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  There are a lot of awesome things named ‘Kaiser’ This post mainly consists of drawings of my professor, sentence fragments, and my over-use of…

  

  tunes a couple years ago. (For fans of alt-rockers like Franz Ferdinand ... of mutations in the shibire gene in drosophila – when you heat them up ... “know” which chromosomes match up with which during anaphase (dividing of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  N.Y. Times, Page B11: “MIT Guard Shows Brains and Hoops Can Mix” Jimmy Bartolotta '09 leads the 16-5 MIT Men's Varsity Basketball team.

  

  my daily commute is one of the joys of waking up each morning. So I was ... the academic bar isn't lowered for athletes. Earlier this year, we had a ... he wound up there anyway, leading his team and his conference in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  squalor. So, for your edification... First degree squalor: You are getting ... embarrassed for other people to see your mess...but you would still let them in ... or telephone, because the piles have expanded to cover the items up

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  frees up *significant* time. potential course road for 21E degree ... this medium has the power for real social impact, through identity ... 's, because lecture for both classes was not helpful (because of a combination

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  lurker at heart and have loved keeping up with the other bloggers' summers ... transcript of the video for those who might want it (I may have changed a word ... 't see you again for some time, but I thought I'd send a note anyway. It

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  about that last blank entry. I'm looking for the "rebuild" button to get ... Wah Bus ride away from Boston, we decided to head down for the most ... for no other reason, because I got to have a 13-word conversation with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  largely homogenous suburban neighborhood where I grew up to a playground for incredibly excited people who are always up for doing something cool, whether ... , because you would never use that ability; there would not even be words for

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  up being useful - or at the very least informative - to most of the ... going to be useful or informative to anybody, except for future me who wants to reminisce back on my glory days at MIT. So, for future me: here

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  , which you take to earn credit for an MIT subject without taking the class ... different. This is waking up at eleven in the morning, and already feeling ... has been stacked. I wake up and I go to an orientation event or take an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  ’ people, knowing that I would win. But as I moved up in the hierarchy of ... ’s charged up, jubilant cheers and introductions, that feeling grew. The tears ... . Math Competition X that I never made the cut off for. Oh and Math

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  , did i foresee this? did i sign up for this two, three years ago, when i ... if extracting my physical energy as a tax for my sin. the entire month ... with machine learning. i am also a counselor for promys. it’s a math

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  , Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. On Wednesdays, I may drop in for office ... frustrating, for I still haven’t found the optimal waiting spot on the platform to minimize exit time upon arrival. Always room for experimentation

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  discovered these, for better or for worse, but I'm sure that most have not ... applicants. I can't speak for other schools, but if you are making a pure ... for MIT "hooks" and that there have been other threads asking "Is it

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Admissions Excavation Chris gave me a box of stuff and this is what I found inside

  

  , I trekked over to the admissions office to pick up this: And my ... or noteworthy for the blogs. (Also to organize ... initially MASSIVE and incredibly high-resolution for a single image. Maybe it

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  they're whining about is that in 2006, the writer of Doonesbury put up a ... example for a lot of arguments either, but he's an engineer for NASA. He ... suit to be a superhero. No "baby I was born this way" origin story for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Things (That MIT Made) LISTS

  

  costarring in it! I've been working all week rewriting some web content for ... spirit (but without the inspiration) of Ben's big lists, and following up ... named after MIT!) Inertial guidance systems for aircraft RSA

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  Donald's. I don't think I've ever disliked fast food more. After fidgeting for a good ten minutes, I decided to call home and get my mom to check for ... for giving you guys a psych lesson :( I just want you to know that it

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  Late Night with Conan O'Brien. For the past month, Conan's show has been ... wedding ring on his desk, trying to see for how long he can get it to spin ... Physicist. To solve the problem, Prof. Fisher asked many other for help

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  boxer shorts. And then he recognizes you. How's that for teacher ... homemade killer death robots or whatever open another bottle of Jolt Cola for ... over the summer, and of course this only increased my appetite for toast

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  American food can be summed up in two words: [annotation note="For the sake ... in character for jacky don’t worry"][/annotation] I admit that my ... , Taiwanese.[/annotation] When I arrived at MIT in August for international

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020