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• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  last post actually, but to recap: Professor Russ Tedrake’s goal is to ... by the way passive mechanisms allow us to move about. For example, this ... actually works in the lab where I’m doing my thesis--we’ll get to that later

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  You know you’re hosed when it takes you a week after classes start to ... , it looks more like this because who even goes to all of their classes? Definitely not me - I decided to write this post right after I decided I wasn

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On the Scattering of Senior House or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Acknowledge the Bomb

  

  to say some things. As a prefrosh, I wasn’t really sure what I wanted when it came to housing. I didn’t go to CPW, I didn’t look around at ... . They are released at the end of May for the incoming freshmen to decide

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  , so I decided to compensate by only taking two technicals and two HASSes ... . Everyone at MIT is required to take one "HASS-A", or "arts" class as part of the humanities requirement. Qualifying subjects range from music to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  jobs and summer and what I want to do with my life was the last thing on ... adjusting to my new schedule and new classes (also more on that in a later post!). But as always, everything at MIT seems to runs on its own

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  college decisions being sent to their inboxes. Such a beautiful season. If you’re like 92% of kids who applied to MIT, then you probably didn’t get ... , regardless of admission or non-admission to the Institute, you probably applied

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  In Transit: Summer Edition A guide to objects that you could theoretically use to get from point A to…

  

  to complete on transportation in Boston. Here are two methods that I ... . Hopefully the final edition will be something useful that anyone can refer to ... – – “Most likely to cause you to stub your toe on an unevenly paved sidewalk

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 5, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  In spaceflight, “attitude” refers to orientation: which direction your vehicle is pointing relative to the Sun, Earth, and other reference ... start to tumble and spin, disorienting everyone on board, and (2) you

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

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  words to, reading them back, and rewriting them until they feel true. I ... ’re condensing four years into 250-word essays. To do that you have to understand and acknowledge yourself and your growth, say goodbye to this stage of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art is Everywhere! [by Emma Frank '15] Public Art at MIT

  

  going to get the highlights (as defined by me) here. If you’d like to peruse the entire collection, check out http ... , any new building project or renovation allots up to $250,000 to

  • by ARTalk
  • October 17, 2011
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  system in Madrid. Puts the T to shame. 9. I love the Starbucks employee who would always give me free muffins just because I'm Taiwanese and I try to ... have on the Metro with Chinese emigrants to the city. 7. I love the 75

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  It wasn't like I meant to do it. I was late for recitation, and I ... unknown to the universe I went for the front door, all while my TA just happened to be standing right there, going on about amide formation. And then

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  winner of Charles Stark Draper Prize (considered to be the “Nobel ... Langer has made enormous contributions to the fields of biotechnology and ... dedicated to celebrating his incredible achievements. Albert Kwon, a Junior

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  drop by the blogs from time to time and say hi). As you begin your ... more than ever before, songs will attach themselves to memories. Every ... journal in taking you back to your favorite moments. Take naps in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  A Day at the Races Read this entry. It will rock you. I promise!

  

  lasted 30 hours, 59 minutes and 27 seconds. Thanks to my beloved high ... and unexpectedly with no other plans for Friday night, I decided to use ... day trip down to Montreux, Switzerland. I AM SO HAPPY. I've been a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  Two exams down, one to go. Well, strictly speaking, 462 units down, 12 to go. That sounds a lot better. Exam week is a busy time at MIT; a ... everybody walks to their exams together, buzzing and scheming and comparing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  , professors, and grad students?" The easiest question there to answer is how I ... to be my biology advisor (if you have two majors, you get two advisors ... postdoc with whom I work directly, Albert. I was still learning how to do

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

  One thing every woman’s missed in Massachusetts Bay Sam and Shana have gone to look for America, starting in Philadelphia.

  

  Hiya. So on my way back home to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, I took the opportunity to spend a day or two in foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy ... to be hanging out with me? Okay, that picture isn't really from

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  returns come in. I had many election-watching options to choose from ... , I hopped in a Zipcar and went out to the suburbs to a party at the home of my friend Andrew. Before I chose to come to MIT, I was nervous

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  , which will be marked. Titling these posts is beginning to be a challenge ... two hundred puzzles; the number's closer to 170. And our team doesn't have fifty people; the number's closer to 65. But this is a series, and I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022