your application any ... from the applicant. January is the last testing date that can be seen ... that processing can take 2 weeks. You do not need to worry at this time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  something and have access to the Internet, you can Google it, which will ... opportunity for you to shoot off questions to helpful strangers. And you can do ... to do with all that power?  I can't answer that question for

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  one thing in a day, like get groceries, I can almost guarantee that I ... so many I can't possibly do them all, in a day or a week or even this ... busiest vacations in my life -- if it can be called that -- which had

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Got any threes? Go fish!

  

  relieve yourselves of these things and then we can continue on with our ... could get it out. That's when, and I can't remember exactly who, but, some ... can put this so it doesn't get thrown away?" "Um, well, um." "How about

  • by Snively '11
  • September 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  heard before, there's a decent chance I can figure out what it means ... can have a gut feeling about what a word you've never heard before in ... designing robotic vacuums so that rich people can show off flashy toys to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

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

  

  , accomodations, visas, whatever. Sometimes you're left on your own, but you can ... before your trip, so you can learn a little about the country you're going ... that can be installed in a car that will allow it to know when it has

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  slope, and one that we can't go down. People who don't yet live ... floor. As useful as these lists are, they can also be dangerous weapons ... can't reply all. If you CC all of the dorm lists then all it takes is

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  CPW story can be summed up in three pictures. Friendship: From R to L ... can deny that the architecture is really, really creative.   ... unbelievable weekend. Bonus points if you can find yourself! Video is here

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  can - pre-frosh, students, staff, and professors alike. (Corollary ... people as you can (especially if you already know them from the Facebook ... , but exploring the GIRs and other typical freshman classes can be a great

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  One of those “big picture” days 2 hours of inspirational lectures, one from the CDC director and the other from broadcasting…

  

  point where we can greatly increase the value of the healthcare system if ... conflict that you can imagine and he told some heartbreaking and inspiration ... , our decisions can affect what is covered (like car chases vs. world

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  I've had dial-up internet for as long as I can remember. One of the ... you should avoid a Mac. That's not to say you can't have one, but your ... can buy a Macbook Pro, dual-boot it with Windows, and then install Solid

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  until the end to see his really great advice for prefrosh! Melis: Can you ... prize was a very pleasant surprise. M: Can you give a little bit of ... that you’ll find someone who can teach you some new technique you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  windowsill to get a better view. * Dr. Popular can make every noise possible ... . He can turn the dolphin into a growling bear, a ghost, or a woodpecker, or all four for the "haunted house" effect. What's best is you can

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  ever. He said they're totally lost and can't talk to people and all they ... were back in the day. As I hope you can tell from reading the blogs ... shot!), doctors certainly can benefit from strong analytical skills. The

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

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  the following: 1. Analyzing data and writing as much as I can on the ... to organize everything properly so that my postdoc can do a few final ... residents, and I hope that all future MIT students can feel the connection and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  ] and I can kick butt together -- ok, I can kick butt and do their work ... feel that whatever they're interested in can easily be read in books ... .01 and/or 24.900, you can take most classes in the department. 5. Anon

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  program so far. I figure you can go look at pictures of the French Riviera ... curriculum doesn't work this way just for engineering classes. I can fondly ... Lodish had us figure out what to do with a sad little dog that can only

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  , but I've found that just closing my eyes for 15-20 minutes can really ... 's totally okay. 7. Trying new activities -- like cheerleading -- can be a ... the going got tough. And the going can get tough in a lot of different

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006