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  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  d'etres. (Oh god, don't know French, don't know where to add the ... class to make all eight plays and musicals held during my four years in ... as a sophomore, and was the only girl in my class to make our school

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  ? Check. And a serenade? Check! Thanks to our secret admirers, the ... on. Right: Mari and Gisele watch the serenade. Also related to ... Confectionery Company), right next to MIT's Random Hall dormitory? Ah, many of my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  hosted chocolate tasting last night. I went to a similar event in IAP 2004 ... , and water = the 3 food groups?) They encouraged us to rub and smell ... to tasting, though; you're supposed to let the chocolate piece melt on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  Oh, I was going to answer a bunch of questions today, but it turns out that somehow along the line I managed to answer them all in the ... networks try to convince you to watch reruns during the summer except you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Public Art Projects ...for your amusement.

  

  am very grateful for these tunnels as I travel from the T to my office. It took me 6 months to really get my bearings down there. Prior to that ... journey tends to be a rather monotonous one. Until today. Bryan recently

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  lecturing for 9.12 that he needed to tell us "what you're getting into by ... of arrows on that page, so I'll try to clarify. First you finish your undergraduate degree in the subject of your choice. You don't have to be a biology

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  classroom to which MIT was assigned. Next door was a nice colleague from ... hour event. Each college fair I do seems to have one question that gets ... ." There are a variety of ways to take these courses. Each of the science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  Genome Project, which mapped the human genetic blueprint. It would seek to ... mutations that give rise to cancer or sustain it. Proponents say a databank of all such mutations, which would be freely available to researchers

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

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  unique power, like density control, or to control friction, or to forget ... ’t help but feel like he became a propaganda tool. Used to support the U ... superhero. How many new heroes and stories have missed their chance to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  January, students are free to do whatever they want, whether that be staying ... allows undergraduates to work with professors and in research labs to ... "]UROP,[/annotation] taking cool classes or traveling. The freedom to do whatever you want is

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  you & i will always be back then time is an illusion that helps things make sense

  

  monsters. I don't really have the words to describe what this show means to ... to be too childish for my tastes, as the show is riddled with moments ... is necessary to understand the show fully.) I took a long break from

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  on body image me in my head, me in the mirror

  

  ="64798" /] It's Filipino culture to comment on people's bodies when you greet them ... honest observation about the person you're talking to is supposed to be a sign of concern; that they care about you enough to both remember what

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fall Semester Recap my classes so far

  

  quick recap of how the semester's gone for me so far since I've wanted to ... &M, last spring so I was eligible to take 8.021, a lecture-based format of ... Learning"]TEAL.[/annotation] At first, I was really nervous to take this

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  't had time to blog, and what I've been doing instead. The main reason, though, is that I wanted to write something perfect and meaningful and personal yet protective of my friends' and family's privacy, and I refused to

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  ’d[annotation note="a near impossible task to ask of two 19 year old college students ... down to the great exercise that is [annotation note="which involves a lot ... can admit that it can be really intimidating to start. Starting from

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  up to; as an applicant, seeing other applicants brag about their skills ... are central to the way MIT works. In the right environment (one ... may seem like a skill that is impossible to acquire in fact came from

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  This is the first in a series of a couple of posts I wanted to do on art in my dorm, East Campus. According to the MIT Mind and Hand Book ... Burton Conner - rip Senior House) to paint murals on the dormitory walls

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring break in Canada Snowboarding ramps, waterfalls, poutine, butterflies, and lots of noodles.

  

  This year, for spring break my friend Yida and I decided to head to ... Montreal. Montreal is pretty easy to reach from Boston and as such is a popular spring break destination for MIT students. We decided to visit

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  . The rest of the day promises no surprises. I’ll need to find food, wash ... walk across the East Campus courtyard, twisting my neck to see the Boston ... the right to carry a laundry hamper across their own yard. When I walk

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  If you've been to a high school math class recently, you probably ... observed students entering anything from 999*999 to sin(π/6) to 7 ... +7 (=12) warrants machine help. And habits die hard. To combat our

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016