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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  tap dance break or something in the middle, and at the end of the song ... old adage "Chemical engineering is the practice of doing for a profit ... metal-ligand catalyst via spectoscopy (5.04), finding the best set of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  and i’d do it again differently

  

  .701 became a way for me to start learning pure mathematics to the degree that i ... 'd do it again. in my preparation for this class, i read one of the ... were utterly confused, now makes sense. and at the end of every semester

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 25, 2023
• 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…

  

  When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we ... exists, in some scrapbook in the back of the kitchen closet. I don ... 's book author to speak, and donated a copy of one of his books to all of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  then I moved to Boston, where it wasn't 100 degrees from 8 am til dusk ... 't remember what it felt like anymore, just that I felt a bit of real fear at the thought of running five miles one morning. I would hope my roommates

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  past fall, just days after arriving on campus, a bunch of freshman girls ... reminded me of my own experience getting piercings my freshman year. To me, piercings are a rite of passage. Aside from being super cute, my piercings are

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  's just one more thing I just thought of yesterday: laundry. Where are the ... doing laundry is never a problem. The price of 75 cents per machine might ... Burton-Conner with loads of wash. Mitra used to say freshman year that at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  for you regular applicants to start writing your essays for all of your colleges, so I thought I'd offer you a little advice of my own. More specifically, I'm going to lead by example by posting some of my own writing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  wonderful result, reflecting on the midpoint of a journey through MIT as well as a collection of significant places Mitali frequented. I hope you ... . But it’s also a bit of a comfortable spot to do some reflecting and

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  state of business, stress, and exhaustion; swamped and overloaded with ... a firehose. Here's a quick look at my calendar and a recap of the past few weeks.   WINTER BREAK It's been a whirlwind of events

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  A few nights ago I insinuated that there was a list of questions ... work? Is the program composed of self-starters, with very little peer ... work hard? Is hard work a virtue or an expletive? Is there a lot of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  So...remember that time, way back at the end of first semester, when I went to take my 8.012 final exam and had a sort-of-awkward encounter ... the father of the inflationary theory of the universe - and figured, in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  that added another degree of freedom. I tested out some options on the ... knows how many times, and each one has a story, whether it's that of the ... at the start of my sophomore year, the door was not only blank, it was

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  round, it was a crystal clear 50 degree (Fahrenheit, of course, for the ... comfortable standing in front of an audience and trying to convince them of ... 4-5 minutes to engage a panel of judges (representing all 5 academic

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  describing the entirety of my visit, you can check out Mitra's entry on the ... New York at 11:00 AM. Of course, the Fung Wah Bus Company hurriedly ... their website, but I'm not good at this kind of thing anyway. Anyhoo, four

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  and three degrees of firmness. Though, in his own words, it took him "a ... in heaven. Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending the Ig Nobel awards ceremony in H****** Square. The "Igs," sponsored by a bunch of Mensa

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  If you are reading this, it means I am successfully on my way out of ... would be a D or F). There are a few existing camps of advice on how to ... without the risk of failure Above all us, every upperclassman has one piece

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  to possess some degree of moral aptitude, and in so far as moral ... , paradoxically, become a rather depressing pastime of mine. Sometimes, it's fun to ... version of a powerpoint literary presentation I gave at Alpha Delta Phi a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  again requested, this time by Rachel W. '16, founding President of MIT ... a variety of programs, seeks to foster a community and encourage ... the Boston Qualiflyer for Red Bull Paper Wings. If you haven't heard of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  , however, was this: Schedule: doable? Um, no. Regardless of how set I am on this illusion that I am working towards a dual degree at MIT, doing ... including both 5.07 and 5.13, but there's no avoiding that.) Some of you have

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  (and on our windowsills, and underneath our sofa, and on top of our ... tenth grade, I put a similar lamp and mug on the floor of a dorm room ... forgot I owned, followed by the books I had no intention of revisiting

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014